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Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.

Started by Zirunel, May 31, 2020, 04:01:23 PM

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oggsmash

 Joe Rogan.  Can not even properly get Covid for the powers that be. 

Pat

#2371
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html
(Scroll down to the survey section.)

The CDC worked with 17 blood collection organizations in all 50 states plus DC and Puerto Rico, and tested 1.4 million blood samples covering 74% of the population. In other words, it's a damn good sample size.

The percentage of the samples that had antibodies for sars2:

3.5% July 2020
11.5% December 2020
83.3% May 2021

Yes, a more than sevenfold jump in 6 months. That's a lot of antibody protection in the wild. While most of the 83.3% is due to vaccinations, it also indicates the number of people who had the infection and recovered is about twice the number of reported cases (39 million x 2). And since it's measuring antibodies, it won't catch people who have lost their antibodies but still have the T-cells that can be used to generate antibodies. On the negative side, they didn't cover children under 16, and it's pre-Delta.

FelixGamingX1

Stumbled upon this article just now. It's kinda odd, sad, and funny at the same time.

Oklahoma ERs can't treat gunshot victims because too many people are ODing on horse hormones? https://www.insider.com/oklahomas-emergency-rooms-are-clogged-with-people-overdosing-on-ivermectin-2021-9?amp

So this is what prolonged lockdowns do to people, huh!?
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oggsmash

Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on September 03, 2021, 02:15:09 PM
Stumbled upon this article just now. It's kinda odd, sad, and funny at the same time.

Oklahoma ERs can't treat gunshot victims because too many people are ODing on horse hormones? https://www.insider.com/oklahomas-emergency-rooms-are-clogged-with-people-overdosing-on-ivermectin-2021-9?amp

So this is what prolonged lockdowns do to people, huh!?
Darwin hates people who can not do math

FelixGamingX1

Quote from: oggsmash on September 03, 2021, 03:51:53 PM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on September 03, 2021, 02:15:09 PM
Stumbled upon this article just now. It's kinda odd, sad, and funny at the same time.

Oklahoma ERs can't treat gunshot victims because too many people are ODing on horse hormones? https://www.insider.com/oklahomas-emergency-rooms-are-clogged-with-people-overdosing-on-ivermectin-2021-9?amp

So this is what prolonged lockdowns do to people, huh!?
Darwin hates people who can not do math

Imagine now that Math was replaced by CRT. These are scary times indeed.
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https://knightstabletoprpg.com

oggsmash

Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on September 03, 2021, 03:59:44 PM
Quote from: oggsmash on September 03, 2021, 03:51:53 PM
Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on September 03, 2021, 02:15:09 PM
Stumbled upon this article just now. It's kinda odd, sad, and funny at the same time.

Oklahoma ERs can't treat gunshot victims because too many people are ODing on horse hormones? https://www.insider.com/oklahomas-emergency-rooms-are-clogged-with-people-overdosing-on-ivermectin-2021-9?amp

So this is what prolonged lockdowns do to people, huh!?
Darwin hates people who can not do math

Imagine now that Math was replaced by CRT. These are scary times indeed.


  I have a feeling anyone who drinks up CRT is not going any where near ivermectin, so may be an even break.   That said, given how people balance their budgets and decide upon entering debt, etc.... Math is probably already gone for most.

Ratman_tf

#2376
Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on September 03, 2021, 02:15:09 PM
Stumbled upon this article just now. It's kinda odd, sad, and funny at the same time.

Oklahoma ERs can't treat gunshot victims because too many people are ODing on horse hormones? https://www.insider.com/oklahomas-emergency-rooms-are-clogged-with-people-overdosing-on-ivermectin-2021-9?amp

So this is what prolonged lockdowns do to people, huh!?

They're really pushing the Horse Goo narrative. There's so much bad info in that article, it's hard to know where to begin...


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-Haffrung

Pat

Remember, half the media reported that Joe Rogan took horse paste.

Even though he didn't.

dkabq

Quote from: Pat on September 03, 2021, 04:50:18 PM
Remember, half the media reported that Joe Rogan took horse paste.

Even though he didn't.

Half? I bet it is more like every media outlet to the left of Fox News.  ;D

oggsmash

Reminds me a bit of idiocracy, every time the main character asks for water to drink, or water plants, everyone looks disgusted and says "like out the toilet?" 

Zelen

I have a high degree of confidence that reporting on Ivermectin is using the "horse paste / dewormer" lie/smear not only because of its propaganda value, but because the censorship algorithms can't distinguish adequately between usage contexts, and therefore the state-controlled propaganda outlets are using alternative wording to escape the censorship algorithms implemented by their colleagues.

FelixGamingX1

The good news is that when the world reopens, those pesky and defective MCDonald's ice cream machines should be fully functional. Because ice cream, certainly is America's first priority right now. Especially as fall is about to kick in. That was my first feed of the day, Mcdonalds...
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https://knightstabletoprpg.com

HappyDaze

Quote from: Zelen on September 03, 2021, 07:48:53 PM
I have a high degree of confidence that reporting on Ivermectin is using the "horse paste / dewormer" lie/smear not only because of its propaganda value, but because the censorship algorithms can't distinguish adequately between usage contexts, and therefore the state-controlled propaganda outlets are using alternative wording to escape the censorship algorithms implemented by their colleagues.
What do you base that confidence upon? The "fact" that you want it to be so?

dkabq

Quote from: HappyDaze on September 03, 2021, 09:22:07 PM
Quote from: Zelen on September 03, 2021, 07:48:53 PM
I have a high degree of confidence that reporting on Ivermectin is using the "horse paste / dewormer" lie/smear not only because of its propaganda value, but because the censorship algorithms can't distinguish adequately between usage contexts, and therefore the state-controlled propaganda outlets are using alternative wording to escape the censorship algorithms implemented by their colleagues.
What do you base that confidence upon? The "fact" that you want it to be so?

Watching them dance around saying the banned words, while not conclusive, is a line of evidence appears to support Zelen's contention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWWDGmg1fS4

That said, I would agree with the contention that the need to lie/smear Rogan is sufficient to explain their behavior.

FelixGamingX1

Quote from: dkabq on September 03, 2021, 09:52:44 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on September 03, 2021, 09:22:07 PM
Quote from: Zelen on September 03, 2021, 07:48:53 PM
I have a high degree of confidence that reporting on Ivermectin is using the "horse paste / dewormer" lie/smear not only because of its propaganda value, but because the censorship algorithms can't distinguish adequately between usage contexts, and therefore the state-controlled propaganda outlets are using alternative wording to escape the censorship algorithms implemented by their colleagues.
What do you base that confidence upon? The "fact" that you want it to be so?

Watching them dance around saying the banned words, while not conclusive, is a line of evidence appears to support Zelen's contention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWWDGmg1fS4

That said, I would agree with the contention that the need to lie/smear Rogan is sufficient to explain their behavior.

Unfortunately we live in a world of multiple parallel realities. There's no such thing as a singular truth or honest media. We listen to the news that echo our beliefs. Very few reporters remain old school truthful. I'll normally stick with Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro, since the pair still share many old school values.
American writer and programmer, since 2016.
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