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Exactly! So how high are those numbers really? With a counting system like that, of course there is an uptick! Being played!
I wonder if they have tried giving the covid test to people confirmed to have common flu? We can expect 10 million to 45 million cases of common flu every year according to CDC.
I wonder if they have tried giving the covid test to people confirmed to have common flu? We can expect 10 million to 45 million cases of common flu every year according to CDC.
Flu and Covid are remarkably similar in terms of symptoms and modes of transmission. (Of course there are differences.)
While Seasonal flu does not ordinarily kill young people (although it can), the real danger is that younger people can spread it to more vulnerable folks.
I’d expect a heightened awareness (given the reaction to Covid-19) to the flu as well as permanent social distancing and mask wearing in the schools (no more joking about elementary schools as Petri dishes) during the deadly seasonal flu season.
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Flu and Covid are remarkably similar in terms of symptoms and modes of transmission. (Of course there are differences.)
While Seasonal flu does not ordinarily kill young people (although it can), the real danger is that younger people can spread it to more vulnerable folks.
I’d expect a heightened awareness (given the reaction to Covid-19) to the flu as well as permanent social distancing and mask wearing in the schools (no more joking about elementary schools as Petri dishes) during the deadly seasonal flu season.
and now that flu season started back up, now the restrictions and lock downs start again.
and now that flu season started back up, now the restrictions and lock downs start again.
Yes. The politicians know no other game. This public health theater has real costs. As I posted elsewhere:
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Originally Posted by jbgusa
My view that most of these Covid "pre-cautions" are theatrical is only enhanced by the latest spectacle of watching hotspots be "color-coded" by Governor Cuomo. Large chunks of Rockland have gone from clean to orange to red to yellow to clean in the last month. My neighboring village, Port Chester, went from clean to yellow and now to orange while my municipality was trimmed from the "yellow" zone when local officials suitably educated Governor Cuomo.
Meanwhile, with all this coloring-book magic has put numerous strung-out businesses in even worse shape. I fear that South and North Main Street, in Port Chester, only revived in the last five year from blighted conditions, could become a sea of vacancies. All to allow Governor Cuomo to show how caring he is.
Many of these changes created by the Covid-19 pandemic are erasing our identity as human beings. We cannot send our children to school. We cannot send our preschool children to socializing nursery school. We cannot enjoy the benefits of the arts, including music and museums. The question is, what distinguishes us from primates from which we emerged?
This is not far-fetched. When our state governors have thoughtlessly closed down businesses with no plan of reopening, they erase much of what distinguishes a human being from the animals.... Much of what has made human society distinct from the animal kingdom comes from the socializing and collective experience of enjoying music and visual art.
It’s not going to stop until King Cuomo gets his govt bailout $. I find it very fishy that we go for months of holding steady until Biden wins the election then all of a sudden we’re almost at lock down rates again. What has changed? We’re still wearing masks and practicing social distancing the same as we have since March.
I wonder if they have tried giving the covid test to people confirmed to have common flu? We can expect 10 million to 45 million cases of common flu every year according to CDC.
we had our annual physicals last week and covid tests were part of the routine blood work
Someone is making a lot of $$ of all these Covid tests. Notice how they constantly push, get tested! Even if you have no symptoms!
and rightfully so ... i am retired and got asked to fill in at my old company last week and next ..one guy had covid , no symptoms and infected others who do , one very badly ....half the company is quarantined
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