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Author Topic: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.  (Read 341928 times)

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3165 on: November 29, 2021, 12:38:09 AM »
By the way, good news. The new variant, Omicron or whatever it's called, may present with mild symptoms including so far no known loss of taste and smell. Most common symptoms with this strain appear to be rapid heart beat, a fever, both of which seem to go away in a few days.

It's the natural evolution of a virus to become more contagious, but less lethal. Just as Delta was less severe than Alpha, so Omicron is less severe again than Delta.

Even less reason to risk an adverse reaction with an experimental therapeutic treatment.

As for the "rapid heart beat" - bollocks. That's them trying to sweep the "mysterious" cardiac side effects of the jabs under the carpet.

Naw the rapid heart beat was detected in unvaccinated kids in South Africa. But you go on with your batshit conspiracy theories.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3166 on: November 30, 2021, 06:37:27 PM »
By the way, good news. The new variant, Omicron or whatever it's called, may present with mild symptoms including so far no known loss of taste and smell. Most common symptoms with this strain appear to be rapid heart beat, a fever, both of which seem to go away in a few days.

It's the natural evolution of a virus to become more contagious, but less lethal. Just as Delta was less severe than Alpha, so Omicron is less severe again than Delta.

Even less reason to risk an adverse reaction with an experimental therapeutic treatment.

As for the "rapid heart beat" - bollocks. That's them trying to sweep the "mysterious" cardiac side effects of the jabs under the carpet.

Naw the rapid heart beat was detected in unvaccinated kids in South Africa. But you go on with your batshit conspiracy theories.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3167 on: December 01, 2021, 07:34:36 AM »
Perhaps those that are concerned with catching covid should get a prescription for a Bubblixa. If it can beat southern pollen, it will kick covid's ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2tpGQHfQY

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3168 on: December 01, 2021, 10:39:38 AM »
Perhaps those that are concerned with catching covid should get a prescription for a Bubblixa. If it can beat southern pollen, it will kick covid's ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2tpGQHfQY

I didn't need anything more than paracetamol and ibuprofen last time.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3169 on: December 01, 2021, 04:23:13 PM »
Perhaps those that are concerned with catching covid should get a prescription for a Bubblixa. If it can beat southern pollen, it will kick covid's ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2tpGQHfQY

I didn't need anything more than paracetamol and ibuprofen last time.

Therefore everyone has a mild case, because you did.

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« Reply #3170 on: December 02, 2021, 06:17:29 AM »
Therefore everyone has a mild case, because you did.

Fatties, oldies and people with broken immune systems, don't, no.

Healthy people, nothing to concern themselves about.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3171 on: December 02, 2021, 06:24:00 AM »
Therefore everyone has a mild case, because you did.

Fatties, oldies and people with broken immune systems, don't, no.

Healthy people, nothing to concern themselves about.

And the sick (e.g. the sugar, the pressure, auto-immune conditions, cancer).

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« Reply #3172 on: December 02, 2021, 06:37:05 AM »
And the sick (e.g. the sugar, the pressure, auto-immune conditions, cancer).

See "people with broken immune systems". Either way, they are a tiny minority.

No one can help being old, but fatties have no excuse. We've known for two years now that being overweight significantly impacts your risk factor, that's more than enough time to get a grip of your eating and activity choices and sort yourself out.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3173 on: December 02, 2021, 07:13:43 AM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3174 on: December 02, 2021, 07:16:52 AM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.

Yes, the selective evolutionary pressure created by the jabs will spur ever more variants. Fortunately, they're getting milder even as they ignore the jabs limited "protection".

Australia is a dystopian nightmare, there's nothing of value to be learned there.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3175 on: December 02, 2021, 07:56:05 AM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.
Yeah, throwing the aborigines in camps is clearly the way to go.

Fucking racist.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3176 on: December 02, 2021, 12:16:16 PM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.

I somewhat doubt Donald Trump putting black people in concentration camps would have gone over well.
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3177 on: December 02, 2021, 01:21:46 PM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.
Yeah, throwing the aborigines in camps is clearly the way to go.

Fucking racist.

Must every point of view, whether left or right be met with this word? You can misconstrue any statement and spin, twist it into something favorable towards your ideology. I don’t understand it, does it make you feel better or something?
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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3178 on: December 02, 2021, 01:36:58 PM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.
Yeah, throwing the aborigines in camps is clearly the way to go.

Fucking racist.

Must every point of view, whether left or right be met with this word? You can misconstrue any statement and spin, twist it into something favorable towards your ideology. I don’t understand it, does it make you feel better or something?
Tell us more about your hatred of the Australian natives.

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Re: Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.
« Reply #3179 on: December 02, 2021, 01:54:29 PM »
Variants will keep popping. Can’t call a lockdown, lockdown if only restaurants and barbershops get closed. The way Australia is handling things is likely the most effective way had it been adopted here since the very beginning. There’s no point in shutting anything down anymore.

Yes, the selective evolutionary pressure created by the jabs will spur ever more variants. Fortunately, they're getting milder even as they ignore the jabs limited "protection".

Australia is a dystopian nightmare, there's nothing of value to be learned there.

Au contraire mon ami. You can learn much from Australia, for example NEVER, EVER, surrender your guns, under no circumstance no matter what they tell you.
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