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Brad H -> RE: Covid 19 and those infected (4/22/2021 8:18:18 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson
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ORIGINAL: Brad H
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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes
It is astonishing to me that anyone going through COVID first hand would not be a strong advocate for basic health measures. Of any kind. The science is changing as we go along but our best understanding right now at this moment in time – not by the left or right, not by the Texas Tribune, etc but by medical professionals worldwide – is that social distancing and wearing masks help. Period. Not prevent, not guarantee, but help.
If you look hard enough, you can find proof from someone claiming the sun will rise tomorrow from the west. And you are looking too hard.
We are all guilty of blind spots but the commitment to not 'buckle under' to what is understood by medical professionals worldwide – because there is a political view at stake – is simply hardcore closed-minded on your part. IMO.
I am not a Democrat or Rebublican. This is not a left or right issue. The real issue transcends the stupidity of partisan views, from both sides.
What it has become, for those who assign a left or right label on it, is a perfect example of how people hard-wire themselves into a fixed narrow view.
Sometimes its just not everybody else who is the problem.
Key point said in this post a couple of times ... WORLDWIDE.
I have a lot of conservatives I know that think much of the mask, death count and COVID drama is nothing but hype from the Democrats. They seemingly, or willfully, forget/ignore that it is a GLOBAL pandemic. Unless the American Democratic Party has immense power around the globe that I am not aware of, it would seem that there may be something to this mask and social distancing thing.
With zero degrees in medicine and 56 years of never being let down by people in the medical world, I have no reason to question the medical professionals. Yes, there is a few in the medical profession that disagree with wearing masks, social distancing and consistent washing. However, in large part, these practices are going on around the globe.
Right now we are closing in on 580,000 people dead in this country from COVID-19. There was 500,000 more deaths in the United States in the past 12 months than the previous 12 months. The first can be argued in terms of what they died from, but the second is an irrefutable fact. The bottom line is, we have had more people die in this country in the last 12 months than in any 12-month period in US history. If not from COVID-19, then what? If they can answer that one, I will gladly participate in a debate. If not, there is no debate to be had.
If that makes me closed-minded, I'll take it.
Question is how do you hold China accountable to make sure it doesn't happen again?
Not sure your thoughts but I don't think it was an accident. They have no regard for Human Life over there, just how to become the most powerful country in the World.
I don't have an answer to that question.
And I have no reason to think that it was not an accident, only speculation. If the United States really wanted to take economic power away from China, they have every opportunity ... quit ordering shit from China. It's totally within our own power. Of course Wallmart would go out of business, but such is life.
If China had no regard for human life, why is their death count so low? With 1.44-billion people, they have had just over 4,600 deaths. Who knows whether or not those numbers are real or not, but if true, they certainly care about their own people. And I have no reason to believe they intend to rule the world. I see that as nothing more than fear tactics and hyperbole.
The bottom line is, both the United States and China are economically dependent on one another. Both have immense purchasing power, but only one seems to show restraint and discipline as to what they will purchase. We could learn a thing or two from them if we would just open our eyes.
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