{"id":62,"date":"2021-08-19T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2024-06-10T16:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:43:16","slug":"covid-19-is-here-for-the-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 is here for the long term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2000 Philip Morris in the Czech Republic commissioned a report that confirmed that <strong>smoking has a positive benefit on the cost of healthcare<\/strong>. The study found that smoking kills before other morbidities that require expensive treatment take hold, so saving the financial burden on the taxpayer<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/assets\/content\/what_we_do\/industry_watch\/philip_morris_czech\/pmczechstudy.pdf\">Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. The story made international headlines: Philip Morris had publicly announced that <strong>Smoking Kills<\/strong>, and that they really did not care.<\/p>\n<p>In the long term, COVID-19 will have the same effect as smoking.\u00a0Data coming out of Israel, Iceland and the United Kingdom confirm that the vaccine is not the panacea we were promised<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/amp\/2021\/08\/breakthrough-covid-19-cases-may-be-a-bigger-problem.html\">Don\u2019t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Problem Than You\u2019ve Been Told<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. People who have been vaccinated are being infected, and some of them are dying.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccination does not prevent infection. With vaccination, the need for hospitalisation and the potential for mortality is significantly reduced, but people who have co-morbidities will continue to die<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/amp\/2021\/08\/breakthrough-covid-19-cases-may-be-a-bigger-problem.html\">Don\u2019t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Problem Than You\u2019ve Been Told<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. People with cancer, respiratory ailments, obesity, and type 2 diabetes are those who will continue to be at risk.<\/p>\n<p>There are effective treatments, particularly Ivermectin<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ivmmeta.com\">Ivermectin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis of 63 studies<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>, which reduce the incidence of mortality, but cannot eliminate it entirely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of\u00a0course, the other option is to lead a lifestyle that avoids the potential for the illnesses that make people vulnerable to COVID-19: r<\/strong>egular exercise and a healthy diet<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_62_1('footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=19\">Switzerland\u2019s healthcare problem<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_62_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, 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onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_62_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/assets\/content\/what_we_do\/industry_watch\/philip_morris_czech\/pmczechstudy.pdf\">Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_62_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_2');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2,<\/a> <a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_62_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_62_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_62_1_3');\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td 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The study found that smoking kills before other morbidities that require expensive treatment take hold, so saving the financial burden on the taxpayer[1]Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=62\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COVID-19 is here for the long term<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[11,9,6,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}