The COVID-19 thread

[Tiffany]

Thank you, it is sad. You nailed the possibility with this excessive hot weather and bitter cold winter months. These animals just can't handle it and with more and more land being taken from them, they are losing their shelter and habitats.

 

[data66]

I'm sad to hear that, Tiffs. Seems everywhere one goes, animals are suffering and dying out. While I don't know the reason for it round your way, I'd hazard that while covid may play a part in it, I think the biggest reason for this is likely to be climate change. With all this hot weather and also wild weather like hurricanes, it could really take out the local wildlife.

I hadn't thought of covid as being the cause of the lack of wildlife here, but, who knows? The drought and extreme weather here in Georgia has caused damage. We used to have a cacophony of sound from the woods. Frogs, crickets, cicada, birds, owls, etc etc. We used to have lots of deer, bunnies, fox (a few), frogs and more. Then, we noticed squirrels would have half a tail, some you could see it crimped halfway up the tail and then it would be missing. Birds would die - just sit on the lawn and die. Frogs completely disappeared. No cicada. Just a lot of silence.
It is finally coming back. It's loud again at night . The beautiful huge owls are back. We even have some nesting bats. Lots of dragonflies. However, the trees are sick. The big oak trees. But that's not what this thread was about so I will slide back to the covid discussion lol.

We are missing the cats, coyotes, and fox. No cougars or bobcats either. I wonder if perhaps covid spread around. We did have covid several times now. I'm sure it spread around the neighborhood. We all throw fruit and veggies into the woods for critters. Did we perhaps infect any? Hope not.

Long covid - stinks. I hate it. Vaccines - YES! I tire of the folks who think wearing a mask is a fashion statement or a political one. It's to protect others from getting sick from whatever you are/may be carrying around. Covid, flu, whatever. I mask up and I cannot breathe well in one. I do it to protect others if stuff is going around. Hopefully, others will do the same.

 

[Astro What]

Well, we reasonable people already knew this was bad science... but the study that many used to tout hydroxychloroquine as an anti-COVID19 treatment has been withdrawn. Bad science and politics do not play well together.

Study retracted years after it set off an infamous COVID-19 treatment scandal

In 2020, then-President Donald Trump said he had been taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent a COVID-19 infection despite warnings over side effects.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Retro]

I'll bet someone somewhere made a lot of money by publishing that fake study. Money is at the bottom of most things in life.

 

[Tiffany]

Interesting study retraction. It would seem that more will come out about the "covid era" and therapies in the near future, which is fine with me, as I like to look at the whole picture before making a judgement on science for my health.

 

[Retro]

New analysis of existing data suggests that covid may have come from a Chinese lab after all.

The CIA now believes the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have originated from a laboratory leak in China than from animals.

It follows the release of new analysis that began under the Biden administration at the request of former CIA director William Burns.

For years, the CIA has said it is unclear whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or a natural origin.

Its latest assessment points the finger at China even while acknowledging it has "low confidence" in its own conclusion, noting in its statement both scenarios - lab and natural origin - remain plausible.

The findings are not based on new evidence, but fresh analysis of intelligence about the spread of the virus, its scientific properties and the work and conditions of China's virology labs.

CIA believes lab leak most likely caused COVID outbreak

The CIA now believes the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have originated from a laboratory leak in China than from animals. It follows the release of new analysis that began under the Biden administration at the request of former CIA director William Burns. For years, the CIA has said it...

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[live627]

But that was supposed to be a conspiracy theory. Remember that the Party tells us to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears.

Ha!

 

[Astro What]

But that was supposed to be a conspiracy theory. Remember that the Party tells us to reject the evidence of our eyes and ears.

Just because you "hear" something does not mean it is factual. Otherwise, we would have all been able to cure everyone by shining bright lights into them or flushing them with disinfectant. Or the multitude of "cures/preventions" of COVID would have killed it in its tracks.
And I don't even want to get into the issues of "eye witness testimony" accuracy.

Note, the CIA gives it a low likelyhood. Just a PR move since Trump is in office to try to rewrite history. Could it have been? Sure. It could also have been aliens (not those illegal nasty brown skinned ones) dropping it in China with an intent to take over the world.

 

[Retro]

Sure. It could also have been aliens (not those illegal nasty brown skinned ones) dropping it in China with an intent to take over the world.

It was awiens, and you know it!