I was getting my prescription refilled at Banglamung hospital, so I asked the doctor if only the elderly and infirm needed to worry about Covid. He told me that the new variants can sicken the young and the healthy. He added that things could get a lot worse.

 

Three cheers to the members who kept, and keep, emphasizing the gravity of the Covid situation.

And many boos for the idiots who say it is not effecting younger people

Yes that is the trend with the newer variants especially the Brazilian one which is now predictably spreading to other countries in South America. 

 

People might be reminded that the devastating 1918 flu pandemic was especially damaging to younger people. 

3 minutes ago, Excel said:

And many boos for the idiots who say it is not effecting younger people

In fairness, before the emergence of the variants the data confirmed that it was rarely fatal for the young and healthy.

7 minutes ago, Excel said:

And many boos for the idiots who say it is not effecting younger people

And the entire damnable / "plandemic" /  it's a hoax / it's just a wee cold or flu / masks are for sheeple / vaccines have tracking chips/ brigade.

1 hour ago, rcuthbert said:

In fairness, before the emergence of the variants the data confirmed that it was rarely fatal for the young and healthy.

But we are now living in the present with the mutations, not the past, and as a result it is now effecting younger people

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Yes that is the trend with the newer variants especially the Brazilian one which is now predictably spreading to other countries in South America. 

 

People might be reminded that the devastating 1918 flu pandemic was especially damaging to younger people. 

And the first wave killed 2m world-wide, and by the end of the second and third 50m had died.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

People might be reminded that the devastating 1918 flu pandemic was especially damaging to younger people. 

Reminded by which trustworthy historical rag exactly?

You're confident that you know for sure what happened in 1918 when there is so much confusion about what is happening now?

 

For some reason I can't explain
there was never an honest word

- Coldplay

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, covidiot said:

Reminded by which trustworthy historical rag exactly?

You're confident that you know for sure what happened in 1918 when there is so much confusion about what is happening now?

 

For some reason I can't explain
there was never an honest word

- Coldplay

 

 

 

News is a rough draft of history, Covidiot (that's your name right?).

We know a lot about that pandemic. 

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

We know a lot about that pandemic. 

You think you know which vaccine is best because you read a scientific report. What a joke.

 

It makes me laugh when people quote scientific journals.

You know how the old joke goes, right?

Women can fake orgasms. Men can fake entire relationships.

You can only imagine what scientists can fake.

 

I'm neither pro-vax nor anti-vax. I'm humble enough to admit that I don't know anything. I don't know what the vax is.

Maybe ... it's a placebo? Muahahahahaha

 

There is no such thing as a reputable source of information. Not in Bizzarro world. 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, covidiot said:

You think you know which vaccine is best because you read a scientific report. What a joke.

 

It makes me laugh when people quote scientific journals.

You know how the old joke goes, right?

Women can fake orgasms. Men can fake entire relationships.

You can only imagine what scientists can fake.

 

I'm neither pro-vax nor anti-vax. I'm humble enough to admit that I don't know anything. I don't know what the vax is.

Maybe ... it's a placebo? Muahahahahaha

 

There is no such thing as a reputable source of information. Not in Bizzarro world. 

 

 

 

Whatever you say, Covidiot.

A recent Pattaya study found that young  women who enjoy nude sunbathing have a 98% less chance of contracting Covid. I am a firm supporter of this research; consequently, I consider myself a solid member.

1 minute ago, rcuthbert said:

A recent Pattaya study found that young  women who enjoy nude sunbathing have a 98% less chance of contracting Covid.

Vitamin D strenthens the immune system.

 

Human beings are only susceptible to viruses due to weak immune systems. 

 

The doctor you quoted in your first post is fear-mongering and being dishonest or misinformed.

 

Keep your immune system up and avoid the media nonsense.

 

 

 

 

I haven't caught covid so I don't think it exists

4 minutes ago, covidiot said:

Vitamin D strenthens the immune system.

 

Human beings are only susceptible to viruses due to weak immune systems. 

 

The doctor you quoted in your first post is fear-mongering and being dishonest or misinformed.

 

Keep your immune system up and avoid the media nonsense.

 

 

 

 

It is cruel to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

9 minutes ago, covidiot said:

Vitamin D strenthens the immune system.

 

Human beings are only susceptible to viruses due to weak immune systems. 

 

The doctor you quoted in your first post is fear-mongering and being dishonest or misinformed.

 

Keep your immune system up and avoid the media nonsense.

 

 

 

 

So people with healthy immune systems are immune to viruses? Does that mean all viruses or just most?

True.  And the fear spreads faster than the virus. 
Thanks for giving it another push (not like it needed it). 

