After a good meal, what's better than a nice nap?
Not much, I would say..
Not a care in the world, safe and secure, and loved.. Tell ya what.. That's about as good as it gets, right there. Too bad it doesn't last longer than it does, for us, and for them..
Anyway, here in the real world..
Unless the antibody tests are faulty, a HELLUVA lot more people have had the virus than anybody knew, which is great news. That would mean that the virus is much, much less dangerous than we were led to believe, and except for the vulnerable people among us (and there are many), we could return to a normal life. That's the good news.
The bad news is that we've destroyed our economy and our prosperity, whether the virus was deadly or not. And I still cannot decide if it was all for nothing, or if we narrowly avoided the destruction of mankind.
Apparently there are millions who have had the virus with no symptoms at all. At the same time, there are tens of thousands who have died. But counting the dead does not necessarily give us all the information we need. Although we don't get information on all the deaths, it seems that for all the deaths we *do* get information on, there have been underlying health issues that combined, or maybe even simply coincided with the virus, and are being blamed on the virus.
If a 93 year old in a nursing home with COPD dies, and they had the virus, it is counted as a viral death. But is it really? At that age, even in apparently perfect health, every day you wake up not dead, is a blessing. On the other hand, after watching my sweet father struggle with the end of life, "one more day" is not a blessing for everyone.
If the tragic, frightening number of deaths is actually just a result of far, far more people being ill than we knew, then the panic we've been living with will have been unjustified.
Eventually, we will know, but I am increasingly suspicious of the science, and of the motives of those feeding the fear. After all, they have been lying to us for a long time, and the temptation to take advantage of a crisis is strong when you are desperate.
After a good meal, what's better than a nice nap?
Not much, I would say..
Not a care in the world, safe and secure, and loved.. Tell ya what.. That's about as good as it gets, right there. Too bad it doesn't last longer than it does, for us, and for them..
Anyway, here in the real world..
Unless the antibody tests are faulty, a HELLUVA lot more people have had the virus than anybody knew, which is great news. That would mean that the virus is much, much less dangerous than we were led to believe, and except for the vulnerable people among us (and there are many), we could return to a normal life. That's the good news.
The bad news is that we've destroyed our economy and our prosperity, whether the virus was deadly or not. And I still cannot decide if it was all for nothing, or if we narrowly avoided the destruction of mankind.
Apparently there are millions who have had the virus with no symptoms at all. At the same time, there are tens of thousands who have died. But counting the dead does not necessarily give us all the information we need. Although we don't get information on all the deaths, it seems that for all the deaths we *do* get information on, there have been underlying health issues that combined, or maybe even simply coincided with the virus, and are being blamed on the virus.
If a 93 year old in a nursing home with COPD dies, and they had the virus, it is counted as a viral death. But is it really? At that age, even in apparently perfect health, every day you wake up not dead, is a blessing. On the other hand, after watching my sweet father struggle with the end of life, "one more day" is not a blessing for everyone.
If the tragic, frightening number of deaths is actually just a result of far, far more people being ill than we knew, then the panic we've been living with will have been unjustified.
Eventually, we will know, but I am increasingly suspicious of the science, and of the motives of those feeding the fear. After all, they have been lying to us for a long time, and the temptation to take advantage of a crisis is strong when you are desperate.