Covid Testing

[jazz]

I like Canadas position in all this. Every country turned to Phfizer and AZ and Moderna to get rushed mRNA vaccines that are turning out to be less effective against variants. 3rd shots being proposed now and even mixing and matching of vaccines. None of that has been proved through clinical trials and yet being rolled out in practice. 3 shots of a vaccine? Thats very dangerous.

Trudeau tried that too and has been rebuffed so we have to now create home grown vaccines out of our own private companies and universities likely a yr away.

I trust something coming out of UofS or Calgary with a little more normal study period way more than anything funded by Gates and rushed big pharma. Happy to wait. The vaccinated are still locked down anyway.

[shtferbrains]

The Spanish Flu lasted from 1918 to 1919 as I recall. We're already a year into this pandemic. Aren't we likely to be getting close to the point where it has caused about as much damage as its going to cause? This would explain the falling cases in nearly every jurisdiction.

If the Spanish Flu did not spread exponentially over a period of years and kill everyone, then it's unlikely that this one will either.

It's inevitable that the Spanish Flu mutated as well, with all sorts of variants arising. They were probably unaware of it back then.

I don't object to a vaccine, but at the rate the rollout is happening in places like Canada, we'll have achieved herd immunity the old fashioned way long before everyone is jabbed.

Last week CBC article basicly said Sask Health stated they believe about 2% of the population is walking around asymptomatic at all times and keep up the testing. So 50 days = 100% ???
Obviously since we are about 300 days into real numbers they are no better than when they predicted up to 50,000 Sask deaths.

I have see 60% of cases are asymptomatic quoted often.
IMHO once we get past the phase 1 and theoretically the old and infirmed are protected the rest will be just token but the people that believe we need lockdown until no one else dies will keep the doomsday news coming.

Sunny days are comming and viruses seem to be much less problem.

[jazz]

As I predicted. The general public is done with this. They did their duty like nice little citizens and got sent to their rooms for a yr. and lost their businesses and family connections along with a lot of misery.

Now its dont ask, dont tell, dont test. Treat people like children dont be surprised they act that way.

[HITTGrapevine]

As I predicted. The general public is done with this. They did their duty like nice little citizens and got sent to their rooms for a yr. and lost their businesses and family connections along with a lot of misery.

Now its dont ask, dont tell, dont test. Treat people like children dont be surprised they act that way.
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Agreed. COVID fatigue is higher than ever. Test positive and its 21 questions, followed by interrogation, investigation by health authorities and mandatory quarantine.
Or, you can shut up, lay low and steer clear of elderly folks for a while, including the mother in law :-)
No upside to getting tested. Just feeds the hysteria and gives the useless "reporters" at Covid Broadcasting Corp news more statistics to dither over.
We just need to get the oldest and weakest vaccinated quickly so we can move and start dealing with more important issues.
Remember folks, an old fashioned crisis is great news if you're leading an incompetent government. It preoccupies the media, distracts from public scrutiny and govt gets a blank cheque on spending.
If i were the sock puppet, I'd want COVID to stick around as long as possible.
Probably even helps his popularity, cause remember "he's got your back." LMAO

[jazz]

Agreed. COVID fatigue is higher than ever.

I wonder how many people got so freaked out when they had a scratchy throat or something ran in and got tested and got a false positive but didnt bother to retest and were just added to the case count?

I also wonder how much community transmission is happening in hospitals and being carried out unknowingly. LTC get visits from a variety of health workers all the time. Again details we are never allowed to know.

[burnt]

I wonder how many people got so freaked out when they had a scratchy throat or something ran in and got tested and got a false positive but didnt bother to retest and were just added to the case count?

I also wonder how much community transmission is happening in hospitals and being carried out unknowingly. LTC get visits from a variety of health workers all the time. Again details we are never allowed to know.

Of even greater significance are details we cannot know.

I firmly believe that a study of past and present "epidemics" of nearly equal virulence would provide evidence that transmission of the Wuhan Flu virus has been far broader than any stupid and unreliable tests would ever be capable of showing.

If there was actually a reliable test for this destructive Chinese Christmas present, it could very well show that that scratchy throat was indeed a mild case of COVID infection.

For example, a friend of mine sounded pretty rough on the phone when I spoke with him last fall. It was right at the time when the WuFlu was ripping thru the Amish community where he lives. he drove some of them to work and got exposed to a known positive.

A recent antigen test required for travel showed that he had had the virus, likely last fall when I spoke with him.

Point is - there has likely been at least half of the population that's already been ill, with it - symptomatically, or asymptomatically - and we have herd immunity to thank for the precipitous decline in "cases".

So all the utterly stupid government and well-intentioned vax interventions once again show that you cannot beat nature in the end.

[fjlip]

"We know that" That constantly repeated horsesh*t line! They DO NOT know, guesses, models, estimates. Yes many had all sorts of sick days over a year ago. If long Covid, I smell cigarette smoke every now and then. No cold or sore throat since last Feb. I think have immunity to darn near everything.
The first lockdown PROBABLY slowed infections that would have brought on herd immunity FASTER. Thanks all knowing morons, so called EXPERTS!

[sumdumguy]

I need to goto Windsor. Can I get on a plane to Toronto without a Covid test?