Great article as always. On the education front, "how you catch it" is important and has to be repeated many, many times. I'm reminded of the 80s and the messaging about HIV transmission. It was widespread and repeated often. Of course, in that case the motivation was to minimize the risk to the heterosexual population, but it was effective.
It's important to remember this virus is overdispersed, that is, a few people can transmit to many others ("superspreaders"). This implies the first environmental mitigation efforts should be implemented in places where people regularly meet in large groups. Schools (which should also be a priority to protect the young as well), public transportation like airplanes, workplaces that have a large number of individuals working indoors, concerts, etc. A superspreader in a small group can only infect those in the group. In a large group, there can be many more infected.
OSHA does not consider death by covid as the responsibility of the work place. Even after investigation, osha found that workplaces were not responsible for the covid deaths of their workers. Those families not only lost any compensation, they lost the income from their family member.
I have been contemplating getting a NFP off the ground that would be called COVID Safe Consulting its function would be to work with businesses to insure the safety of their workers and clients. Would you be interested in working on the project? I envision it as a way to help, but also as a way to make a living. I think you could bring a lot to the table, and it would be a true honor and pleasure to work with you.
WHO knew since day 1 sarscov2 was airborne. What’s his face even said so, and was corrected by the other murderer. The Princess cruise in Japan was an excellent live experiment to show that sarscov2 was airborne.
It’s all a big conspiracy to ensure that nothing is done about sarscov2.
There is another big health threat conspiracy happening today. Daily thc, cannabis use, coupled with the HPV virus (which most people have had) increases the risk of throat cancer five fold! Try to
Find news about this, Google has 1 result from cnn. 1 link in the last year. One. And the story hides the truth. It calls people who have 1 joint daily, are cannabis abusers. My friends and family do not consider themselves abusers. Thus, even this one news story doesn’t apply to them. They don’t have to be concerned about throat cancer.
There are medical articles dating back to 2020. So for 4 years, the government has known that daily cannabis use can result in throat cancer. But the information is quite literally removed. No news stories. Nothing from public health. This conspiracy has real life and death consequences.
My sister’s twin brother, John, was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer this spring. He is 48 years old with a son who is a freshman in high school.
He works at an Amazon distribution center. John went to his doctor in Dec 23 and asked if the growth on his throat might be cancer. The doctor laughed him off. Said nope, but you can try to get it checked if you want. Call these numbers. John tries for months to get checked. Of course it’s cancer. John inhales THC daily, like many Californians. Doctor refers John’s case to Stanford. Silence for months. Radiation finally starts this summer. Stanford isn’t doing surgery. It doesn’t look like John is going to survive 5 yrs with stage 4 throat cancer. But if he had known back in 2020 he was at risk, he might have caught the signs earlier. His doctor might have known about the link of thc use and hpv and cancer.
I wonder how many other life and death conspiracies there are….
"Primary efficacy analysis demonstrates BNT162b2 to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose ...."
What a preposterous statement !!!! Ridiculously vague leading to the myth that the vaccination provided immunity. What the HELL does "95% effective" even mean ????
I assume it will be dismissed ... caveat emptor ... I suspect. BUT reading this Pfizer announcements really helps me understand the beginning of a journey down a very WRONG road.
The public, and a LOT of medical professionals, and much of the media got focused on the "95% effective" without understanding what that means in this type of trial or the difference between "efficacy and effectiveness".
Nobody seems to have understood:
"From the headlines, you might well assume that these vaccines — which some people may receive in a matter of weeks — will protect 95 out of 100 people who get them. But that’s not actually what the trials have shown. Exactly how the vaccines perform out in the real world will depend on a lot of factors we just don’t have answers to yet — such as whether vaccinated people can get asymptomatic infections and how many people will get vaccinated."
"The clinical trials run by Pfizer and other companies were specifically designed to see whether vaccines protect people from getting sick from Covid-19. If volunteers developed symptoms like a fever or cough, they were then tested for the coronavirus.
But there’s abundant evidence that people can get infected with the coronavirus without ever showing symptoms. And so it’s possible that a number of people who got vaccinated in the clinical trials got infected, too, without ever realizing it. If those cases indeed exist, none of them are reflected in the 95 percent efficacy rate.
People who are asymptomatic can still spread the virus to others. Some studies suggest that they produce fewer viruses, making them less of a threat than infected people who go on to develop symptoms. But if people get vaccinated and then stop wearing masks and taking other safety measures, their chances of spreading the coronavirus to others could increase.
