Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

It completely makes sense but the poster I was responding to stated that the CMO was using “the meaning of incidental generally used in public health.”

I’m asking the poster if there’s any source indicating this is the generally agreed upon definition in public health.

Sigh. This is all a bit boring and defensive tbh.

you have apparently reported it to the boards police so leave it there please.

I have looked up the meaning of “incidental” with regard to medical conditions and it doesn’t coincide with the much more narrow one used by the CMO. Can you please share a link to a source? I don’t see how “incidental” can legitimately be defined as only being someone who tests positive but has fully recovered from symptomatic infection but I’m open to correction from a legitimate source.

Is there any way of finding out how many cases are in each EA of a county? The covid tracker hasn't been updated since before Christmas.

You're not the source because you're just someone on the Internet. :-) I was asking what the actual source of your claim is. Somewhere in a "79 page IPC document" isn't helpful as it doesn't really narrow down the search. I doubt you would accept someone making the claim that the CMO outright lied if they offered you the same lack of evidence. In this case, I can point you to the dictionary definition of the word "incidental" which is much more general than what the CMO used. I can point you to a research paper attempting to quantify the number of incidental cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Los Angeles that doesn't use as narrow a definition as our CMO did, which would seem to contradict the claim you made that he was using a generally accepted definition within the sphere of public health.

You're claiming that there is a much more specific definition of the word "incidental" than is generally understood somewhere in an "79 page IPC document" that you can't or won't point me to. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary I'm questioning this, as I imagine you would if someone made a claim that you found questionable without providing any evidence.

Its sad the level we have fallen to, that the pragmatic expectation is a heavily restricted lifestyle.

As a reminder, remember these words?

"These are radical actions aimed at saving as many lives as possible in the days and weeks ahead. We are not prisoners of fate – we can influence what is going to happen. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

"Freedom was hard won in our country, and it jars with us, to restrict and limit individual liberties, even temporarily."

"The days and weeks ahead". Now nearly two years later and after being asked when we will be allowed to live again what is the answer from our leader?

"Certainly not".

Some people won’t like this!

FairPlay to them coming out with a statement to shut some trolls on twitter!

This time two years ago, in January 2020, staged videos of Chinese people dropping dead on the street began to be uploaded to the internet and distributed.

It was the beginning of a "low, dishonest decade" (W.H. Auden's characterisation of the 1930s)

Same as if you were boosted, but might need the booster in 3 months then! Nobody has a notion as to what will happen come February