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| Issues and Insights: 5 Covid Charts |
| 2020-10-30 |
| [Issues and Insights] For your perusal. |
| Posted by:charger |
| #29 Hysterican Pie (to g(r)om w/all due respect) It was A long, long time ago And I can still remember How Aramis Katzarse used to make me sigh And I knew if I had my chance That I could make my keyboard dance And maybe he'd just shut up For a while But the east Med`s isles did achibber With every missive he delibbered Bad news in the in-box Green horse poop Day-old socks And I can`t remember how I fared When about his threads I ceased to care But something calmed me deep inside The day his comments died |
| Posted by: JHH 2020-10-30 20:12 |
| #28 I see the covid is getting the Michael Bay treatment. Songbird. Geesh. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-30 19:47 |
| #27 https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/these-12-graphs-show-mask-mandates-do-nothing-to-stop-covid/ |
| Posted by: Airandee 2020-10-30 17:55 |
| #26 Finally, Coronavirus: ‘Futile and immoral’ to seek herd immunity, says Sweden’s chief epidemiologist |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 15:51 |
| #25 ...Even these only work on mild/moderate not serious cases. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 15:48 |
| #24 But there is no herd immunity - coronaviruses don't induce long term memory: you can, probably, find it even in wikipedia. In this, pop-sci, paper for sure: 35 Years of Research Into Coronavirus Infections Show Long-Term Immunity Is Unlikely. And the data from other coronaviruses has been now confirmed by covid19 reinfections. So, you better wait until Eli Lilly or Regeneron monoclonal antibodies become available |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 15:31 |
| #23 I'm surprised proponents of Herd Immunity do not volunteer to be deliberately infected. Grom, that's pretty much what my wife has done (and thus carried me along.) She tried the lockdown for a couple of months and decided she'd probably die of depression if she continued, so she switched to moderate interaction. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-10-30 14:53 |
| #22 Come on, he's "being optimistic here". (Sorry, g(r)om, that made me chuckle.) |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-10-30 14:10 |
| #21 I see Captain Covid has been back today with more of his bullshit. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2020-10-30 14:09 |
| #20 You know. I have a top hat and a long coat... |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-30 13:37 |
| #19 ^ Barnabas Collins' cane, silver wolf's head. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-30 12:54 |
| #18 Well, we're going trick-or-treating and by the sound of it, the community is as well. Have a wicked cool wooden cane accented by a carved fox head on the handle I'm going to build around. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-30 12:38 |
| #17 ^From your mouth to the ear of G*d |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 11:53 |
| #16 Trump's problem seems to be what we're going to do with all this economy. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-30 11:47 |
| #15 You children are not my problem. You're Trump's problem - I'm being optimistic here. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 11:37 |
| #14 (grom, your ass is showing) |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-30 11:19 |
| #13 If the gummint tries to mandate it, the side effects will be widespread, nasty and not limited to the vaccine itself... |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Grumble8367 2020-10-30 10:45 |
| #12 I have never taken a flu shot, and I sure as egesta won't take a vaccine voluntarily. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-10-30 10:15 |
| #11 You can always tell the authoritarians. They want to punish any skepticism from their delivered "Truthâ„¢". Nobody argues flat earth here, fool, but you have to throw that straw man in to buttress your "argument". You win no converts with that charming personality trait |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-30 09:12 |
| #10 #7 Well I already had it. Ahh, that's why you have this irrational need to believe in Herd Immunity. But I would volunteer to stay near COVID infected. Well, keep exposing yourself, and you'll provide evidence for reinfection --- just keep in mind, that most reported reinfections appear to be more severe than the primary one (you might want to read up on Th1/Th2 cross-regulation). Wouldn't go near the vaccine though. With the way things going - thanks largely to covid sceptics - I suspect nobody will be asking for your consent (You might want to click on this link). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 09:11 |
| #9 ^Which cereal brand has the "armchair psychiatrist" kit in the box? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-30 08:59 |
| #8 The Chinese pandemic gave birth to two new --- IMO, totally irrational --- movements in USA: Antifa & Covid sceptics. Both groups would, vehemently, reject any claims of resemblance between them. However, IMO, both groups posses startling similarities. (1) Psychological origins --- both comprised of people whose self-image: their sense of their own importance --- was shaken by the pandemic. (2) Both groups rely on pseudoscientific theories: systemic racism for Antifa; and Herd Immunity for the other. (3) Both constantly provide fake evidence produced for their respective markets by would be celebrity "scientists". We know that most social "scientists" are scumvermin, but it's sad to see how many renegades where are among biologists, and how many narrow specialization MD think they're universal experts. (4) The only difference, IMO, is that Antifa (being, on average, younger & more drugged) have the courage of their convictions - whereas the covid deniers wear masks, practice distancing, and express their frustrations via verbal violence on sites like Rantburg. Well, we know Antifa hurt their side's election chances - lets hope that the damage done to Trump by "covid sceptics" is nullified by the Antifa effect on Demonrats. Mind you, if Trump wins, "covid sceptics" just might discover that he made 180 degree turn on covid, and will follow European examples. Meanwhile, I'm just happy I live in Israel - where enforcement* of mask rules cut covid infection rates by order of magnitude in 3 weeks. *Enforcement is really the key - because there are too many people uncapable of thinking beyond immediate gratification in modern western societies. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 08:56 |
| #7 Well I already had it. But I would volunteer to stay near COVID infected. Wouldn't go near the vaccine though. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-10-30 08:29 |
| #6 Masks don't work. Earth is flat. And "covid sceptics" are not an argument for eugenics. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 07:28 |
| #5 Here's one more...from 1918: |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-10-30 07:12 |
| #4 For our Lockdown Fanatic: Twelve graphs prove masks are useless against COVID-19 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-30 07:05 |
| #3 I'm surprised proponents of Herd Immunity do not volunteer to be deliberately infected. Really I am. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 05:06 |
| #2 Lockdown just delays herd immunity and the relief that brings. group punishment Lockdown just isolates the elderly longer as the virus will inevitably re-emerge for another moar biggar tier N+1 lockdown which will do nothing. Those under 50 (who do not bubble with those at risk) should be ENCOURAGED out and self vaccinate, 86% of them won't even know they caught it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-10-30 04:27 |
| #1 Oi vey, oi vey, oi vey. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 03:53 |