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squashkin@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
this is kind of an unspecific problem of knowledge in general, there's gaps between claims that can be difficult to clear doubts over
like with corona, I still can't tell if it really exists, if people really died from it, if it's still around, etc. since the impact has been indistinguishable from flu or other disease rates and deaths and the effect of panic of telling people to believe it's a real thing.
Sometimes however lies are only able to make so much sense, because like with a nuclear attack, you might be able to gather evidence to suggest where the bomb came from (couldn't claim it flew from russia if there was no recorded flight path, and if they smuggled it in then there are questions how that would happen and who would be involved and everything - you might be able to gather evidence to refute claims of external attacks)
I and my gf got COVID 3 weeks ago. Its.... different. Not severe, but it lasts really long. Was sick for two weeks, and still have migraines from it. Same with the gf.
Our friend's 55 yr old dad got Covid in hospital and died. The only C19 death I personally know.
Not saying you're wrong but what would make you believe either of these are not pneumonia, bronchitus, flu, etc.?
My bias is to be skeptical after having seen a lot of things be faked or absurd things have been said. I know someone who "died from covid" who was 80 years old... ok, I'm pretty sure people die of the flu at that age? Been hard to distinguish the differences.
Since we think c19 was likely released, is the theory, that also seems kind of unlikely, as it can end up harming the people who want to release it for their gain. So, it made me doubt it was released - seems easier to just lie and say that it's a thing when it's not.
Its possible it could be something else. It cant be Bronchitis, because I developed that later after a week. Doctor said a bacterial infection took advantage of my sickness. Didn't have Bronchitis or a cough in my first week. Pneumonia is close to C19 in symptoms. Hundreds of Rhinoviruses, Coronaviruses, Influenzas, are together what we call the Common Cold. C19 is just a new one.
As you said, its tricky identifying it. There's no way to be 100% sure, unless you ran 3 different kinds of tests and also sequenced the genes from my sample. I had: 1) Symptoms matching C19 rather than a cold - 3 weeks and going, while a cold is done in 3 days 2) PCR tests for me and GF came positive. I was extremely skeptical of PCR, because the inventor explained the problems with using it for tests. However, we took 10-15 PCRs over the last 2 years, and the ones we took 3 weeks ago were the only +ve result we ever got, both of us. All that could be wrong. But I think it was probably C19.
Friend's dad was 55 yrs. You are correct, 80-85% of deaths are above 80 yrs, and average death age is above life expectancy (in UK). I got raw data for past two years from Openswiss and checked it by hand. Before 50 almost no one dies, deaths slowly tick up after that. After 80, it skyrockets.
2000-2019 - Usually sick for around a week, with one or two days in bed. Fever, runny nose and a day of headaches. 2020 - Sick for around a week, with one or two days in bed. Fever, runny nose and a day of headaches. 2021 (x2) - Sick for around a week, with one or two days in bed. Fever, runny nose. 2022 - Sick for around a week, with one or two days in bed. Confirmed COVID-19. Fever, runny nose.
I work in a place where I interact with between 800-1000 people per week. I estimate that I've interacted with just below 100.000 people since covid hit my country.
If anything, my symptoms have been milder than the seasonal flu.
mayonesa@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Did you read Don Delilo White Noise yet? It's a good time. Hint: it's apropos on the fucking nose.
Anyway, SARS-Cov2 seems to exist, but it's a coronavirus, which means a different wrinkle on the flu. I shrugged it off in a few days as did most people that I know.
I think a lot of it, just like with the regular flu, depends on how tired you are when it hits you.
squashkin@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
I never ended up reading white noise, may have read a little bit of it. did read the synopsis and re-read it right now... it is uncanny how some of those things in the book are happening today, but in different ways than the author wrote about them maybe.