The COVID-19 pandemic - I think SA has stuffed this one up.

[adrianh]

My daughter's boss, a 35 year old lady, is really really sick now. My daughter says her 22 year old colleague is also not doing too well. Her parents are flying down to be with her - seems her dad is a big wheel in medicine. This stuff is really strange - the one lady in their group is about 70 and she is fine (She is extremely fit, coaches horse riding and spends most of her life outdoors)

I really wonder what is the genetic / health / medical reason behind who gets infected and who don't. Of course there are many studies being done to pinpoint this and hopefully some clever scientists figure it out.

[ians]

I saw an article about a doctor using vitamin C straight into the veins ... once you get to ICU state they using steroids ... but once again there is so much bullshyte on the WWW ... who knows what we should believe.

[adrianh]

I saw an article about a doctor using vitamin C straight into the veins ... once you get to ICU state they using steroids ... but once again there is so much bullshyte on the WWW ... who knows what we should believe.

Vitamin C straight in the veins will kill you - Acetic Acid does not mix well with blood.

When we went for the Covid test the pharmacist said that he is not going to take a vaccine because he is taking Ivermectin. Last week my GP told me that a whole lot of people made themselves terribly ill because Ivermectin is THE main ingredient in animal deworming tablets - The knobheads take the deworming tablets that are meant for horses, cows, n sheep n stuff and they are too dumb too realize that a pill made for a horse is not suitable for a human (even if one ingredient is the same). The jury is still out on the effectiveness of Ivermectin as a preventative measure to Covid.

[RogerGreenP]

Lots of folks who aren't physicians or pharmacists telling what to believe. Interesting.
Politicians telling us to take shots for political reasons. News commentators and social media pushing some party line.
I think I'll make my own choices and talk to my own physician, thanks.
Question those that tell us to not think for ourselves. And then, make your own decision.

[Dave A]

Lots of folks who aren't physicians or pharmacists telling what to believe. Interesting.
Politicians telling us to take shots for political reasons. News commentators and social media pushing some party line.
I think I'll make my own choices and talk to my own physician, thanks.
Question those that tell us to not think for ourselves. And then, make your own decision.

Look hard enough and you will find reasons not to trust your doctor or pharmacist too

I support doing the research and making one's own decision. But be aware of human frailties such as confirmation bias when doing so.

[adrianh]

....And then, make your own decision.

....not if I am sitting in the back of an Airbus A380 going trough turbulence.....I don't care what anybody says, the pilots can fly the plane and I will keep my mouth shut.

The Dunning Kruger Effect mirrors a monkey a genius... It really important to know that we often don't know...

[Derlyn]

Heard from someone who heard from someone that his wife was ill. She recovered using ivermectin.

The only side effect is that she's now a real cow.

Enjoy the day ... Derek.

[Dave A]

Heard from someone who heard from someone that his wife was ill. She recovered using ivermectin.

The only side effect is that she's now a real cow.

Enjoy the day ... Derek.

And that worm of a husband of hers survived??

We need to revive the Friday Funnies.

[Derlyn]

Just been through the Government and Dept of Health's official Covid 19 websites.

Nowhere can I find any suggestion that one should eat an immune system boosting diet or partake in any activities that boosts one's immune system.

As a strong immune system is one of the best defences against disease, I think we can all agree about this, I find this ommission on the Governments website rather strange.

I could have missed it, please correct me if so, but I would have thought that such important information should jump out at one.

All I see are statistics and plenty about vaccinations.

Strange.

Peace out ... Derek.

[Derlyn]

A spot on summary of what has happened over the last 18 months. Thank you Jeremy for keeping us sane.

https://war.jermwarfare.com/w/o5tLTWFJFNmy763UFweELW4w/f6eU48KLicrvTXoLWsGXTg/WD4VwjroFSTcfQGZz85X7g

Peace out ... Derek.

[GCE]

I read the article
Getting to the correct outcome in a mathematical calculation is very dependent on how you approach jt and what result you actually want -

The reduction in deaths per 1000 of population over the years has been due to improvements in medical science and yet the same people reject the medical science in the same sentence.

Have pasted a link to an article that approaches the math's in different angles with different results.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-how-mortality-rates-in-2020-compare-with-past-decades-and-centuries-12185275

[Derlyn]

I read the article
Getting to the correct outcome in a mathematical calculation is very dependent on how you approach jt and what result you actually want -

The reduction in deaths per 1000 of population over the years has been due to improvements in medical science and yet the same people reject the medical science in the same sentence.

Have pasted a link to an article that approaches the math's in different angles with different results.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...uries-12185275

@ GCE

Thank you, brother. Read it. Interesting. So each writer got what they wanted. Up to us to decide who's right.

On a lighter note, I'm still looking for an angle to approach the maths that will give a result of 25 when calculating my age.

Peace out .. Derek