Just Seems Odd

 There by the end of 2020.....we had x-amount of Covid, felt relieved that vaccines were coming, and felt that the in-hospital ICU business was going to diminish in nature by summer of 2021.

So here we are....Trump gone....Biden in, all this fix-up Covid stuff done, vaccination business hyped-up, and it just seems....if you watch CBS nightly news, read the front page of Washington Post, or view regular Channel Nineteen local news....it's twice as bad as in 2020.  

At some point in August, it almost felt like a relief where the top subject was failure in Afghanistan, President Biden marginally senile, and a bunch of American folks were hiding in Kabul as the Taliban arrived....was a bigger topic than Covid.  

Am I missing something?

It just feels like a Twilight Zone episode....where you were told a lot of things to worry about, but feel good about the future trends.....then woke up recently to realize things now seem twice as bad as in September 2020.  

The bigger question to ask?  Will we reach a point in September 2022....where things are even worse than they are today?  If so....how is this possible?  

Five Stupid Questions

 Over the past 18 months, I've followed a lot of Covid news, discussions, and chatter.  Some made sense.....some made no sense.  So these were five of the discussion/questions I noticed:

1.  Can you get antibodies (not Covid itself) via sexual relations?  Some guy was worried (he apparently was a non-vax type) but he had a worry that he might get some 'bad' antibodies if he went hooking up with the wrong woman.  If you think about this....pro-vax people should only have relations with other pro-vaxers.  Non-vax people should only mingle or have relations with non-vax people.  

2.  Should you disinfect your car after hauling some relative or associate around?  There was some German car repair shop I had business with, and early on....they offered some disinfectant service (I think in the range of 20 Euro or $24).  Some older gal in front of me was asking in some way if this was a good idea....she had to haul some friend in the car the day before. Mechanic guy didn't bat an eye....yep, very wise idea to disinfect the car.  In the first three months of offering the 'service', I bet they had a hundred people a week stopping by for the six-minute disinfectant service.  

3.   Some guy asked on a radio call-in deal....if you could get the virus while sitting on a public toilet.  The response went to some answer like.....there are forty-odd things you could get from a public toilet....already before Covid came along.

4.  At some point early on (Spring 2020)....Berlin police started to get Covid questions....almost on a minute-by-minute basis.  Folks were calling them....instead of doctors or nurses.  The city police had to put out a blunt statement....call us for crime....not Covid.

5.  Someone in the US brought up a question that came from a radio show....guy asking if you wear a condom....would it protect you from getting Covid.  The response went to some counter-question....are you social distancing while engaged in this act (suggesting 3 feet distance).

Immunity Discussion

 There is a great piece off Web MD, written by Hansa D. Bhargava, MD....which talks to a health topic.

Most of us walk around and want to know how to improve our immune system.  Bhargava goes the opposite direction and asks how you can screw-up or diminish your immune system.

Examples?  Smoke weed, have low vitamin D levels, rarely eat fruits, or rarely spend time outside.

I'd recommend a read of the article.  

I would imagine if your immune system was at a '10'....your reaction to a bout of Covid might not be that severe (requiring you to spend a week or two in some ICU situation).  Most of us would only give ourselves a '7' or '8' though.