“You could get this paradoxical situation of things getting worse,” said Dr. Bar-Zeev."
Once the myth of 'vaxxed and relaxed' settled in, it continues to be a challenge to reverse, despite evidence ('breakthrough' infections) ongoing.
And the ignorance/denial around Post Covid Complications / Long Covid is staggering.
Worst of all, no lessons really learned.
The Public Health campaign to educate about HIV/AIDS was aggressive once it was realized that it affected people outside the gay community. With Covid, I think a lot of people assume covid only harms the elderly and immunocompromised. It certainly didn't help that President Biden announced that the pandemic was over ... or that he threw off his mask despite the protocol based on Jill's positive status. I have NO doubt that his multiple rounds of Covid infection caused/exacerbated his cognitive decline. When is someone going to connect those dots ... AND perhaps observe that significant cognitive decline is evident in the current GOP candidate !
Great article. For me it's really simple and can be summed up as such: the solution is the elimination of the virus. Covid is not a virus we can live with. We need Zero Covid worldwide. What China, New Zealand and Australia were doing in 2019, 2020 and into 2022 (in China's case).
China's Zero Covid policy was a triumph of public health, that if emulated worldwide could've eliminated the virus permanently, and still can if reintroduced. China showed us how to eliminate a virus from society if we choose to. Unfortunately the rest of the world didn't follow suit: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/13/chin-d13.html
When China lifted Zero Covid, millions of people died and Western liberals (and some progressives and even socialists) viewed it as a great victory of freedom. The way these folks vilified one of the only countries in the world who actually did things right with covid was really gross. Who actually protected people in the way we always dream of and always wish someone would here! Utterly shameful: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/09/05/vtjp-s05.html. I hope everyone is enjoying the "victory" of "let it rip".
Great article as always. On the education front, "how you catch it" is important and has to be repeated many, many times. I'm reminded of the 80s and the messaging about HIV transmission. It was widespread and repeated often. Of course, in that case the motivation was to minimize the risk to the heterosexual population, but it was effective.
It's important to remember this virus is overdispersed, that is, a few people can transmit to many others ("superspreaders"). This implies the first environmental mitigation efforts should be implemented in places where people regularly meet in large groups. Schools (which should also be a priority to protect the young as well), public transportation like airplanes, workplaces that have a large number of individuals working indoors, concerts, etc. A superspreader in a small group can only infect those in the group. In a large group, there can be many more infected.
Continuing as we are is a disaster.
Schools have installed defibrillators. Schools.
OSHA does not consider death by covid as the responsibility of the work place. Even after investigation, osha found that workplaces were not responsible for the covid deaths of their workers. Those families not only lost any compensation, they lost the income from their family member.
Yep. Every word. I appreciate how clearly you delineate an effective plan and the obstacles that stand in the way.
I wish you were in charge.
Thank you for your work.
Hi,
I have been contemplating getting a NFP off the ground that would be called COVID Safe Consulting its function would be to work with businesses to insure the safety of their workers and clients. Would you be interested in working on the project? I envision it as a way to help, but also as a way to make a living. I think you could bring a lot to the table, and it would be a true honor and pleasure to work with you.
WHO knew since day 1 sarscov2 was airborne. What’s his face even said so, and was corrected by the other murderer. The Princess cruise in Japan was an excellent live experiment to show that sarscov2 was airborne.
It’s all a big conspiracy to ensure that nothing is done about sarscov2.
There is another big health threat conspiracy happening today. Daily thc, cannabis use, coupled with the HPV virus (which most people have had) increases the risk of throat cancer five fold! Try to
Find news about this, Google has 1 result from cnn. 1 link in the last year. One. And the story hides the truth. It calls people who have 1 joint daily, are cannabis abusers. My friends and family do not consider themselves abusers. Thus, even this one news story doesn’t apply to them. They don’t have to be concerned about throat cancer.
There are medical articles dating back to 2020. So for 4 years, the government has known that daily cannabis use can result in throat cancer. But the information is quite literally removed. No news stories. Nothing from public health. This conspiracy has real life and death consequences.
My sister’s twin brother, John, was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer this spring. He is 48 years old with a son who is a freshman in high school.
