Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The US Likely Has 8 YearsAt MostBefore Crisis Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:45:04 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 55 Message-ID: <105n50d$bqq8$1@dont-email.me> References: <1031j5l$1hro$1@dont-email.me> <1036e3h$13knq$1@dont-email.me> <1036lq5$rru$1@panix2.panix.com> <1036vag$17htj$2@dont-email.me> <1037lqm$1ck6l$1@dont-email.me> <1039uke$p8jq$1@dont-email.me> <674q7k1dq9ge2ilbjrd7t6f8so7d3e2sss@4ax.com> <105j49t$3dtjc$1@dont-email.me> <105n0ln$1r53$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:45:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="93c5376e14c5474629c650ef69e3d8ec"; logging-data="387912"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19PDiNkvGLe1koDLC097Cnh" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jc9x89XXOW2jCKemVAUlF/pSmKo= In-Reply-To: <105n0ln$1r53$3@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US 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 >> 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 > > > And the rest of the world where we live. > 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.