Conavirus......

The customer who had a heart attack came in again the other day. He hasn't been able to return to work because he needs a doctor's note and he fired his cardiologist for requiring him to wear a mask. So he is just doing odd jobs to get by.

He also realizes without medical care he could die so he has been checking out cemetery options including one town that offers green burials, just in case he goes.

Made me think of - no, I will not surrender to you and your demands, today is a good day to die.

Made me think that a paper mask they hand out for free is a dumb choice of a hill to die on.

A couple of my news sources are saying the FDA may revise their vaccination recommendations to once a year like the flu shot. I've pretty much followed their recommendations so far and it seems like a change in perspective from their seemingly urgent calls to become a human pin cushion. I must be one of the few left who has not returned to pre-covid activity and still avoid crowds indoors. I cancelled out on a couple of holiday gatherings thinking there would be some sort of winter surge, but my county and most of the state has been in the low level of community spread all winter. I still hear of people getting covid, but most seem to not get especially sick. I'm still evaluating, I guess.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/h...sters-fda.html

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound?

If we stop obsessively testing people for covid, do winter surges go away?

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Originally Posted by Yppej

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound?

If we stop obsessively testing people for covid, do winter surges go away?

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What I get is that so many people have home test kits, that they test positive but it doesn't get recorded through any formal system. There are probably fringe groups with a different take. So I could suppose that any reporting of cases is probably a little more than worthless. Hospitalizations seems like a better number, but it just didn't happen.

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Originally Posted by Rogar

What I get is that so many people have home test kits, that they test positive but it doesn't get recorded through any formal system. There are probably fringe groups with a different take. So I could suppose that any reporting of cases is probably a little more than worthless. Hospitalizations seems like a better number, but it just didn't happen.

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yes, agreed. I don’t know anyone who has tested positive and got through the illness with no trouble actually reporting it.

hospital admissions number seem more internally consistent. I guess. There are plenty of people who are admitted for a health problem and they also happen to have Covid but I doubt that is a big number.???

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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound?

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The 7 day average of covid deaths in the US is 569. That's over 207,000 per year if that keeps up. It's kind of sad that that isn't making a sound, but you're right. The majority of americans don't give a **** that that many people are still dying of covid every day.

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Originally Posted by jp1

The 7 day average of covid deaths in the US is 569. That's over 207,000 per year if that keeps up. It's kind of sad that that isn't making a sound, but you're right. The majority of americans don't give a **** that that many people are still dying of covid every day.

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Of covid or with covid?

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Originally Posted by Yppej

Of covid or with covid?

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You tell me oh great conspiracist. I'd be happy to look at whatever sources you care to share that confirm your bias.

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Originally Posted by jp1

You tell me oh great conspiracist. I'd be happy to look at whatever sources you care to share that confirm your bias.

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In my own state only a third of those hospitalized with covid are hospitalized due to covid (most recent Mass Dept of Public Health weekly dashboard). You can search out the death stats, which should be comparable.