Originally Posted by willie
It is incorrect to say that "many covid 19 deaths are really flu deaths." More on how COVID-19 deaths are reported.
Influenza infection/mortality is down dramatically this year for a number of reasons. Here is an OK article that gets into some of them
I was talking with a buddy of mine today who knows someone that had the same thing happen. Sign in for the test, get tired of waiting, leave, get a positive notification.
Chris
This has happened to several people I personally know.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...n-minister-ill
A self-styled Sri Lankan holy man’s supposed miracle potion to prevent COVID-19 has turned sour after a minister who publicly drank it was hospitalised with the virus.
Thousands defied public gathering restrictions to swamp a village in central Sri Lanka last month to get the syrup made by Dhammika Bandara.The drink contained honey, nutmeg, coriander and other herbs and was available for the equivalent of $13 a bottle.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
Probably not enough hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin in there.
If they were tested through a healthcare system who billed their insurance for the PCR, they should report that to the state Dept of Ins. for fraud.
Missing one key ingredient. https://amazinglanka.com/wp/snakes-in-sri-lanka/
Yup. I don't know the person in question, it was just an anecdote relayed to me by my friend when we were talking about testing. I've heard similar stories from 4 different people (in different states). It certainly causes me to question numbers such as the 60%+ positive rate the next town over has or my own city's >20% positive rate.
Chris
Depending on the size of the town/who get tested and why, I could imagine lots of reasons % positivity rates would swing wildly between town to town.
Still, if they're just anecdotes from friends of a friend, I would take them with a grain of salt. I don't really know if t's worth getting worked up over specific % positivity either way. We already known COVID is out there (not news anymore) and that it is highly contagious, and that the B117 strain circulating in teh community now is even more contagious than older clades.
Cat's kind of out of the bag, these numbers may be interesting for public policy folks to stroke their beards over, but from a personal decision making perspective the only numbers I am reading are deaths and total hospitalized in my state/healthcare system. I just assume everyone out in the world has it and could give it to me and wear masks/distance/etc accordingly.
Hey I resemble that comment!
Actually my sister in law has it and my anti HCQ family doc prescribed Ivermectin. I take HCQ weekly. Which might explain why I bought a Taurus, or maybe buying the Taurus explains why I take HCQ.
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