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Originally Posted by Scott O
COVID-19 has a survival rate of 99.99% for those under the age of 40. Even people over the age of 60 who aren’t residents of nursing homes have a survival rate of 98.29%, yet residents in many areas are now told, in great detail, how they can and cannot celebrate their holidays
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness had reached epidemic levels. In 2018, 54% of American adults over the age of 18 reported feeling lonely. By January 2020, it was 61% and now, nine months into the pandemic, we’ve reached 66%
Loneliness isn’t relegated to the elderly. In the 18 to 34 age group, 75% report feeling socially isolated, compared to 61% of those over 50. Among those aged 18 to 34, 19% say they’ve gone as long as two to three months without interacting with another person
10% of 35- to 49-year-olds, 9% of 18- to 34-year-olds and 7% of those over 50 say they’ve not interacted with anyone outside their household or workplace since the pandemic began
If safety requires us to indefinitely forfeit the most valuable parts of our lives, what exactly are we trying to save?
PLEASE THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT!! FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WRAPPED IN FEAR, THERE IS REALISTIC STATISTICS....LIFE WITHOUT HUMAN INTERACTION IS VERY DEPRESSING! SHUT THE TV OFF, LIVE YOR LIFE!
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Lots to dislike in this one! 1st....is Dr.Mercola Scott O 's last name? Is he Scott O when he is some lighthearted, ordinary TV Land Bozzo? Does he then put on his cape and become a serious, professional DOCTOR? Why is this ambiguous? In the end summary anyway, whoever(?) it is ....they become Dr. Herd Immunity - the Doctor of DISS......DISinformation!
......Granted that COVID 19 has caused much mental anguish and stress in the UNITED STATES. It is needed to be pointed out that ALL countries are not as bad as the US. Some have been relatively unaffected - those that did not think of it as a HOAX and reacted quickly in an ADULT manner - Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, and others. Canada is doing much better than the US. So, the 1st thing to remember is that CV did NOT have to be THIS bad!
Now, as to the mental stress discussed in the thread starter......."61% of adults REPORTED loneliness in Jan 2020 before CV started to hit the US." Then after CV, "66% loneliness was REPORTED". That would be a WHOOPING big difference of 5%, again REPORTED. Everyone knows that loneliness is SUBJECTIVE! So a REPORTED survey on loneliness is NOT mathematical - so a 5% difference is ludicrous to even talk about. The ONLY truth here is that people in the US SEEM to feel lonely. There are many reasons for this - CV would be ONE very possible reason. Or the reason could be that they feel alienated because their government let them down about CV and they know that other counties did NOT conceal the truth from their population and protected their citizens. It could be about US citizens being unprotected and telling surveyors that they felt lonelier after the CV quarantine - that seems reasonable.
....The apparent DISinformation of this thread seems to be to encourage older TV Landers to practice Herd Immunity during Thanksgiving, which amounts to advertizing for a "Super Spreader" Holiday......a Holiday from reason and a total disregard for Federal and Medical Advice to only celebrate the Holidays with your "regular in house relatives". And to use Zoom instead of physically traveling to a Turkey and DROPLETS....of CV.... family event. To summarize - is it better to be lonely or dead? At least, the turkey did not suffer in the hospital for a long time before dying.