A Concerned Scientist @BE@qoto.org
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I am 100% with you there. It's a clear political scapegoat situation to me. As soon as enough people realize that immunity debt isn't explaining the situation it'll be politically expedient to say "We had it all under control and then China went and messed it all up." I'm already worrying for the people who will suffer with all of the racist talking points.
You're not wrong. As NPR sent me a request for money today, that I scoffed at, I instantly thought about how they jumped on the minimizing bandwagon and how that contributed to rational people justifying no more precautions. I guess I prefer to study things myself and come to my own conclusions, but it does seem obvious that some people just follow the herd.
re: Opinion Covid
@GailWheeler The constant struggle :)
Why some people were cautious right away and some weren't and then some have stayed cautious and other's haven't has been something I've spent a lot of time thinking about. The ones that gets me more than anything are the ones who were cautious and then suddenly went "Nah, this is all fine." The triggers for that require some serious cognitive dissonance as far as I can tell.
You're speaking my language here. Married to a science teacher. Dad was a teacher on and off. Grandfather and Great aunt were teachers, etc.
Yes, it's 100% a failure of the educational system at the heart of so many of our issues!
I should add to that after I re-read it.
I personally believe that COVID will cause a lot of heart issues, and I think we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg on that.
I also believe that cancers will be on the uptick given the T-cell dysregulation issues that are happening with COVID infections. Dr Leonardi explains that all far better than I could.
The only part I'm on the fence with in my own mind is are we beginning to see the cancer issues already? Or will they lag more? Either way, I don't intend on being part of the experiment beyond a control.
Opinion Covid
So true, and thank you for sharing.
Our pediatrician's descent into anti-vax talking points has been a hard one for us to deal with. He's the only option in our small town and so we just live knowing we don't have a pediatrician any longer until we move.
It's hard to watch so many being injured, isn't it? The young people being *constantly* sick really gets to me sometimes and I have to step back and just be glad we made the decisions we did at this point.
Are the cancer and heart conditions related? It's so hard to tease out, and that's why minimizers have so much space to operate. The science is, and will be, slow to catch up. That's why the precautionary principle exists! You're supposed to err on the side of caution. But we have a saying in our house that we stick to. "It's the pandemic unless otherwise proven."
A sincere thank you for taking the time to respond. Your experience and ours are remarkably similar.
We've discussed it in our house going into 2023 and we're all still 100% on board with the plan, so into the next semester of homeschool we go this week!
LOLitics
This and Lindell hinting he has dirt on the RNC is just them tightening the screws on the party to ensure their undying loyalty.
Riding a bike and crossing a street aren't contagious and if you drive recklessly and hurt someone you get arrested. Your false equivalencies are just justification for being selfish. It's called PUBLIC health for a reason. Next time you infect someone with COVID I hope you think about what that means along the entire infection chain.
@Homoevolutis0@dobbs.town @augieray
I absolutely understand where you're coming from. Earlier this year when my dad told me he was letting up on his initial COVID precautions for exactly that reason I didn't argue it with him. His reasoning was that he's lived a good life, he's beyond the average life expectancy and he had things he wanted to do.
A few weeks back he told me how much he regretted that decision. COVID didn't kill him, but it did give him brain fog so bad that his number one joy in life, reading, is beyond his mental abilities now. Him and a few of the old guys in his circle of friends are all in the same boat. They're miserable and their doctors have nothing to help them.
Whatever choices you make, just be informed and may you make it through 2023 happy and healthy.
It's a real blessing when the whole family's on board. Sounds like you raised two smart teens! We've also upped our cooking and homeschooling games :)
@augieray @CMDoran @johnettesnuggs This is so spot on. I credit Dr Ding and Dr Leonardi in large part, for our family's health at this point. I don't care if either of them hedge towards too alarmist at all. If this all has taught me anything it's that I'd rather err on the side of caution.
I read Dr Topol, but I also find him too laid back about it all at times. I called him out for saying there wouldn't be a winter wave this year and to the best of my knowledge he hasn't addressed it at all. I don't know why people need to continually forecast sunny skies when there's obviously clouds on the horizon...
Anecdotally, we also use NOZIN in high risk situations that we can't avoid and are still COVID free.
I'd agree from what I've seen. The bivalent booster had pretty low neutralization against XBB in the last papers I saw.
Hard work gets you more lottery tickets. It doesn't guarantee that they're winning tickets.
Honestly, this is a whole next level on getting people to mask properly. Some masks are just not going to work and it's really an individual thing. I've found a couple N95's that I like, but it took some trial and error. The DemeTECH's seem to work well and fit well for me.
I'm with you on some KF94's. I, personally, have used the LG Airwash as one mask in our arsenal for a long time and found it to be an excellent mask.
Given this:
I'm firmly in the "COVID will cause a rise in Alzheimers cases" camp now.
Anecdotally people have been saying that testing positive has taken longer and longer into the illness with each omicron variant for a long time now, but this is the first time I've seen someone say it in an article.
I check through the COVIDPositive reddit nearly every day to get an idea of the real life stories and I can't even tell you how many "I tested negative when I started feeling bad, went about my daily life and then tested positive a week later. I feel so bad!" stories I've read this year.
Masking, ventilation, filtration and, as the article stated, steering clear of people with symptoms are your only real options at this point and the last one is, unfortunately, out of your control in public because people insist on being *everywhere* while sick. Honestly, it wasn't OK in 2019 and it's not OK now people!
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