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To: Kirk © who wrote (9134)	4/12/2020 3:19:53 PM
From: Winfastorlose	2 Recommendations Recommended By BuffaloKing the traveler Respond to of 26764

When this is all over Kirk, we will see who has been right and who has been wrong. If it is me, I will gladly say so. At this stage, however, it appears the scales are tipping in my direction. I have made the phone calls to medical professionals all over the country. I know what is going on. I have my own way to cross check the hype. I took issue from the beginning with all of the dire predictions that were being made and said that they would be walked back and what is happening? They are being walked back in a very significant way. I also said that the HCQ treatments were obviously working against the corona virus and this would make a difference. Now, when someone does catch the virus we are seeing nothing but confirmation for what I suspected would work. The Gilead drug, by the way, is only achieving disappointing results so far. It is the cheap treatment that seems to work the best. And don't tell me the "lockdowns" have made a big difference. People still are flocking to Walmarts and the drug stores and to all of the "essential services" outlets as well as restaurants providing drive thru where the workers handle the food in what is likely to be less than sanitary conditions. Everyone picks up the same merchandise, touches the same keypads, smears germs all over the place and thinks that because they are wearing a facemask they might be safe. I watch their behavior. I see what is happening. This is looking more and more and more like a winter flu and since we also know (which the CDC admits) that the deaths are most certainly being overcounted, the numbers are just not that severe to justify shutting down the world economy and placing at risk the supply chains that support life on a planet of 7 billion people. In the end, there will likely be more suicides than Covid-19 deaths from all of the despair the lockdowns have caused to people trying to put food on the table. Small businesses by the tens if not hundreds of thousands have been closed down and many people have no way to recover from that. I personally know quite a few of them that are in deep crap right now. 18 million people have lost their jobs here in the USA. You don't experience that. You have money.

To: Kirk © who wrote (9134)	4/12/2020 4:42:21 PM
From: Winfastorlose	1 Recommendation Recommended By IC720 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26764

Here is a good example of what I am talking about. These dairy farmers are now at risk of having to shut down completely.. Milk is an essential food and even the production of it has been devastated. Wisconsin dairy farmers still must pay fees on milk they can't sell and have to dump -- and some are being publicly shamed, too msn.com Dairy farmers forced to dump milk as schools and restaurants close cbsnews.com And why were dry cleaners shut down here in California? They allowed laundromats to stay open but no dry cleaners which are most often run by small family entrepreneurs. I know a person who has a dry cleaning and alterations business and she is really hurting. No revenues for over a month with rents due & car payments to make and no money to feed her daughter. Relying on handouts from family members now. Every time she walks in the door to her business, she has the authorities show up and ask her what she is doing. This worldwide lockdown has been a travesty in so many ways. .