CORONA Shoveling snow post-Vaxx

[The Mountain]

Now that the vaxx has had time to "bed in", and there seems to be a notable upswing in cardio-related health events and deaths, what will this winter look like? In past years, the MSM has always trotted out the bromide about being careful when shoveling snow, and there are always a few folks who pop their clogs after a snowstorm, but it's been a small number. This year, after a summer of athletes (even young ones) collapsing on the field, pilots dying at the controls, and a sudden focus on the risk of myocarditis in seemingly-healthy people, including the normalization of screening high-schoolers for heart damage, what will this winter look like?

Will we see a surge in yearly snow shoveling deaths? Will there be PSAs warning folks not to attempt clearing their own driveways? And will the media act as though this is how it's always been?

 

[The Mountain]

BTW I'm excluding the warnings after the snow event in Buffalo, because trying to shovel 6 feet of snow is going to be a strain even for someone in peak physical condition.

 

[33dInd]

Good point
To consider

 

[Tristan]

Now that the vaxx has had time to "bed in", and there seems to be a notable upswing in cardio-related health events and deaths, what will this winter look like? In past years, the MSM has always trotted out the bromide about being careful when shoveling snow, and there are always a few folks who pop their clogs after a snowstorm, but it's been a small number. This year, after a summer of athletes (even young ones) collapsing on the field, pilots dying at the controls, and a sudden focus on the risk of myocarditis in seemingly-healthy people, including the normalization of screening high-schoolers for heart damage, what will this winter look like?

Will we see a surge in yearly snow shoveling deaths? Will there be PSAs warning folks not to attempt clearing their own driveways? And will the media act as though this is how it's always been?

My guess is Yes, Yes, and Yes to your questions.

We'll see, I guess.

 

[mzkitty]

My guess is Yes, Yes, and Yes to your questions.

We'll see, I guess.

The problem is that the media is not going to publicize every single person who drops dead while shoveling snow.

 

[Texican]

An investment in a snow blower could be well worth the cost versus having an heart attack and the hospital or even dying.

Texican....

 

[West]

Yes there will be at the vary least 4 times as many as usual that die, and if we have a abnormal amount of snow fall change that to 8 times as many, compared to other high snowfall years.

But of course it will be blamed on global warming and capitalism. And the masses will go along with the BS.

 

[Intestinal Fortitude]

Now that the vaxx has had time to "bed in", and there seems to be a notable upswing in cardio-related health events and deaths, what will this winter look like? In past years, the MSM has always trotted out the bromide about being careful when shoveling snow, and there are always a few folks who pop their clogs after a snowstorm, but it's been a small number. This year, after a summer of athletes (even young ones) collapsing on the field, pilots dying at the controls, and a sudden focus on the risk of myocarditis in seemingly-healthy people, including the normalization of screening high-schoolers for heart damage, what will this winter look like?

Will we see a surge in yearly snow shoveling deaths? Will there be PSAs warning folks not to attempt clearing their own driveways? And will the media act as though this is how it's always been?

shoveling driveways will be done be illegal aliens (who are UNvaxxed)

 

[Intestinal Fortitude]

An investment in a snow blower could be well worth the cost versus having an heart attack and the hospital or even dying.

Texican....

. . . heated driveways and sidewalks . . .

 

[Intestinal Fortitude]

The problem is that the media is not going to publicize every single person who drops dead while shoveling snow.

that is not the problem; that is the "coverup"

 

[mzkitty]

that is not the problem; that is the "coverup"

It's a problem if they cover it up.

 

[West]

that is not the problem; that is the "coverup"

Agree, and if they do it will be a global warming or climate change BS.

It's diabolical.

 

[Tristan]

The problem is that the media is not going to publicize every single person who drops dead while shoveling snow.

You're right.

Relying on the Media for anything is not a good plan. :/

 

[Matt]

shoveling driveways will be done be illegal aliens (who are UNvaxxed)

If the blue hives ask real nice.... DeSantis may be willing to send a couple bus loads of snow removers.... to do the work leftists can't do.

