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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:45:04 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 7/21/2025 8:31 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> 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:
>>>
>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0They are doing wrong and wearing masks to avoid =
retaliation.=A0 But=20
>>>> the
>>>> epidemic
>>>> is still around but only us older people are dying as i know.=A0 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=20
>>>> relax.
>>>> =A0 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.
>>=20
>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0I 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/>
>>=20
>> And the rest of the world where we live.
>> <https://www.onlymyhealth.com/doctor-tells-what-diseases-covid19-can-=20
>> cause-including-copd-heart-attack-and-even-death-12977832651>
>>=20
>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0So deaths are way down but for older people and people =
with immune
>> respiratory or cardiac problems infection is to be avoided.
>>=20
>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0Oh and the CDC won't be reporting on this because Kennedy=
 Jr. has
>> cancelled data collection.=A0 Remember in Term 1 Orange Face said =
reporting
>> was bad.
>>=20
>Ya, I think COVID is going to be a semi-permanent hazard for the elderly=
=20
>and immune compromised going forward.  Unfortunately it is just another=20
>addition to a too long list of such infections.

IIRC, I suggested at the time that COVID shots would eventually become
part of the annual flue shot.

And, IIRC, I was told I was stating the obvious. IOW, there was a lot
of agreement here on it.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"