tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post6400474242246753519..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Corona Crisis, Vaccines, Bill Gates And Other Fun ThingsSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-39546480973473415672020-05-14T01:42:18.984-07:002020-05-14T01:42:18.984-07:00The point is, until we know how many really got in...The point is, until we know how many really got infected, how many got sick and how many exactly died, we can't really determine how dangerous the disease is. And in the past they didn't even have such sophisticated equipment and the tests. all diseases were chiefly determined by the symptoms. They say smallpox had no asymptomatic cases, how can they know? Did they test everyone back then? <br /><br />Still we have had excess mortality so it can point to two things: either Covid-19 is more lethal than the seasonal flu, or it's simply more contagious and too many people got sick at once.<br /><br />I guess high state officials know more than what we do, they won't tell us though:)Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-64120028098481030302020-05-14T01:32:52.590-07:002020-05-14T01:32:52.590-07:00Jo, here flu shots are only offered to the elderly...Jo, here flu shots are only offered to the elderly (over 65? or 70, not sure), and immunocompromised. You can get one if you pay. We never do. Last year December we were both down with very strange flu/cold, which now I wonder what it really was. It started with me (11 days after we went to a very touristic place on German border) and I had it worse than my husband. High fever which lasted 5 days, shortness of breath (could hardly walk the stairs, and even asked my husband whether he thought I had pneumonia and should contact the doctor, he said, no:) and kept coughing afterwards for like 3 weeks. The cough started after I initially went better, by the way. In January, a friend's mother succumbed to pneumonia after coughing for 3 weeks (she was 90). Of course, we didn't know much about it all back then but makes one think. <br /><br />Yes, those viruses are relatives to common cold and constantly mutate, I heard about it, too. Many people over here and even government officials are skeptical we get a vaccine any time soon. I swear by cod liver oil. I got sick in December after I quit taking it, and then I bought a new one and this + paracetamol were basically all the medications I used. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-82782364892940610452020-05-13T21:18:39.394-07:002020-05-13T21:18:39.394-07:00You have it right when you say it's a mess AND...You have it right when you say it's a mess AND there are too many questions and too few answers!<br />People are ridiculously frightened beyond sensibility. I think some of it is because we have become too soft and lazy. We want an easy life with lots of entertainment in our safe spaces.<br />Do you agree that yearly flu shots are someone's best guess as to what the prevalent flu will be in the coming season? I read that all coronaviruses always mutate, so how could they develop a vaccine that was up to date with the latest mutation?<br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446471087473468726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-86862917670042489562020-05-13T02:09:35.646-07:002020-05-13T02:09:35.646-07:00Here is something interesting I found:
https://med...Here is something interesting I found:<br />https://medicalxpress.com/news/2010-09-monkeypox-smallpox.html<br /><br />Smallpox was officially declared eradicated in 1980 (I think). Anti-vaxxers claim that it was simply renamed monkeypox. (The virus could have mutated). When you google "monkeypox" you'll usually get an MSM article saying that the disease is much milder than smallpox, yet here is an article in a medical newspaper which says:<br /><br />"About 10% of those affected (with monkeypox) die -- a rate approximating the African death rate from smallpox."<br /><br />10% smallpox death rate is different from 90% peddled on some websites like Quora. So how dangerous smallpox really was? Because in Italy they calculated case fatality rate of Covid-19 as about 10%, too, and yet mostly people are still alive. <br /><br />There are too many questions and too few answers, imo. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.com