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       Did a group of researchers just find an additional unrecognized
       155,000 Covid-19 deaths? Maybe... 
   DIR By: Steve
       Date: March 19, 2026, 1:37 pm
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       SUMMARY - A group of researchers using a form of artificial
       intelligence estimate that as many as 155,000 unrecognized
       additional Covid-19 deaths likely occurred in 2020 & 2021
       outside of hospitals.
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       Re: Did a group of researchers just find an additional
       unrecognized 155,000 Covid-19 deaths? Maybe... 
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: March 19, 2026, 2:06 pm
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       SIDE-COMMENT:
       Furthermore, How do we know the same is happening now in the
       present time with the count and with long covid?
       We can't even know for sure what catching covid does to a person
       ten years later. So many questions as this is still a relatively
       novel disease. So much more remains to be known. Covid can kill
       silently and indirectly  so I don't see how we can even come
       close to an accurate count of all the hidden ways covid brings
       on heart attacks and weakens immune systems etc.....Covid can do
       so much damage as a catalyst as simply contributing to weaken
       the immune system... Is long covid even considered a factor that
       leads to  death when these counts are being conducted. No doubt
       'Long covid's' afteraffects are probably underestimated and is
       killing on a major scale and being unaccounted for as we type
       this.
       Personally its way to presumptuous to declare this the end to
       the pandemic when you consider long covid could be worse than
       the initial infection even if they be considered 'mild'
       infections for the majority.
       I say the long term repercussions of some of these diseases we
       carry are worse than the the short term initial infections. We
       don't even know if several generations will get dementia sooner
       in life for having caught these 'mild' covid infections. We
       don't know what having caught covid in youth will do to people
       as they age.
       Insofar as those who say "covid isn't as dangerous as it used to
       be" I say this "How do ya know because time has to pass to know
       the long term repercussions of any disease...there is just no
       way of knowing or proving covid is harmless to catch until  time
       passes.. this is impossible to know..there's something called
       the 'test of time' and that has yet to come.". A new disease
       came onto the scene and some people think they know how it's
       going to play out. Those are 'know it alls'. I personally don't
       sugar coat it and have no idea what will happen with covid and
       if those infected with covid or those who continue to get
       infected will face far worse days ahead as the years go by. It's
       a disease and has been proving to carry long term repercussions
       beyond what was expected or wished for.
       For all we know some day people may refer to covid as the
       'gateway disease' because it may have opened up the gate to
       heart attacks, dementia, sugar diabetes, decline in immune
       system.. etc.. You never know what's in store which is why I say
       the pandemic isn't over because we can't know while we are still
       in the process of processing it all! We certainly are in trouble
       with long covid mutations, ramifications, & repercussions while
       they are still in the making and are still happening and time
       hasn't played out yet. Those factors aren't over. We aren't
       there yet.
       "It took over 50 years for the world to formally recognize
       cigarettes were deadly, moving from initial scientific
       suspicions in the 1920s to firm scientific consensus and public
       warnings by the early 1960s
       . While research began early, massive disinformation campaigns
       by tobacco companies delayed widespread public acceptance until
       the 1964 U.S. Surgeon General’s report."
       "In the United States, the majority of adult men (over 50%)
       smoked cigarettes from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, with overall
       adult smoking prevalence peaking at over 40% (including women)
       around
       1964. Cigarette consumption was at its highest between 1944 and
       1974, with over 40% of all U.S. adults smoking."
       Asking people if they think covid is dangerous or if catching
       covid has any serious longterm health repercussions 7-50 years
       from now is akin to asking people if cigarettes are safe when
       cigarettes first came out in history... what's the difference
       breathing carcinogens with every so many breaths or catching a
       respiratory virus know one really knows what they are doing..
