Pandemic 2020

Dank Bongula said:

I tend to agree with that. Someone saying the govt has run out of money for vaccines sounds a bit more like fear porn.

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Well it's a broad comment. I tend to rant and ramble when people talk about government debt. The only thing the US can do to really fuck themselves is miss a bond payment/not raise the debt ceiling. Beyond that we have a pretty sweet spot within the global economy and can do quite a bit other countries cannot due to our status as the reserve currency.

That brinksmanship we get into every six months or whatever is stupid and self destructive.

Turns out that a small pox vaccine protects against monkey pox so I'm safe, good luck lol.

The US government just bought 13 million doses of small pox vaccine.

captainmorgan said:

The US government just bought 13 million doses of small pox vaccine.

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One can never be too careful.

Sweden reports first monkey pox case. I think this is only the beginning and it is tied to covid. I believe that covid damages the immune system and opens humans up to infections from other viruses,bacteria,funguses,cancer and so on.

When I worked for that lame Medical Courier company here in Colorado, I received every vaccine known to man July 2019 + boosters. I'm good and will donate my set to a Canadian in need.

Undisclosed European country orders smallpox vaccine in response to growing outbreak of monkeypox, Danish drugmaker says

Covid is now a per-existing condition, if you try to change health insurance or add life insurance or disability insurance they ask if you have had covid now and are declining you, they are probably doing blood tests to check if you have had it.

Italy reports first confirmed case of monkeypox

On Monday the teacher next door to my wife room developed COVID & had to go into isolation & went home to quarantine for 2 weeks.
Tuesday 50% of her students transferred to my wife's classroom to continue with their education.
Today, Thursday, my wife woke up with a sore throat, runny nose & a slight fever.
This afternoon she will be tested.
This is not good.
I'm so fucking sick of this shit I feel like crying
I think I might because that seems to be the only logical thing to do now, nothing else (I tried whiskey & that didn't work) has helped my emotional state.
I'm just so fucking tired.
Say a prayer for her
It couldn't hurt

captainmorgan said:

Covid is now a per-existing condition, if you try to change health insurance or add life insurance or disability insurance they ask if you have had covid now and are declining you, they are probably doing blood tests to check if you have had it.

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How would they know? Antibodies are antibodies..no? Besides it's against the law. There is no pre-existing component for health insurance.

schuylaar said:

How would they know? Antibodies are antibodies..no? Besides it's against the law. There is no pre-existing component for health insurance.

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If the republicans gain power it will be, the first thing they do will be to fuck their base, because they are con artists and will be bought off by the insurance companies. I figure with their antivaxxer core, the republicans will continue to get hammered by covid and long covid, an expensive proposition!

If a new strain of covid turns more lethal and we come up with better vaccines that Biden pushes, who will refuse them and won't wear masks? Freedumb! So if they lose 10% of their voters, the more red the more dead, where does that leave them in a tight race? They will have to lie, steal and cheat extra special hard to cling to power. With all the other shit that's happened and the insurrection, I'm shocked they are even registering in the polls, much less leading them. However they did vote for Trump, so anything goes, massive corruption, insurrection, sedition and treason are not an issue for their voters, they have a "greater cause".

DIY-HP-LED said:

If the republicans gain power it will be, the first thing they do will be to fuck their base, because they are con artists and will be bought off by the insurance companies. I figure with their antivaxxer core, the republicans will continue to get hammered by covid and long covid, an expensive proposition!

If a new strain of covid turns more lethal and we come up with better vaccines that Biden pushes, who will refuse them and won't wear masks? Freedumb! So if they lose 10% of their voters, the more red the more dead, where does that leave them in a tight race? They will have to lie, steal and cheat extra special hard to cling to power. With all the other shit that's happened and the insurrection, I'm shocked they are even registering in the polls, much less leading them. However they did vote for Trump, so anything goes, massive corruption, insurrection, sedition and treason are not an issue for their voters, they have a "greater cause".

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Well then short of casting my Midterm vote? It really is so insulting to hear the solution from Congress is to contact your Congressman.

schuylaar said:

Well then short of casting my Midterm vote? It really is so insulting to hear the solution from Congress is to contact your Congressman.

