Fun with COVID
What could be fun about this? My observations. That's what.
Just this morning my wife had the morning news on where they showed somebody getting chest compressions in an emergency department (scary) and they were going on and on saying that in one city the actual case count "could be 24 times more than thought!" Then, one reporter looked at the camera and said "5 to 10 out of every 1000 could be dying from this" (see the math trick there?). I looked at my wife and said, "If this was as deadly as they say we would have seen some of these reporters pass away by now."
Then, there's the epidemiology basics that I've found interesting for a long time that the public is now starting to notice and struggle with. They are: 1- People can get a disease and never know it. Did you know there are many people who've gotten polio but never had any symptoms, for example? 2- It's possible that one could have antibodies and still be susceptible to the illness linked to those antibodies? That's right. Welcome to the medical Twilight Zone on that one. 3- Vaccines aren't 100% effective nor safe. There's a little public hand-wringing on this now. Good luck with that one, sheeple. 4- With this illness, as few as 20% infected show antibodies. 5- (Here's the one not mentioned...yet) It's possible that illnesses are eradicated before the vaccines are available for them and administered. Actually, it's happened in our past. It actually may be starting to happen with this, already. I say "already" because I predicted it will either do nothing here (like the previous SARS epidemic) or die off in a couple years like the Spanish Flu. Can't get a vaccine vetted properly in only two years. 6- And, here's the one I've only heard mentioned once...If there is HIV in this virus is there a possibility it will re-emerge ten years from now like HIV in those who are getting infected now? Nobody knows.
We westerners like to think we've got it all figured out. But, in my opinion our medical systems is getting its ass handed to it by COVID if anything I've learned about it is true...
Just this morning my wife had the morning news on where they showed somebody getting chest compressions in an emergency department (scary) and they were going on and on saying that in one city the actual case count "could be 24 times more than thought!" Then, one reporter looked at the camera and said "5 to 10 out of every 1000 could be dying from this" (see the math trick there?). I looked at my wife and said, "If this was as deadly as they say we would have seen some of these reporters pass away by now."
Then, there's the epidemiology basics that I've found interesting for a long time that the public is now starting to notice and struggle with. They are: 1- People can get a disease and never know it. Did you know there are many people who've gotten polio but never had any symptoms, for example? 2- It's possible that one could have antibodies and still be susceptible to the illness linked to those antibodies? That's right. Welcome to the medical Twilight Zone on that one. 3- Vaccines aren't 100% effective nor safe. There's a little public hand-wringing on this now. Good luck with that one, sheeple. 4- With this illness, as few as 20% infected show antibodies. 5- (Here's the one not mentioned...yet) It's possible that illnesses are eradicated before the vaccines are available for them and administered. Actually, it's happened in our past. It actually may be starting to happen with this, already. I say "already" because I predicted it will either do nothing here (like the previous SARS epidemic) or die off in a couple years like the Spanish Flu. Can't get a vaccine vetted properly in only two years. 6- And, here's the one I've only heard mentioned once...If there is HIV in this virus is there a possibility it will re-emerge ten years from now like HIV in those who are getting infected now? Nobody knows.
We westerners like to think we've got it all figured out. But, in my opinion our medical systems is getting its ass handed to it by COVID if anything I've learned about it is true...
And nothing Trump has the power to do can fix it to the satisfaction of the biased media.
If any other person was President they would be praised for the effort and the futility of that effort acknowledged by the media.
This is overt attempt by the media to prevent Trump's re-election, and that is an obvious violation of their FCC licenses.
The licenses should be revoked.
Sigh...
Not a problem, we could take care of ourselves. Had it all solved and now 50+ years later, look at it all. Still have all the solutions, though. Humor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcbR1...
Be afraid! Be very afraid!