Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Well, MM
Date:	1/9/2022 8:08:07 PM

You must be as happy as a pig in clover!  It was on the news tonight about how COVID cases are being counted - i.e. that they were counting everyone as a COVID patient, if they test positive, no matter what brought them to the hospital.  For example, if a woman is there giving birth, but tests positive as a COVID patient, they are reporting her as a COVID patient, even if she is asymtomatic.  And if someone goes to the hospital with a heart attack, if they test positive COVID, then they are counted as a COVID patient, even if they are not treated for COVID.  

I have heard you express a lot of times that the COVID was being over-reported, and that the numbers were over-inflated.  Must be feel good to be right.  And the medical community is now protesting to the CDC.  CDC is losing credibility, since they are now changing their guidance every other day.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Well, Hound...it doesn't feel good at all
Date:	1/10/2022 9:17:57 AM (updated 1/10/2022 9:20:03 AM)

The over reporting of cases covers more than just what they are doing in the hospitals.  First we have the infamous PCR test, which comes up with false positives because of too many cycle thresholds.  As a personal example, my daughter was exposed to someone supposedly who had the virus.  She had zero symptoms but out of an abundance of caution she went ahead and got both an antigen and PCR test.  Her antigen test was negative and her PCR was positive.  This would have been counted as an asymptomatic positive case.  Did she have the virus?  Hell no.  Was she counted as a positive case?  Yes.

Then there is the issue of hospitalizations which you addressed so well.  Another personal example. My Mom made her final trip to the hospital before she passed away.  When she was admitted it was a no on Covid.  They tested her several times while she was there and was negative every time.  And yet when my wife accessed her chart using MyCharts they changed her to a Covid case.   So I am betting they got the extra cash for the case of Covid.  That is what is driving them to list everything as Covid.....money.

When she passed I told the doctor in no uncertain terms that the term Covid better not be on her death certificate and it wasn't.  But I suspect that a great number of deaths from a multitude of causes were listed as Covid because of the overstated test results and what hospitals are doing.  

I still maintain that Omicron is mostly the annual flu and cold but the test is calling to Covid.  Combine that with the faulty test and we have a huge surge.  This is a worldwide problem, not just the U.S.

By the way, thanks for the kind words about my Mom passing.  She will be sorely missed as she lived with us for almost 20 years.  It's very strange to not have her here but am glad she is no longer suffering.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Well, Hound...it doesn't feel good at all
Date:	1/10/2022 10:32:17 AM

It stands to reason that a certain percentage of tests results are going to be false - that is just the nature of testing. My heart goes out to anyone who has split test results, because which one do you believe?  Especially if you are asymptomatic.  I wonder if we are not overtestng people, especially under Biden's plan.  I see the lines for the testing facility here in Alex City are long - and I assume this is because employers are requiring negative tests?  Or is it that people are so confused at this point that they are getting tested even when they are asymptomatic.  

I think you took the tone of my post wrong - I was really tongue in cheek, not about the over-reporting, but that you were right in your original concern.

Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Well, Hound...it doesn't feel good at all
Date:	1/10/2022 2:39:48 PM

No, I got your intent and in a weird way it's too bad I was right.  There is a reason many people call this a plandemic as opposed to a pandemic.  While this engineered virus was very dangerous, the desire for constant panic porn by the media and power mad politicians has made it political and has done great damage to the credibility of science and medicine.