Don't feed the troll!

 

OP, a doctor told me that the people most at risk from dying and having serious complications from Covid are over 70 years old, fat, with other comorbidities like hypertension and diabetes. He said that younger people who are healthy are at far, far less risk, although there have been relatively few outlying cases. He said that things will get better and not to worry, as fear will likely give me hypertension and lead to me to binge eat for comfort.

 

There, now we're even.

Just now, aboctok said:

So people with healthy immune systems are immune to viruses? Does that mean all viruses or just most?

Viruses are out of our control.

 

The only thing you can control is your own health. Stop giving your power away to fear-mongering doctors and media. Educate yourself about your immune system and how to stay healthy to the best of your ability. 

 

35 minutes ago, rcuthbert said:

I consider myself a solid member.

And you have one to prove it?

2 minutes ago, covidiot said:

Viruses are out of our control.

 

The only thing you can control is your own health. Stop giving your power away to fear-mongering doctors and media. Educate yourself about your immune system and how to stay healthy to the best of your ability. 

 

You dodged the question. You said earlier that the only reason humans are susceptible to viruses is a weakened immune system. By that, you must mean that humans with healthy immune systems are not susceptible to (any?) viruses. Is this what you believe "healthy immune system" means? I don't propose to argue the point, I'd just like to know if such beliefs are prevalent.

33 minutes ago, covidiot said:

Keep your immune system up and avoid the media nonsense.

 

nah,  you think the covid warriors are in good health ?    that would take YEARS of personal responsibility.     they are having the time of their lives acting out their know it all ,  these are the undeniable facts,  dialogue.    over and over and over.    

 

thank you covidiot for standing against the wall and taking the bullets.   waste of time, really,

but what the heck.     hope you are keeping up your immune system,  along with PD and myself.        didn't take a virus to get me to do that

I don't know that we are not susceptible to any viruses.

 

Stop following covid news and just take care of your health is what I'm saying. 

 

It's not getting worse. It's impossible.

 

And why would you have faith in a system that despite locking you down for an entire year is, to add insult to injury, telling you it will get worse?

 

Go out and get some sunshine and Vitamin D.

And sing some Beatles songs. 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, rumak said:

didn't take a virus to get me to do that

Took me a near-death experience (came close to heart attack).

We're all stupid at some point in our lives.

But then we need to try to make ourselves less stupid.

 

 

The healthier you are the less chance you have of developing severe illness. Ring a bell?

 

I don't think it's as virulent, contagious as most believe. But I'm well aware it can kill.

 

Masks are truly theater.

 

Covid isn't a hoax but it is a bad ailment that has been politically abused the world over and from what I've seen in only the worst ways.

6 minutes ago, aboctok said:

You dodged the question. You said earlier that the only reason humans are susceptible to viruses is a weakened immune system. By that, you must mean that humans with healthy immune systems are not susceptible to (any?) viruses. Is this what you believe "healthy immune system" means? I don't propose to argue the point, I'd just like to know if such beliefs are prevalent.

 

people who are good drivers ,  smart drivers,  who understand the art of defensive driving, I would think have a much better success rate .... of not having an accident.

easy to agree on ?

 

I would think that living healthy would also enable most people to avoid serious health issues.     Like accidents,  that does not mean it is foolproof.     ( and even though i feel like walking up to every sick looking person i see and calling them a fool ..... i  figure its up to them .)   

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

And the entire damnable / "plandemic" /  it's a hoax / it's just a wee cold or flu / masks are for sheeple / vaccines have tracking chips/ brigade.

 

Jingthing you finally got some things right about the situation.....Good job...

Just now, redwood1 said:

 

Jingthing you finally got some things right about the situation.....Good job...

 

you just made his day !      you know,  i once drove through the redwood forests in N Calif.

Man,  those are some thick trees !

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

vaccines have tracking chips

Ray Kurzweil talks a lot about "man merging with machine". 

Maybe by 2030 the AI will get advanced and these types of issues will be more in the news.

And we can debate it here on TVF!

 

1 hour ago, aboctok said:

So people with healthy immune systems are immune to viruses? Does that mean all viruses or just most?

 

In conclusion, the present study has demonstrated that vitamin D deficiency is strongly associated with COVID-19 infection (P < 0.001), even after controlling for sex, malabsorption, dental diseases, race, diabetes, and obesity. Perhaps the most important finding was that vitamin D deficiency increased the risk of developing COVID-19 by a factor of 5 after adjusting for age.

 

Everything is here :

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900720303890?via%3Dihub

 

And this study is massive (records of 98 000 patients in Florida, starting from 2015).