What are you talking about? There were no issues to be concerned about. The original speculation about blood type was just that, SPECULATION that needed further study. And that's what happened. End of story. Your assertion that this shows that experts cannot be trusted is absurd.If there were articles that repeated the dangers to people with Blood Type A they did not appear in scientific journals. It was the usual media repetition about things that they don't know anything about. Stop reading what you're reading and calling it expert opinion when it is definitely NOT that. NO ONE is asking you to separate the wheat from the chaff in matters medical. Your doctors and public health authorities do that for you. Listen to them. Why are you wasting your time reading crap in the media. How many more times are we going to have this conversation?I repeat, if you're not going to believe experts then stop reading the stuff. How many more times are we going to have to listen to that?
You're being insulting. I don't appreciate it. My wife and I, both elderly and both type A blood type, have been following this issue for weeks. We're not dummies. My wife's smarter than me with two Masters. Both of us have been using masks and staying away from others. Every article for weeks has been repeating the dangers to people with Type A blood. I recall figures of up to 40% worse effects and death than those with other types. So just to dismiss our concerns as nonsensical bafflegab now that they're reversing their concerns, is just insulting. Asking people to cull the wheat from the chaff is often difficult. You're the one making it a political issue, not me. There's too much guessing and too many assumptions.
Here's the conclusion: "“Our genetic data confirm that blood group O is associated with a risk of acquiring Covid-19 that was lower than that in non-O blood groups, whereas blood group A was associated with a higher risk than non-A blood groups,” researchers concluded."
You forgot to read this part:Yet inherent limitations ohf the NEJM study mean it’s too soon to definitively link blood type to COVID-19 outcomes.And of course, there is this:"In addition to finding a potential link between blood type and COVID-19 severity, authors of the NEJM paper detected a cluster of six genes with potential relation to COVID-19 severity, as well. The authors reiterated that further study was necessary for both connections, writing that the “pragmatic aspects leading to the feasibility of this massive undertaking in a very short period of time during the extreme clinical circumstances of the pandemic imposed limitations that will be important to explore in follow-up studies.”
People don't read the studies. They read the headlines and newscasts. They also say more studies have to be done with masks to determine the actual efficacy of the different types of masks. So what are we to make of that statement? How is the public to know if everything is qualified? That's my point.
Look, if you don't read the articles, you have no one to blame but yourself for needlessly whipping yourself into a frenzy.
But the article's main point is that A type blood is more dangerous. In the beginning of the pandemic, are you denying that the CDC said masks weren't necessary for the average person? Look, I use common sense and have protected myself pretty well with masks, antiseptics, and staying isolated.
Using public information is dangerous to your health.
In which case masks were indeed not necessary. The CDC was correct.With people ignoring the social distancing advice, masks can help, when used correctly.Not if it comes from trusted sources. Not all public sources can be trusted.
We've had this conversation before. Did the surgeon general make reference to blood types?Did Fauci?Did the CDC?Did your doctor?Why would you expect to get any useful information from a headline about a technical article that neither you nor the reporter are qualified to understand? There are all kinds of articles being written on subjects at the forefront of knowledge that don't turn out to be 100% correct in time. That's how it works. That's why best medical practices do not change every day that some new but unproven finding is mentioned.
I thought your point was that "experts are lying". Now it turns out that your point is that information is lost when expert publications are summarised for the layman. Any more U turns and you'll need a neck brace.
I never said all that. I said some experts lie
I never said all that. I said some experts lie, some experts are just plain wrong. Many experts just repeat what other experts say and don't have first hand knowledge. All media presents the news as they see it. Some spin more than others. Like experts, some media just repeats what other media claims, in fact they just copy the same words in their own articles using the bylines of the original writers. The poor public reads this or that and believes accordingly.
The problem is that some think that they are experts.
Stop spinning. The CDC was wrong and deceptive. The CDC said masks were not needed in the public when the pandemic started. They wanted average people to not hoard masks so they would be more available to the medical community to purchase.
And now they say to wear them...so what's your beef. Just wear the damn masks. At one time cigarettes were not dangerous, seatbelts were not mandatory and planes had smoking sections. We've learned since then and moved on...not stuck in the mud and bitching endlessly about experts screwing you over.
However, the CDC knew masks helped but lied about it. So they lost credibility. WHy should the public think they're telling the truth now? A lot of people don't trust the government because of us getting lied to by bureaucrats. They have good reason to feel that way.
