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April 20, 2020

Interview with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

Mark Musser

So far, the best interview I have seen yet to date on this virus scare with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya from Los Angeles. Even better, he is both a M.D. and an economist. He has done some random testing, and has been able to sort out those who are well off financially vs. those who are poorer. Unsurprisingly, his testing has some good and bad news. The good news, which is actually very good news, is that antibody rate proves the death rate that so many are concerned about should be dropped significantly. He specifically said this virus is a bit worse than the regular flu. The bad news is that the tests show the virus is more or less just getting started - but - at least it has spread much deeper than officials are presently aware of so that this virus is not nearly as dangerous as first feared. He is skeptical of herd immunity because there is so much controversy surrounding it.

Armed with this information, which needs to be corroborated by much more such testing, the good doctor has some targeted instructions on how to handle the situation much better than what we are seeing now. As far as the shutdowns are concerned, that is water under the bridge that may or may not have helped, but is now not worth arguing about at this point as it is time to move on. The great problem with this virus, unlike other flus, is that it so targets the lungs in certain cases that once the hospitals have reached their capacity to try and help those particular patients, they are no longer able to help them - which makes the death toll go up more than it should because they cannot be properly treated in a timely manner. It is this problem that needs to be targeted if there is going to be any amelioration of the problem. The good doctor also said it is impossible to eradicate the virus, which is a fantasy, and that people are going to have to get used to it as a new normal to some extent.

The last 10 minutes of the interview then discussed what is not being talked about nearly enough, and, in fact, is being resisted politically and socially as all too many seem to like the panic mode that we are currently in - how much the economy has an affect on people's well being and health? The answer is much, much bigger than many of our officials are even talking about right now, and if they do not wake up soon to this reality, it is difficult to say what kind of state they will be in charge of. Worse, no one is showing us the stats on all that because they border on a semi-apocalypse of sorts.

The Fight against COVID 19 an Update Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

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Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 09:36 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 On Sunday (4/19) Mark Levin interviewed a doctor who has great experience in immunology and similar disciplines, and he was of the considered opinion that (with proper testing, of course) we should let the low-risk people get back to work and get the economy moving again.

After all, you cannot remove risk from everyday life.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 20, 2020 10:55 AM (l0Dc6)

2 Testing is vastly overrated. It is a snapshot in time. A person can be tested and found free of virus one moment and be infectious an hour later. The emphasis on testing is a political cudgel being used as an anti-Trump weapon.

Posted by: Bill H at April 20, 2020 11:59 AM (vMiSr)

3 Bill, the main thing they'll be testing for is people who have had, and survived, the virus, and who therefore "can't get it again," nor will they be in danger of spreading it. Hence the concept of "herd immunity."

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 20, 2020 01:17 PM (RjlmW)

4 That's not the testing which is being touted in the discussion of restarting the economy. "Test, isolate and track" is the phrase they use. If they are testing for antibodies there is no need to track, and certainly no need to isolate. The test is for the active virus and to track those with whom you have been in contact. Even the test for antibodies is still highly uncertain as to accuracy.

Testing is a snapshot and is like putting a bandaid on a broken leg. We did not solve smallpox or malaria by testing or the equivalent. We did it by addressing immunity and treatment. The only effective measures of addressing Corona are immunity and treatment. Testing is a government sop for the masses.

Posted by: Bill H at April 20, 2020 05:10 PM (vMiSr)

5 Of course it's not the testing they're talking about. Because they aren't listening to people like him. They've got this dumb idea that we can't get off the starting line until nobody has the virus anymore -- in other words, too many people are listening to the donkeys.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 20, 2020 09:49 PM (RjlmW)

6 On testing I have read that having antibodies could mean you have had any of the corona virus varieties - not just Wuhan. I've also read it may be you have antibodies from other diseases too. So testing is largely a red herring.

They just want this country and the world shut down for a while. It really is that simple. I see so very many benefits to the Progressives, to the international elites and to the Democrats and the media that nobody is going to want to call it off. Of course, people who nobody knew about previously are now basking in the glory of the spotlight, and so you have Birx and Fauci and others unwilling to see this thing end.

Trump needs to find some other experts saying the opposite and start promoting them.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 21, 2020 06:54 AM (ffSwX)

7 I'll go along with that last, Tim. My wife and I have pretty much stopped watching the briefings because there's more heat than light being generated. Oh, Pence and the Admiral are OK, and Trump offers good answers if he gets good questions, which isn't that often. But Fauci and Birx are becoming more like trained seals. Predictable and just a bit fishy.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 21, 2020 01:13 PM (qzo8l)

8 Love that turn of phrase there "predictable and a bit fishy". I'm going to have to steal that and use it sometime.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 22, 2020 08:08 AM (3+tNT)

9 Go right ahead. You don't even need to credit it.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 22, 2020 10:14 PM (l0Dc6)

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