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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Aloha. I am trying to keep all of this straight and I know Blueash to be a retired M.D. Are you a person who has also been involved in medicine? You sound very smart as well. I was a preschool teacher who has always been interested in medicine since our youngest was born with a syndrome. I just read posts and wonder at the person's background. I try very hard to sift through information and trust only valid sources. I keep wondering about Goodlife too. I hope he/she shares their medical background, if any.
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Although not an MD, I was on staff at the American College of Emergency Physicians and pre -med in College. My son and daughter in law are both physicians, he primary care and she emergency medicine.We talk almost daily regarding the virus. I am an avid reader and always strive to keep up with medical advances.
I am sure Blueash means well but there are times when you need to get back to the foundation of science, empiricism. Ignoring that which is in front of your eyes does not invalidate it. I am an optimist by nature and believe we are on the downside of this wave. The one thing we still lack is a solid handle on the denominator ,ie; how many out there have antibodies?. That will tell us the true infection rate and true death rate, neither of which we have now.
I had the Asian Flu in 1957, was in the hospital for a week. There was no vaccine then either. 70,000 Americans died and 2 million worldwide. We did not shut down the economy then.
My wife had the Hong Flu in 1968. Over 100,000 Americans died and 1 million worldwide according to the CDC. We did not shut the economy down then either. Both of these pandemics struck older Americans the hardest.
My point is, we are far from those numbers at this point and this may turn out to be a milder pandemic than first posited. This takes nothing away from the fact that many have died. Stay safe but also stay hopeful.