He works at an Amazon distribution center. John went to his doctor in Dec 23 and asked if the growth on his throat might be cancer. The doctor laughed him off. Said nope, but you can try to get it checked if you want. Call these numbers. John tries for months to get checked. Of course it’s cancer. John inhales THC daily, like many Californians. Doctor refers John’s case to Stanford. Silence for months. Radiation finally starts this summer. Stanford isn’t doing surgery. It doesn’t look like John is going to survive 5 yrs with stage 4 throat cancer. But if he had known back in 2020 he was at risk, he might have caught the signs earlier. His doctor might have known about the link of thc use and hpv and cancer.
I wonder how many other life and death conspiracies there are….
Sarscov2
Throat cancer
???
FANTASTIC ARTICLE, BTW !!!!
Thank you!
I'm looking at Pfizer's statement from November 2020.
https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-conclude-phase-3-study-covid-19-vaccine
First bullet point:
"Primary efficacy analysis demonstrates BNT162b2 to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose ...."
What a preposterous statement !!!! Ridiculously vague leading to the myth that the vaccination provided immunity. What the HELL does "95% effective" even mean ????
It helps me understand this lawsuit (kinda sorta)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/kansas-accuses-pfizer-misleading-public-about-covid-vaccine-lawsuit-2024-06-17/
I assume it will be dismissed ... caveat emptor ... I suspect. BUT reading this Pfizer announcements really helps me understand the beginning of a journey down a very WRONG road.
I found this NYT article from 2020 when the vaccines were first approved. It really helps explain the misunderstanding that went viral.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/health/covid-vaccine-95-effective.html
The public, and a LOT of medical professionals, and much of the media got focused on the "95% effective" without understanding what that means in this type of trial or the difference between "efficacy and effectiveness".
Nobody seems to have understood:
"From the headlines, you might well assume that these vaccines — which some people may receive in a matter of weeks — will protect 95 out of 100 people who get them. But that’s not actually what the trials have shown. Exactly how the vaccines perform out in the real world will depend on a lot of factors we just don’t have answers to yet — such as whether vaccinated people can get asymptomatic infections and how many people will get vaccinated."
"The clinical trials run by Pfizer and other companies were specifically designed to see whether vaccines protect people from getting sick from Covid-19. If volunteers developed symptoms like a fever or cough, they were then tested for the coronavirus.
But there’s abundant evidence that people can get infected with the coronavirus without ever showing symptoms. And so it’s possible that a number of people who got vaccinated in the clinical trials got infected, too, without ever realizing it. If those cases indeed exist, none of them are reflected in the 95 percent efficacy rate.
People who are asymptomatic can still spread the virus to others. Some studies suggest that they produce fewer viruses, making them less of a threat than infected people who go on to develop symptoms. But if people get vaccinated and then stop wearing masks and taking other safety measures, their chances of spreading the coronavirus to others could increase.
“You could get this paradoxical situation of things getting worse,” said Dr. Bar-Zeev."
Once the myth of 'vaxxed and relaxed' settled in, it continues to be a challenge to reverse, despite evidence ('breakthrough' infections) ongoing.
And the ignorance/denial around Post Covid Complications / Long Covid is staggering.
Worst of all, no lessons really learned.
The Public Health campaign to educate about HIV/AIDS was aggressive once it was realized that it affected people outside the gay community. With Covid, I think a lot of people assume covid only harms the elderly and immunocompromised. It certainly didn't help that President Biden announced that the pandemic was over ... or that he threw off his mask despite the protocol based on Jill's positive status. I have NO doubt that his multiple rounds of Covid infection caused/exacerbated his cognitive decline. When is someone going to connect those dots ... AND perhaps observe that significant cognitive decline is evident in the current GOP candidate !
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00075-X/fulltext
Great article. For me it's really simple and can be summed up as such: the solution is the elimination of the virus. Covid is not a virus we can live with. We need Zero Covid worldwide. What China, New Zealand and Australia were doing in 2019, 2020 and into 2022 (in China's case).
China's Zero Covid policy was a triumph of public health, that if emulated worldwide could've eliminated the virus permanently, and still can if reintroduced. China showed us how to eliminate a virus from society if we choose to. Unfortunately the rest of the world didn't follow suit: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/13/chin-d13.html
When China lifted Zero Covid, millions of people died and Western liberals (and some progressives and even socialists) viewed it as a great victory of freedom. The way these folks vilified one of the only countries in the world who actually did things right with covid was really gross. Who actually protected people in the way we always dream of and always wish someone would here! Utterly shameful: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/09/05/vtjp-s05.html. I hope everyone is enjoying the "victory" of "let it rip".