BA.2 surge hitting US in April/May

[Anonymous]

Stop fighting over this. Both sides have validity. Anti maskers-have empathy for those who are ill and concerned for justifiable reasons. And be grateful you are healthy. Maskers-continue to stay safe and you cannot change anti maskers minds as they are restless as this is unfortunately longer than anyone anticipated.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

14,000 includes the unvaccinated. Only about 1400 vaccinated individuals have died from covid in Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

Are you crazy? Do you know how many more people would have died if we had just let it rip? Not to mention collateral damage from hospitals being constantly overwhelmed. The numbers you are looking at resulted from the policy you’re pooh poohing.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

Are you crazy? Do you know how many more people would have died if we had just let it rip? Not to mention collateral damage from hospitals being constantly overwhelmed. The numbers you are looking at resulted from the policy you’re pooh poohing.

No, not the exact number. But I do know the vast majority would have been elderly and that we wouldn’t have a problem with social security or medicare anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

Are you crazy? Do you know how many more people would have died if we had just let it rip? Not to mention collateral damage from hospitals being constantly overwhelmed. The numbers you are looking at resulted from the policy you’re pooh poohing.

No, not the exact number. But I do know the vast majority would have been elderly and that we wouldn’t have a problem with social security or medicare anymore.

Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop fighting over this. Both sides have validity. Anti maskers-have empathy for those who are ill and concerned for justifiable reasons. And be grateful you are healthy. Maskers-continue to stay safe and you cannot change anti maskers minds as they are restless as this is unfortunately longer than anyone anticipated.

It has nothing to do with being restless.

Wearing a cloth mask is ineffective and if you are in an N95 you are protected.

Asking people to do something ineffective just because is not only stupid on its own face, it is terrible policy.

[Anonymous]

I feel like it is a mistake to classify everyone as masked or anti masker. When cases are sky high and/or there’d a situation where masks are required, I obviously mask. When cases are low, as they are right now, and requirements are relaxed, I don’t mask. I’m not anti, but I don’t need to mask everyday for the rest of my life either. I think we lose a lot of people who would happily comply with masking when needed by insisting it’s some moral failing or willful harm to other people if they don’t mask ALL the time, regardless of the context.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

14,000 includes the unvaccinated. Only about 1400 vaccinated individuals have died from covid in Maryland.

You do realize covid was killing people in Md for 18 months before the vaccine was widely available, right? You need to look at the number of death in both group AFTER April 30, or whenever it was that everyone *could* get vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

Are you crazy? Do you know how many more people would have died if we had just let it rip? Not to mention collateral damage from hospitals being constantly overwhelmed. The numbers you are looking at resulted from the policy you’re pooh poohing.

No, not the exact number. But I do know the vast majority would have been elderly and that we wouldn’t have a problem with social security or medicare anymore.

PP, that's messed up view.

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

I wouldn’t have minded letting it rip amongst the unvaccinated. They had a choice, they made it, that’s it. Why did we let them receive medical care for Covid??

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

Are you crazy? Do you know how many more people would have died if we had just let it rip? Not to mention collateral damage from hospitals being constantly overwhelmed. The numbers you are looking at resulted from the policy you’re pooh poohing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like it is a mistake to classify everyone as masked or anti masker. When cases are sky high and/or there’d a situation where masks are required, I obviously mask. When cases are low, as they are right now, and requirements are relaxed, I don’t mask. I’m not anti, but I don’t need to mask everyday for the rest of my life either. I think we lose a lot of people who would happily comply with masking when needed by insisting it’s some moral failing or willful harm to other people if they don’t mask ALL the time, regardless of the context.

Same. And o appreciate the CDC’s updated nuanced guidance on this.

[Anonymous]

Even which masks are effective has evolved with the virus. At the beginning, a cloth mask with a couple layers to it was fine, especially with limited interactions and distancing. However, with Omicron and its transmissibility, that was no longer the case .

Fwiw, I change how I am masking depending on the current community counts AND what I’m going to be doing. Oh, also how I am feeling - I do still wear lighter masks just to and from school with the kiddo because I constantly have sniffles and just don’t want to share germs just in case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:because they have seen some changes in people's bodies that they haven't seen in previous coronaviruses

That doesn’t make you go hmmm after all you’ve been told that hasn’t turned out to be correct? Really??

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Anonymous wrote:The delusional twitter doctor who was peddling his book about how mask policies had failed and was arguing that masks were ineffective? Yeah that one is off the rails.

No, the Twitter epidemiologists and doctors who built their social media profiles off of Covid hysteria. They fear losing relevancy and have a vested interest in pushing doom and gloom.

Right, Covid is no big deal despite killing mil,ions around the world. Must be nice to have your privilege.

It was reported that Maryland has crossed the 14,000 deaths from COVID benchmark recently. It did make me pause because it seems like a very low number relative to what we went through in the last two years. There are more than 6,000,000 Marylanders, and the 14k deaths were heavily concentrated among the elderly with health issues. I'm sure a decent percentage would have likely died by now from something else had they never gotten infected from COVID.

When I see the cold hard numbers in front of me, it does make me realize how much of what we went through in the last two years was driven by little more than hysteria and fear far more than what was needed. We'd have been much better off with a very different approach to COVID targeted to the high risk demographics.

This. Also compare the numbers to other causes of death. Can you imagine how much better off if we had instead focused on reducing obesity across the country?

Are you crazy? Do you know how many more people would have died if we had just let it rip? Not to mention collateral damage from hospitals being constantly overwhelmed. The numbers you are looking at resulted from the policy you’re pooh poohing.

No, not the exact number. But I do know the vast majority would have been elderly and that we wouldn’t have a problem with social security or medicare anymore.

PP, that's messed up view.

Pandemics are like wildfires for people. And, similar to wildfires, trying to prevent or stop them disrupts the natural balance of life.

“Fire removes low-growing underbrush, cleans the forest floor of debris, opens it up to sunlight, and nourishes the soil. Reducing this competition for nutrients allows established trees to grow stronger and healthier. History teaches us that hundreds of years ago forests had fewer, yet larger, healthier trees.“

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please also keep us updated on which strain of flu is going around and where. I will keep my whiteboard of viruses up to date so I can decide which one to worry about and when.

……. you …. you know we actually do keep track of that right?