Conavirus......

[ApatheticNoMore]

He is an M.D. , just sayin, Not an optometrist. Gives him a little bit more cred in the disease game than, oh I don’t know, – – YOU.

oh wow an M.D. says something, I'm so impressed /sarc.

I think if one has medical issues it makes sense to seek professional opinion of course. But also everyone knows there are quacks out there and some of them have an M.D. If you don't have a skepticism radar up for that, I don't know.

I don't think anyone is silly enough to take actual medical advice from people just casually posting here, who don't have and make no pretense of medical expertise. I mean casual stuff is just that, it's casual opinon, it's not professional expertise. But that said ... with a serious medical issue I wouldn't advise anyone to rely on the opinion of a single M.D. unless it's an emergency and urgent action is needed. Always get a second opinion from a second doctor.

And what is it even about? I think the authorities should have LONG SINCE pivoted to talking about mask quality, KN95s became available before N95s. I mean obviously they should have. But local authorities could never even distinguish between indoor and outdoor risks long before Delta (to what extent that still holds with Delta, well probably but Delta is more contagious if unvaccinated). So communication has been bad, head bangingly bad. And initially availability of masks was bad, and maybe we should try to prevent that in the future.

[happystuff]

My friend who recently moved down to South Carolina works as a custodial supervisor in a school of about 900 students - no masking required. Their first week of school they had 2 reported cases of covid. Their 2nd week of school (last week) they had somewhere over 45, apparently including the football team. She says they have to "shut down" any "area" that has 3 or more cases. Not sure exactly what defines "shut down" and "area", but she said she would find that out today.

Was texting with the friend today. The school is a middle school - 950 students. As of today (2nd day of 3rd week of school), 150 kids out and 9 teachers.

Before anyone asks, this is the only information I have. Personally, I'm surprised - but then again, not surprised - at the rate of the increasing numbers. Saying prayers for them all.

[ToomuchStuff]

If cloth masks work so well, why at one time were people being advised to double mask?

It is easier to do that in restaurants:

[jp1]

He is an M.D. , just sayin, Not an optometrist. Gives him a little bit more cred in the disease game than, oh I don’t know, – – YOU.

But the bigger picture is that yeah I think it’s disgusting that YouTube took him down. It is good for his campaign coffers though so there’s that.I just hope he doesn’t play the victim card for too long because that gets very annoying to Iris.

Today I’m testing Nextdoor with a post that has “ivermectin ivermectin ivermectin” in it as well as a link to an ivermectin and Covid summary from an authoritative source. Waiting to see if Nextdoor will auto bot mod that post.

The Nextdoor nanny software did ask me when I tried to post it the first time if I really wanted to post it because there might be misinformation in it. I assume “ivermectin “is a stopword on Nextdoor’s list.

Personally I give his neighbor the most credit of all. He’s a true American hero.

But sure, a fancy eye doc undoubtedly knows more than the rest of us about a subject unrelated to his specialty than the rest of us and which has been highly politicized.

Feel free to share with us any actual virologist’s research that has shown that the BS he posted in that video has any facts behind it. I’m sure you’ll try hard since I know how much you adore this turd of a human being. Or you can just whine about how mean I am and decline to do so.

[jp1]

And for the record Ben Carson is an md. But no one but no one actually thinks he’s a smart person.

[Yppej]

And for the record Ben Carson is an md. But no one but no one actually thinks he’s a smart person.

If you were one of the twins conjoined at the head who he successfully separated you might think otherwise.

[Rogar]

It seems a little ironic to me that the same general group or tribe that opposes masks and vaccines as an expression of personal freedom would also likely be opposed to abortions. I have seen the signs of protesters saying, my child, my choice. It seems to echo some abortion protest slogans from other groups.

[Yppej]

It seems a little ironic to me that the same general group or tribe that opposes masks and vaccines as an expression of personal freedom would also likely be opposed to abortions. I have seen the signs of protesters saying, my child, my choice. It seems to echo some abortion protest slogans from other groups.

I am pro-choice and anti-mask. I suspect there are others with libertarian leanings who are the same. Maybe they are just not as vocal.

[jp1]

If you were one of the twins conjoined at the head who he successfully separated you might think otherwise.

I’m not saying he’s not a skilled surgeon. But having one impressive skill doesn’t make one smart. It makes one good at a particular task.

[Tybee]

I think Ben Carson is very smart, and you have to be very smart to be a skilled surgeon. He was not a good politician, but that's a positive in my book.

Becoming a skilled surgeon requires a tremendous amount of intelligence, among other things, like tenacity and curiosity and compassion.