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Author Topic: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.  (Read 341621 times)

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2940 on: October 18, 2021, 05:13:30 AM »
I went to the source cited (not the asprin study - which simply concludes they didn't do a random study and one is needed - the chart). It says exactly the opposite of that twitter-spread meme. Check it for yourself.

Table 4 (p.14) has the data represented in the infographic. Are you saying that data is "exactly the opposite"?
Look at the full text of the report. They give a poor explanation for the results of table 4:

The rate of a positive COVID-19 test varies by age and vaccination status. The rate of a
positive COVID-19 test is substantially lower in vaccinated individuals compared to
unvaccinated individuals up to the age of 39, and in those aged greater than 80. In
individuals aged 40 to 79, the rate of a positive COVID-19 test is higher in vaccinated
individuals compared to unvaccinated. This is likely to be due to a variety of reasons,
including differences in the population of vaccinated and unvaccinated people as well as
differences in testing pattern


Of greater importance is the data in the rest of the report that clearly shows reduced morbidity and mortality for the vaccinated in tables 5 (a & b) and 6 along with Figure 2 (b, c, & d).

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2941 on: October 18, 2021, 01:33:11 PM »
I went to the source cited (not the asprin study - which simply concludes they didn't do a random study and one is needed - the chart). It says exactly the opposite of that twitter-spread meme. Check it for yourself.

Table 4 (p.14) has the data represented in the infographic. Are you saying that data is "exactly the opposite"?

I am saying the people who conducted the study give a summary and their summary concludes exactly the opposite of this meme.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2942 on: October 18, 2021, 02:46:00 PM »
Colin Powell passed away from Covid complications. He was 84. My condolences to his family.

This is not the 'big own' that certain folks might think it is -- he was vaccinated, yes, but he also had a nasty case of cancer that had him fucked up.

That being said, it'll be interesting to see if the same worthless shitbirds who talked smack about Herman Cain when he bit it (same situation -- had cancer, and Covid caught him) will shut the fuck up here.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2943 on: October 18, 2021, 03:25:49 PM »
Colin Powell passed away from Covid complications. He was 84. My condolences to his family.

This is not the 'big own' that certain folks might think it is -- he was vaccinated, yes, but he also had a nasty case of cancer that had him fucked up.

That being said, it'll be interesting to see if the same worthless shitbirds who talked smack about Herman Cain when he bit it (same situation -- had cancer, and Covid caught him) will shut the fuck up here.
People that talked smack here, or people that talked smack elsewhere (like Twitter)?

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2944 on: October 18, 2021, 03:36:44 PM »
This is not the 'big own' that certain folks might think it is -- he was vaccinated, yes, but he also had a nasty case of cancer that had him fucked up.
People whose immune system is severely compromised often don't produce the antibodies the vaccine is supposed to trigger.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2945 on: October 18, 2021, 03:38:08 PM »
People that talked smack here, or people that talked smack elsewhere (like Twitter)?
Twitter is a cesspool of hatred.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2946 on: October 18, 2021, 03:43:23 PM »
Colin Powell passed away from Covid complications. He was 84. My condolences to his family.

This is not the 'big own' that certain folks might think it is -- he was vaccinated, yes, but he also had a nasty case of cancer that had him fucked up.

That being said, it'll be interesting to see if the same worthless shitbirds who talked smack about Herman Cain when he bit it (same situation -- had cancer, and Covid caught him) will shut the fuck up here.
Most of them are more concerned that anti-vaxxers will use his death as ammunition.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2947 on: October 18, 2021, 04:07:36 PM »
Colin Powell passed away from Covid complications. He was 84. My condolences to his family.

This is not the 'big own' that certain folks might think it is -- he was vaccinated, yes, but he also had a nasty case of cancer that had him fucked up.

That being said, it'll be interesting to see if the same worthless shitbirds who talked smack about Herman Cain when he bit it (same situation -- had cancer, and Covid caught him) will shut the fuck up here.
Most of them are more concerned that anti-vaxxers will use his death as ammunition.
Kind of like how the Branch Covidians used Herman Cain's death?

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2948 on: October 18, 2021, 04:09:38 PM »
People that talked smack here, or people that talked smack elsewhere (like Twitter)?
Twitter is a cesspool of hatred.
We are in total agreement on something.

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« Reply #2949 on: October 18, 2021, 04:28:48 PM »
Colin Powell passed away from Covid complications. He was 84. My condolences to his family.

This is not the 'big own' that certain folks might think it is -- he was vaccinated, yes, but he also had a nasty case of cancer that had him fucked up.

That being said, it'll be interesting to see if the same worthless shitbirds who talked smack about Herman Cain when he bit it (same situation -- had cancer, and Covid caught him) will shut the fuck up here.
Most of them are more concerned that anti-vaxxers will use his death as ammunition.
Kind of like how the Branch Covidians used Herman Cain's death?
Herman Cain did promote anti vaccine views and didn't take reasonable precautions against covid.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2950 on: October 18, 2021, 05:32:11 PM »
Herman Cain did promote anti vaccine views and didn't take reasonable precautions against covid.

Given that he died on July 1st 2020, did he also violate the temporal prime directive?
Oh right, another person who mindlessly repeats talking points they hear from propaganda outlets. Carry on.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2951 on: October 19, 2021, 06:33:06 AM »
Most of them are more concerned that anti-vaxxers will use his death as ammunition.

Because the jab did precisely fuck all, you mean?
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« Reply #2952 on: October 19, 2021, 08:28:59 AM »
Did what it was supposed to. Powell had blood cancer which reduced the effectiveness.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2953 on: October 19, 2021, 10:40:23 AM »
Did what it was supposed to. Powell had blood cancer which reduced the effectiveness.
He was an old, sick man, it did fuck all. Same as if he'd been a younger, healthier man, his immune system would have dealt with it, irrespective of the jab.

Let's stop pretending that something that doesn't actually provide immunity (which is what real vaccines do) is providing any protection here.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #2954 on: October 19, 2021, 10:42:20 AM »
Did what it was supposed to. Powell had blood cancer which reduced the effectiveness.
Citations needed for cancer reducing the effectiveness of the jab.