       It's called a bunch of people wanting everything to be okay no
       matter what... I personally don't know what covid will do to
       those it has infected or if today's infections are safe to
       endure like a cold... I have my doubts because of the long covid
       studies and research indicating long covid is real. I have a
       feeling people who said covid was safe will regret that some day
       like those who regret ever having had a cigarette.
       ha! wondered if they ever called people crazy for saying
       cigarettes are bad for ya? So is a guy crazy for saying covid is
       probably bad for ya because its a disease and that some research
       studies indicate that a giant percentage of people who get covid
       go on to suffer long term health repercussions and it's only
       been 6 years? when science tells a group of people something is
       bad for them but they do it anyway succumbing to peer pressure
       like using tobacco its crazy... Its crazy not to fear or respect
       a novel disease... Its crazy not to mask!
       ...considering the general public's mindset for many decades
       about smoking cigarettes, do  you think the general public of
       today can accept that diseases such as covid might have long
       term repercussions and prove to be harmful for their health and
       do you think the general public will ever accept the idea that
       they should have worn a mask to prevent airborne illnesses and
       airborne diseases? Do people nowadays know more about light,
       mild or medium light covid than they did for fifty years about
       cigarettes?
       Do you know how long it took the world to accept black lung as a
       diseases...
       "evidence linked coal dust to lung disease as early as the 19th
       century, it took
       over a century for the public and authorities to formally
       recognize and act on the danger. The disease was not officially
       understood and widely accepted by the US industry/public until
       the late 1960s, leading to the Federal Coal Mine Health and
       Safety Act of 1969.
       There was  asbestos poisoning for quite some time and in even
       for me I worked around guys briefly that put Sheetrock up.. I
       was sort of warned even by them that years of sheet rock dust
       could kill ya like it did their dads...
       ...If it is in the people's favor to downplay the dangers of
       covid and long covid they will just make up whatever they want
       believe before it even stands the test of time.. its not a bad
       comparison cigarettes and covid.. the initial infection of covid
       makes people feel really sick for a few days just like that
       first cigarette seems to usually make a the person sick.. people
       pat them on the back and say you'll be alright.. that first
       cigarette lays makes everybody sick, then they offer them
       another smoke and they go on for years smoking until lung cancer
       or something occurs... it is very rare that the first cigarette
       actually kills a person but over time ultimately cigarettes
       often do kill people or at least cause great damage which leads
       to death.
       Ya think the world is ready to accept there might be serious
       long term repercussions from having covid when it takes them
       this long to recognize black lung and cigarette smoke is bad
       for them? Black lung affected coal miners & chimney sweepers and
       tobacco affects cigarette smokers and those around secondhand
       smoke while covid is a contagious diseases that affects entire
       populations. Think about how long it takes the general public to
       quit  working in the coal mines of West Virginia or to give up
       their cigarettes. Do you think the general public or even
       general healthcare can foresee or accept what covid might do to
       them or that long covid even exists? Ever stood up to a guy and
       tell him to put his cigarette out? I have and it often can
       escalate to violence & physical fights breaking out. That's what
       we are up against when asking others to protect themselves.
       Each to their own , but I don't smoke tobacco or drink alcohol.
       I care about  my health and I want to minimize suffering in my
       life. I guess I am a big baby. I don't like to suffer and I
       especially don't like to risk long term suffering . I haven't
       caught any contagious illness in over 6 years because of
       masking. I currently don't have any covid nor have I caught any
       contagious airborne diseases or illnesses probably because
       I wear a mask for my health,
       The Masked Man
       P.S.
       "pre·sump·tion
       /prēˈzəm(p)SHən/
       noun
       noun: presumption; plural noun: presumptions
       1.
       an idea that is taken to be true, and often used as the
       basis for other ideas, although it is not known for certain.
       "underlying presumptions about human nature"
       an act or instance of taking something to be true or
       adopting a particular attitude toward something, especially at
       the start of a chain of argument or action.
       
       
       2.
       behavior perceived as arrogant, disrespectful, and
       transgressing the limits of what is permitted or appropriate."
       ...There is long list of illnesses and diseases that can remain
       latent, dormant, or asymptomatic while carrying long-term health
       consequences:... let us not be so presumptuous about covid and
       about what we can't possibly know yet.
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