See https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-may-have-been-created-in-a-wuhan-lab-genetic-engineering-experiment/news-story/6e0a211af696fa2f30d5e7306dbf4780

Yeah, I think that’s gotta be it. Every time anybody posts good news, like “it’s hard to get infected from surfaces” or “it’s hard to get infected outside”, it’s swamped by a chorus of “YEAH BUT”.

At least King Jay has decreed this afternoon that we may be allowed to reopen if we meet his new rules (not to be confused with the old rules or the old, old rules). I’ve noticed the amount of mask wearing declining considerably especially in warmer weather. Masks will be largely gone outside of medical settings in weeks I predict.

The bigger issue is that so many people have invested their very being into this virus being the worst thing ever that they can’t retreat from that now.

A friend of mine posted that exact argument to FB.

I don’t know what to say — I guess that means that everyone will have to wear masks forever, then, because even if there’s a vaccine someone might not have been vaccinated and could have the virus, forever.

It’s like she and all the others think that if they get within 6 feet of someone they might as well be sharing a needle. How, precisely, is someone who is asymptomatic — and therefore pretty much be definition not sneezing and coughing virus all over the place — supposed to be spreading the virus in large enough quantities to infect someone else? And even if this is the most virulent coronavirus ever, it’s not on the one-particle-will-kill-you scale of Ebola or Marburg or the like.

I’m very sick of people who seem to think this is the Andromeda Strain who are old enough to know better.

https://www.redstate.com/mike_miller/2020/05/29/who-releases-list-of-who-should-wear-a-mask-and-when-—-the-mask-police-are-not-going-to-be-happy/

“If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with COVID-19.”

But of course even if your are healthy you will be considered as asymptomatic by the mask police, so all must continue to wear masks. So will be the rule from King Jay and his minions.

The WHO has specific guidance for the wearing, removing, disposal of masks too. Wearing a mask more than once? Nope. A mask that has gaps between the it and the face? Nope. Lots of fun for all. WHO can you believe?l

As to Alzheimer’s, if you have a sugar consumption habit, try to get rid of it.

Here in New Zealand – which is CV19 virus free – out of some 1500 cases, there are approximately zero cases that are asymptomatic.

In a Twitter discussion by Med school researchers in April, examining some 9 sets of studies found a median rate of asymptomatic cases of 40%. But the problem of inconsistent definition was high lighted then and remains problematic ever since,

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/norway-health-chief-lockdown-was-not-needed-to-tame-covid

and

https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2020/05/26/nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities-0-6-of-the-u-s-population-43-of-u-s-covid-19-deaths/#1e7ae58c74cd

and

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/05/28/not-nearly-as-lethal-or-harmful-as-advertised-heres-what-the-cdc-report-accidentally-just-admitted-about-covid/

“Nothing to see, move along, move along. You can have your economy back when I say so. You may get your rights back if I feel like it.” “I” being the Kings and Emperors of the Great States of Progress, who once were elected but now are our rulers. Montage is a loyal subject.

Yeah, it may be the different areas of the country and the ages of the crowds we interact with. Other than my mom (her facility has had zero cases) I don’t know anyone in senior living that well. In my particular area it was never bad outside of nursing homes but we were dragged into it by that first nursing home in Kirkland north of here. Plus I’m not on Facebook (thank the lord) so I’m sure that someone I went to high school or college with or something has had it and I’m just out of the loop.