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You can do much more than vote, it depends on your personal resources in terms of personal qualities and cash. At a minimum you can work a phone bank for a democratic candidate, even in another district, if yours is in the bag. Primaries are the best place to influence policy and the fight between right and left will be fought out there, as patriots of all stripes become democrats. Middle of the road, responsible government is the way forward and avoid reactionary forces. Society's only change so fast and somethings simply need to die with the people carrying them in their heads. Make the important changes to protect democracy first and gain some control over social division and disinformation for profit. These people not only profit from promoting social tribalism, they create it out of thin air and amplify it endlessly.

captainmorgan said:

Italy reports first confirmed case of monkeypox

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I'm not usually the crazy off the wall guy. But. . . . . . . . has there been cases showing up in countries not helping Ukraine in the war?

DIY-HP-LED said:

You can do much more than vote, it depends on your personal resources in terms of personal qualities and cash. At a minimum you can work a phone bank for a democratic candidate, even in another district, if yours is in the bag. Primaries are the best place to influence policy and the fight between right and left will be fought out there, as patriots of all stripes become democrats. Middle of the road, responsible government is the way forward and avoid reactionary forces. Society's only change so fast and somethings simply need to die with the people carrying them in their heads. Make the important changes to protect democracy first and gain some control over social division and disinformation for profit. These people not only profit from promoting social tribalism, they create it out of thin air and amplify it endlessly.

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I just told the Asian Lyft guy Trump wants to take his SS..he brought it up that he can't wait..he's 57..the right wants to take it away or negotiate every five years..encourage everyone in your family to vote..he just moved from Orange County..he can't afford any longer.

I'm like software that runs in the background and accomplish way more than phone bank shit by talking eye to eye.

Thank you for the suggestion though.

The second part of this article is why I sought out/picked the J&J over the mrna options last year. I read similar predictions that have now become fact, back in summer 2021. I got my 1st dose in September 2021 then a second in December 2021. No more boosters for me.

“Barouch told CNN that he “wasn’t surprised at all” to see that the durability of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine appears to be last longer than that of the mRNA vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna – based on the incidence of breakthrough infections.
The mRNA vaccine technology has been shown to quickly elicit a potent and robust immune response after vaccination, but that can wane over time. Johnson & Johnson’s virus-vector platform may not spark as powerful of an immune response in the short term, but it is known to have strong durability.
“Over time, the efficacy of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines goes down, the efficacy of the J&J vaccines remains stable, and so it is exactly as you would predict: that they will converge and they will then cross,” Barouch said.
The J&J vaccine also might have “a particular edge,” he said.
“The immune system is actually made of two arms: the antibodies side and the T cells. And the type of T cells that are critical for prevention of serious illness are called CD8 T cells,” Barouch said. “The J&J vaccine raises better CD8 T cells than the Pfizer and other mRNA vaccines, so the J&J vaccine might have a particular edge for variants like Omicron that largely escaped from antibody responses.”

I had two Pfizer with a J&J booster, study showed the combo offered the best protection.

Covid cases dropped below 1000 for one day in NL, back at 1400 today. It’s been pretty steady in terms of infections for 3 weeks, ~1200 daily average.

Waste water measurements confirms it’s been steady but not gone. 0-4 daily deaths and ICU admissions, only 26 covid patients on ICU atm (1250 beds max). Only masks I’ve seen lately was across the border in Germany, where about half still wears a mask. No sign of covid left here, barely any mention of long covid, yet everyone assumes at best it takes till Sep for the next major wave and again the government will not be fully prepared.

Covid emergency laws ended last week, government can no longer impose lockdowns or other measures at least till a majority agrees and the whole circus restarts. It’ll be hard to roll that back quickly given certain demographics that have been publicized…

It’s festival season, lots of major festivals coming up with tens of thousands of visitors. Ones that were postponed for 2 years, all sold out. Many outdoors, but also many indoors. The only thing that can stand in the way of a summer of love now is a sexually transmitted disease from monkeys.


The good news is the cases in UK are “milder than the more severe strain”