tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post8265672156126405988..comments2024-03-27T11:17:29.115-05:00Comments on Bates Family Blog: Bates Updates and Pictures | Gil and Kelly | 19 Kids | Bringing Up Bates | UP TV: Stewarts Come Down with COVIDLily and Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00941253435533935093noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-41412788924424180052021-04-16T23:42:10.076-05:002021-04-16T23:42:10.076-05:00I have my own opinions on the whole masks and trav...I have my own opinions on the whole masks and travel thing, but I don't see why we are in a full blown nation wide lock down anyways. People have gotten sick before and even die from it, yet we have not done all this before. I travel all the time and I haven't gotten sick in about a year. You can't base the fact that 1 family traveled and got sick. In addition, I don't see them dying. They are just sick and yes, I understand cover is worse than most sicknesses, but most sicknesses can kill people depending on many things as well. Hoping they get better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-38221199978140223892020-08-27T18:03:09.999-05:002020-08-27T18:03:09.999-05:00They shared all the details on their blog on youtu...They shared all the details on their blog on youtube.cynthia2156https://www.blogger.com/profile/03577299713801768981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-59696929381686632732020-08-26T13:36:15.026-05:002020-08-26T13:36:15.026-05:00😞 I am so sorry .....Praying! 🙏🏻😞 I am so sorry .....Praying! 🙏🏻Gabrielle 🍩 Hepfler!!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-62050543256421684742020-08-26T03:14:25.215-05:002020-08-26T03:14:25.215-05:00I find this whole discussion extremly interesting....I find this whole discussion extremly interesting. The US seems to be so much worse affected than the rest of the world. But then, their citizens and politicians seem to be unwilling to take the same measures as others? The information about the virus and it severity were in the news since the beginning of the year. Even in bigger US papers. No one can say the information wasn't out there. If anyone still choses to not follow certain hygenic guidelines and precautions after almost a year of this I don't have much compassion. Especially if you have family members with severe medical conditions in your household. Willingly endangering the lives of others is the most unchristian like behavior I can imagine. Jesus is our saviour but some people should check their actions to make sure they will be deemed worth saving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-46405168272695998602020-08-25T14:19:29.702-05:002020-08-25T14:19:29.702-05:00For the mask skeptics, there was a recent cluster ...For the mask skeptics, there was a recent cluster of cases in a Starbucks in Seoul, South Korea, a county that's been seeing a disturbing upswing of cases recently. One person came into the Starbucks carrying the virus. She infected 26 other people there who were probably not wearing masks while eating or drinking. The 4 Starbucks employees who were wearing masks did not get infected. The outbreak was thought to have happened through the air conditioning system. This is another example of how easily the virus can spread from one to many, and how important masks are. If this virus were visible, you might realize that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-42785141056191088842020-08-24T16:54:00.939-05:002020-08-24T16:54:00.939-05:00@11:52 Perhaps you should spare us anecdotal stor...@11:52 Perhaps you should spare us anecdotal stories being shared as gospel truth that applies to everyone. Each person and each viral situation is different, and what one person experiences, others will not. What you have to look at is the overall pattern of infections and the resulting effects. With the number of cases we've had so far, certain facts have come to light, one of which being that masks reduce spread.<br /><br />It's possible the person you know had some cross contamination happen between mask, hands, and face. It's possible they came in close contact with a highly infectious person for enough time to become infected. What kind of mask was this? Level 3 surgical or 1 layer of cotton? It's possible their mask had gaps at the top or sides. It's possible that won't happen to someone else who wears a tight, multi-layer mask, handles it properly, and keeps contaminated hands off face. You simply can't dismiss all masks because of one incident with one person. