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Subject: Re: The US Likely Has 8 YearsAt MostBefore Crisis
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:45:04 -0700
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On 7/21/2025 8:31 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/21/25 20:07, The Horny Goat wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:08:29 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
>> <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>
>>>     They are doing wrong and wearing masks to avoid retaliation.  But 
>>> the
>>> epidemic
>>> is still around but only us older people are dying as i know.  But i
>>> wear a mask when
>>> ourside to catch a bit of the pollen and other allergens circulating. If
>>> I start to cough,
>>> usually from allergy, it helps the other oeople near me on the bus to 
>>> relax.
>>>   The climate in San Francisco is suited to have many blooming plants
>>> all year long.
>>> The city is always building or repairing and dust is an ever-present
>>> problem.
>>
>> Hmmm. I haven't heard of any COVID deaths in at least two years. (My
>> wife died in March 2022 and her death certificate said COVID solely on
>> the basis of a non-authorized (by me) post mortem COVID test that
>> tested positive though there were no other symptoms. My GP said that
>> based on my description that it sounded to him more like a cardiac
>> though he knew that some heart attacks he knew of were of recovered
>> COVID patients who it was believed had had their natural defences
>> weakened as a result of COVID.
>>
>> I do see people wearing masks but certainly nowhere near the numbers
>> we all saw in 2020-2021.
> 
>      I have not seen the latest numbers so I had to go and look for them.
> USA 2025
> <https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/united-states-covid-stats/>
> 
> And the rest of the world where we live.
> <https://www.onlymyhealth.com/doctor-tells-what-diseases-covid19-can- 
> cause-including-copd-heart-attack-and-even-death-12977832651>
> 
>      So deaths are way down but for older people and people with immune
> respiratory or cardiac problems infection is to be avoided.
> 
>      Oh and the CDC won't be reporting on this because Kennedy Jr. has
> cancelled data collection.  Remember in Term 1 Orange Face said reporting
> was bad.
> 
Ya, I think COVID is going to be a semi-permanent hazard for the elderly 
and immune compromised going forward.  Unfortunately it is just another 
addition to a too long list of such infections.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.