"The science around this virus is settled,"

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The science is settled?

Seriously?

We actually now know everything we need to know about Covid 19?

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 668851002/

Why, do you know some facts that the rest of us do not know?

What I know is that in a section of The Model Rocketry Forum the several model rocket hobbyists who are currently practicing civilian and military doctors are saying we still have things to learn about this virus.

Now, granted, this from the British Medical Journal was October 2020 and not 2 milliseconds ago,

https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3979

And this likewise is not from merely a few nanoseconds ago, it is from, Nov. 17, 2020 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con ... t-20490351

[b]Many long-term COVID-19 effects still unknown

Much is still unknown about how COVID-19 will affect people over time. However, researchers recommend that doctors closely monitor people who have had COVID-19 to see how their organs are functioning after recovery.[/b]

From what the currently practicing physicians on the covid section of the Rocketry Forum were saying this morning, this debate mentioned in November has not ended,

https://www.eplabdigest.com/cardiac-con ... ted-waters

And the active duty military physician was saying that is a real concern for the military since though not professional atheletes, military members engage in operations and physical fitness which require sometimes intense athletic activity.

Heck, when you out it that way, "we" are still learning things about the cold virus!  So why all the fear?

Go back and logically think this through for a minute: by definition the science isn't settled since we can not yet know the long term effects of having had the virus.

That is something which those who have all the fear will have to provide a response for.

When I am watching and participating in conversation with currently practicing physicians who are actively treating covid patients, and at least one who is currently recovering from covid himself, and they are talking about things still unknown about covid 19, that leads me to regard a politician who says "the science around this virus is settled", as either ignorant, as lying through their teeth, or as an idiot, or some combination of those.

You gotta check your autism once in a while. The guy is a politician, so he is addressing the aspects of the disease that have become politicized.

The pol said that "the science around" [the aspects of the disease that he was talking about] ...which is the topic of how the thing is spread "are settled". He was saying "masks...distancing...washing your hands" works and are vital to slow the spread of the pandemic (ie "dont let anyone tell you the guidelines arent good guidelines"). And I think that is basically right that that stuff IS indeed settled. But it's that aspect (social distancing and masks etc) that are what have become politicized. So thats why he, a politician, is talking about it.

In typical autistic fashion you took him too literally, and took him to mean "we now know everything about it- not just about how its spread- but about every damn thing about it". Further you -went on to imply that this virus could screw up people even worse than most now suspect- by permanently damaging your lungs- if you engage in athletic occupations like the military. If that guy heard you say that he would reply "so you think that this virus is even worse than I thought it was?...all the more reason that its settled that we need to practice social distancing and wear masks like I just said- thanks for agreeing with me!".

... and even if you do not,

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/ ... -the-lungs



and,

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02598-6

Like I said ...all of the more reason to agree with the guy.

But I get what you're saying. That covid may not be something to sneeze at, no pun intended.

I don’t mean to be technical—but Michigan’s governor is a woman.

For those who would prefer something from this month of this year,

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/corona ... 51985.html





Again, I am not "implying"; and, it does not matter whether or not the person is in the military.

I had COVID. No lung damage for me.

There’s been LOTS of tragic deaths and debility from COVID....but many people have also recovered successfully from it.

Can’t wait for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to come out. It can be stored in a fridge, and is only one dose.

Am glad you recovered and are still here!
One of my uncles died of complications from covid.
My sister-in-law recovered from covid.
There is uncertainty whether my 80 year old diabetic Mom had covid, last summer she tested positive then a week later tested negative. Which test was the false result?
Anyway, she is still here and remains a stubborn midwestern farm girl, though not a farmer. (she was a dietitian)