Thom Paine (01-03-2021)
I get it. And certainly in the case of a very elderly hospice patient, or one in an advanced stage of some disease, who tests positive for Covid, there should be no rush to attribute that death to Covid. But in the case of someone who, in addition to testing positive for Covid also is suffering from the common cold or the flu (which does account for 56K deaths every year) how does make an arbitrary judgment as to which is killing or has killed that individual? Yes, the true numbers may, as you say, take years to sort out - but calling it a "hoax", as some do, is completely unjustified and irresponsible.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
FindersKeepers (01-03-2021)
That's horrendous! I hope you recover fully soon! Your mentioning falling over reminded me of when I was in the Emergency Room and they called my name; I got halfway to the desk and it was like my legs just shut down. After a few seconds someone asked, "Sir, do you need a wheelchair?" and I said, "Apparently". I recall being wheeled very rapidly down a hallway, and the next couple of weeks are pretty much gone and the month after that awfully fuzzy.
When I got back to the world, more or less, I posted a "cautionary tale" about my experience here on the forum, in an effort to encourage folks to get a pneumonia shot. I guess it couldn't hurt to post it again, for the benefit of the relative newcomers.
https://thepoliticalforums.com/threa...ght=cautionary
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
chaidragonfire (01-03-2021)
Geez. I have no words.....just "scary $#@!"!!!! Glad you made it through!
It's a $#@! getting older, and I wish I could punch her in the face!!! LMAO!!!
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Standing Wolf (01-03-2021)
hmmmmm, to me, an odd thought. Considering times I may have died save for good fortune, wits, and a bit of grit, I am grateful for every day I awaken and look
to more of them.
WoW! gettin positive here!
ready to recite the Desiderata and then break into a Thom song!
I wont back down!
make it a great day C
"I've outlived the country I loved" Monte Walsh 1970
"Remember: On the other side of that screen is a real person" (Missouri Mule)
I didn't call it a hoax, I called it a scam.
Obviously, people die from COVID. Not once have I denied that or attempted to suggest otherwise. But the evidence - which I have presented over and over and over again at this very forum - that COVID deaths are being wildly inflated is overwhelming. The top-line COVID death count that people like you use as an emotional bludgeon is a pure fraud. The risk that this virus poses to society has been criminally exaggerated for purely political purposes. That is what I mean when I say that it is a scam, not that there are no deaths or no risk.
Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
--John Adams
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