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2020-10-01 Britain

The idea of controlling this virus is a myth – all governments are doing is lowering our quality of life

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Major Torah leaders: Keep coronavirus directives on Sukkot

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-01 02:04|| 2020-10-01 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 My hogs and chickens don't care what they say.

Posted by crazyhorse 2020-10-01 04:21|| 2020-10-01 04:21|| Front Page Top

#3 In the end, all they have to offer is compulsion - force, and that for an ever changing playing field inhabited by a broad spectrum of ideas. At this point I am afraid they are enjoying it a little too much, and way too much for the results they have gotten.

Posted by Cesare 2020-10-01 08:05|| 2020-10-01 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed - and hence clamorous to be led to safety - by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

H.L. Mencken

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-10-01 08:19|| 2020-10-01 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Face Masks Are The Mob's "Dumbo's Feather"

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-10-01 08:21|| 2020-10-01 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 NYC subway 'is SAFE': Transit researchers say coronavirus is unlikely to spread on trains and buses because 'people take short rides, wear masks and don't talk'

Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-01 08:40|| 2020-10-01 08:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Crowds of Orthodox Jewish people are filmed gathering in NYC's Borough Park where COVID-19 cases spiked the same day the city reported a 3.25% infection rate

Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-01 08:46|| 2020-10-01 08:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Are the Covid crackdowns working? New hope Britain could avoid new national lockdown as study shows R rate is FALLING after local restrictions came in - but reveals 1 in 200 people now have virus and it is spreading more among young people

Posted by Skidmark 2020-10-01 08:55|| 2020-10-01 08:55|| Front Page Top

#9 More truth to #4 than fiction.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-10-01 09:02|| 2020-10-01 09:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Math. Show your work: is that the IFR or the CFR? How did you arrive at the % figure used? What is the demographic breakdown of your data?

ALL of those have massive implications in the formulation of public policy. If, as usual, they are only going by the reported cases, then they are likely off by a factor of 10x or more. If you do not stratify risk by age, then you are likely hiding the fact that nearly all fatalities are in the older age brackets, with comorbidities. And if you are not reporting fatalities against the general population, then you are inflating risk, and simply spreading fear.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-01 14:57|| 2020-10-01 14:57|| Front Page Top

#11 The quality of life for the elites increases as the quality of life of middle and lower class decreases.

Now they can go to the Kentucky Derby without all those, ugh, plebes making noise. They get on the short list of spiffy vacation destinations which are now no longer crowded.

Imagine your social status value increase if you were able to get a ticket to an exclusive event which only 1/4 the number of invites will be sent compared to last year.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-01 17:39|| 2020-10-01 17:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Lot of truth in #5 IMHO.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-10-01 17:42|| 2020-10-01 17:42|| Front Page Top

#13 I measure my social status by how much beer's in the 'fridge.

Posted by Raj 2020-10-01 18:45|| 2020-10-01 18:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Re #3: It is my belief that the governors and health commissioners are having too much fun to ever let the lockdowns end.
My fear is that my 2 year old granddaughter will be forced to wear a mask to her high school graduation.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-10-01 19:07|| 2020-10-01 19:07|| Front Page Top

#15 Flu shot contains SarsCov since 2013, which will show up as a positive on a COVID PCR test.

Posted by Iblis 2020-10-01 19:23|| 2020-10-01 19:23|| Front Page Top

#16 #15, thats a lie. Its misinformation that has been making its way around the internet.

Make an informed choice, but make it based on facts, not bullshit.

There are specific formulations, killed virus, vs attenuated (weakened) virus, versus recombinant DNA (which produce synthesized parts of the protein sequence, and have no direct viral components at all in them). But NONE have any of the SARS or COVID19 virus in them.

The nasal inhaled one is the one with live, attenuated viruses.

Typical quadrivalent one has 4 viruses it works against.

New this year:

the next two are High Strength typically for the elderly or those with less responsive immune systems.

Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent: this is active against the 4 viruses mentioned, but in a higher dose to more strongly stimulate the immune system.

Fluad Quadrivalent: contains the 4 above, plus an adjuvant, a natural compound that can be made from vegetable oils or, more commonly, shark liver oil, to elicit a stronger immune response.

If you have egg allergies, one of these next two are what they will give you. If you don't want any parts that were originally in the virus, ask for Flublok.

Flucelvax: cell-based cultures made without eggs, using instead cells from mammals. safe for anyone with egg allergies. have been found in some independent studies to be 10 to 30% more effective.

Flubok Recombinant, the one recombinant vaccine that is FDA approved for the 2020-2021 season is completely egg-free vaccine for those with egg allergies.

The following is whats in the vaccine. What the vaccines contain:

Flu innoculant (either synthesized proteins, or pieces of dead virus, or attenuated live virus, depending on which vaccine you choose)

A(H1N1)pdm09 : Type A flu, from the avian Pandemic 09 version, killed virus protiens.

A(H3N2) : Type A Flu, a variant of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu, seen with the 09, and also seen in 2012.

B/Yamagata : Flu type B, seen widely last year, and seen this year in the early season in Australia.

B/Victoria : Flu Type B - pdated from B/Colorado/06/2017 strain

Note: No SARS-CoV or SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19)

Other stuff:

Saline solution.

Most of them: egg proteins (wits what they replicate the virus in before its killed (or attenuated). The synthesized one does not have these.

Thimerosal: usually only found in multi-dose vials and vials that need to be preserved for longer durations, such as 3rd world usage. Generally not found in US vaccines.

Antibiotics: preservatives to prevent contamination.

Formaldehyde: trace or remnant amounts from the process used to kill the virus. At a level lower than already naturally occurs in your body.

Sugar or gelatin: preservative effects.

Aluminum Salts: boosts the reaction of the immune system. Not in all formulations. Not in large amounts.

THIS IS NOT IN THE VACCINE BUT ITS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

ANTIVIRALS: if you get the flu anyway (or elected not to get the vaccine and get the flu):

Several antivirals can shorten the duration and reduce the severity as long as you can get the drug (and diagnosis) within 48 hours of onset of symptoms. Tamiflu is the usual one, but there are several new ones this year.

And there you have it.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-01 22:27|| 2020-10-01 22:27|| Front Page Top

#17 Thank you, Theager Borgia1057.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-10-01 23:59|| 2020-10-01 23:59|| Front Page Top

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