It takes approximately 45 seconds for blood to flow through the heart and return. Upon my last Dr appointment sitting in the waiting room with so-called minor COPD, wearing a mask for 30 min my blood oxygen level is 99%.

Now I have to look up who is Dr. Michael Olsterholm. I haven't heard of him.

I am keeping my fingers crossed they will let our daughter Helene have the vaccine too when we get it. She is 55 and has Williams Syndrome.

When I read one of the VERY few posts such as yours, it is a breath of fresh air as the saying goes. I am not a health professional, but had enough university classes in some areas to really make me question what is happening to the minds of people in our community. People (and the cable TV) blasts 24.7 about staying with "science" and the "facts", and my mind is saying to ME: could the facts of science concerning how bacteria, viruses, microbes, etc. behave, act, and interact, since I was talking classes and tests in grad school in the 80's ? ? The same "lingering" in the air, almost laying in wait for a victim. I stopped reading this with my morning coffee for awhile, not because I disagreed with these folks, but seeing how desperately afraid so many of my friends and neighbors are really depressed me. So destructive to have so many so fearful for so many months. It would sure be in the interest of everyone's health, if our leaders, and even our friends and neighbors here would write the REAL (as opposed to made up "facts" that fit someone's personal opinion) facts. Have seen a relative of mine, 72, good general health, no chronic conditions, become nearly obsessive. Does absolutely nothing now, orders food on line, does not shop in stores, wears a mask when walking her dog, and uses Lysol wipes to wipe down every single can, box, package of food, and even wipes her mail. I know what people must be thinking but NO, this is a person who has been reliable, very practical, logical, and has never been a person who obsesses on health, visits doctors constantly, or had a cabinet that looks like a pharmacy. I know up close and personal that this is doing some very strange things to people. If only the media would encourage and uplift people, not my sugar coating it, but by giving some balance. Can't even watch TV without endless pictures of exhausted health care workers just breaking down and weeping and BEGGING people to do exactly what my relative has fallen into.... caution, common sense, of course, but what Y:bigbow::bigbow:OU wrote may help more people than you will ever know !

So. Dr. Michael Olsterholm appears to be picked for the next person in charge of the Pandemic in U.S.

He isn't an M.D.??

Dr's Fauci and Birx were M.D.s. with CDC. He lives in Minnesota.

Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH | CIDRAP

He's a researcher. Not all researchers are MD's. Glad you edited out the part about him being in Wisconsin.



Michael Thomas Osterholm is an American epidemiologist, regents professor, and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

The CDC has said that children K-12 should be back in school. And I am in solid agreement with that.

My own kids have been back in school, working, seeing friends, going to the beach, even taking trips out of state. It has been a high priority of my own to make sure that my own kids have not been isolated and limited during this very difficult year.

In Florida, parents have always had the option to choose distance learning or brick and mortar for their children. Some have opted to home school. Parents know what's best for their own kids. I think that is a solidly good policy.

And he is a PHD not an M.D.

As for why I often confuse the two states that are way up there North of Chicago. I have only been to Minnesota once. One has excellent cheese they talk about a lot and the other is considered to have a lot of "Nice" people.

I just expected the person in charge of the Pandemic to be an M.D. Now I will research that. Maybe I'm wrong. I know that having an M.D. after your name is not a universally accepted reason to extol a person. However I usually am very honoring of M.D.s. AND most researchers.

I listened to and respected both Dr's Fauci and Birx directions.

It won't matter a lot in a very short time. Thank God.

WE HAVE THE VACCINE!!!

I see him all the time on the TV channels that I usually watch. His predictions on CV have been as or more accurate than that University of Washington group that does math modeling to predict the future behavior and amount of CV. Over a month ago Olsterholm predicted 200,000 cases by Jan1. He now says about 450,000 by March. And so does the U. of Wa. He is extremely sincere and intelligent! He worries about Thanksgiving.

Me too. I worry about it too. It is my take that the cold weather is making the virus more contagious. We won't be having family or friends this year. Just the three of us.


Next year we will have company around our table....Whooooopppppppppppeeeeeeeee.

Honestly, yes. Why would they lie? What media news sources do is put a slant on the news but they don't out and out lie. They also neglect (on purpose) to report a news story if it doesn't fit their agenda. That's how I see it anyway.

I have not heard this but thank you for posting. I surely hope this information is true.

Dr Fauci and Dr Birx are currently with the WH team, unless they get fired like everyone else. They will certainly transition to Biden's team.

Apparently you didn't read the last word in the last sentence, "fabricated". That is an accusation that I was lying.

I rely on the "experts". Those folks who have those letters at the end of their names such as MD certainly know more than I do. I rely on their knowledge to guide me. Thanks to all those who have that education and expertise.

You really slept next to your infected wife? No mask when around her? Sorry, but I will not take any advice you have to offer. But that's just me. Hope you both will be fine.