I always say the brain constructs a self. It's doing it right now. But it's a construct created by your brain.
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*** Official Corona Virus Thread ***
- Thread starter Planet_Erff
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At this point I'm taking no chances:
My double-jabbed mRNA vaxxed first cousin and his wife just contracted COVID.
My double-jabbed mRNA vaxxed first cousin and his wife just contracted COVID.
Yup, I'm in a very different place than this time last year. wife has multiple vaxxed md colleagues who have caught Covid multiple times since then - I'm confident there is some protection in the vax, but not enough to relax against this variant, or the next one, or the one after that. I've been to urgent care twice already this summer for other stuff but that was more enough to remind me how much it sucks to be sick/hurt/down....now my kid is going on 9 days in the 6th circle of Covid hell, too weak to crawl from her bedroom to her kitchen. Fvck this sh!t, I am not giving this virus 10 minutes of my good health if I can possibly avoid it.
the vax rate in my area is about 53% and my local ICU is full. I'm back to masks in stores and tight places, and I just ordered N95's - IDGAF, whatever it takes.
this means war, m8
The vaxxs are still in testing phase, be super careful out there folks. Especially those in super populated areas.
like NYC? one of the highest vax rates, highest population densities, and lowest infection rates in the country. Long Beach, a VERY densely populated beach town full of crowded bars and beaches, has a positivity rate of .31%, lower than Nassau County (3%) and lower than NYS as a whole (3%as well) I don't disagree that vaccines aren't the end all be all, but in places with high vax rates, case counts and hospitalizations are extremely low
My experience with pharmaceuticals is that mfrs overpromise benefits and under-report drawbacks:
Eric Topol Discusses Covid Vaccines Not Meeting Expectations, Breakthrough Cases Sicker | naked capitalism
The data on US Covid cases and deaths are bad enough that members of the science establishment like Eric Topol are questioning the vaccines
Moving the Covid Vaccine Goalposts | naked capitalism
The Covid propagation and vaccine news is not pointing to happy outcomes.
An Internal Medicine Doctor and His Peers Read the Pfizer Vaccine Study and See Red Flags [Updated] | naked capitalism
The Pfizer vaccine study, hot off the presses in the New England Journal of Medicine, features troubling omissions and apparent obfuscation.
The CDC's VAERS and Vaccine Complications: The System is Broken | naked capitalism
The CDC has been visibly remiss in gathering and updating Covid data in VAERS, and that typifies its pandemic mismanagement.
Looks like infections are up in NY. Do you have hospital census data for these counties?
Tracking the Spread of the Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States
What you need to know about the spreading of Covid-19 in the United States
www.bloomberg.com
just what I read in an online article yesterday in a local Long Island paper. Nassau is up a little bit, but it was more interesting to me that a MUCH more densely populated place like Long Beach was so low, especially given this is a party town in the summer, with 73 bars in a 4 square mile area
Delta is more infectious but about 1/28th as deadly. There are probably a lot of people - vaccinated and unvaccinated - spreading it without knowing it or ending up the hospital. Your odds of ending up in the hospital are lower with the vaccine.
Since we all do anecdotal all day. I have vaccine , friend doesn’t . He got COVID I was hanging out with him adn 2 other friends who are vaccinated . None of us ”sheep” who have been jabbed got sick.
my friend can’t taste or smell . Glad I got jabbed
my friend can’t taste or smell . Glad I got jabbed
one of my moms friends got covid almost an entire year ago and she hasn't been able to taste or smell anything since.
she was already a slender woman and it's been difficult for her to maintain a healthy body weight since she takes no pleasure in eating food now.
apparently most people regain smell/taste within a year but for some people it can be permanent.
Bruce Patterson wrote a paper on the mechanism of COVID long haul and discussed it on Dr. Been's podcast. Worth looking into. Seems like the treatment would have very low side-effects and - at worst - do nothing.
Clowns running the show
Exhibit A:
Starting Sept. 1, all city employees will be required to be fully vaccinated if they work inside or be double-masked.
philadelphia.cbslocal.com
Exhibit B:
“COVID-19 could be eradicated if we had mass vaccinations across the country and across the world,” O’Farrell said before noting the United States’ history eradicating smallpox and mostly eradicating polio through vaccinations. <<<<HOW FUCKING DUMB IS THIS GUY?
deadline.com
Exhibit A:
Starting Sept. 1, all city employees will be required to be fully vaccinated if they work inside or be double-masked.
COVID In Philadelphia: New Indoor Mask Mandate Among New Restrictions Issued To Combat Rising Cases
Philadelphia is taking big steps to get the coronavirus pandemic under control once and for all.
philadelphia.cbslocal.com
Exhibit B:
“COVID-19 could be eradicated if we had mass vaccinations across the country and across the world,” O’Farrell said before noting the United States’ history eradicating smallpox and mostly eradicating polio through vaccinations. <<<<HOW FUCKING DUMB IS THIS GUY?
Los Angeles City Council Votes 13-0 To Create Vaccination Requirement For Indoor Public Spaces Such As Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Concert Venues
Los Angeles City Council Votes 13-0 To Create Vaccination Requirement For Indoor Public Spaces: Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Concert Venues
deadline.com
New policy at my hospital:
No entry without proof of vaccination...
That's right folks!
You cannot enter without proof you had a vaccine allowing you to catch and transmit a virus!
Clowntown!
No entry without proof of vaccination...
That's right folks!
You cannot enter without proof you had a vaccine allowing you to catch and transmit a virus!
Clowntown!
IMO comparing hoarding of toilet paper to N95s is a false equivalence. TP you can buy literally anywhere, but most N95s are supplied B2B by major work safety companies (Fastenal, Uline, Northern Safety, etc) that most people have no idea about. A simple phone call to the top brass at those companies asking them to NOT sell to consumers, who are probably less than a single digit percentage of their sales, and to prioritize hospitals would've probably been sufficient. Even Amazon was proactive with that.
Urbanites want this. They also elect these people. I stopped to get gas in LA County on Sunday and it was like being on another planet.Clowns running the show
Exhibit A:
Starting Sept. 1, all city employees will be required to be fully vaccinated if they work inside or be double-masked.
COVID In Philadelphia: New Indoor Mask Mandate Among New Restrictions Issued To Combat Rising Cases
Philadelphia is taking big steps to get the coronavirus pandemic under control once and for all.
Exhibit B:
“COVID-19 could be eradicated if we had mass vaccinations across the country and across the world,” O’Farrell said before noting the United States’ history eradicating smallpox and mostly eradicating polio through vaccinations. <<<<HOW FUCKING DUMB IS THIS GUY?
Los Angeles City Council Votes 13-0 To Create Vaccination Requirement For Indoor Public Spaces Such As Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Concert Venues
Los Angeles City Council Votes 13-0 To Create Vaccination Requirement For Indoor Public Spaces: Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Concert Venues
After my exposure I went to the walk up testing at a local hospital. Walk up to registration.
"Do you have an appointment?"
me- no I am a walkin, I was exposed to someone with covid
"what? oh you cant be here, this is appointment only"
me - the sign right there says "Walk ins"?
"you need to go to emergency room where we test people with symptoms!"
me - I have no symptoms. I am vaccinated andjsut trying to be responsible
She freaked out and made me leave. I think hospital staff are overworked and over it!!
Seems like all these new, conflicting policies are just going to encourage more people to quit primary care. I'm hearing there's been a hemorrhage of those willing to work in primary care.
Our health care system is bad, but it can always get worse.