Re: COVID - there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who gets it and how severe it is. DW and I both had it in mid-January. Both vaxxed and boosted. She had very mild symptoms for the 4-5 days that I had more severe (although, in retrospect, pretty mild overall) ones. Within a week or less, I was 100%. It's now been > 2 months and DW is still exhausted 2-3 days a week from long COVID. No other symptoms just extreme exhaustion which seems to have a mind of its own as to when it hits and how long it stays. Her doctor has basically said - you'll get over it in 3-6 months, nothing we can do about it.
Re: Obamacare - average premiums since it rolled out in 2012 have TRIPLED according to an article I read. Universal coverage? Nope. Reduce costs? Nope. Keep your coverage if you like it? Nope. Has Obamacare accomplished ANY of its objectives? Nope. So, why are we expanding it? It's been an utter failure and has cost the American people billions of wasted dollars.
Re: climate change - latest IPCC report is even more hysteria of flooding, global natural disasters, famines, significant increase of hurricanes/tornadoes, lions and tigers and bears - oh my!, locusts, rivers turning to blood, etc. All this while the global temperature has risen about 1 degree Celsius in the past 150 years (the end of a little Ice Age, according to scientists) and the temperature was actually warmer in the 1920s when population and industrial development were much lower. Why does no one ask why we should trust these dire predictions when exactly none of the models that predict all these calamities are in sync with actual data gathered over the previous decades? Personally, I believe the climate is in constant change and will continue to be so. I also believe that climate is most likely on a cycle that is much longer than we've been able to gather data to analyze. If the earth's climate is on a 2,000 year cycle, how can we possibly make projections based on 100 years of data?
I am all for clean environment but don't believe man can make much of any difference in climate change. I believe the sun accounts for 99% of change in the climate, either directly or indirectly. I love the outdoors and have and will continue to put my money to use to preserve our environment. But, the notion of 'settled science' is pure folly and smacks more of a political agenda than true science. If any of the proponents actually believed that catastrophe is right around the corner would they be buying property on the coast, flying to climate change conferences in their private jet, have multiple homes that they heat, cool, etc. using fossil fuels, etc.?
