If they all refused to wear a muzzle, as they should have from the very beginning, there would not have been any "covid."
People are so easy to scare... And it takes them years to realize that dying is better than living in fear...
Last time I went to see a "doctor was 11 years ago, because I wanted a hearing test in order to be updated how far my hearing loss after shooting in the army became. (I had coverage through the college I taught for at the time, but I haven't accepted any coverage ever since, even for "free.") The "doctor" wanted to send me to "tests." I looked deeply into her eyes, and quietly said, "I am not having any symptoms indicating illness, but even if you found something, could you do anything about it?" She looked back with murderous eyes and didn't say a word. She resembled a muzzled dog... I felt sorry for her, but since then, my maxim has been, "Here, in the village, we prefer to die of natural causes."
You could spend lots of money seeing an Audiologist, whose trying to pay off their 100's of k$ in Student Loans and get a nice pair of "hearing aides" for about 3 k$. "Hearing Aides", which almost everyone eventually needs, for some reason are NOT covered by Medicare.
OR, on the Other-Other Hand,
You could go to E-Bay and NOT buy a "hearing aide" ("hearing aides" can only be prescribed by a licensed Audiologist) but rather an "audio amplifier" for a few hundred bucks. They're made in the same factories in China where they make the 3000$ "hearing aides".
AND DITTO Glasses and Opticians:
Rather than spending a lot of $ seeing an Optician trying to pay off their Student Loans, you can get glasses for about 20$ off the Internet (e.g., https://www.eyebuydirect.com/).
OR
You could just re-train your eyes, in some cases. I wore glasses (and spent lots of money on them) my entire life, until about 10 years ago. And I can pass the tests to drive, and when I put on my old prescription glasses (my prescription never changed), things now get blurry, rather than clearer. While Opticians are "mainstream", there is another whole field of "Optical Therapists".
For the time being, I'm okay with my phones being amplified, although my wife gets a kick out of what I can hear instead of what's being said. Those are easy to straighten out. :) Strangely, somehow, I can hear more of music now than 10 years ago.
Yes, as far as I know, one can buy even tunable "amplifiers" for specific frequencies. I want to delay using these, because the brain can correct my hearing for a little more, but once I start using one, I'll be completely dependent on them... I am supposed to be lucky, because besides a little bit of astygmatism, my vision still fine in short distance/reading and wear glasses mostly only for driving (and with the blue filter, for computer screens).
I'll check out Optical Therapists, too; never heard about them. :)
I didn't know about eyeglasses. Thank you for the link! I've been buying mine (in order to get around having to buy a prescription every two years) from SE Asia, but for a lot more...
What ticks me off is that Medicare is required at 65 in order to receive Social Security. I am not going to allow my body to be violated by the charlatans/butchers, who call themselves "doctors." Prefer to give up on SS.
Well, Medicare costs almost nothing. And with the Advantage Plans, you are protected from medical bankruptcy if you were to fall off a ladder, need a new hip, or cut your leg off with your new Stihl chainsaw. Think of it as CHEAP Catastrophic Insurance; or not needing to do Medical Tourism (e.g., I always get my teeth cleaned by a Dentist for $9.80 when in Mexico, and about 10 years ago took a Colonoscopy Vacation in Costa Rica, which actually saved my life! Just because you have it doesn't mean you MUST go to a doctor -- until this episode, I haven't been to a doctor for at least 5 years.
I don't want the butchers even come close to me (they give me the creeps after working with them for 10 years as an advisor), but they usually want "annual testing" in order to find an illness I don't have.
If I don't go to a "doctor," I live longer and won't have medical bankruptcy. Will make sure, I won't fall off a ladder, either. :) Stihl is junk. :) For my teeth, Waterpick has been working fine for several years; I don't care for poking or chemicals in my mouth. After they found graphene oxide in dental Lidocaine about a year ago, I'd prefer to remove my own tooth, if needed... And no colonoscopy or whatever -scopy for me; prefer to die. We all die one day; what matters is the way we have lived.
