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2020-10-27 Europe

How deadly is covid-19? Hint: September 2020 was the least deadly month in Swedish history

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-10-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Is this g(r)om bait? I bet it is!

Posted by Raj 2020-10-27 01:05|| 2020-10-27 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Regular COVID sure is good for a fright — and (without preexisting conditions) ONLY that . . . But, hey, it’s almost Halloween.

The real problem at this time? ORF8 viral strains, and that lockdowns and social distancing are wrecking the economy and killing people. We are social creatures, and die without contact.

None of the COVID-19 viral strains can ever be be eliminated with quarantine-type practices & orders. You can’t stop such a small virus with such titers, recalcitrant environmental persistence, and transmissibility factors . IMO, inevitably ALL of the USA population will contract COVID-19 at some point.

You can only slow the curve of the pandemic to stand up resources, and to buy time to look for curatives (of which there are more and more all the time, including repurposing things like Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, and Nitazoxanide) and distribute them.

What needs to be watched out for, while guarding those with preexisting conditions, is whether a persons has contracted an ORF8 strain of the COVID-19 virus. Initially, with the ORF8 variety, that person might not even feel that bad, because very few symptoms will be presented, since (with the ORF8 strain of the COVID-19 virus) your immune system will not be mounting an effective defense. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.25.267328. Regular COVID-19 with quick, bad symptoms is the best to get, and these are by far most common strains (and may even immunize against the ORF8 strains).

Posted by cingold 2020-10-27 04:38|| 2020-10-27 04:38|| Front Page Top

#3 An analogy based on transmissibility & lethality factors (i.e., presence of ORF8 code in a COVID-19 viral strain contracted):

🐜 Ants in pit you fall in:

1) one ant & it bites;
2) millions of biting ants, but you can hop out;
3) #2, but you have major health issues;
4) #2, but you are passed out drunk (ORF8)

Will you die?

Posted by cingold 2020-10-27 04:40|| 2020-10-27 04:40|| Front Page Top

#4 People are starting to shake hands again around here.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-27 13:02|| 2020-10-27 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 I haven't had anybody refuse to shake hands during all of this. Granted, most all have been older (normal) people, but still. No male Karens scared to do the manly and social thing.

Posted by Clem 2020-10-27 13:05|| 2020-10-27 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 LOL I went to shake a guy's hand back in March. City boy. You'd think I was attacking him with a knife they way he jumped.

Others, again city folk, would take a step back and do The Chicken Wing which was flu chic at the time. Kinda awkward watching them stand there waiting for me to do something. Seen birds come off the bumper with better form.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-27 13:20|| 2020-10-27 13:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I did only fistbumps before Covid

Posted by Frank G 2020-10-27 13:53|| 2020-10-27 13:53|| Front Page Top

#8 In our county the number of cases of CV-19 has increased (probably due to increased testing). However, the number of deaths has not changed in the latest stats. The death rate based on the 2019 county population is something like 0.02% ( The case death rate is likely a little higher because of a smaller denominator).

Posted by JohnQC 2020-10-27 16:17|| 2020-10-27 16:17|| Front Page Top

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