 

[33dInd]

Thank goodness
I’m in oklahoma
Enough snow to shovel here
Well
Just wait a few days and it’s gone

 

[West]

I love the fact.... in Oklahoma we can use our little tractors to remove snow pack on our drive. Easy peasly.. by 12 noon it's usually gone anyway.

 

[Macgyver]

Blizzards always cause heart attacks. Nothing new there.

 

[Firebird]

Thank you Lord that I do not have to shovel snow! Florida snow:

 

[FMJ]

That’s it, rub it in.

 

[Matt]

Thank you Lord that I do not have to shovel snow! Florida snow:
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd rather shovel snow from my driveway than bail water from my living room!

 

[Dennis Olson]

Will we see a surge in yearly snow shoveling deaths?

Happens every year, snd always has.

 

[The Mountain]

Happens every year, snd always hadps.

I know there's always been some. My point is, will the number be significantly higher this year?

 

[Dennis Olson]

I dunno. Will monkeys come flying out my butt?

 

[Profit of Doom]

I dunno. Will monkeys come flying out my butt?

Are they bidet trained?

 

[Dennis Olson]

Nope!

 

[db cooper]

An investment in a snow blower could be well worth the cost versus having an heart attack and the hospital or even dying.

Texican....

Unfortunately a snow blower is not practical for all situations. Our roof typically has to be shoveled off at least once if not two times per year. And that is back breaking work, very very labor intensive. Trust me, it gives the old ticker a workout for a guy in his 70's. A few years back I bought one of those light weight electric blowers. The damn thing only blew snow 5 feet, which meant it would pile up right on the roof, then have to reblow it again, and pushing that thing into the compacted snow was worse than shoveling. The only way to do it is with a shovel.

The good news is no one in our family has had the vax. Those clots would be really worrisome for a person with stents in his heart, such as what I have. Imagine, fit as a fiddle one day, and a clot plugs a stent and dead as a door nail the next.

 

[helen]

The good news is no one in our family has had the vax. Those clots would be really worrisome for a person with stents in his heart, such as what I have. Imagine, fit as a fiddle one day, and a clot plugs a stent and dead as a door nail the next.

If you had covid, symptomatic or not, you are still at elevated risk for a cardiovascular emergency. Stents usually require blood thinner meds for life, but ask your doctor if you can take
aspirin if you can't get medical attention within minutes.

 

[db cooper]

If you had covid, symptomatic or not, you are still at elevated risk for a cardiovascular emergency. Stents usually require blood thinner meds for life, but ask your doctor if you can take
aspirin if you can't get medical attention within minutes.

Thanks for the advice. None of us ever had covid or the shots and we've been within 5 feet of those with covid and never caught it. Natural immunity is what it has to be. In cardio-therapy I learned the heart is a muscle, and with all muscles they need exercise. In this therapy they exercised us to the max, and recommended lots of physical exercise each day. Shoveling snow is hard work, but gets the ticker working very hard, thus keeping it healthy.

It used to be if you have a heart condition, keep at rest, do not over exert yourself. The heart then becomes weak. Then when that person has to work hard, the heart cannot take it and that person croaks.

My neighbors all died in their late 80's mid 90's, my Dad too. They all worked hard each day of their lives to the end. One chopped a years fire wood by hand each fall. This is the theory at work and proven.

 

[billet]

None in my immediate family got the shot. All of us got covid, with varying degrees of severity. None required a DR's care. It sucked but life goes on in a few days. No biggie.

 

[Secamp32]

 

[Dennis Olson]

Our roof typically has to be shoveled off at least once if not two times per year.

Don’t you have a roof rake?

 

[db cooper]

Don’t you have a roof rake?

Yes we do have a rake. It's good for the tarped boat and small buildings. The pole is only something like 15 feet long, and such a short reach a person can maybe only get the lower 5 feet or so of the roof. With snow like this the rake part does not settle into the snow as it's very hard, so a person has to slam it down in hopes a chunk breaks off. So it's worthless for the house.

