It's just the flu!
#11
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Joined APC: Dec 2008
Position: 320 Captain
Posts: 634
heck we went to war because of yellow journalism.
but go back to even the revolutionary war era and the pen names used to influence politics/public opinion. Ben Franklin/Silence Dogood etc.....
#12
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Joined APC: Jan 2011
Position: A Nobody
Posts: 1,559
It’s okay I expect push back and quite frankly it’s no surprise I’m not a doctor nor would I appreciate a doctor who owns an airplane tell me how to fly an airliner.
However, the age issue and failure to stay abreast of the latest practices and research is a known factor in the medical field. Do a simple search and there are articles about which specialist one should use, a younger or older doctor and the younger ones are recorded.
But, my point is almost everything I read from pilots and on the internet about the COVID-19 is off the charts, hyperbolic and allows only one narrative. Rarely does anybody post the boring facts.
Why? Of course no one is allowed to ask that question.
Wear your mask, self quarantine and by god do not cough or sneeze in public.
It’s a very sad time for many reasons.
However, the age issue and failure to stay abreast of the latest practices and research is a known factor in the medical field. Do a simple search and there are articles about which specialist one should use, a younger or older doctor and the younger ones are recorded.
But, my point is almost everything I read from pilots and on the internet about the COVID-19 is off the charts, hyperbolic and allows only one narrative. Rarely does anybody post the boring facts.
Why? Of course no one is allowed to ask that question.
Wear your mask, self quarantine and by god do not cough or sneeze in public.
It’s a very sad time for many reasons.
#13
Bracing for Fallacies
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
Posts: 3,543
Some bullet points, free stream of thought. What follows is why I refuse to simply abrogate my rights, conscience, and ability to gather data just because a politician or expert says they know better.
Power corrupts
There's a ton of power and money in medicine
Pharma out spends the oil industry's governmental lobby around two to one
There have been medical scandals before, and there will be others (Vioxx, doctors endorsing cigarettes I could go on)
An ignorant public reflects a negative society, negative ruling class
Change has come from the grass roots level
The media makes money off sensationalism
Fortunately there are many alternatives to the mainstream media
Experts deserve both our attention and yet scrutiny
Experts are often found on both sides of a topic, but one side typically gets the megaphone
We the citizens now have much access to data and various recorded media to check and balance power
The China travel ban was first xenophobic and racist, later said ban was not only a great idea but should have come sooner
We vote on, interact with, attempt to influence, petiton, and protest our politicians
Who's watching the watchman?
We have every right to research, inquire, and ask questions
The Constitution of the United States is an amazingly prescient document, we must exercise and defend such rights vigorously
Power corrupts
There's a ton of power and money in medicine
Pharma out spends the oil industry's governmental lobby around two to one
There have been medical scandals before, and there will be others (Vioxx, doctors endorsing cigarettes I could go on)
An ignorant public reflects a negative society, negative ruling class
Change has come from the grass roots level
The media makes money off sensationalism
Fortunately there are many alternatives to the mainstream media
Experts deserve both our attention and yet scrutiny
Experts are often found on both sides of a topic, but one side typically gets the megaphone
We the citizens now have much access to data and various recorded media to check and balance power
The China travel ban was first xenophobic and racist, later said ban was not only a great idea but should have come sooner
We vote on, interact with, attempt to influence, petiton, and protest our politicians
Who's watching the watchman?
We have every right to research, inquire, and ask questions
The Constitution of the United States is an amazingly prescient document, we must exercise and defend such rights vigorously
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2018
Posts: 564
It’s okay I expect push back and quite frankly it’s no surprise I’m not a doctor nor would I appreciate a doctor who owns an airplane tell me how to fly an airliner.
However, the age issue and failure to stay abreast of the latest practices and research is a known factor in the medical field. Do a simple search and there are articles about which specialist one should use, a younger or older doctor and the younger ones are recorded.
But, my point is almost everything I read from pilots and on the internet about the COVID-19 is off the charts, hyperbolic and allows only one narrative. Rarely does anybody post the boring facts.
Why? Of course no one is allowed to ask that question.
Wear your mask, self quarantine and by god do not cough or sneeze in public.
It’s a very sad time for many reasons.
