It's only that high because we test so few people, missing many who are asymptomatic or have symptoms so mild they do not seek medical attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
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It's only that high because we test so few people, missing many who are asymptomatic or have symptoms so mild they do not seek medical attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Yea the truth is noone actually knows what the fatality rate is.
3.3% strikes me as about right for diagnosed cases, maybe this is what is called case fatality rate, but as we all know many cases are never formally diagnosed with a test. I mean if one is diagnosed with covid one's chances suddenly get much bleaker seems to me.
On the national debt figures is it inflation adjusted, and isn't as percentage of GDP perhaps relevant? And this despite it not being all that relevant a measure of much anyway. All for some money that was funneled in unauditable way to who knows what Trump cronies, I mean there was no accountability for the money. How is it that Canada was able to give people 2k a month? Oh right it's not a 3rd world country, I forgot.
I think it's a real shame that we can't talk to each other here without sarcasm and viciousness. This forum is a place where many come for community and comfort, especially in a crisis such as the pandemic.
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30% of professional athletes with Covid have lingering cardiac irregularities.
I know a lot of people here like sarcasm. I am probably in the minority. It comes from the Greek word, to tear flesh.
That is not how I want to speak to others, or to be spoken to. It's probably because I realize I have limited time left on earth, and I want to choose how I spend it. I want to feel good about my communications. I want to be at peace with others, and at peace with myself.
Thanks for considering my point of view.
I actually sincerely agree with you. I definitely have to do a better job of controlling my own responses. I guess I add this thread to the "avoid" list along with the Politics forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Omg, my neighbors across the street in Hermann all have COVID19. HermanN started getting hammered by the virus two or three weeks ago.
But these neighbors were super careful for months. They have four daughters ranging in age from about 15 to about 23. Of those four kids, three have health problems and so they just reigned in Their activities starting in mid March. The father of the house is our architect. We would see him having his meetings with contractors on his front porch sitting 6 feet apart. Outside. His girls are very popular in high school and college and their friends would come by and stand in the street and talk to them while the girls were on the front porch. One of the girls had a birthday in May and her high school friends came and serenaded her Outdoors ( no masks!) while she was inside the whole time. The parents were pretty strict about what the girls could do.
They just got test confirmation yesterday.
I still don’t directly know anyone who has gotten it - someone who is a friend, not a friend/relative of a friend who has it.
A friend's young neighbor--20ish--just died of it. I mentioned before that her friend has the chronic version. They need to be careful, because her husband has a congenital clotting disorder.