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-91313281224631377122020-08-24T16:43:08.278-05:002020-08-24T16:43:08.278-05:00"Non-medical grade" masks, which is a te..."Non-medical grade" masks, which is a technicality or a label necessary by law, DO stop the spread of particles from leaving your body and the amount of them able to get in. Source: "Low cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech," Duke University research paper, published August 2020. Read the study - they tested 14 different kinds of masks and mask materials and showed how effective each one was. Several types of masks including the kind your could sew yourself did perform nearly as well as surgical masks. <br /><br />Please - there is too much misinformation being spread about masks, on this blog and elsewhere. Read the research papers. Much new information has come out since the start of this year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-35499968616612863192020-08-24T08:36:46.773-05:002020-08-24T08:36:46.773-05:00So you're saying a scientist can't be boug...So you're saying a scientist can't be bought? I still find that naive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-46954975764923323002020-08-23T23:53:35.241-05:002020-08-23T23:53:35.241-05:00Maybe now you and others will realize that most ma...Maybe now you and others will realize that most masks sold in stores are labeled "non-medical grade," meaning they don't do squat to prevent a virus from getting in or out. Read the labels next time you're shopping for masks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-4746596310508023352020-08-23T23:52:09.892-05:002020-08-23T23:52:09.892-05:00You sound positively EVIL. I know someone who wor...You sound positively EVIL. I know someone who wore a mask religiously and pretty much just stayed at home and went out for basics and got it. Recovered just fine. Spare us the venom and histrionics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-34824562386763026132020-08-23T23:51:06.382-05:002020-08-23T23:51:06.382-05:00Maybe people are getting it because most of the ma...Maybe people are getting it because most of the masks we buy in the stores are labeled "non-medical grade"? Which begs the question, why are we being forced to wear them? I'm glad for everyone who's recovered and praying for those who still have it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-28589336185813824272020-08-23T21:25:32.927-05:002020-08-23T21:25:32.927-05:00Very well said 10:47! All the hysteria is terribl...Very well said 10:47! All the hysteria is terrible for everyone! The shut downs have caused more harm than good. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-42199407170610864972020-08-22T17:22:09.610-05:002020-08-22T17:22:09.610-05:00Or you could refuse to wear the mask and not catch...Or you could refuse to wear the mask and not catch the virus, third possibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-60921658802967874002020-08-21T23:29:16.689-05:002020-08-21T23:29:16.689-05:00@10:31 I know 2 people who have DIED of this. I ...@10:31 I know 2 people who have DIED of this. I know 2 people who were hospitalized with it and almost died - ventilators, touch and go for awhile, still trying to recover. I don't know anyone who had it and said it was a "bad cold." Stop downplaying it and saying it's fake because it's not. Ask any ICU doctor. Wait, don't bother them because they're busy trying to save lives. Would you tell the mourning families that their loved ones died of nothing more than "hype" and "scare"? I'm ashamed anyone would think of such an idea. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-90101170541181470982020-08-21T23:21:40.332-05:002020-08-21T23:21:40.332-05:00@2:03 Of the top 20 states for Covid case numbers...@2:03 Of the top 20 states for Covid case numbers, 15 are run fully or partly by Republicans. Only California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Virginia, and New Jersey are in the top 20 and run fully by Democrats. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-76128354470548447722020-08-21T21:29:01.968-05:002020-08-21T21:29:01.968-05:00Actually 55% is a realitive number as we dont have...Actually 55% is a realitive number as we dont have long term numbers (Remember its a new virus). Even healthy kids who get covid or spread it are coming down with heart and lung issues. Many adults who contract it have reduced lung capacity months later. We still don't know if that permanant or if it just takes a longer than thought to fully heal. Asthma is also something that we are starting to see even in people who had very mild cases. But again its all realitive right now as we dont have enough data, rapid tests, nor a good enough system in the US to connect all the dots. Unfortunately, that means we are relying on smaller countries data. So until we get more data, it could be less but it could be more. No percentage is going to be correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-40594472324401771832020-08-21T14:51:55.440-05:002020-08-21T14:51:55.440-05:00@2:18 That number is no lie and if anything, cons...