July 17, 2020
A COVID-19 story & the dangers of politicizing a virus:
I just asked a friend in a major U.S. city who owns a successful
medical testing business his opinion about masks. He is on the advisory
board to one of the top hospitals in the country (you'd recognize the
name), and is an expert in immunology, epidemiology, and a couple other
medical-ologies
But that wasn't the main point he wanted to make.
He told the story of a friend whose wife recently got very sick with COVID-like symptoms and was admitted to a very good hospital in the city. She was told she had COVID by three top medical professionals.
The husband called my friend to say her health was failing and was not expected to live. My friend told him to INSIST she be tested for other illnesses. They did, and discovered she had Legionnaires disease, which is bacterial, not viral. She was treated and released a day or so later.
(He also related that he has personally known more people to commit suicide in recent months than have had COVID.)
COVID-mania is causing harm. "Following the science" means making rational decisions, but when the government pays hospitals extra $$ for having COVID patients, you can bet that every illness will suddenly look more like COVID than before the financial incentive existed.
A word from Tim:
Very interesting...I wonder if Legionella isn't exascerbated by wearing the mask. If you were exposed to it, and wear a mask, does that make you develop legionaire's?
Certainly being shut inside the house with doors and windows closed can increase your chances of developing the disease.
It should be pointed out that when a test is done for the disease they only check for Legionella Pneumophilia and not the other kinds of Legionella (such as Longbeachae.
How many cases of legionaire's have been misdiagnosed as Wuflu?
Oh, and here is a paper that has this interesting tidbit
"The mechanisms by which compost use increases the risk for disease appear to include the activities that increase the likelihood of its aerosolization and activities that could lead to compost being transferred to the face or mouth, presumably leading to inhalation of particles contaminated with Legionella bacteria. Our findings suggest that the biggest reduction in L. longbeachae disease could be made by eliminating activities that aerosolize compost (population attributable fraction 65%). We also found that hand hygiene might be a useful measure for preventing L. longbeachae disease, with the potential to reduce disease by 35%. However, we did not demonstrate a benefit from wearing gloves or masks while gardening"
So, they found no value to wearing a mask while gardening.
And that is a bacterium, not a virus.
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And a pox on the leftist governors who are calling for a nationwide order for masks. Just to prove it can be done, I guess. DAMN, I hope Trump wins in November!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 17, 2020 10:01 PM (3ESpR)
You don't just toss a saddle on a horse. First you get it to accept the bit in it's mouth, then work your way from there. Masks are just the bit in the mouth (well, actually that happened a long time ago with other things, like the Federal income tax, but you get the point.)
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