However, the age issue and failure to stay abreast of the latest practices and research is a known factor in the medical field. Do a simple search and there are articles about which specialist one should use, a younger or older doctor and the younger ones are recorded.
But, my point is almost everything I read from pilots and on the internet about the COVID-19 is off the charts, hyperbolic and allows only one narrative. Rarely does anybody post the boring facts.
Why? Of course no one is allowed to ask that question.
Wear your mask, self quarantine and by god do not cough or sneeze in public.
It’s a very sad time for many reasons.
Yes, various flu's have caused various amounts of renal failure/disease in patients but it is not normal. Heck even Streptococcus pyogenes may causepost-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
Further, renal failure is somewhat common with patients on ventilators for extended periods of time.
For all those that have a science background these publications in JAMA may be of interest and lack the middleman of the "news".
Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes of 1591 Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to ICUs of the Lombardy Region, Italy | Critical Care Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764365
Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review | Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology | JAMA | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764727
#15
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Joined APC: Nov 2006
Posts: 492
You know when you have a GDP to JFK and a passenger comes up to you and says, “I don’t know why we’re delayed. I just looked at the weather and it’s fine. My friend just flew in on another airline and he got in on time. I think you and the gate agents don’t know what’s going on and are lying to us.”
You’re all *that* passenger.
You’re all *that* passenger.
#16
#17
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Joined APC: Jan 2011
Position: A Nobody
Posts: 1,559
You know when you have a GDP to JFK and a passenger comes up to you and says, “I don’t know why we’re delayed. I just looked at the weather and it’s fine. My friend just flew in on another airline and he got in on time. I think you and the gate agents don’t know what’s going on and are lying to us.”
You’re all *that* passenger.
You’re all *that* passenger.
You do realize shutting down the world and then building a narrative to defend it is a whole lot more serious than that one flight.
On the other hand I would hope my passengers would defend the airplane when a terrorist group tried to destroy it and kill everyone on board. And in the process there will be casualties.
Boy making life changing decisions have a lot of issues, don’t they! “Saving lives” and how to successfully navigate the storm maybe isn’t as easy as waiting out a weather front for a couple of hours.
Are we just passengers and if so when do we step up and demand our rights?
The plot is far more complicated and our leaders have laws they must follow, are they?
#18
Bracing for Fallacies
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
Posts: 3,543
You know when you have a GDP to JFK and a passenger comes up to you and says, “I don’t know why we’re delayed. I just looked at the weather and it’s fine. My friend just flew in on another airline and he got in on time. I think you and the gate agents don’t know what’s going on and are lying to us.”
You’re all *that* passenger.
You’re all *that* passenger.
Got it.
#19
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Posts: 492
You do realize shutting down the world and then building a narrative to defend it is a whole lot more serious than that one flight.
On the other hand I would hope my passengers would defend the airplane when a terrorist group tried to destroy it and kill everyone on board. And in the process there will be casualties.
Boy making life changing decisions have a lot of issues, don’t they! “Saving lives” and how to successfully navigate the storm maybe isn’t as easy as waiting out a weather front for a couple of hours.
Are we just passengers and if so when do we step up and demand our rights?
The plot is far more complicated and our leaders have laws they must follow, are they?
On the other hand I would hope my passengers would defend the airplane when a terrorist group tried to destroy it and kill everyone on board. And in the process there will be casualties.
Boy making life changing decisions have a lot of issues, don’t they! “Saving lives” and how to successfully navigate the storm maybe isn’t as easy as waiting out a weather front for a couple of hours.
Are we just passengers and if so when do we step up and demand our rights?
The plot is far more complicated and our leaders have laws they must follow, are they?
#20
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: 7th green
Posts: 4,378
They're not pilots, accident investigators or even aviation specialists. But they have to get something in the news cycle to "keep up" with the competition.
There's an old journalism saw that goes, "If it bleeds, it leads." That's the reason passenger airline accidents get lots of attention, but cargo accidents don't. After all, only the pilots get killed in freighters. In all journalism its all about ratings or selling subscriptions. High sales/ratings draw advertisers. That's how they make their money.
Guess what you don't see...the NTSB report. By the time that comes out, its "old news." The public has forgotten about it and its too technical anyway.
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