I have been wondering lately if the health crisis may be from some other direction. For the record, I got the J&J; mostly as a result of peer pressure. Aside from a slight fever for a few hours; no negative side effects yet. That was back in April. I did not really want to get it; but I am in a sort-of tenuous living situation. My opinion on the virus-that-shall-not-be-named is rather middle-of-the-road. I see a lot of fear and disinformation all over the place. That said, I would not have gotten the vaccination if I did not live with my elderly parents that have immune issues.
The main thing I have been wondering about is if there just might be an overall increase in deaths. Along the lines of what happened after the Soviet Union collapsed. Increasing suicides, alcoholism, etc. Plus, there are so many more homeless living exposed to the elements.
In my area the death rate has been slowly increasing for the last twenty years; possibly more. I just began tracking the data for births and deaths. Since 2009 there have been more deaths than births, the last 10 years has seen the death rate really start to climb. We are getting enough immigration that our population is staying pretty stable. Will be interesting to see how deaths compare, this year. So far it looks like we are on track to meet or exceed last year's deaths.
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Re: Another wrong kind of breakthrough
Date: 2021-09-15 02:24 am (UTC)I have been wondering lately if the health crisis may be from some other direction. For the record, I got the J&J; mostly as a result of peer pressure. Aside from a slight fever for a few hours; no negative side effects yet. That was back in April. I did not really want to get it; but I am in a sort-of tenuous living situation. My opinion on the virus-that-shall-not-be-named is rather middle-of-the-road. I see a lot of fear and disinformation all over the place. That said, I would not have gotten the vaccination if I did not live with my elderly parents that have immune issues.
The main thing I have been wondering about is if there just might be an overall increase in deaths. Along the lines of what happened after the Soviet Union collapsed. Increasing suicides, alcoholism, etc. Plus, there are so many more homeless living exposed to the elements.
In my area the death rate has been slowly increasing for the last twenty years; possibly more. I just began tracking the data for births and deaths. Since 2009 there have been more deaths than births, the last 10 years has seen the death rate really start to climb. We are getting enough immigration that our population is staying pretty stable. Will be interesting to see how deaths compare, this year. So far it looks like we are on track to meet or exceed last year's deaths.