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You know what, keep the Covid is a scam bullshit in the Soapbox...where it belongs.
But since you brought it up, watch the nightly news tonight, you pick the network, ABC, CBS, NBS, and tell me with a straight face that the surge in infections, deaths, overwhelmed staff, filled to the max hospital ICU’s, is nothing but a scam.
Seriously. I would like this dude to have the balls to call the people at my work that had to say goodbye to loved ones infected with COVID over the computer because they couldn't go into the hospital. Tell those people that it is no big deal and likely a scam.
Or if it is such a non-issue -- go volunteer at an overwhelmed nursing home or hospital. I mean why not? Most will even pay you. Some states are crash licensing health aides in as little as a couple dozen hours of training. Make some $$$ on the side -- shouldn't be a problem. COVID isn't a big deal.
The two of you just watch this and ascertain for yourselves:
Protect the vulnerable and move on. My 20 year old niece tested positive. She was sick for all of a day.
Mojouw, the people at your work, did their loved ones died with JUST COVID19 or did they suffer from other issues? I keep hearing about all these people that are dying of COVID19 but when you go to the CDC's website it says that the deaths of these people are ALSO from other issues (flu, heart disease, COPD, etc). Hence my protect the vulnerable and let the healthy people of the world get on with life. Elon Musk tested positive twice and negative twice.
Again if you go to the CDC's website and compare total deaths in 2018 to this year you would expect the number to be 220K more correct? Nope, total deaths in the US are up around 10,000 (the same numbers they were up for the Swine Flu in 2008). You see back then if you died of heart disease with the Swine Flu they count your death as strictly Swine Flu. The numbers are ALL there to see on their website.
Plus I didn't bring up COVID19 in this thread, I just responded. How about if you don't like the post prove it wrong or skip it. God forbid you actually talk with someone that disagrees with you.
I can only go by what they are willing to tell me. Folks were older but otherwise healthy - or at least as health as older folks can be. Tested positive for COVID. Went to the hospital. Now they are being told their family member is likely to die any day.
I do agree that for NFL athletes this is a relatively low risk. But not zero.
As to the dying from COVID versus something else. I keep hearing that people are NOT dying of COVID because they have heart disease, for example. But I also hear from others and a few docs I asked, that if these folks didn't get COVID...the heart disease wouldn't have killed them, or at least not for some time.
So again, it is about the vunerable as you mentioned. But that doesn't mean this isn't deadly serious stuff.
Can we get back to the hit on Ben.
Yes, it sucked but he's over it. He's going to play Sunday.
Did they ever even bother with giving details on his knees? Or did they just chalk up to no one likes getting hit in the knee much less old QBs?
Speaking of stuff that belongs in other forums...
Remember that night when Ultimate Bengal got banned for posting horse porn...
I had a feeling this soapbox bullshit would creep up from the bilge. Hell lets start posting animals pics while we're at it.
Indeed He was a good poster... until...
Since this thread is completely derailed, we might as well discuss the poster who did the worst 180 of all time: TAPES18N1. That guy was awesome; he clicked with everyone, he was funny, he was informative, everything you’d want from a poster... until, you know... he decided to tell us how Hitler was awesome.
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