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"The Pandemic is Over"

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by tilly, Sep 18, 2022.

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  1. Sep 18, 2022 #1
    tilly

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  2. Sep 18, 2022 #2
    gatordavisl

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    Link is to a file. On the surface, do you disagree?
     
  3. Sep 18, 2022 #3
    tilly

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    @gatordavisl- I agree. The World Health Organization does not.

    Someone should tell Joe to follow the science.

    WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Wednesday that deaths fell by 22 per cent in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide. There were 3.1 million new cases, a drop of 28 per cent, continuing a weeks-long decline in the disease in every part of the world.

    "We are not there yet, but the end is in sight," he said, comparing the effort to that made by a marathon runner nearing the finish line.

    "Now is the worst time to stop running. Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap all the rewards of our hard work."
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/national/coronavirus/2022/9/16/1_6071002.amp.html
     
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  4. Sep 18, 2022 #4
    tilly

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    Also the link opens the page for me. Not sure why it wont open for you. Its just a CNN link about what he just said on 60 minutes.
     
  5. Sep 18, 2022 #5
    docspor

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    2 of my neighbors just got back from Ireland. Their trip was horrible. they both got covid, had fevers & little energy for pretty much the whole trip.
     
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  6. Sep 18, 2022 #6
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    It is endemic. biden actually might have this one right. Though likely he does not understand why.
     
  7. Sep 18, 2022 #7
    gatordavisl

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    So you agree with Biden, but use the WHO statement to rebuke him? I'm just trying to figure out what your take it here.
     
  8. Sep 18, 2022 #8
    tilly

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    My take is everyone has been telling us to follow science and the WHO is the one who determines when the term pandemic begins or ends and here we have the POTUS telling us the Pandemic is over while the WHO says it is not.

    Why is he not following science?

    The point is hypocrisy when its politically expedient. As in just before midterms.

    It's transparent BS.
     
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  9. Sep 18, 2022 #9
    gatordavisl

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    "We still have a problem with covid, we're still doing a lot of work on it."
    This was in the context of a first auto show in three years, with the prez and interviewer walking through the convention center w/o masks.

    Tilly - this thread is a quintessential nothing burger.
     
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  10. Sep 18, 2022 #10
    gatordavisl

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    Again, do you agree with him or not? Apparently you do and are using the WHO as an affront.
     
  11. Sep 18, 2022 #11
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    It's Biden though. Can you be sure he was not talking about the Spanish flu?
     
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  12. Sep 18, 2022 #12
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    That would suck
     
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  13. Sep 18, 2022 #13
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    Pandemic = an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population : a pandemic outbreak of a disease

    Going to go ahead and have to say "NO".
     
  14. Sep 18, 2022 #14
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  15. Sep 18, 2022 #15
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    The major challenge here, IMO, is that the delineation between “over” and “not over” is one of kind, but the actual epidemic situation is one of degree. There was no particular minute that it started, and there can’t be one when it ends.

    As in the problem of determining when “life” begins, we are left with a question that seems scientific, but is actually entirely based on human categorization. Neither the WHO, nor Fauci, nor Biden, nor Denmark can be the arbiter of truth here.
     
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  16. Sep 18, 2022 #16
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    Most companies / employers have already moved to endemic stage. Schools are open and mask optional. It’s moving out of the minds of voters. People are focused on the economy and personal rights.

    edit: I missed democracy. I believe that is the number 1 or 2 issue.
     
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  17. Sep 18, 2022 #17
    gatordavisl

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    Must have sucked when you realized they were telling the truth.
     
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  18. Sep 18, 2022 #18
    tilly

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    For the second time... I agree with him.
    Just trying to figure out when it became ok to dispute the WHO.

    Some of us have had issues with them all along. Just trying to figure out why now Biden thinks its also OK?
     
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  19. Sep 18, 2022 #19
    tilly

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    He was asked point blank if the pandemic is over. He answered (verbatim) "The pandemic is over."
     
  20. Sep 18, 2022 #20
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