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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. obgator

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    Ok, do you think viruses are real? A yes or no answer please. If you just give a yes or no answer with no digression, I’ll take a probiotic - pinkie swear.
     
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  2. QGator2414

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    I have never once said I thought they were not real. So not sure why you would ask this? But yes I think viruses are real.
     
  3. obgator

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    Thanks. I just wanted to see where you stand with respect to Dad on this. I’ll take the probiotic- in fact I have been taking one for ages now.
     
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  4. QGator2414

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    Even some/many pharmaceutical interventions are gross overreach.
     
  5. obgator

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  6. librarywestpatron2005

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    We got to get this thread up to 2020 pages.
    That would be the fitting time to retire it.
     
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  7. mdgator05

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    Yes, you have provided talking points from some website that also did not read the paper I linked.
     
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  8. mdgator05

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    Which still doesn't answer the question. You claimed it is toxins. What toxin (or toxins), in specific, cause anthrax (the first viral disease mentioned)? Is all of this a long way of just admitting you don't have an answer to the question. And hoping nobody else notices.
     
  9. duggers_dad

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    It’s not the Gotcha question you imagine. Bacteria are typically found in the presence of toxins. They’re like firefighters!
     
  10. duggers_dad

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    You ready to move on ? I’m not.
     
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  11. duggers_dad

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  12. mdgator05

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    Okay, so does the bacteria cause it or is it the toxins that do? Also, what toxins, specifically?
     
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  14. duggers_dad

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    There have obviously been “anthrax attacks” and people have died. I don’t know what caused the deaths. I do know that for over a century germ theorists have asserted that firefighters cause fires.
     
  15. duggers_dad

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    Conversely, “Hey, why aren’t you following the herd ? You must be going the wrong way!”
     
  16. gatorempire

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    Weirdly when they created antibiotics the diseases ended. But whose to say what caused the disease. o_O
     
  17. gatorempire

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    Imagine seeing pathogenic diseases eliminated by antibiotics and still thinking there's no clear association between the bacteria and the disease.

    That takes some monumental cognitive dissonance.
     
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  19. PITBOSS

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    yep. I can’t quite fathom how so many are antivax and anti science. There was a time vast majorities continued to think the world is flat.
    A big issue now is the internet. Many spend literally hours going down rabbit holes of blogs of random self proclaimed experts and reading sites like qanon.
     
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  20. duggers_dad

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    Antibiotics heal disease ? We know they can disrupt eliminative processes, also known as symptoms.