The end of Social Distancing? By Riley Taylor

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The end of Social Distancing?

By Riley Taylor


Social distancing has had an impact on ALL of us no doubt about that. And I'm willing to bet all of us have been extra careful to avoid people while going groceries shopping by slightly moving away when they walk passed us. Be honest we all do it. But there are much more pressing issues than this to discuss. I know the title may be misleading but here today we are talking about a coronoavirus conspiracy regarding the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus.

I'm sure most of us have googled the numbers of confirmed cases and have most likely been greeted with a website in a google sheets format showing us the number of confirmed cases, deaths, and daily findings in order by state. However, the number of coronavirus cases on paper is much more than it is in reality.

Now don't get me wrong, I know what these doctors go through on a daily basis at a hospital and I'm not saying that it isn't "that bad". But what I am saying is the numbers of streptococcus pneumonia have gone REALLY far down ever since this outbreak. Basically this means that doctors are classifying other illnesses as coronavirus. This could be because of one of two reasons. Either they have no way of distinguishing these two illnesses and are just being cautious, or they are being told to do so by a higher authority for a reason that is not yet revealed. I hear this all the time from my family that I am far too paranoid about things and I read into too many conspiracy theories. But that is just the thing. There aren't any conspiracy theories. At least not at the time I am writing this. This realization came to me out of pure curiosity when I was wondering if the virus tests were accurate and not generalizing all illnesses as coronavirus. But I guess I can't be sure of anything at the moment. Someone somewhere has something to gain from everything that happens. I guess it's only a matter of time before we see if this theory was correct.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 30, 2020 at 7:26 AM

    Interesting, I wonder how many extra cases have been reported.

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  2. DanielleJune 1, 2020 at 10:51 AM

    I did read that some deaths may have been counted as covid, but could have been from something else. It's very hard to know what to believe or what is true.

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