RM> >> I don't see how it 'profits' any gov't to keep Covid going
  > >> or to give people Vaccines they don't need given the many
  > >> millions of dollars spent in support of the sick and the
  > >> loss in tax revenues with many businesses operating at a
  > >> fraction of their normal capacity or not at all.

AA>This is why the control aspect of the public seems to be the
  >primary purpose of the project.  This will be my 2yr of
  >reporting losses in my biz.  Meanwhile I have to manage to
  >scrape by - somehow.

I don't see the benefits of 'controling' people at a cost of Billions of
dollars. I'd wager the governments want this to be over as quickly as possible
so they can get back to ripping us off for the full amount of taxes.

RM> >> ..My sister got it 2 weeks ago and had headaches for 2 or 3
  > >> days and was nauseous for part of one day, and then fine
  > >> afterwards. She is not in great health and has immunity
  > >> issues due to cancer treatments a few years back which
  > >> might explain her stronger reaction.


AA>I learned that it is NOT a good idea to take the jab if you
  >have a compromised immused system

I'm sure that's true to a point. The vaccine likely won't do you any harm,
obviously we can't be certain at this point, but if you are in poor health,
getting the virus will almost certainly land you in a hospital or a coffin.

RM> >> My niece said she was against the Vaccine after reading all
  > >> the 'info' online. She is a school teacher and we just
  > >> learned today that her, her husband and both of her
  > >> children have tested positive for Covid, as has every child
  > >> in the nursery school that her youngest attends.

AA>The tests themselves are not 100% definitive.

No, they are not, especially the 'fast' tests. But they say from experience
that a negative result is about 90% likely to be correct where a positive
result is only about 60% correct, so retesting a positive is needed unless you
just assume it's right and stay isolated for 2 weeks.
Kids rarely show symptoms and my niece's husband finally came down with a
fever and was feeling lousy so it definitely sounds like he has it.

AA>Being tested positive, and having no symptons, could be a
  >pretty good indicator that the test is wrong.

They say that 80% of those who get it show almost no symptoms, but they can
still spread it around to anyone else who gets close to them.

AA>Dear people. If you have no symptoms of cold/flu, and you are
  >not sneezing or coughing, then you are not spreading anything
  >to anyone.

Less likely to spread it but they know that yelling and singing is almost as
good as sneezing at spreading it to someone within 6 or 8 feet. Even talking
is not all that safe. That said, tests have shown that a sneeze can spread it
to about 17 feet, even over top of the isles in a grocery store.

RM> >> If it were
  > >> up to me, I'd take my chances and just be a little careful
  > >> of close contact, but I don't think it would be fair for me
  > >> to take my chances and possibly bring it home with me to
  > >> infect others.

AA>How would you take it home with you?  If you can avoid people
  >who are coughing and sneezing directly, that's probably 95% of
  >the problem solved right there.

That assumption is how it has spread as fast as it has. Do you really think
these gatherings where hundreds of people come down with Covid a few days
later were filled with people sneezing all over each other? Even those who
don't want to be careful for themselves would likely avoid anyone who was
obviously showing symptoms.

AA>I literally feel more sick of the lockdown measures and the
  >restrictions of movement and the financial consequences that
  >result of my not being able to earn a normal living with my biz
  >than I would from having to cope with a flu that has a 99%
  >survival rate.

But a lot more than 1% end up in hospital for days or weeks costing someone
thousands of dollars a day. It's not just the deaths that are a problem, plus
it helps to now and then ask yourself what 1% of your countries population is
and if that's a 'reasonable' price to pay to open things up too quickly.

I feel for the regular people out there suffering financial difficulties on
top of all the other issues. I'm retired so my pension incomes are not
in danger, other than from the effect of prices going up fairly dramatically
on a lot of items I have to purchase.

Here they have been paying people about $2000 a month if they want to stay
home because they 'don't feel safe at work'. It was a great idea but it's
amazing how many have taken that to mean they have a paid vacation until the
subsidies finally end. An auto repair place I use has lost 75% of their staff
to this. How 'unsafe' is it to be fixing a car 15 feet from someone else
working on another car? But you don't have to prove things are unsafe and it's
illegal to replace or fire people off work for that reason, not to mention
these people who felt unsafe at work can be found most days drinking in the
local bars when we are not in total shutdown. Meanwhile the owner of the place
is barely surviving due to a lack of business while customers have to wait
6 to 8 weeks for an appointment because there are not enough mechanics
working.
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