Thanks for a sad, tragic, but well documented and fantastic, review of the world wide abdication of scientifically necessary clear, detailed and validated revision of the understanding of how airborne infections are spread. Extraneous, non-medical considerations, of profit and convenience, have led, and continue to lead, to unnecessary morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 and other infections. As you so dramatically pointed out, now-a-days, we do not institute blood precautions only when we think the person in front of us is gay. Internationally and locally the health care system does not CARE for us. No wonder trust has withered away!
In September of 2024, I attended the LLS (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) Virtual National Blood Cancer Conference. There was a breakout session for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). The oncologist present updates on treatment, etc ... During the Q&A someone virtually asked if they should wear a mask to their treatment sessions. The oncologist quickly responded, 'It's a personal choice.... because we have Paxlovid'.
WTF ???? So, this is the message from professionals. 'Don't worry about prevention, because we have this one half assed pathetic treatment option'.
I'm very grateful for you, Julia Doubleday, for sharing your relentless research. The messaging is so very frustrating... and the medical community, for the most part, is not only clueless, but continue to perpetuate the disinformation campaign and minimize any assertion of facts, notably via their modeling.
Went to see a hand surgeon at Scripps Institute. My friend was masked, and asked the MD to please don a mask. My friend noted that, as a diabetic, he is immunocompromised. The MD responded, "I don't have one. Do you want to reschedule?"
SERIOUSLY??? A surgeon doesn't have a f'ing mask in his office? And he can't someone down the hall, to one of the many other health care practitioners' offices ??!?!?!?
In relation to workers returning symptomatic, have you seen the JAMA study that suggests it's beneficial for nursing home residents that nursing home staff with "mild" covid work whilst positive?
On government response to covid, have you read the batshit House Subcommittee on Covid report that came out this week, and is already being used by Leftist channels like Lee Camp and Garland Nixon to push covid denialism and minimizing?
I have no patience for "leftists" or "progressives" who don't understand COVID and public health. Check out the World Socialist Website. Here's an article https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/11/ckso-d11.html "New Zealand COVID-19 inquiry endorses abandonment of elimination strategy". It shows how New Zealand had an effective Zero Covid elimination strategy, which saved countless lives, which was abandoned. Now, New Zealand is planning to not do such a strategy in the case of another pandemic.
COVID has always been a war on the working class waged on behalf of governments doing the bidding of big business. There was a brief moment when governments were trying in some small measure to protect the people. Look at the pressure on countries who did Zero Covid to heroically keep the virus out completely. Wall Street, international capital and its media organizations haven't stopped once all countries have lifted almost all protections. They're still publishing articles about not going on distance learning for the next pandemic. Then they publish editorials about how dangerous RFK, Jr is to public health! It's comedic.
With such an abdication of responsibility on the part of WHO and CDC, it is tempting to assume the situation can't get worse. But it can and will, once Bhattacharya, Prasad, Makary, RFKJr and crew are running things in the US.
Mandatory pediatric vaccinations are in the crosshairs now.
Thanks for a sad, tragic, but well documented and fantastic, review of the world wide abdication of scientifically necessary clear, detailed and validated revision of the understanding of how airborne infections are spread. Extraneous, non-medical considerations, of profit and convenience, have led, and continue to lead, to unnecessary morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 and other infections. As you so dramatically pointed out, now-a-days, we do not institute blood precautions only when we think the person in front of us is gay. Internationally and locally the health care system does not CARE for us. No wonder trust has withered away!
In September of 2024, I attended the LLS (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) Virtual National Blood Cancer Conference. There was a breakout session for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). The oncologist present updates on treatment, etc ... During the Q&A someone virtually asked if they should wear a mask to their treatment sessions. The oncologist quickly responded, 'It's a personal choice.... because we have Paxlovid'.
WTF ???? So, this is the message from professionals. 'Don't worry about prevention, because we have this one half assed pathetic treatment option'.
I'm very grateful for you, Julia Doubleday, for sharing your relentless research. The messaging is so very frustrating... and the medical community, for the most part, is not only clueless, but continue to perpetuate the disinformation campaign and minimize any assertion of facts, notably via their modeling.
Oh ... forgot another story from a friend.
Went to see a hand surgeon at Scripps Institute. My friend was masked, and asked the MD to please don a mask. My friend noted that, as a diabetic, he is immunocompromised. The MD responded, "I don't have one. Do you want to reschedule?"
SERIOUSLY??? A surgeon doesn't have a f'ing mask in his office? And he can't someone down the hall, to one of the many other health care practitioners' offices ??!?!?!?
Thank you for this article!
In relation to workers returning symptomatic, have you seen the JAMA study that suggests it's beneficial for nursing home residents that nursing home staff with "mild" covid work whilst positive?
On government response to covid, have you read the batshit House Subcommittee on Covid report that came out this week, and is already being used by Leftist channels like Lee Camp and Garland Nixon to push covid denialism and minimizing?
I have no patience for "leftists" or "progressives" who don't understand COVID and public health. Check out the World Socialist Website. Here's an article https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/11/ckso-d11.html "New Zealand COVID-19 inquiry endorses abandonment of elimination strategy". It shows how New Zealand had an effective Zero Covid elimination strategy, which saved countless lives, which was abandoned. Now, New Zealand is planning to not do such a strategy in the case of another pandemic.
COVID has always been a war on the working class waged on behalf of governments doing the bidding of big business. There was a brief moment when governments were trying in some small measure to protect the people. Look at the pressure on countries who did Zero Covid to heroically keep the virus out completely. Wall Street, international capital and its media organizations haven't stopped once all countries have lifted almost all protections. They're still publishing articles about not going on distance learning for the next pandemic. Then they publish editorials about how dangerous RFK, Jr is to public health! It's comedic.
With such an abdication of responsibility on the part of WHO and CDC, it is tempting to assume the situation can't get worse. But it can and will, once Bhattacharya, Prasad, Makary, RFKJr and crew are running things in the US.
Mandatory pediatric vaccinations are in the crosshairs now.