Orange Crush
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| 07/21/2021 04:34 PM |
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| +10 Dale. Exactly. We have them too although a much lower percentage. |
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79pmooney
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| 07/21/2021 07:24 PM |
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| Dale, doesn't your state have enough ammunition to simply shoot each virus, one by one? I'm sure a virus is no match for a 30-06 and these days, that's a toy. |
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Orange Crush
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| 08/06/2021 07:14 PM |
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I believe this was a topic/ question earlier. Bottom line, even if you had Covid, vaccinating provides big time added protection. So no excuse not to get vaccinated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-survivors-vaccine-protection-1.6132903 |
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79pmooney
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| 08/06/2021 08:21 PM |
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When I see numbers like those in ICU or dead and the percent vax or no-vax, I compare the death rates. I keep seeing 90-95% benefit/reduction of the "big bads" for those vaccinated. Confirming in real-time the promised numbers from the testing for Pfizer and Moderna.
I still see the vaccines as like graphene. There will still be flats, cuts, etc. Now, if we go to a super-spreader event, our odds of getting sick might be 1 in 100 rather than 1 in 5. An N95 mask takes these odds to 1 in 2000 as opposed to 1 in 100. (I'm flying to a wedding next week. Whole flight (except perhaps a quick eat) will be with a new N95. Wedding will be with all vaxxed or tested (barring liars , perhaps by omission; my family is pretty responsible).
The vaccines aren't order of magnitude different/better than quality masks worn properly. Biggest advantage is that you can't leave the vaccine at home or get careless about wearing it. Biggest drawback - the sense of security. The bad places for N95s are bad places for the vaccinated. But with the vaccine you can still wear the N95. That level of protection never existed before. |
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Orange Crush
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| 08/12/2021 02:38 PM |
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Another interesting read. Long Covid. Focused on Alberta but applies generally.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-long-covid-alberta-1.6137349
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longslowdistance
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| 08/16/2021 10:27 PM |
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More from the "you can't make this sh*t up" news lead
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/16/vaccine-skeptic-us-cardinal-raymond-burke-ventilator-covid
Dang those true believers will never, ever get it. A friend of mine from high school, otherwise truly a smart guy, was very close to his 30 year old son, but recently lost that son to Covid. He lives in a low vaccination US state and frankly still doesn't get it, it was God's will etc. Sad, scary, and hard to believe all at the same time. Maybe some of that reality denying faith helped us help Europe defeat the Nazis and Imperial Japan but this is now and now is not great.
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Orange Crush
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| 08/30/2021 11:12 AM |
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Apparently the crazy resides in Canada too (OK, this is Alberta, our wannebee mericans)
"Alberta feed stores inundated with calls for ivermectin over false claims livestock dewormer treats COVID"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ivermectin-alberta-covid-1.6157200 |
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Dale
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| 08/30/2021 02:05 PM |
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Alberta = cold Texas.
Story in the local paper about the farm supply stores around here having a run on ivermectin. I told my wife the story will only drive more business to them. "So THAT'S who's got it in stock! Marge, go get in the truck, we're heading to the feed store." |
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Orange Crush
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| 08/30/2021 02:21 PM |
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| OK, now I'm wondering if cat dewormer works too. We may have some in a cabinet somewhere. |
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smokey52
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| 08/30/2021 10:22 PM |
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| Ivermectin is used in humans to treat river blindness and lice, not vaccine blindness and stupidity. The fidiots can't get it through Rx, so they go through other sources and don't pay attention to the dosage. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/14/2021 02:53 PM |
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They are now taking Betadine, a topical anti-bacterial, to treat COVID.
Goddamn they are just fooking rubes..... |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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Dale
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| 09/14/2021 02:58 PM |
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| ...but get the proven vaccine? Nah, too many unknowns |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/14/2021 03:23 PM |
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| Hey those mormon survivalists from Educated turned out to be an online global herbalist superpower. Through that lens it all makes sense. |
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79pmooney
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| 12/15/2021 12:26 PM |
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The latest from the CDC - against Omicron, 1st and 2nd shots, meh, but that booster! Pfizer and Moderna kill it! I like! Fully vaxxxed her. (Each x representing one shot. Next will be vaxl. Roman numeral system. If I get a booster every 6 months, in 10 years I'll be vacced.)
I've done the Pfizer 1 and 2. Now the Moderna booster. I was thinking that I screwed up getting the Moderna because for a few days it seemed it was a poor choice for Omicron but apparently that's not the case.
Ck - to relate to the thread title, I"m hoping these boosters are Corsa Speeds! |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/15/2021 08:12 PM |
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If the Spanish Flu is any indication then we’re now roughly halfway through this thing. Sit tight.
Based on South Africa the bad news about omnicron is that it will spread like wildfire and possibly we’ll see highest case loads yet. The good news is that people are leaving hospitals about as fast as they enter.
Pfizer provides 30% protection against catching omnicron (pretty low number) but 70% protective against hospitalization (still good). Those are numbers before booster.
Getting my booster tomorrow. First mRNA after first two were AZ.
Brief scare for my kid at university. His girlfriend (that is new and wild stuff too) had a cold and then briefly couldn’t taste things. Test came back negative so Xmas can continue. |
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