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Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.

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

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Ratman_tf

#3120
November 20, 2021, 02:41:49 PM
Quote from: Kiero on November 20, 2021, 01:09:03 PM
Quote from: moonsweeper on November 20, 2021, 01:01:01 PM
Interesting news from the AP....

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-united-nations-fcf28a83c9352a67e50aa2172eb01a2f

I am shocked that somebody has largely avoided the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic....
We should have some science and medical experts weigh in on this...
Has anybody seen Dr. Fauci offer an opinion yet?

;D ;D ;D

Could it possibly be a combination of a young population (not enough 80-somethings to be bumped off), bountiful and free vitamin D (ie sunshine) and the fact that their immune systems are used to dealing with much nastier bugs than the sniffles?

Plus they haven't fucked their immune systems with a massive rollout of an experimental mRNA therapy.

Scott Alexander put together an interesting article about Ivermectin and parasites.

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-than-you-wanted

"Treatment of worm infections might reduce the negative effect of COVID-19! And ivermectin is a deworming drug! You can see where this is going..."
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KingCheops

#3121
November 20, 2021, 04:29:17 PM
Quote from: Kiero on November 20, 2021, 01:09:03 PM
Quote from: moonsweeper on November 20, 2021, 01:01:01 PM
Interesting news from the AP....

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-united-nations-fcf28a83c9352a67e50aa2172eb01a2f

I am shocked that somebody has largely avoided the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic....
We should have some science and medical experts weigh in on this...
Has anybody seen Dr. Fauci offer an opinion yet?

;D ;D ;D

Could it possibly be a combination of a young population (not enough 80-somethings to be bumped off), bountiful and free vitamin D (ie sunshine) and the fact that their immune systems are used to dealing with much nastier bugs than the sniffles?

Plus they haven't fucked their immune systems with a massive rollout of an experimental mRNA therapy.

Not to mention the lack of rampant obesity and diabetes.

Kiero

#3122
November 20, 2021, 06:08:41 PM
Death rates for the under 60s by vaccination status in the UK, according to official government statistics:


Note that's with them artifically boosting the "unvaccinated" grouping by excluding people who are less than 14 days post-jab. So people who died shortly after their jabs are called "unvaccinated".
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dkabq

#3123
November 20, 2021, 06:21:20 PM
Quote from: Kiero on November 20, 2021, 06:08:41 PM
Death rates for the under 60s by vaccination status in the UK, according to official government statistics:


Note that's with them artifically boosting the "unvaccinated" grouping by excluding people who are less than 14 days post-jab. So people who died shortly after their jabs are called "unvaccinated".

Interesting. I believe that in the US it is unvaccinated people that are the majority of deaths (and hospitalizations).

Most certainly not a univariate problem.

Kiero

#3124
November 20, 2021, 06:31:21 PM Last Edit: November 20, 2021, 07:22:58 PM by Kiero
Quote from: dkabq on November 20, 2021, 06:21:20 PM
Interesting. I believe that in the US it is unvaccinated people that are the majority of deaths (and hospitalizations).

Most certainly not a univariate problem.

Just wait until your vaccination rates reach ours. Note Israel, Gibraltar and all the other highly-vaccinated nations follow the exact same pattern the UK does.
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KingCheops

#3125
November 20, 2021, 08:15:41 PM
It's not a function of vaccination percent its a function of how long since the 2nd jab.  Hence the big push for boosters.  The developed world has been placed on a subscription-based immune system.

Kiero

#3126
November 21, 2021, 06:58:07 AM
Quote from: KingCheops on November 20, 2021, 08:15:41 PM
It's not a function of vaccination percent its a function of how long since the 2nd jab.  Hence the big push for boosters.  The developed world has been placed on a subscription-based immune system.

The more people who are jabbed, the more apparent it will be that their immune systems have been fucked, with the consequences in hospitalisation and death of those apparently "vaccinated".
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Ghostmaker

#3127
November 21, 2021, 07:22:17 AM
Quote from: KingCheops on November 20, 2021, 08:15:41 PM
It's not a function of vaccination percent its a function of how long since the 2nd jab.  Hence the big push for boosters.  The developed world has been placed on a subscription-based immune system.
The deepest irony imaginable: our health and immune system is now based on microtransactions.

Kiero

#3128
November 21, 2021, 08:53:47 AM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on November 21, 2021, 07:22:17 AM
The deepest irony imaginable: our health and immune system is now based on microtransactions.

Not mine.
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KingCheops

#3129
November 21, 2021, 10:13:56 AM
Me neither.  I'm just worried about my wife who bent the knee in the hopes she could travel to the US (spoiler alert she wasn't allowed to travel to the US).

Also reading up on homeschooling in preparation for the eventual vaccine mandates for children.  That's the day I leave the finance industry and become mister mom.

DocJones

#3130
November 22, 2021, 05:44:22 PM
Quote from: Kiero on November 20, 2021, 06:08:41 PM
Death rates for the under 60s by vaccination status in the UK, according to official government statistics:
--snip--
Note that's with them artifically boosting the "unvaccinated" grouping by excluding people who are less than 14 days post-jab. So people who died shortly after their jabs are called "unvaccinated".
It's possible that those who choose to be unvaxxed are younger and healthier.
It would help if the mean ages of both groups were shown.

dkabq

#3131
November 26, 2021, 01:15:36 PM
Masks don't stop covid; masks do stop covid; 14-day lockdown to flatten the curve, wear two masks, vax or mask; and now...gain of function is completely meaningless term
https://gazette.com/news/fauci-claims-gain-of-function-is-completely-meaningless-term-as-he-defends-nih-actions/article_b6e579d5-1633-51d6-b56a-95f38ab98993.html

Is it any wonder that many people wouldn't believe St. Fauci if he said the sun rose in the east.



KingCheops

#3132
November 26, 2021, 01:34:59 PM
Quote from: dkabq on November 26, 2021, 01:15:36 PM
Masks don't stop covid; masks do stop covid; 14-day lockdown to flatten the curve, wear two masks, vax or mask; and now...gain of function is completely meaningless term
https://gazette.com/news/fauci-claims-gain-of-function-is-completely-meaningless-term-as-he-defends-nih-actions/article_b6e579d5-1633-51d6-b56a-95f38ab98993.html

Is it any wonder that many people wouldn't believe St. Fauci if he said the sun rose in the east.

You'd think the "Progressives" wouldn't have sided with the man who was directly responsible for the death of so many LGBTQ, sexual deviants, and drug addicts.

Kiero

#3133
November 26, 2021, 01:58:34 PM
Quote from: KingCheops on November 26, 2021, 01:34:59 PM
You'd think the "Progressives" wouldn't have sided with the man who was directly responsible for the death of so many LGBTQ, sexual deviants, and drug addicts.

Likely plain ignorance on their part.
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KingCheops

#3134
November 26, 2021, 03:57:08 PM
Quote from: Kiero on November 26, 2021, 01:58:34 PM
Quote from: KingCheops on November 26, 2021, 01:34:59 PM
You'd think the "Progressives" wouldn't have sided with the man who was directly responsible for the death of so many LGBTQ, sexual deviants, and drug addicts.

Likely plain ignorance on their part.

You are correct.  It's well known that history only started when the first Harry Potter book was published.
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