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Yes that’s what I’m saying, In the u.s , specifically a privately owned for profit hoapital. Mostly because the hospitals being mostly empty were loosing millions with surgeries being cancelled and the sick afraid to go to a hospital. Each covid related death is a big pay out for that hospital. Its common knowledge by now over in the u.s. that the numbers have been exaggerated in order to fund the hospitals and pay staff. Of course there were genuine covid related deaths just not the numbers they are reporting.

NurseErin was a nurse in nyc last year when covid was at it’s peak , watch “undercover epicenter nurse”if you don’t believe me.

I would never step foot in a hospital in the u.s and think we are blessed with health care in Ireland.

Oh I saw her videos last year , if I’m being put in the same category as her I need to delete my account .

They're not doing any trials, because it's so similar to the first two doses. Why bother, they have indemnity?

Thanks for articulating my views better than I can! I hope you don’t get attacked for also conveying what you’ve seen and heard.

The data is there , the hospital receives $13,000 for every covid death and $40,000 if a ventilator was used for more than 4 days. Fact.

If a patient tests positive or show any signs of covid (difficultly breathing , cough ect) and dies, then covid is allowed to be written on the death certificate. That is not conspiracy, that is fact the info is there anybody can read it but it seems like people don’t want to know.

Entirely different situation here in Ireland. If you've ever been to a hospital here, even in normal times, they are busy beyond description, frequently overcrowded. If you go to casualty on a Saturday, be prepared to wait for 7-9 hours before anyone even looks at you. Pizza deliveries here are, famously, significantly faster than ambulances in emergencies.

Now regarding trust in main stream media. A good strategy to get meaningful information (IMHO) is to look at two types of sources: information that comes directly from relevant scientists (virologists, epidemiologists), and conspiracy websites. By doing that, you get unfiltered, clear scientific information, and also get familiar with the most popular disinformation, and who relevant personalities are, right from the source.

Credit where credit is due: the idiotic politicisation of Covid, and science in general, primarily originated with the GOP in the US, followed shortly afterwards by far right groups here in Europe. In the US, idiots beat each other up over mask mandates in schools, here in Europe, antivax idiots demand that health care workers be executed. Have I mentioned that the idiotic politicisation of Covid is idiotic? Don't think I have. It's idiotic.

Thank you.

Aaaaand we’re back to counting covid only needing to be mentioned for it to count as a covid death..

“This new figure was drawn from data supplied to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and takes into account death certificates where COVID is mentioned”

we have some scientists saying masks help, others saying they don’t

Please kindly link to one or two scientific studies that have measured mask efficacy, and found they don't work.

It leaves the tradition belief systems in research and scientific facts in limbo for most.

The idea that science is a belief system or an 'opinion' is the kind of nonsense that you hear from the conspiracy crowd. The whole point of science is that any findings can be measured, and reproduced at any time, by anyone.

Conspiracy theories that contradict science do not invalidate science.

we were told vaccination is the way out, now it’s not

Again, this is different here in Ireland. We have had the exact thing you would expect, reducing restrictions and opening up step by step, as more people are vaccinated.

It's still an ongoing effort. While over 90% of adults had at least one vaccination, and 86% of adults are fully vaccinated, when you look at the entire population, only 65% are fully vaccinated as of now. Uptake is still very good. New announcements of further lifting of restrictions in the last couple of days.

That being said - a global pandemic is an evolving, ongoing situation. It's not surprising that there were no predictions that anticipated something like the Delta variant. Getting it under control on a global level will take time, and new difficulties can be expected - as frustrating as that is for everyone..

BUT… the American political system is broken … it cares not of the ordinary American.

I only have an outside view, from news coverage in Europe, but my impression is that you are 100% correct on this one. From a European perspective, the idea that the person with the highest number of votes does not necessarily win an election (electoral college vs popular vote), that there's no public health care, no unemployment benefit, no free college education, and that the US still has the death penalty, seems incredibly bizarre.