26 Jul 21
@metal-brain saidI started to read it. I really did.
@sh76
Have you read Steven Hatfill's letter to us all yet?
https://drstevenhatfill.com/open-letter-to-america/
You do know who he is, right? He is the victim of the Anthrax Investigation. It was a Robert Mueller witch hunt. Hatfill sued and won because he was innocent.
But after this paragraph
This is the story of how petty bureaucrats and drug companies unjustly discredited an inexpensive FDA-approved drug that would have prevented COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for political spite and financial gain. These perpetrators, who now hold more significant positions in government, need to be held accountable for over 500,000 American deaths and the disruption of our economy.
I can't. I'm really sorry, but I flunked conspiracy-nut-ese. It was my only F in life.
26 Jul 21
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@sh76 saidQuite a change from a few posts ago, you know the one about "AC blowing germs all over the place"?
You're not popping any bubble. The spike is worse in winter everywhere, like all flu-like diseases.
But hot states also tend to get hit starting in late June, whereas the rebounds in the north wait until late summer/early Fall. Of course, the Delta variant is playing with that a little bit.
January in Houston is like April in NYC.
26 Jul 21
@sh76 saidIt's a "HCQ would have saved everybody's life but for Fauci" saga.
I started to read it. I really did.
But after this paragraph
This is the story of how petty bureaucrats and drug companies unjustly discredited an inexpensive FDA-approved drug that would have prevented COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for political spite and financial gain. These perpetrators, who now hold more significant positions in government, need to be he ...[text shortened]... y.
I can't. I'm really sorry, but I flunked conspiracy-nut-ese. It was my only F in life.
You know what the scientific evidence regarding HCQ is, so there's no reason to bother.
@sh76 saidWhat other state has a 150% increase in just one month?
That is by raw numbers ("Texas is second with 21,884 new cases this past week, about 9,000 more than the previous week." )
By coincidence, Taxes is also the second most populated state in the country.
According to the same article:
"Rhode Island had the highest increase, with a 181 percent jump to 242 cases. That was followed by Nebraska with a 156 percent hike to 988 ...[text shortened]... 152 percent jump to 255 cases."
Percentage increase is a fairer metric than raw number increase.
EDIT: I forgot you brought up Rhode Island.
I agree that a COVID spike probably would've happened with or with Abbot's actions. But I doubt those numbers would be anywhere near 150% in just one month.
At the very least, Abbot's irresponsible actions helped exacerbate the problem.
26 Jul 21
@no1marauder saidI didn't realize I had to spell out the whole years' cycle in every post.
Quite a change from a few posts ago, you know the one about "AC blowing germs all over the place"?
January in Houston is like April in NYC.
First, seasonality is regional. Houston may be warm in the winter, but it's heavily connected to more inland regions that are cooler. Winter is prime season for all flu-like diseases and it's axiomatic that COVID will be no exception. I don't know precisely why this applies in warm winter cities, but it's a plain fact, so questioning it is pointless.
Last year, in late June, we had COVID spikes across the hot weather climates, which lasted through July and then faded in August. In August, everyone started creeping up, but the colder upper midwest really spiked in Sep and Oct and crested in November. The more moderate northeast started really spiking in mid-Fall and then crested in early January. By February, everyone was falling and by April and May, COVID had fallen to seasonal lows.
This applied to states with mask mandates and states without. South Dakota was despised by many for Neom's lax COVID policies while Granholm in Michigan wasn't letting Walmarts sell car seats and yet they both followed the same Fall spike pattern (Michigan spiked again in April for reasons I do not know).
Ascribing Texas' spike to lifting mask mandates (which they hadn't been taking seriously anyway for a long time) is a reach.
26 Jul 21
@vivify said"Rhode Island had the highest increase, with a 181 percent jump to 242 cases. That was followed by Nebraska with a 156 percent hike to 988 cases and Maine with a 152 percent jump to 255 cases."
What other state has a 150% increase in just one month?
26 Jul 21
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@sh76 saidI didn't edit my post quick enough. Just as I had typed that, I remembered you already posted about Rhode Island.
"Rhode Island had the highest increase, with a 181 percent jump to 242 cases. That was followed by Nebraska with a 156 percent hike to 988 cases and Maine with a 152 percent jump to 255 cases."
Still, I think Abbot's actions have proved to be irresponsible in light of these spikes. There's no reason to ban COVID restrictions.
26 Jul 21
@vivify saidIf you believe that the costs to public school children of being forced-masked is higher than the risk to them from COVID, then banning forcing public school children to mask makes sense.
I didn't edit my post quick enough. Just as I had typed that, I remembered you already posted about Rhode Island.
Still, I think Abbot's actions have proved to be irresponsible in light of these spikes. There's no reason to ban COVID restrictions.
I don't think government should stop private businesses from making their own mask mandates.
@sh76 saidWhat exactly is the cost of having children wear masks during a pandemic?
If you believe that the costs to public school children of being forced-masked is higher than the risk to them from COVID, then banning forcing public school children to mask makes sense.
I don't think government should stop private businesses from making their own mask mandates.
EDIT: this question was raised in your thread. We'll just discuss it there.
26 Jul 21
@Eladar
So you are supremely confident that will be how it goes, 10,11 deaths a day from C19, you figure that is what will be happening? For someone saying they taught math you have ZERO understanding of statistics and the driving forces of statistics.
You see a pandemic and say, just another flu, only a half million + dead, no big deal, mostly old farts anyway so again, WHAT"S THE BIG DEAL?
Of COURSE to you, who have the same psychologic problems as your god king, that is ZERO EMPATHY.
So tell me why you though it was ok for Trump to downplay the pandemic, saying you can just inject BLEACH and cure it, or that other crap he touted which now shows ZERO effect on C19.
YEP, this pandemic will soon be over, by Memorial day there will be zero cases.
So defend THAT.
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26 Jul 21
@sonhouse saidwhy do you keep repeating debunked claims houndog?
@Eladar
So you are supremely confident that will be how it goes, 10,11 deaths a day from C19, you figure that is what will be happening? For someone saying they taught math you have ZERO understanding of statistics and the driving forces of statistics.
You see a pandemic and say, just another flu, only a half million + dead, no big deal, mostly old farts anyway so again, ...[text shortened]...
YEP, this pandemic will soon be over, by Memorial day there will be zero cases.
So defend THAT.
@shavixmir saidOh, so you think that fewer than 20 deaths is a medical emergency.
You said that last year too. Your health service nearly collapsed and 600.000 people died.
Are you moronic or something?
600k, 80 percent are retired people. Half the people who died are 75 or older.
We certainly needed to shut down businesses because a bunch of retired people will die.