Hello Rob Mccart!

** On Tuesday 11.05.21 - 00:52, Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

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

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

At a 98%+ recovery rate, that certainty isn't so certain as you  
may think.

 RM> [...] and my niece's husband finally came down with a
 RM> fever and was feeling lousy so it definitely sounds like
 RM> he has it.

Why not confirm that with a test that identifies the ant-bodies  
for it?


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

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

ANYONE can still spread it, including the vaxx'd.


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

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

That 17' may be a physical possibility with no inhibitions, but  
it would most likely be unrealistic.  Most people would either  
stifle a sneeze internally, or cover up a sneeze.


 RM> That assumption is how it has spread as fast as it has. Do
 RM> you really think these gatherings where hundreds of people
 RM> come down with Covid a few days later were filled with
 RM> people sneezing all over each other?

I have reservations on how the "cases" are determined and  
declared. It is entirely possible that the numbers that the  
media spews out are over-exaggeratted.


 AA>> I literally feel more sick of [...] my not being able to
 AA>> earn a normal living with my biz than I would from having
 AA>> to cope with a flu that has a 99% survival rate.

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

Don't forget to add people who died from their not having the  
necessary surguries and hospital attention they needed for  
other ailments.

 RM> I feel for the regular people out there suffering
 RM> financial difficulties on top of all the other issues. I'm
 RM> retired so my pension incomes are not in danger, [...]

Right. At least you don't to worry whether you will have  
SOMETHING in your wallet every month.  I had to scramble to  
reduce costs all across the board: lights off, heat off,  
hotwater-tank off, small coffe-room refrigerator off, etc..


 RM> [...] other than from the effect of prices going up fairly
 RM> dramatically on a lot of items I have to purchase.

I am poised to rise prices (or at least not offer additional  
discounts) for people who work in the banking and credit card  
industries.


 RM> Here they have been paying people about $2000 a month if
 RM> they want to stay home because they 'don't feel safe at
 RM> work'. It was a great idea but it's amazing how many have
 RM> taken that to mean they have a paid vacation [...]

Yes.. it's a mess.

 RM> [...] An auto repair place I use has lost 75% of their
 RM> staff to this. How 'unsafe' is it to be fixing a car 15
 RM> feet from someone else working on another car?

The subsidy programme are almost designed to be taken advantage  
of.

 RM> [...] these people who felt unsafe at work can be found
 RM> most days drinking in the local bars when we are not in
 RM> total shutdown.

Again.. people will find a way to get that $2000 whether they  
need it or not.


 RM> Meanwhile the owner of the place is barely surviving due
 RM> to a lack of business while customers have to wait 6 to 8
 RM> weeks for an appointment because there are not enough
 RM> mechanics working.

I don't think the garages here were struggling. Maybe some  
scheduled repairs were delayed, but the garages have not been  
at the brink of bankruptcy or anything so serious.  Employers  
with payroll received about 80% subsidies to help retain the  
employees they needed at any one time. Those large incorporated  
or limited companies qualified for 0% financing.
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