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Mad cow

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13. As far as the kids go...

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 09:49 AM

Jul 2020

Death isn't even the only metric that matters. We don't know anything about long term consequences of this virus. My husband's uncle is an old school neurologist who witnessed the Parkinson's spike attributed to the 1918 pandemic. Post enchephalitic Parkinson's was something that afflicted some survivors later in life.

I have two school age kids and the thought that I might expose them to something that could cause lifelong harm or lifelong risk keeps me up at night. It ought to keep our leaders up at night as well.

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It's so frustrating... [View all] mpreorder Jul 2020 OP

I have family that drink the same koolaid. No they don't have a fcuking clue. flying_wahini Jul 2020 #1

How is it that the stupidest man to ever become president became a cult leader for so many? bullimiami Jul 2020 #2

Fifty years of dumbing down our educational system, ad cult-like propaganda from many niyad Jul 2020 #4

Couldn't have said it better! MLAA Jul 2020 #10

Book by Eric Larson, "In The Garden Of Beasts" Good read about this very topic. Missn-Hitch Jul 2020 #16

Thank you. I will check it out. niyad Jul 2020 #18

So is "Fantasyland" by Kurt Anderson- America has always been the land of create-your-own-reality nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2020 #19

Maybe the fact that the majority Scarsdale Jul 2020 #6

Even if only a few kids have died, AirmensMom Jul 2020 #3

We do not know how many Scarsdale Jul 2020 #7

Understood. AirmensMom Jul 2020 #8

As far as the kids go... Mad cow Jul 2020 #13

tRump said he gets tested DAILY Scarsdale Jul 2020 #17

Not that it would have helped your discussion, but there was an O p here quite recently niyad Jul 2020 #5

Looks like up to 700 children died, 8000 hospitalized. qwlauren35 Jul 2020 #15

It is frustrating. Snackshack Jul 2020 #9

You can't reason with members of a cult. nt. Mariana Jul 2020 #11

Frustrating seta1950 Jul 2020 #12

You done good... But it disturbs me to hear.. dreamland Jul 2020 #14

Sitting around in a GROUP, with maskless people? WHY? Spewing into each others faces? Its NOT OVER! Baclava Jul 2020 #20

I get raising your voice, this is why I don't discuss politics in groups, bad for my blood pressure. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #21