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Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorNorth, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. QGator2414

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    Yes we can reach a point when new infections are stable. And vaccines can assist in that but are not dependent upon.
     
  2. mdgator05

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    So when you say herd immunity, you think it means thousands of cases a day but having that as a steady state?

    BTW, the other way to reach herd immunity is to give the disease to a very high proportion of the population. Should we be trying to achieve that as a goal?
     
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  3. coleg

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  4. l_boy

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    On preventing the virus, that is not true. If you have been freshly boosted you will get a boost against catching the disease. It is nowhere near 100% but it is substantial. Yes it does wear down pretty quickly in a matter of months but immunity against severe disease lasts longer.

    As to masks on the plane I wore a KN-95.
     
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  5. buckeyegator

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    what part of contracting almost as much is misunderstood?sorry if facts cloud your perception that the vaccines are wonder drugs, just goes to show not all of them are equal to the hype they were given, people fully vaxed still get covid whether you believe it or not, the vaccines are not all that great.
     
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  6. coleg

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    Still don't understand? I'll simplify. If all but two people were vaxed, and someone vaxed got covid..... does that prove the vax makes you have covid? Does it prove that the vax is a failure? Or does it show that only one person in that time period got covid because the rest were vaxed and so the infections were way down?
     
  7. duchen

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    That was what the Great Barrington Declaration pushed
     
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  8. chemgator

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    Looks like we have a new variant! Finally! This one is more contagious than Omicron, if you can believe that. It is running rampant in upstate New York and Europe.

    New, highly transmissible forms of omicron may pose latest covid threat

     
  9. buckeyegator

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  10. vaxcardinal

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    so booster #5 is needed now?
     
  11. BigCypressGator1981

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    Sorry you took a vaccine that’s waning in efficacy?
     
  12. BigCypressGator1981

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    Unless it becomes more deadly it won’t matter. This thing has been weak sauce since omicron.
     
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  13. flgator2

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    I agree, no reason for these, there not even vaccines.
     
  14. BigCypressGator1981

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    I agree there isn’t much reason any more unless you’re at extremely high risk due to some sort of immunodeficiency. But let’s not pretend that these shots didn’t save millions of lives before this virus started to wimp out.
     
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  15. Gatorrick22

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  16. AzCatFan

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    And again, another lie easily debunked. The study was directly injecting liver cells in petri dishes. Things that don't happen when an actual human is injected with the vaccine. And here is the statement from the researchers.

    Based on this study, is there any reason to not get vaccinated?

    MR: There is no reason for anyone to change their decision to take the vaccine based on this study.
     
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  17. coleg

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    When the "Epoch Times" is quoted as a source... the argument is no longer in question. Do better. LOL
     
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  18. BigCypressGator1981

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  19. l_boy

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    Wait, what? The vaccine is still effective at reducing the probability of severe disease.