@2:18 That number is no lie and if anything, conservative. The last JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Assoc.) study I read (dated July) found that of patients studied, 72% still had 3 or more Covid-19 symptoms 60 days after onset. JAMA publishes peer-reviewed studies, not falsehoods. There are other studies coming out now that we have more survivors and more time from onset, but I have yet to see any studies saying that everyone gets 100% over this virus after a few weeks. Most people do have some sort of lingering issue - chronic fatigue, lung trouble, brain fog, and so on. The list is long and reminds me of the long-term effects of Lyme disease or a multi-system infection like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-75842604130746019392020-08-21T14:03:13.526-05:002020-08-21T14:03:13.526-05:00The states with the largest percentage of deaths a...The states with the largest percentage of deaths are run by Democrats, the same Democrats who kept their covid patients in nursing homes<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-76141937938870915642020-08-21T10:31:06.035-05:002020-08-21T10:31:06.035-05:00Yes! Fake news has really hyped this all up and I ...Yes! Fake news has really hyped this all up and I feel like there is a deeper reason behind this virus. Look how easily the media can scare everyone. That fact scares me more than the virus itself. Because all the people I know who got the virus just said it is like a bad cold. I'm sure the Stewarts will recover quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-48169154143652772932020-08-21T08:03:06.450-05:002020-08-21T08:03:06.450-05:00Anon 6:23 - You can have Covid particles on your c...Anon 6:23 - You can have Covid particles on your clothes, shoes, hair, purse, phone, glasses, whatever, when you come out of a store. You could also have it on your shopping bags or the things you bought. It's smart to wear a mask in the car til you're home. You sit there with windows closed and a/c blowing at your face, so you're putting whatever is on your clothes and hair into the air you're breathing. That's not fear, that's science. Wearing a mask in the car beats asking for prayers online because you and your husband both got infected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-15769600691197013322020-08-21T07:20:50.071-05:002020-08-21T07:20:50.071-05:00I agree @6:27. I don’t know anyone terrified but t...I agree @6:27. I don’t know anyone terrified but there seems to be a lot of them in these comments. The difference between having faith in God or not, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-19327165724505583172020-08-21T07:18:26.746-05:002020-08-21T07:18:26.746-05:00Well said @10:47. I completely agree.Well said @10:47. I completely agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-27119522866419921462020-08-21T05:05:05.487-05:002020-08-21T05:05:05.487-05:00I sure don't want to be among that unlucky per...I sure don't want to be among that unlucky percent, whatever it is. You have no guarantee that YOUR number isn't going to come up when the virus dice are tossed, do you? Why gamble with your life or someone else's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-7443240766710024722020-08-21T05:01:47.865-05:002020-08-21T05:01:47.865-05:00You can either wear 1 mask.....or refuse to, catch...You can either wear 1 mask.....or refuse to, catch the virus, and let health care workers go through hundreds of masks and pieces of PPE while treating you. Make sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387778566526841808.post-77947783637323881112020-08-21T02:39:17.779-05:002020-08-21T02:39:17.779-05:00The social distancing, face masks and home working...The social distancing, face masks and home working are worth the wait until scientists find a vaccin and the virus can be treated better. The alternative is letting the virus run it's course. This will lead to millions of deaths, overcrowded hospitals and scared people. How devastating would that be? Families would be ripped apart, children would grow up without grandparents (who might be an essential part of their life or upbringing) or parents, this would bring up the amount of children under foster care or under state supervision. If hospitals are overcrowded, this means that hospitals have to select who will or will not be treted. If people are scared, they will take their own measures which leads to division, unequality. All in all, that will affect the country economically, socially, physically.<br />The questions that you raise can be overcome: you can meet each other outside, with the proper amount of distance wearing a mask. you can meet each other virtually. For those children who can not home school, a program can be set in which only a small amount of children are in the class room.<br />I wholeheartedly believe that solutions can be found to all the problems of wuaranteening but doing nothing would be the most devastating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com