Did or do the masks really do any good?
It was found out that it was not transmitted by touching after all.
Was the freaking out so bad worth it or did we freak out over nothing?
Hm... What if covid is actually transmitted via freaking out?
shareHere's my take on it.
Did it turn out to be as bad as thought? No. But a ton of people did die from it. Do I think that we learned anything from it? No.
I mean there were people in 1917 who disregarded public safety in the name of personal freedom too, so I think that if something comes along that will wipe out a lot of the population, it will do so effectively as society will not protect itself. This is world wide, not political or aiming at any one in particular, I just don't think we will stand a chance.
There are 12 million people who would probably say so if they were still alive.
shareWell, that's the thing isn't it?
How did they still manage to get it and die even with all this major freak out about it?
Perhaps those who got it and died were just too vulnerable and would died have anyway.
Darwin awards for all of those who scoffed at and ignored the precautions.
This should probably be in politics.
I do see people still wearing cloth or surgical masks at times. I'm tempted to point out if they are wearing it because of Covid, we were told about a year ago by the respectable agencies and scientists that we need at least an N95 or better mask to make a difference.
I don't say anything though. I don't think they'd appreciate it, anyway.
This is a question on health.
If I had brought up in the OP Trump's lame response and botched job of it or pointed out how the numbers that died were higher in the same time period with Biden then it would belong in Politics.
[–] WarrenPeace (2180) 2 days ago
This is a question on health.
If I had brought up in the OP Trump's lame response and botched job of it or pointed out how the numbers that died were higher in the same time period with Biden then it would belong in Politics."
No!! Once you brought Trump into and Biden, you made it about Politics.. Please stop acting naive over this and post this in the Politics Forum
By now, I believe that most people around the world have contracted COVID at least once or twice. Many have lost their lives or have relatives who succumbed to the virus. From your own personal experience, did it fell like nothing to you? For me, it was life-threatening and warranted taking precautions.
COVID is not the first epidemic. I’ve been wearing a mask in public for many years now. It provides a level of protection against airborne diseases and air pollution. If you live in a modern industrial city with a dense population, some form of filtration is essential - either a mask or your own nostril and lung. I understand that there are exceptions, such as chain-smokers who inexplicably outlive non-smokers, but that doesn’t mean we should deem warning about the risks associated with smoking as "freaking out over nothing", right?
I'm not vaccinated and have never contracted it and I've been tested in front of my Supervisor just out of courtesy to my co-workers on my part for not buying into this shit to begin with and was negative.. How do you explain this?? Biden said if you didn't take the "Jab", you were certain to catch this?? Biden bragged about taking one booster after another and STILL came down with it
share"No!! Once you brought Trump into and Biden, you made it about Politics.. Please stop acting naive over this and post this in the Politics Forum"
Sound familiar?
Signed, million man.
It (like every other cold) isn’t going to be transmitted just through touch. It isn’t going to go through the skin on your hand. But if you do touch a surface that the virus is on and then rub your nose then it will be transmitted.
shareThe whole thing was blown out of proportion and used to steal an election and when we look back on it, it was nothing worse than the common cold & flu, right down to the symptoms side by side excluding respiratory, but back in the day, it was a chest cold and you took Robitussin and it eventually worked it's way out and please?? Spare me the supposed Millions of lives we were told that were lost due to this because just because the CDC & Biden say so?? Doesn't make it so.. If you question this?? You're deemed a threat to Democracy and all of this other bullshit.. Put even simpler: If Hillary would've won in 2016, we wouldn't have heard 1 word over this..
And why are you posting this here in the General Discussion Forum when you know it's impossible not to bring Politics into it??
Yes, because the effect that it had on the rest of the world, all the people who died, the lockdowns, the supply chain issues, and inflation because of that, was all just to steal an American election. Okay.
shareYes, it was, but unfortunately for the Left, the American people have saw right through this and are determined not to allow the Left to manipulate another election in their favor
shareUh huh. Sure.
shareYeah, Uh huh sure.. It's true.. The whole thing was a WASH from Day 1 and like I said, if Hillary would've won on 2016, you wouldn't have heard one word about this.. The master plan was supposed to be 8 years of Obama, 8 years of Hillary and 8 years of Biden and when Trump threw a monkey wrench in on this, they lost their minds over it
shareAgain, there is a whole wide world outside of the US who were effected by Covid.
shareUh huh.. Yeah
shareAre you saying the rest of the planet was in on the Covid conspiracy to sway an election in the US? Is this what you believe? Lol
shareWhat I'm saying is everyone was duped over this, for something no worse than the common cold for Christ Sake and all to sway an election, YES
shareI don't know anyone who has died from the common cold. But I do know people who died of Covid.
sharehttps://theconversation.com/can-you-die-from-a-common-cold-126241
"The common cold is normally a mild illness that resolves without treatment in a few days. And because of its mild nature, most cases are self-diagnosed. However, infection with rhinovirus or one of the other viruses responsible for common cold symptoms can be serious in some people. Complications from a cold can cause serious illnesses and, yes, even death – particularly in people who have a weak immune system"
So despite being Rare, YES, you can die from the common cold
Yeah, like I said I don't know anyone who has died. I never said no one ever did. About 200 people die from the cold each year compared to up to 50,000 from the flu (depending on the year) Not millions like the first strain of Covid.
shareWho said Millions died from Covid?? Prove it?? And if you so much as Question any of this?? You're a threat to Democracy.. Not buying it
shareJust because you don't trust your government, it doesn't mean that there is a world wide conspiracy happening. I don't have a liberal government where I live, but I do trust the nurses in my family. There have been over 5000 Covid deaths in my province since the start of Covid. That might not seem like much to you, but I believe that number. They also report Flu death numbers which is an average about 100 per year since so that's a lot more people who die of Covid than the flu.
Now was Covid as deadly as they thought it was going to be? No. I never said that. But I did say in another comment that what we can learn from this, and the 1917 influenza pandemic, is that society won't protect itself and that if something really deadly comes along we are screwed.