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Just A Box Of Rain

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72. I do have a university degree and am a curious fellow who always endeavors to learn new things.

Tue Sep 20, 2022, 05:05 PM

Sep 2022

I'm NOT dismissive of reality and that's why I urge you not to spread the sort of disinformation that trivializes the risks of Long Covid by comparing them with influenza.

Such conflations are false and dangerous.

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Biden is right. The pandemic is over. [View all] comradebillyboy Sep 2022 OP

That is what we heard from a bio chemist last week.. that it is now becoming Endemic Peacetrain Sep 2022 #1

The flu does not kill hundreds of thousands -- in the U.S., anyway, which is what I assume you meant WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #6

it was worldwide.. and I just re read my post and I had not put that down Peacetrain Sep 2022 #12

But most of the 12 grand are Covidiots. GreenWave Sep 2022 #33

Astrophysist Neil DeGrasse Tyson said it could be enough to swing elections to the Dems. OMGWTF Sep 2022 #39

Good catch Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #36

ref. please for flu killing "hundreds of thousands per year". Magoo48 Sep 2022 #8

world wide.. I forgot to put that in my post.. Peacetrain Sep 2022 #13

I agree. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2022 #2

But of course Leana Wen would agree. Her disregard of vulnerable communities and the effects of WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #3

As Someone Who Works in Healthcare, Serving Vulnerable Communities as well as Conducting Beetwasher. Sep 2022 #14

It's not over but it's no longer in the pandemic phase. Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #30

as a matter of historical usage, a pandemic is said to be over.... getagrip_already Sep 2022 #4

+1. dalton99a Sep 2022 #11

No one cares about reality relayerbob Sep 2022 #5

Exactly, Covid is never going away. We can't be on emergency footing forever. tritsofme Sep 2022 #7

Mask mandates are no longer justifiable dalton99a Sep 2022 #9

Speaking of masks, for people with higher risks, masks on *other people* is what protects them. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #20

Not Completely Accurate ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #49

Mask mandates have never been justifiable nilram Sep 2022 #23

Basically it is over. Some who has shots have mild cases, nut the bad ones True Blue American Sep 2022 #10

mask mandates are lifted, but I still wear a mask peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #15

My wife feels the same way. She says the mask filters out comradebillyboy Sep 2022 #17

I skirted seasonal allergies this spring peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #19

For the vaxxed and boosted Covid long ago ceased to be a threat. Tomconroy Sep 2022 #16

Not necessarily. My father is vaxxed and boosted yet still had to be hospitalized with Covid a progressoid Sep 2022 #40

Why would inthewind21 Sep 2022 #18

My first thought Traildogbob Sep 2022 #21

Let's see, at the current rate of 400 deaths per day in the US Rural_Progressive Sep 2022 #22

You are never going to get a viral disease to zero. AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #24

Not even for small pox? Orrex Sep 2022 #34

Why not influenza? That causes almost 55k death a year. AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #42

Flu deaths are estimated- not actual counts like Covid deaths womanofthehills Sep 2022 #64

How many of those are excess deaths? Tomconroy Sep 2022 #35

After three years of fear and paranoia, there is no logic anymore AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #43

Bingo inthewind21 Sep 2022 #57

Daughter was the only one wearing a mask at a Cuban festival in Union City, NJ on Saturday. TheBlackAdder Sep 2022 #25

I brought covid home XanaDUer2 Sep 2022 #26

Time to find a new doctor? Jirel Sep 2022 #29

I don't ever want to go back to that eye doctor XanaDUer2 Sep 2022 #31

When I went in to be eye-lasered nitpicker Sep 2022 #54

He is very wrong, and those words have consequences. Jirel Sep 2022 #27

Refusing inthewind21 Sep 2022 #58

Fucking GOP Snackshack Sep 2022 #28

I've had 4 shots, including the bi-valent booster. r�is�n_dubh Sep 2022 #32

Federal funds will stop flowing everywhere bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #37

GOP has been trying to extend the pandemic as long as they can IronLionZion Sep 2022 #38

I heard a guest on Amy Goodman's show this morning maxsolomon Sep 2022 #41

Pandemics Zeitghost Sep 2022 #44

Yeah, he was definitely on the "Biden shouldn't have said that" side. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #45

Some people seem to have a vested interest Zeitghost Sep 2022 #46

Or is he? Good news is good politics. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #51

I don't see how EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #47

There's inthewind21 Sep 2022 #59

Well EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #65

Yes inthewind21 Sep 2022 #79

The CDC and WHO both say the COVID pandemic is still on-going, I will listen to them Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2022 #48

COVID has now dropped from Pandemic to an ENDEMIC Disease. mackdaddy Sep 2022 #50

Agreed! ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #52

As far as I'm concerned it's over Calculating Sep 2022 #53

A better message could have been nitpicker Sep 2022 #55

In contrast nitpicker Sep 2022 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author inthewind21 Sep 2022 #60

With hundreds still dying per day Meowmee Sep 2022 #61

It will inthewind21 Sep 2022 #62

Compensated? Tomconroy Sep 2022 #78

I have other thoughts. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #63

You mean inthewind21 Sep 2022 #66

Not a bit. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #67

Yeah inthewind21 Sep 2022 #68

You would do well to study up on Long Covid. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author inthewind21 Sep 2022 #70

Sure thing inthewind21 Sep 2022 #71

I do have a university degree and am a curious fellow who always endeavors to learn new things. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #72

Oh well you have a University Degree! inthewind21 Sep 2022 #74

You are the only one being dismissive. Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #75

Yet inthewind21 Sep 2022 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #73

The pandemic IS over. I've been leading a maskless life now for about a year. beaglelover Sep 2022 #77

Agree. nt Raine Sep 2022 #80