Will we see an upswing in Covid-19 cases due to the protest and riots?

[teddyv]

Interesting blog post from Dr. Todd Wood, a Christian biologist (and creationist) on the pandemic.

http://toddcwood.blogspot.com/2020/05/youre-being-lied-to-truth-about-pandemic.html

[Debp]

13 hours ago, LonerAndy said:

Florida for spring break,

I heard spring break was a super spreader.   Same with New Orleans.

[BibleStudent100]

3 hours ago, teddyv said:

Interesting blog post from Dr. Todd Wood, a Christian biologist (and creationist) on the pandemic.

Dr. Wood has a fascinating analysis on gnosticism, a belief system to which some apostates subscribed, such as Hymenaeus and Philetus:  "Reject empty speeches that violate what is holy, for they will lead to more and more ungodliness, and their word will spread like gangrene. Hy·me·naeʹus and Phi·leʹtus are among them.  These men have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are subverting the faith of some  (2 Timothy 2:16-18).  Gnosticism, which focused on claimed superior knowledge through secret revelation and boasted that they were the correctors of the apostles; this belief intertwined philosophy, speculation and pagan mysticism with apostate Christianity, arguing that all things physical were evil and that the physical world was a prison. Therefore, the “creator god” of the OT was actually a lesser god who was opposed to the various perfect gods. One with true “knowledge” understood this “secret” and sought release from physical existence, because what is "real" is not real.

In any event, gnosticism is all about you.  Enlightenment makes you feel good and it appeals to your pride. It makes people look down on the unenligtened.  Gnosticism is similar to conspiracy theories surrounding the current pandemic.  Reality is not what it seems, 'we're told as we are being lied to.  Enlightenment not only can save us, it makes us fell so much smarter than others who just accept what the government tells them.  Conspiracy theories feed on the ego; it's as if other people could just be enlightened like I am!

Are there any other angles of thought on this matter?

 

[Michael37]

1 hour ago, BibleStudent100 said:

Are there any other angles of thought on this matter?

I appreciated your perceptive post, BibleStudent100. It brought to mind a summary of God's Plan for His Creation -

"God's Plan Unfolds With Each New Day, He Quickens His Word Among Us To Guide Us In His Way."

Heb 10:19-20  Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, (20)  By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

[LonerAndy]

On 6/9/2020 at 11:03 PM, Debp said:

I heard spring break was a super spreader.   Same with New Orleans.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/how-florida-avoided-coronavirus-disaster.html

• The disaster didn’t arrive, though. Florida hasn’t exactly been spared, and as of Tuesday, it has had more than 47,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths. But the predictions had been dire: 465,000 Floridians hospitalized under the worst-case scenario, if social distancing measures were not enacted. If you rank states by the number of cases per capita, Florida is 32^nd—just worse than California. (It’s 27^th on the list of deaths per capita.) Despite many ominous signs about Florida’s handling of the coronavirus, the state appears to be doing, surprisingly, OK.

Not so much.  It really wasn't all that bad.

In fact, Florida had about the same spread as California that had massive lock downs.

[just_abc]

On 6/9/2020 at 5:36 PM, wingnut- said:

Further proof to the truth of what those of us who are trying to help folks who seem to believe a lockdown was necessary, or that quarantining healthy people is something that was sensible.

Just a small note brother.

If I am not mistaken.. the WHO official possibly later clarified /corrected the comment..?  

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-10/who-expert-coronavirus-asymptomatic-transmission-very-rare/12338668

 

Also.. I think it can also be a bit confusing because there are apparently different categories of folk who at a particular point in time might seemingly not show symptoms..

i.e  In addition to asymptomatic folk.. there are also pre-symptomatic folk etc.. who might potentially be infectious even though they don't appear sick at that particular point in time..

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/09/health/asymptomatic-presymptomatic-coronavirus-spread-explained-wellness/index.html

 

Finally this article (bbc link below) has some info about a singapore situation etc.. (please note that article is from end of May.. so perhaps some things in article might be outdated)

For my worthy friends who are wondering about church services issues.. I am wondering if perhaps some info about singapore in this article could help explain a bit perhaps?  At least about southeast asia etc maybe?  Just a thought.  (But again please note article is from end May.. so some things might be outdated )

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52840763

 

Thanks.  (And sorry for the rather long "small note"  )

Stay safe brother ok?  stay well.  

 

Edited June 12, 2020 by just_abc

[Salvation67]

On 6/9/2020 at 5:32 AM, The_Patriot2020 said:

Name one hospital in the US that was totally overrun. Keep in mind there is plenty of evidence that the virus has been here since December, and we didn't go into lockdown until what, may? With zero hospitals overrun.

As a matter of fact many hospitals across the US including NYC I believe have been laying doctors and nurses off.

Many other countries across the globe handled this "pandemic" without going into total lockdown and came out just fine-both health wise and economy wise.

We have 1.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19. But we have 40 million people out of work. 40 million lives ruined, just because people are afraid of getting sick. I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous, that means the "solution" is 40 times worse then the original problem, and if the solution is far worse then the problem, then it's not the solution.

You are absolutely right! I'm disgusted with the way people have swallowed the lies and propaganda spread by the Medical  "experts" on this little bug. It was and is no where near serious enough to destroy our country over, and that's exactly what they did! They destroyed more lives than they saved! This country is done. All we can do now is pray as individuals that the LORD will spare His children from the effects.

[Salvation67]

On 6/3/2020 at 10:20 AM, OneLight said:

Over time, medical researches fo find a cure for some viruses.  I had Hep-C and am now considered free of the virus.  Only God knows what is going to happen in these cases.

I am of the school of thought that not enough planning went into these closures.  What happened was a blanket resolve, treating everywhere the same.  Less populated areas were treated the same as the inner cities, but the spread levels are no where the same.  Fear is a tool used by those who desire control, and it has worked well for them as most people succumbed to the tactics used against them.  The only reason I used a mask is to quell the fear of others.  When they saw someone without a mask, you could see in their eyes the fear planted in their thoughts.  The masks only protected people from someone who was coughing or sneezing.  What virus was airborne could easily find their way around the gaps in the masks as they were not sealed to the face, so it was only a band-aid of sorts.

You are right on. I am baffled at how many people just blindly went along with everything they were told about this "virus" We let something with a very very high recovery rate destroy our nation! What are people thinking? It's horrible that so many people think that this life is all that there is. God is all they have left and so many are blind to that.