I agree, I do think we aren’t being told the whole truth either xEverything is relative.
Mild, compared to what?
Severe, compared to what?
People die every year from the regular flu, but we dont lock everything down.
When a doctor gives you medication that might kill you, he has to weigh the odds of the medication killing you against the odds of your disease killing you.
He has to decide if it is worth the risk.
But with this virus, for some reason, no one wants to weigh the risks, they just want 100% protection from the virus.
And the world is trying very hard to eradicate the virus even though man has never eradicated a virus in the history of the world. A virus is intelligent. If you make an effective vaccine the virus doesn't die, it waits untill it finds a way around the vaccine. The last big one, i think it was 1919, after a vaccine it kept trying to attack and failed for about 40 years. Then it met a virus which could get past the vaccine, but could kill us. The 1919 virus took the one part that could get it past the vaccine and attacked again, causing another outbreak. The 1919 virus is still out there. Covid will always be here.
Many make the argument why should you lock down to stop the spread of something that you cant stop the spread of?
If you are that afraid of death then you shouldn't be having sex with strangers. Not only could you catch a sexually transmitted disease you could also catch covid or the common flu. Or thier spouse could catch you and kill you.
Or the club could catch fire.
Here in the US states operate like separate countries. Each can have laws that differ from other states.
The states which locked down and imposed heavy restrictions have higher rates of new cases than the states that were not that strict or didn't lock down at all.
I think, when compared to everything else that could kill us, there is no reason to lock down or have heavy restrictions.
The benefits are minimal.
Well said.Everything is relative.
Mild, compared to what?
Severe, compared to what?
People die every year from the regular flu, but we dont lock everything down.
When a doctor gives you medication that might kill you, he has to weigh the odds of the medication killing you against the odds of your disease killing you.
He has to decide if it is worth the risk.
But with this virus, for some reason, no one wants to weigh the risks, they just want 100% protection from the virus.
And the world is trying very hard to eradicate the virus even though man has never eradicated a virus in the history of the world. A virus is intelligent. If you make an effective vaccine the virus doesn't die, it waits untill it finds a way around the vaccine. The last big one, i think it was 1919, after a vaccine it kept trying to attack and failed for about 40 years. Then it met a virus which could get past the vaccine, but could kill us. The 1919 virus took the one part that could get it past the vaccine and attacked again, causing another outbreak. The 1919 virus is still out there. Covid will always be here.
Many make the argument why should you lock down to stop the spread of something that you cant stop the spread of?
If you are that afraid of death then you shouldn't be having sex with strangers. Not only could you catch a sexually transmitted disease you could also catch covid or the common flu. Or thier spouse could catch you and kill you.
Or the club could catch fire.
Here in the US states operate like separate countries. Each can have laws that differ from other states.
The states which locked down and imposed heavy restrictions have higher rates of new cases than the states that were not that strict or didn't lock down at all.
I think, when compared to everything else that could kill us, there is no reason to lock down or have heavy restrictions.
The benefits are minimal.
I agree. 100%.Everything is relative.
Mild, compared to what?
Severe, compared to what?
People die every year from the regular flu, but we dont lock everything down.
When a doctor gives you medication that might kill you, he has to weigh the odds of the medication killing you against the odds of your disease killing you.
He has to decide if it is worth the risk.
But with this virus, for some reason, no one wants to weigh the risks, they just want 100% protection from the virus.
And the world is trying very hard to eradicate the virus even though man has never eradicated a virus in the history of the world. A virus is intelligent. If you make an effective vaccine the virus doesn't die, it waits untill it finds a way around the vaccine. The last big one, i think it was 1919, after a vaccine it kept trying to attack and failed for about 40 years. Then it met a virus which could get past the vaccine, but could kill us. The 1919 virus took the one part that could get it past the vaccine and attacked again, causing another outbreak. The 1919 virus is still out there. Covid will always be here.
Many make the argument why should you lock down to stop the spread of something that you cant stop the spread of?
If you are that afraid of death then you shouldn't be having sex with strangers. Not only could you catch a sexually transmitted disease you could also catch covid or the common flu. Or thier spouse could catch you and kill you.
Or the club could catch fire.
Here in the US states operate like separate countries. Each can have laws that differ from other states.
The states which locked down and imposed heavy restrictions have higher rates of new cases than the states that were not that strict or didn't lock down at all.
I think, when compared to everything else that could kill us, there is no reason to lock down or have heavy restrictions.
The benefits are minimal.
Agreed.If lockdowns would prevent overwhelming the NHS (and I've heard it's already close to being overrun as it is), then I'm all for it.
I wouldn't say mild as such but milder just as safe sex is in't safe but safer. For those that suffered badly with the Delta variant of Covid they will probably fare slightly better with Omicron and those that brushed Delta off as nothing more than a cold will probably not even notice they have the Omicron variant potentially spreading the virus. Just because it's milder and recovery rates are faster does not mean we should not take it seriously, remember its more infectious with the potential to overwhem the NHS indirectly causeing more deaths because there isn't enough staff to treat them.Omnicron is a mild version of Covid apparently, is it really worth putting restrictions on everything again ?
Same problem here in the US.Well said.
If lockdowns would prevent overwhelming the NHS (and I've heard it's already close to being overrun as it is), then I'm all for it. My concern is that I don't think any of us have any faith in this government anymore, they've been incompetent throughout, at best - hesitating when decisive action was needed and turning blind eyes to the people in charge flouting the rules.