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No, I know people who were considered essential workers and have been on-the-job with public contact since March. I also know some people who don't seem that bright when it comes to making decisions, they were out and about like nothing was going on with a "virus", and never contracted it despite the Public Health Officer claiming we were in some kind of crisis. We had UPS, the mail man and UPS workers at our door, and they remained on-the-job, same guys (We were really happy they stayed well as with all essential workers who were working to serve others.)
My son had to go to 2 hospitals, ride in ambulances, go to the doctors office. Husband accompanied him. I was terrified. No one became ill.
The schools closed early on, kids played together and many had to go every day to a friend's for babysitting when their parents had essential jobs. The college, vo-tech and schools are open with almost no cases since early September. The schools take temperatures, and I was telling my husband "Remember when we went to school, a fever determined whether or not we were contagious and had to go home or not." Those were viruses too.
Testing is so inaccurate they won't even guess how inaccurate it is, not even the CDC.
"Between March 1 and August 1, 2020, 1 336 561 deaths occurred in the US, a 20% increase over expected deaths (1 111 031 [95% CI, 1 110 364 to 1 111 697])."
Does my stepdaughter's neighbor's hairdresser's chiropractor (anecdotally) count?
LOL, only if you know said individual personally.
Do friends of friends on Facebook count? I know people in "real life" who claim they have hundreds of facebook friends who they have actually never met in person before. Would those count too?
Yes, in April my brother died at 64 after a very short bout with Covid, but he had other health issues and was in an extended health care facility in Connecticut. I knew when Covid began I'd probably lose him. However, I do not blame Trump or the government, their decisions were based on the information they had at the time, NO ONE has a crystal ball to see the future. I DO BLAME the Chinese government and believe the virus was created in a lab and intentionally released upon the world in their ongoing attempt for world domination.
You're wrong there. I see what you're saying - that in a limited setting x people get sick, y people die. That's true.
But we're not working with a limited setting. In our world - after ENOUGH people (x) get simultaneously sick - then more than (y) die due to a lack of beds, doctors, medicine, whatever.
That's the whole point of what we're doing. We're trying to limit the number of simultaneously sick people.
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