The pic below was taken the same day I bought the electric blower. As one can see, the snow depth is equal to my knee, which makes it about 22 inches. The blower's height is about 10. With hard frozen snow it has to be pushed into the snow, then physically raised to get the blower to take the full 22 inches. Then in blows it a few feet and the dust settles on the roof, creating a worse problem. There is more physical work using the blower than a shovel.

I can get the roof shoveled of in about 2, 2 hour work periods.

I'm quite proud of my physical ability considering I'm no spring chicken. Being a woodsman, constantly out and about doing something (even if it's wrong) keeps a person in good shape.

Notice the sliding glass door. We have white foam insulation in there that really makes the kitchen warmer. We don't have any close neighbors to bitch about the appearance of our home. Another advantage to living in the sticks.

 

[Dennis Olson]

I'm quite proud of my physical ability considering I'm no spring chicken.

Doing stupid shit will kill you one day.

 

[db cooper]

Doing stupid shit will kill you one day.

LOL. Every death certificate must have a cause of death. I can see mine right now "Doing Stupid Shit".

 

[summerthyme]

LOL. Every death certificate must have a cause of death. I can see mine right now "Doing Stupid Shit".

Amen! It wouldn't bother me a bit if I died breaking my neck falling off a horse.

OTOH, I do wear a helmet now (living as a vegetable isn't appealing) and I'm in physical therapy again to try to lengthen and strengthen my left leg, which atrophied from all the nerve damage... so I DON'T fall and break my neck!

My adopted mother was a safety freak for us kids. OTOH, she'd do anything once, herself... ziplining in the Amazon in her 60s, went skydiving for her 75th birthday! But she coddled and protected my younger brother (I refused to be limited), and he's a useless pussy. No skills, hires everything done... and is such an a-hole to anyone he hires, he pays through the nose- if they will even take his business.

Use it or lose it! Life is for living... we only get one!

Summerthyme

 

[night driver]

BUT.....

There WILL be days when simple LYFE will just rise up and crack you across the skull.

Pays to have a good Horse-Pistol nearby.


And I am running into a RIDICULOUS number of THEM days.

 

[summerthyme]

BUT.....

There WILL be days when simple LYFE will just rise up and crack you across the skull.

Pays to have a good Horse-Pistol nearby.


And I am running into a RIDICULOUS number of THEM days.

Oh, yes! But that's sort of my point... I'm going to do what I love, and stay as active as possible... until I can't. Because there's no predicting the future. Prudence in planning certain activities can prevent injuries... I stopped picking up 100# sacks of feed about 10 years ago. I now open them scoop half out with a grain scoop, then dump the last 50#, which is still comfortable for me.

I'll be 64 tomorrow. Hoping for at least 10 more years of being able to do everything I love.. after that, I'll keep on as l9ng as the good Lord let's me... just slower.

Summerthyme

 

[db cooper]

My adopted mother was a safety freak for us kids. OTOH, she'd do anything once, herself... ziplining in the Amazon in her 60s, went skydiving for her 75th birthday! But she coddled and protected my younger brother (I refused to be limited), and he's a useless pussy. No skills, hires everything done... and is such an a-hole to anyone he hires, he pays through the nose- if they will even take his business.

I can identify with your comments. My wife thinks I am a risk taker, well, yes I am. I will do things most people won't do, due to fear.

I recall one stunt I did in my late 40's. I was part of a crew painting a water tower where they let me down on a boatswain's chair to paint a tower leg. The gallon paint can was wired to the chair and I simply went to work painting. Then the guy in charge of the boatswain's chair started swinging me back and forth like a pendulum. As I swung past the leg I'd slap it with the paint brush. On the up stroke the brush got dipped into the paint. Then back down the leg got slapped again in a spot that needed paint. The process was repeated over and over. It was fun. People were watching and laughing.

Try getting a chickenshit scared liberal to do that. Never happen.