I hate hearing this. We're set to be down there the end of the month. Not that'll out and about much but still.Brunswick county is a huge hotspot right now, the hospital is full to the brim. I live 6 minutes from the water at Holden Beach, our family is ZERO and we are out and about and work with the public. My daughter works at the hospital.
Ummm....notice how there was zip seasonal flu last year? That's impossible! And we all know it. Where did it go? It got thrown in with covid....thus the expression covid cured the flu. Hardly any tamiflu was purchased last year.I checked on what you said on PCR tests and CDC
This article shows that there is nothing wrong with the PCR test. Claims That CDC’s PCR Test Can’t Tell Covid From Flu Are Wrong
People read the first line “CDC has just announced they will revoke the emergency use authorization of the RT-PCR tests first introduced in 2/20,” And translated it to They’ve been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.” Absolute Bullshit.
People failed to read the second line “CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS CoV-2 and influenza viruses.” And actually any other viruses.
PCR *ONLY* detects Covid-19. So rather than giving sick people, one test for Covid, another for flu, another for this, another for that, etc. Each patient only gets one test that sorts out which virus they have.
PCR is best for mass testing. Other tests are more suitable for hospital patients, who have respiratory infections.
C'mon, just use some common sense. Most people travelling into the area have the "I'm on a beach vacation" attitude and it causes problems. Everyone crams into the grocery stores on Saturday after check in, wall to wall elbow to elbow, I think that's on of the issues we are seeing.I hate hearing this. We're set to be down there the end of the month. Not that'll out and about much but still.
So the ivermectin is not keeping these off vents? I assume he is starting it when they first show up (fairly early)?And, in convo with Dr. Friend last weekend for over an hour...
1. He is putting 20-40 year olds in perfect health on vents. So far, lost none. He is using Ivermectin on all of his patients.
A lot of people don't realize that just because you think the vaccine is useful and believe it should be widely used, that you can still be anti-mandate.Him getting the J&J jab shocked me as he is working with an attorney with regard to the forced vax, which, BTW, he is still continuing to do, even though he got the shot last week.
indeed yet the "test" is a REQUIREMENT prior to an ever increasing number of medical procedures . . . more evidence that SCIENCE only counts when it matches the narrative. disgusting and inexcusableNice accuracy! Sheesh...might as well flip a coin!
Summerthyme
Doc told me he was pushing Ivermectin pretty much right away, so I didn't drill down as to "how sick" the people are when they show up at the ED...but 20-40...I doubt that age group in a rural area goes to the ED before they are so sick they are scared...so I would assume pretty ill when admitted.So the ivermectin is not keeping these off vents? I assume he is starting it when they first show up (fairly early)?
I didn’t want a set of PERCENTAGES of who does or doesn’t have it now, I wanted a SIMPLE COUNT. As in, everyone who has it stands in a line, and when I point to you, you count off. For example, let’s say that there was a group of 15 people, 10 of whom had blue shirts and 5 of whom had tan shirts. I ask the people in blue shirts to line up, and when I point to the one on the left, everyone in the line counts.
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
No one else counts, so I know I have ten people with blue shirts. But you want it like this:
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR - TAN SHIRT!
FOUR (cuz they have a blue shirt)
Wait, I was four! No, you have a tan shirt. But I want to be counted! Sorry, this is a count of people with blue shirts. I don’t care! (Stomps feet.)
And so on. I don’t want to know the number of blue shirts versus the number of tan shirts. I WANT TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF BLUE SHIRTS! So everyone in tan shirts is pissed off cuz they don’t get a participation trophy.
SMDH
You know you love it.More like a very large Monty Python troupe.
Sigh
My own experience regarding the PCR test: In late July my doctor sent me to the ER in a hospital in Springfield, so off we went. I had a cough and was as weak as a newborn kitten and dehydrated. So while I was in the ER, they violated my brain cavity with the swab and came back pronouncing me as covid-positive. Well, duh .... (it was the second test I'd endured, the first one being negative) it's not like it wasn't completely obvious.Nothing wrong with the PCR test?
How about the huge number of false positives?
How about the inventor of the test saying this is an inappropriate use?
How about the number of amplifications?
Anything above 25 gives too many false positives.
Until recently, the number of amplifications was 37-40 but no lab will tell you how many amplifications were done..
I could go on but you're full of it
You're sure right about that. And with all the people who've taken the jab and its ability to provide a nice environment for variants to develop, we can expect many more variants to emerge. The most recent one I read of has been named Mu, so we're moving right along the Greek alphabet.Whatever the new variant going around in the Midwest is, it absolutely IS NOT what the thing was last year.
You have asked me all these questions without giving me any context. It is very hard to debate this stuff, without knowing where you got your information, and what exactly it is. So what is the false positive rate? And where did you get that figure from? ie what are your sources? What did the inventor of the PCR test say plus source for quote? And so on.Nothing wrong with the PCR test?
How about the huge number of false positives?
How about the inventor of the test saying this is an inappropriate use?
How about the number of amplifications?
Anything above 25 gives too many false positives.
Until recently, the number of amplifications was 37-40 but no lab will tell you how many amplifications were done..
I could go on but you're full of it
Nice try at obfuscation.You have asked me all these questions without giving me any context. It is very hard to debate this stuff, without knowing where you got your information, and what exactly it is. So what is the false positive rate? And where did you get that figure from? ie what are your sources? What did the inventor of the PCR test say plus source for quote? And so on.
