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usonian

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6. I thnk that reporting has slacked off, and that there are milder variants these days,

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 28, 2023, 07:18 PM

Sep 2023

more home testing, more vaccinated people, and more home treatments, i.e. with Paxlovid etc.

So, it's an unbalanced comparison, but useful nonetheless.

Statistics is/are a tricky game.

I recently found out that the "How to Lie with Statistics" book that we admired was authored or promoted by the tobacco industry, in order to lessen credibility in the real life statistics that smoking was deadly.

Correct me if I got this wrong.

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COVID levels are so high, they're hovering near 2020's initial peak [View all] usonian Sep 2023 OP

Husband and I were only ones masked in the small, but busy waiting room for his eye appointment. MLAA Sep 2023 #1

i never quit wearing mine . AllaN01Bear Sep 2023 #2

But hospitalizations and deaths are not. MyNameIsJonas Sep 2023 #3

My non-medical opinion: milder variants, more vaccinations, usonian Sep 2023 #4

A bit misleading but still worth noting Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #5

I thnk that reporting has slacked off, and that there are milder variants these days, usonian Sep 2023 #6

I had to tell a dental assistant XanaDUer2 Nov 2023 #7

When I was a kid, the barber had a fondness for garlic. usonian Nov 2023 #8

I'm having expensive tmj tx XanaDUer2 Nov 2023 #9