Give it time, Curt. On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 10:59 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Again the vaccine is not a cure, it doesn't mean you can't be infected > although that would be the ideal. It means your body is more prepared to > fight an infection should one occur.The death rate staying very low while > infections rise seems to bear out that idea although as others have > mentioned many of the weakest have already been killed off. > I'm still interested to see the data in the future that might explain why > young, seemingly healthy, people seem to just up and die while older folks > with multiple co-morbidities sometimes manage to survive. My pet theory is > that over-cleanliness causes some (mostly younger) folks to not have as > highly developed immune systems. > I'm personally amazed that all the fools in the house across the street > from me have somehow managed to survive. No masks, big groups, booze, > drugs, etc. Grandma and grandpa recently retired, both are massively > overweight, breathing issues etc. By the normal assumptions for covid they > were goners. > -Curt > > On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 11:10:05 PM EDT, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Yeah, I heard something about most of those getting hit with the delta > variant were already jabbed, so the vax seems to be no good for it. Anyone > else hear that? At first I thought I heard wrong, was some radio show. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > > Jul 22, 2021 4:18:31 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > > > Apparently the delta variant is killing a higher percentage of young > people > > now. > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:40 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Correct, if you believe in evolution, then it should be easy to > understand > >> that the virus will mutate (evolve) to become (a) more infectious and > (b) > >> less deadly. Killing the host is not a good way to spread, just want to > >> reproduce and spread. Survival of the fittest. The first wave of the > >> original virus has killed off the most vulnerable, that alone should > reduce > >> the deaths this time around. > >> > >> Max Dillon > >> Charleston SC > >> > >> > >> Jul 22, 2021 12:26:59 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > >> > >>> It is impossible to contain a virus that has become endemic. The OC43 > >> coronavirus likely caused an epidemic in the mid 1800's. It is now a > common > >> cold. That's how coronavirus' work. If they killed their hosts, the > virus > >> would burn itself out (see "ebola"). They become easier to spread, but > less > >> lethal. This particular virus will mutate to become another cold virus. > >> Whether or not the media and the politicians will admit that is another > >> story. > >>> > >>> Secondary assignment. Look up ADE, and for bonus credit look up > Original > >> Antigenic Sin. > >>> > >>> > >>> Rick > >>> > >>> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >>> Sent: July 22, 2021 11:07 AM > >>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >>> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >>> Cc: curtlud...@yahoo.com > >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Red death > >>> > >>> The 2+ week lag is always interesting. I also find it interesting that > >> they'll talk about the number of cases but "forget" to mention that the > >> death rate is way down... > >>> -Curt > >>> > >>> On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 11:59:30 AM EDT, Randy Bennell via > >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >> > https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1417952565686382592?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet > >>> > >>> due to gatherings on the 4th of July likely - up 52.5% from the > previous > >>> week > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 21/07/2021 6:38 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >>>> The media is getting the fear going again and j bet we are fixing to > be > >> locked down again. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com