Update: My nephews wife has a serious case of COVID related pneumonia. I sure hope it doesn't get any worse. Everything they've worked for the last ten years us up in the air. She is an excellent mother.Just got word from my brother, the wife has been admitted to hospital for oxygen therapy and it looks like all three girls have it too. Also, the wife's father who had a double lung transplant a few years ago tested positive. My nephew has already been through the ringer with the one daughter and her liver issues. Now he's taking care of the family all by himself with some help from my brother who took his first shot today. He's been dropping off meals for the girls. The wife's family has Cystic Fibrosis on her side and has already lost a brother to it. Not sure if they were practicing all the safety routine like keeping their distance, etc, but probably not. My other brother had Covid last year when he had some kitchen work done on his condo in South Carolina and never took any precautions. His was mild and not as bad as the flu.
If the references are all over the internet, you should have no trouble finding some and posting them.Nice try at obfuscation.
Or is that British humor these days?
It would be hard to not stumble over the items that I mention.
know the answers and, maybe, they were just rhetorical questions
The PCR test was designed to amplify DNA, so in that sense Kary Mullins who is now dead, was right - it was a DNA amplification process, not an infectious disease test. BUT.... it works as one. The material from a swab has its DNA amplified until there is enough material, to say whether, Covid -19 material is there.How about the inventor of the test saying this is an inappropriate use?
COVID-19 PCR test amplification cycle number: FOI release is typically 35-40How about the number of amplifications? Anything above 25 gives too many false positives.
I had a similar experience... had to have the test for the eye surgery that I canceled. Asked the moron administering it (sorry, but she was clearly a TikTok fan who spent at least two hours on her hair and makeup, but who took 45 minutes to register me for a simple COVID test, while people were lining up in the hall and then leaving in disgust) how many cycles they run.My own experience regarding the PCR test: In late July my doctor sent me to the ER in a hospital in Springfield, so off we went. I had a cough and was as weak as a newborn kitten and dehydrated. So while I was in the ER, they violated my brain cavity with the swab and came back pronouncing me as covid-positive. Well, duh .... (it was the second test I'd endured, the first one being negative) it's not like it wasn't completely obvious.
So I was in the hospital with an IV running constantly and they booted me out on the 5th day as they'd gotten me re-hydrated and my systems up and running again. I've been gaining strength back and am pretty well normal except I take more rest breaks than usual.
So when the lab tech came to swab me down, I asked him how many cycle thresholds were they using to run the test. He looked at me blankly and said, "Cycle thresholds? I don't know what those are". So I asked him how many positives they had vs. negatives. He said that all their tests were positive, which tells me that their c/t count is over 40.
But what else can you expect from a system which is being run for profit?
Girls and I have O+ and hubby and sons have O-. Hubby is actually a toss up, as I think he is O- but he may be O+. He had a full body blood transfusion at birth as he had the Rh thing.Lol, I'm darn sure not a doctor, nor do I have any kind of 'higher education' in that line. So all I can do is guess that they are in that 'left out' 5%. I'm also guessing it could go down to the difference between '0+' and '0-' blood types.
And another 'for sure' thing...I'm 'for sure' praying for them...and you...the best.
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Just got word she has been discharged from the hospital and is home on oxygen. My brother said his son went through the worst week of his life. Just the thought of him losing the woman of his dreams with three girls to take care of. One 7 months old with the high end car and house payments, not to mention taking the middle daughter to Wake Forest for liver analysis. I think they all dodged a bullet. Everyone in the family got the Delta. Best not to live on a two income lifestyle these days. Pay off debts and be prepared for the worse.Update: My nephews wife has a serious case of COVID related pneumonia. I sure hope it doesn't get any worse. Everything they've worked for the last ten years us up in the air. She is an excellent mother.
Maybe Covid depletes the body's Magnesium and Potassium which effects the nerves and sleep.Ok I guess this is as good a place as any to ask this question. As I said earlier in the thread, several of my immediate family members have COVID. My son has finally turned the corner but some of the others, not so much. Anyway, three of them are having severe anxiety….a couple to the point they can’t sleep at all, and when they do, they have weird thoughts and dreams. My dil is so bad that her doctor prescribed a sedative for her so she can try and get some rest.
It’s all just so strange to me because this is so out of character for all of them. Dil told me that she was told that the “brain fog “ is one of the side effects, so I don’t know. My question is….have any of you who have, or have had COVID had this happen? Thanks in advance for any replies because this is really troubling to me!
I’m not exactly sure what you mean. Are you saying you have someone this is happening to?unfortunately I have 1. It's gotten prettybad round here....
My sister had it before january and the lingering effect on her is a total exhaustion that she cant explain.Ok I guess this is as good a place as any to ask this question. As I said earlier in the thread, several of my immediate family members have COVID. My son has finally turned the corner but some of the others, not so much. Anyway, three of them are having severe anxiety….a couple to the point they can’t sleep at all, and when they do, they have weird thoughts and dreams. My dil is so bad that her doctor prescribed a sedative for her so she can try and get some rest.
It’s all just so strange to me because this is so out of character for all of them. Dil told me that she was told that the “brain fog “ is one of the side effects, so I don’t know. My question is….have any of you who have, or have had COVID had this happen? Thanks in advance for any replies because this is really troubling to me!
Oh sorry was just answering the poll question. My bil was admitted to the hospital yesterday.unfortunately I have 1. It's gotten prettybad round here....
Yes it’s all very odd indeed.…very surreal. Thank you for your reply. I hope your sister will feel better as well.My sister had it before january and the lingering effect on her is a total exhaustion that she cant explain.
I hope your families side effects go away in time and that those still sick get better. This virus seems to be doing some pretty odd things to people