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How many people have died from cancer, heart disease, flu, old age, accidental drowning, car accidents, slip and falls in same time frame?
As Mark twain said:
"The Fear of Death follows from the Fear of Life
A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any moment"
I do agree with the quote...and at the same time there are a lot of people whistling their way past the graveyard - yes, both can be true and avoiding easily avoidable risks isn't wrong or fearing life OR fearing death.
In terms of all the other deaths that have occurred...so what? Those were all predictable from the standpoint that they were accounted for by known issues - not by a new strain of flu.
In recent months have we come up with new, novel ways to prevent cancer, drowning, falls and the like? Because we HAVE with covid and the Covid vaccine. Both the disease and the vaccine are highly notable and highly novel. I do hope people aren't diving into water of unknown depths or smoking but frankly, most of that is old news and is "baseline" at this point.
Your link that has the studies says it does reduce the risk. Where does it show it's ineffective? If it was ineffective there would be no reduction in risk.
Your link that has the studies says it does reduce the risk. Where does it show it's ineffective? If it was ineffective there would be no reduction in risk.
The flu vaccine's effectiveness varies from year to year - it depends on whether or not they match the vaccine to whatever virus is circulating that particular season.
That makes no sense. I think it's irresponsible if not evil to encourage an elderly person, particularly one with health issues to begin with, to "get out there." Or shame them by insisting they're being cowardly.
There were 75 COVID hospitalizations FRIDAY, in just one day, in my town. Surely caution is in order here. No amount of bravado or attempts at logical-sounding semantics will affect this virus in the slightest.
Shaming?
Evil?
Interesting. I don't know how that was either, but ok. My father's friend and his wife are both in their 70s and she is immunocompromised with a very rare illness. Very politically liberal. And basically they are living by the philosophy I just described. I just spoke to the guy about it over the weekend. He said they are getting out now because they have been vaccinated and it's time.
Are you that "out of the loop" to not know what is going on?
No I'm perfectly in the loop thanks but what I see here is some people desperately trying to avoid the reality that if we don't show a high degree of responsibility to our fellow human beings by doing all we can to help and protect one another by taking all self evident measures to tackle this pandemic then it will simply get worse and more potentially vaccine resistant strains will emerge. I just don't get it. It would worry the life out of me if I insisted on my rights to not wear a mask and then take the virus home to my parents who may well die from it. Crazy.
Really off topic but my uncle had some wounds that wouldn't heal on his toes, had taken lots of medicines and someone recommended some topical ointment usually used on horses. He took it and the wounds healed. They were talking about amputation before this.
There is a topical version of ivermectin for human use. A friend on it notes that it’s annoyingly expensive compared to the nearly identical livestock version.
I actually find it really interesting when off label use turns out to have some really out there results like how Botox ended up being a useful migraine treatment or the glaucoma drug that makes your eyelashes look amazing.
I just have deep concerns about the rush to see ivermectin as this year’s miracle when we don’t have what I see as good evidence for that and how it’s being pushed as an alternative to vaccination when it should be explored as a treatment for breakthrough cases
I do agree with the quote...and at the same time there are a lot of people whistling their way past the graveyard - yes, both can be true and avoiding easily avoidable risks isn't wrong or fearing life OR fearing death.
In terms of all the other deaths that have occurred...so what? Those were all predictable from the standpoint that they were accounted for by known issues - not by a new strain of flu.
In recent months have we come up with new, novel ways to prevent cancer, drowning, falls and the like? Because we HAVE with covid and the Covid vaccine. Both the disease and the vaccine are highly notable and highly novel. I do hope people aren't diving into water of unknown depths or smoking but frankly, most of that is old news and is "baseline" at this point.
And so what for all our inevitable deaths, unless they have invented a ‘live forever’ pill but we don’t know about it yet because it’s still in the trial phase.
Most of our ancestors lived by the Golden Rule - when the good Lord wants me, he’s going to take me. When did we lose that logic and succumb to hysteria & fear?
John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”
Also, author unknown - “Man plans God laughs.”
Man has survived not by freezing in place, nor by cackling in fear.”
Man accepts the situation and adapts.
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