So, you are saying that Medicare doesn't require to have a "doctor"? I know, it assigns you one, once you sign up, but these "doctors" can be extremely pushy... Maybe, I can find one who leaves me alone. As for Medicare, in recent years, a couple of peple used my name and details in FL and in CA, but I never received a bill. Reported what I could, though.
Yep -- I'm always getting messages for not only my FREE annual checkup, but a FREE home visit. Of course they want you to accept these FREE offers -- because even though you don't pay, the Medical Practice Company, that employs your doctor, gets money from Medicare.
I'm not going to fall for it Ray -- i.e., get into the Stihl vs Husquvarna argument!
The local hardware store sells Stihl, not Husquvarna, and John fixed my 20 year old one that he found needed a new "ignition module", whatever that is!
They must have manufactured industry-level equipment, but I had the bad luck of using their home-use stuff (hammer drill and jigsaw; both motors burnt down in a day or two about 20 years ago).
Probably almost everyone has had it ! The CDC says that as of a few months ago, 75% of young folks have. When in MX I took Ivermectin as a prophylactic -- it's very effective as a Prophylactic and for Early Treatment: https://ivmmeta.com/
I tried to get some here in Thailand a few months ago the pharmacist seemed nervous and asked if it was for my dog. Yes, and my cat, and maybe me. We probably all have tapeworms seriously!
LOL we've got chickens, a duck, cats and dogs. No wolves but we almost had a pet snake. I put my foot down I don't care how cute the little bugger is it's venomous! Where could I have not gotten tapeworms from?
If they all refused to wear a muzzle, as they should have from the very beginning, there would not have been any "covid."
People are so easy to scare... And it takes them years to realize that dying is better than living in fear...
Last time I went to see a "doctor was 11 years ago, because I wanted a hearing test in order to be updated how far my hearing loss after shooting in the army became. (I had coverage through the college I taught for at the time, but I haven't accepted any coverage ever since, even for "free.") The "doctor" wanted to send me to "tests." I looked deeply into her eyes, and quietly said, "I am not having any symptoms indicating illness, but even if you found something, could you do anything about it?" She looked back with murderous eyes and didn't say a word. She resembled a muzzled dog... I felt sorry for her, but since then, my maxim has been, "Here, in the village, we prefer to die of natural causes."
I could add this:
You could spend lots of money seeing an Audiologist, whose trying to pay off their 100's of k$ in Student Loans and get a nice pair of "hearing aides" for about 3 k$. "Hearing Aides", which almost everyone eventually needs, for some reason are NOT covered by Medicare.
OR, on the Other-Other Hand,
You could go to E-Bay and NOT buy a "hearing aide" ("hearing aides" can only be prescribed by a licensed Audiologist) but rather an "audio amplifier" for a few hundred bucks. They're made in the same factories in China where they make the 3000$ "hearing aides".
AND DITTO Glasses and Opticians:
Rather than spending a lot of $ seeing an Optician trying to pay off their Student Loans, you can get glasses for about 20$ off the Internet (e.g., https://www.eyebuydirect.com/).
OR
You could just re-train your eyes, in some cases. I wore glasses (and spent lots of money on them) my entire life, until about 10 years ago. And I can pass the tests to drive, and when I put on my old prescription glasses (my prescription never changed), things now get blurry, rather than clearer. While Opticians are "mainstream", there is another whole field of "Optical Therapists".
For the time being, I'm okay with my phones being amplified, although my wife gets a kick out of what I can hear instead of what's being said. Those are easy to straighten out. :) Strangely, somehow, I can hear more of music now than 10 years ago.
Yes, as far as I know, one can buy even tunable "amplifiers" for specific frequencies. I want to delay using these, because the brain can correct my hearing for a little more, but once I start using one, I'll be completely dependent on them... I am supposed to be lucky, because besides a little bit of astygmatism, my vision still fine in short distance/reading and wear glasses mostly only for driving (and with the blue filter, for computer screens).
