But its not.
For at least the sake of my post let’s presume we all have substantial amounts of infection in our states.
But we don't.
WTF, bramps.
Posted on 04/16/2020 4:21:50 AM PDT by impimp
It takes an awful lot of data twisting to get to full blown panic.
On the left side of the linked page, click "Synonyms"
Look in the last full line for your word. Maybe it was cryptic Trump tweet after all.
So, let's say I go to Home Depot (my governor isn't quite as fascist as others, so Home Depot is still open). As I gather things for my deck staining project, I walk by numerous people, staying 6 feet away when possible. A few are wearing face covering, most are not. All is well, everyone is courteous, following the guidelines.
Anyway, let's say that someone in the store that I walk past is positive - has COVID-19 (or any other flu or virus, but that's not as relevant here, I don't think). Anyway, that person is breathing, just as I am (I try to continue to breathe, even when asleep). They exhale, a few spores are cast into the air, I inhale, even fewer spores (or cells, or whatever you call them) and so have just a tiny touch of the virus in my nose/throat/lungs.
To me, and this is my theory, inhaling a very small amount of the virus would cause my body to start fighting the virus, building antibodies or whatever defense it needs to combat the virus. And since I would have inhaled such a tiny amount, it isn't enough to cause me to get sick, but maybe enough to build up a resistance.
Is it reasonable to assume that a very small exposure might build up a resistance in people in such a way that if later exposed to a larger amount of the virus, they already have some immunity built up? Isn't that kind of how a vaccine would work?
Just spitballing here - something I was thinking about as I drove home from Home Depot the other day.
...death rate is rapidly approaching 7%.... what ??? which screaming liberal hack did you suck that out of?
its morons like YOU that cause panic, so just go hide in your hole useful idiot.
But its not.
For at least the sake of my post let’s presume we all have substantial amounts of infection in our states.
But we don't.
WTF, bramps.
And so the state control of your activities is laid bare.
Why would you assume that ANYONE in the Home Depot at the same time as you is COVID positive? What compels you to assume your fellow citizens are the equivalent of Typhoid Mary?
Don’t give into media created fear.
Don’t be a fearper.
Not assuming that they are or are not - more or less throwing out a “what-if” situation, and wondering how things spread.
I have no qualms about going to Home Depot, Walmart, or the grocery store if I need to pick something up. I’d be out in the park taking photos of birds if they were open...
And, I have Russian friends who tell (anecdotal) stories of wondering if their neighbor should be turned in to the KGB for saying something that appeared to be negative about the Party.
They had heard it through their apartment walls.
I am not a formal scientist or doctor but I do read the internet therefore I know what I am talking about. The concept of “viral load” has been mentioned on the internet lately. So I agree with you 100% - one could say that many get “immunized”, if not formerly vaccinated, to CV by just living normal lives. I would rather have these trace exposures now than have a full viral load 40 years from now in a nursing home.
I hear it is 666 times more deadly. It was on the interwebs, so it must be true.
That is exactly what I'm thinking, but I'm also not a doc or scientist, and the Holiday Inn Express is closed!
Low level exposure and building a natural immunity versus locking everyone up and waiting for Bill Gates to come up with a new deadly vaccine (scheduled to occur right after the November election, of course).
There are no coincidences.
Exponential!
Enemy of the People
Those you trust the most...
Could not agree more Buckeye.......(used to live in Mansfield....not one of Ohio’s nicer cities....)
I lived in Delaware County for awhile.
Marion was a rather nice nearby city.
Mansfield was not.
I called that number... the IRS said they had a warrant for my arrest unless I gave them my bank info...
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