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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. AzCatFan

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    No efficacy information? What do you call the three trial phases the vaccine went through? These are the same trial phases all new drugs go through in order to gain approval from the FDA and CDC. Then there was the emergency use phase, where millions of Americans got vaccinated. And now, plenty of data now years old on the efficacy of the vaccine from around the world with 5.5 billion jabs world-wide. And the data? The vaccine saves lives, and very low risk of side effects, and there is no correlation at all between the vaccine and excess deaths in any country on the planet.

    Every drug was experimental and without long term efficacy rates at one point. If everyone waited for long term results, how many more would have died from polio? I could at least understand waiting until full approval and not wanting to get jabbed under the Emergency Authorization. There was some logic there. But now, there is no data that supports not getting jabbed for all 12 and older.
     
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  2. duggers_dad

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    Polio was never eradicated. Certainly not by vaccines (which may have been a notable cause of paralysis) and exists today, albeit under multiple names, one being GBS. A former teammate got GBS from a flu vaccine. An FB friend got GMS from her first Moderna injection. Refresh: no viruses, only potentially harmful false solutions ranging from lockdowns to vaccines.
     
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  3. duggers_dad

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    Add Covid …

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  4. gator95

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    Can someone answer why our CDC Director is lying to Congress? Don't want any partisan BS. Just answer why she would lie.

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  6. g8trjax

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    Fauci and walenski can lie their asses off when they know there will be zero consequenses, other than the obligitory sternly written letter.
     
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  7. duggers_dad

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  9. AzCatFan

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    Technically, Cochrane didn't retract the study. But Cochrane also put out a statement stating:

    Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that 'masks don't work', which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation. [emphasis added]

    It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses, and that the results were inconclusive. Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask-wearing itself reduces people's risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses.

    The review authors are clear on the limitations in the abstract: 'The high risk of bias in the trials, variation in outcome measurement, and relatively low adherence with the interventions during the studies hampers drawing firm conclusions.' Adherence in this context refers to the number of people who actually wore the provided masks when encouraged to do so as part of the intervention. For example, in the most heavily-weighted trial of interventions to promote community mask wearing, 42.3% of people in the intervention arm wore masks compared to 13.3% of those in the control arm.

    The original Plain Language Summary for this review stated that 'We are uncertain whether wearing masks or N95/P2 respirators helps to slow the spread of respiratory viruses based on the studies we assessed.' This wording was open to misinterpretation, for which we apologize. While scientific evidence is never immune to misinterpretation, we take responsibility for not making the wording clearer from the outset. We are engaging with the review authors with the aim of updating the Plain Language Summary and abstract to make clear that the review looked at whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses.
    Walensky's point that the Cochrane study didn't prove masks do not work is true. Re-read the bolded portion of the statement quote again, direct from Cochrane. Walensky should have chosen her words more wisely and not used retract.
     
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  10. duggers_dad

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    Masks unquestionably work.

    As face-mounted obedience signifiers.
     
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  11. duggers_dad

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    Too Big to Jail
     
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    Completely accurate I would argue …

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  14. QGator2414

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    Want to start a new thread with this one. But this who have been so wrong would cry to have it moved…

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  15. duggers_dad

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    The logical implications of germ theory …

    It's like somebody tried to kill us, but he failed, but he is still out there and trying to kill us. It's not possible to just relax, otherwise its just a matter of time before he will find us and kill us. You can even move to another state and change your name and grow a beard, but he will find you and kill you.
     
  16. BigCypressGator1981

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    Way to provide nothing.
     
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  17. duggers_dad

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    Fear is a known death accelerator. Ironically, this reminder from one of the two men who claimed to have isolated the HIV virus (and later pretty much recanted) …

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  18. duggers_dad

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    The healthcare industry looks at you and sees $$$

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  19. flgator2

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    Arcturus COVID strain invades Florida slowly (gainesville.com)

    As COVID-positive patients continue leaving Florida’s hospitals, the latest viral variant thought to cause pink eye has been spreading in the state. Meanwhile, state health officials have yet to resume weekly reporting of case and death data to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s the latest:

    A dozen cases of arcturus, a coronavirus strain that appears to be linked to pink eye infections, have been found in Florida so far. Online "variant hunters" named it after the brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the Daily Mail. The word means "Guardian of the Bear."

    The international COVID initiative GISAID has collected 12 cases of arcturus, an offshoot of the virus’ omicron variant. Officially labeled XBB.1.16, it comprises an estimated 4% to 15% of cases in the southeast United States, the CDC reports.


    Although some reports say it causes pink eye, scientists have yet to confirm the strain causes conjunctivitis. The first arcturus case in Florida that GISAID collected was confirmed Feb. 15. The database does not show which city or county it was in.


    Lol, everybody better run for the next rounds of jabs and mask up
     
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  20. duggers_dad

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    Ah-choo-us may be the deadliest variant yet.