I'll check out Optical Therapists, too; never heard about them. :)
I didn't know about eyeglasses. Thank you for the link! I've been buying mine (in order to get around having to buy a prescription every two years) from SE Asia, but for a lot more...
What ticks me off is that Medicare is required at 65 in order to receive Social Security. I am not going to allow my body to be violated by the charlatans/butchers, who call themselves "doctors." Prefer to give up on SS.
Well, Medicare costs almost nothing. And with the Advantage Plans, you are protected from medical bankruptcy if you were to fall off a ladder, need a new hip, or cut your leg off with your new Stihl chainsaw. Think of it as CHEAP Catastrophic Insurance; or not needing to do Medical Tourism (e.g., I always get my teeth cleaned by a Dentist for $9.80 when in Mexico, and about 10 years ago took a Colonoscopy Vacation in Costa Rica, which actually saved my life! Just because you have it doesn't mean you MUST go to a doctor -- until this episode, I haven't been to a doctor for at least 5 years.
I'm happy you managed to avoid "doctors."
I don't want the butchers even come close to me (they give me the creeps after working with them for 10 years as an advisor), but they usually want "annual testing" in order to find an illness I don't have.
If I don't go to a "doctor," I live longer and won't have medical bankruptcy. Will make sure, I won't fall off a ladder, either. :) Stihl is junk. :) For my teeth, Waterpick has been working fine for several years; I don't care for poking or chemicals in my mouth. After they found graphene oxide in dental Lidocaine about a year ago, I'd prefer to remove my own tooth, if needed... And no colonoscopy or whatever -scopy for me; prefer to die. We all die one day; what matters is the way we have lived.
So, you are saying that Medicare doesn't require to have a "doctor"? I know, it assigns you one, once you sign up, but these "doctors" can be extremely pushy... Maybe, I can find one who leaves me alone. As for Medicare, in recent years, a couple of peple used my name and details in FL and in CA, but I never received a bill. Reported what I could, though.
Yep -- I'm always getting messages for not only my FREE annual checkup, but a FREE home visit. Of course they want you to accept these FREE offers -- because even though you don't pay, the Medical Practice Company, that employs your doctor, gets money from Medicare.
So far, so good, as long as the bastards don't kick me out for not showing up. :)
I'm not going to fall for it Ray -- i.e., get into the Stihl vs Husquvarna argument!
The local hardware store sells Stihl, not Husquvarna, and John fixed my 20 year old one that he found needed a new "ignition module", whatever that is!
They must have manufactured industry-level equipment, but I had the bad luck of using their home-use stuff (hammer drill and jigsaw; both motors burnt down in a day or two about 20 years ago).
LMAO! Beautiful! I might end up in the same situation as I may or may not have Covid right now. I'm writing about it now in fact
Probably almost everyone has had it ! The CDC says that as of a few months ago, 75% of young folks have. When in MX I took Ivermectin as a prophylactic -- it's very effective as a Prophylactic and for Early Treatment: https://ivmmeta.com/
I tried to get some here in Thailand a few months ago the pharmacist seemed nervous and asked if it was for my dog. Yes, and my cat, and maybe me. We probably all have tapeworms seriously!
Yep -- my wolf needed to be de-wormed every few months -- and he slept with me !
So, I decided a once in 65 year de-worming might be good for me:
https://timellison.substack.com/p/follow-up-on-real-science-being-done
LOL we've got chickens, a duck, cats and dogs. No wolves but we almost had a pet snake. I put my foot down I don't care how cute the little bugger is it's venomous! Where could I have not gotten tapeworms from?
My previous wolf, Wolfie, dropped a HUGE tapeworm on my porch -- got the picture. I think he got it from eating poop. Do you eat poop ? ; )
Uhh not intentionally but I've seen tape worms in mud puddles and our dogs do sometimes get into cow manure