More below on Long COVID:

https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/long-covid

One in 20 people likely to suffer from ‘Long COVID’, but who are they?

The latest analysis of data from thousands of users...

Fool, you DISHONESTLY continue to ignore the threat of long COVID. How about a double lung transplant for starters.

covid lung transplant surgery
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By doing "harm to the body politic," this is an example of what I mean. Not only are they refusing the vaccine, but they are actively preventing others from getting it. Meanwhile, the crematoria...

Any discussion of COVID lethality that ignores the substantial risk of severe pos-COVID syndrome(s) is dishonest.

Looking at you M/M

Here is a link for for your convenience: post covid syndrome

I would have preferred the Moderna vaccine too, but at my age (80) I don't want to wait around. I'm in the danger zone for sure.

I scheduled it through OptumServe. I just checked their website...

I'm signed up to get the Pfitzer vaccine on February 10th

Although I will say that all the scare-mongering by the WACCO antivax wackos has given me a tiny bit of concern about becoming autistic

In most cases the virus is treatable, but a signifiant percentage of the "survivors" suffer extremely debilitating long-term effects (LongCOVID). I have yet to see one of the vaccine-scare-monger,...

I also quit listening to NPR many years ago. In this case, they were reporting the South Coast Air Quality Management District's press release (the link is in the part I quoted):
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People are scared and abandon truth-tellers quickly... Vanessa Beeley has more integrity in small finger - let alone her reporting - than most. She however was hosting articles by someone else et...

And, here we go!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-21/chance-of-dying-for-covid-19-hospitalized-patients-doubles-in-l-a-county

Percentage of hospitalized COVID-19 patients dying...

FYI, Pamela. I've also read that the mortality rate for severe COVID-19 has doubled because the glut of patients has stressed the health-care system to the breaking point.
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I'm not naming anyone, but there are several people on WACCO who are pushing Russian-style disinformation to the effect that the vaccines are more dangerous than the virus. You are doing active harm...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/briefing/donald-trump-pardon-phil-spector-coronavirus-deaths.html

Underselling the Vaccine

“We’re underselling the vaccine,” Dr. Aaron Richterman, an...

Population level study in The Lancet shows that mask wearing reduces the spread of the corona virus.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30293-4/fulltext
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Because pneumonia is a major co-infection along with COVID-19, getting vaccinated for pneumonia seems prudent. People 65 or older can get it done for free. There are two vaccines: Prevnar 13 and...

Since the new variant starting to take over, i have moved to wearing five-layer KN-95 masks when I'm in a store. They have a nice tight fit. I use the 3-layer masks when I'm out in the open.
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My dude, you shit our collective bed with your fire-hose of know-it-all conspiratorial nonsense. Basic curation must have taken Barry an hour a day. You won, good bye and good riddance.


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Happy trails Barry, fare thee well!

Iceland and other smallish island nations (Taiwan, New Zealand, Fiji and South Korea (with its hardened border to the north) have been the very effective in controlling the virus.

Extensive...

Long COVID is a well established fact. A significant percentage of COVID-19 patients have not not fully recovered after many months, many with severe crippling effects.

Some Nervous Nellies here...

Searching on GoodRx <https://www.goodrx.com/prevnar-13> <https: www.goodrx.com="" prevnar-13="">I was surprised to learn that the lowest cost for Prevnar 13 is $90.00 at Rite Aid, with a coupon....

I suspect that all types of masks are grouped together in this study, and that better quality masks will increase your odds from 15%. KN95 masks are available at Ace Hardware. I used one when I saw...

Two vaccines are available that protect against 36 common pneumococcal bacterial strains. If you are 65 or older, have asthma or certain conditions, you can get them (I have). My partner tried to...

For starters I googled James Corbett and got this:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Corbett

James Corbett is an Anarcho-capitalist/Anarcho-voluntarist YouTuber, conspiracy theorist, and an...

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at last we can agree: the further away you stay, the happier we'll all be.

To repeat what i posted awhile age, my three-layer fabric mask worked very well indeed to protect me from the smell of the sulfurous mists of Bumpass Hell in Lassen National Park. I think it will...

I'm semi-retired, so I get up when I want to. I would prefer to keep *summertime* year round. The daylight is most useful to me in the evening.

*Trumpies* is the diminutive form of *trumpers*, the collective noun for the lot of them. *Trumpette* is the preferred feminine form. The masculine form has yet to be decided, but *trumpian* is in...

Excess deaths is the critical number, currently above 300,000 for the year. This includes COVID cases as well as people who died because they could not get, or feared to get, treatment for other...

I just had an experience that showed me quite convincingly the efficacy that wearing a face mask provides in reducing contact with a liquid aerosol. Yesterday, I hiked out to Bumpass Hell, the...

More here on long-haulers

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Another-scary-thing-about-COVID-Survivors-15601758.php

Another scary thing about COVID: Survivors aren’t fully recovering
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Jude, you make it sound like you think this is a bad thing. Soft spot for the Rapist in Chief?

Jude, it's not the just death rate, it's the persistent morbidity in a substantial percentage of the survivors. Try checking out #Longhaulers on Twitter.

For example:
As Their Numbers Grow,...

Long article on Biosafety Level 4 labs. Potentially this is the stuff of *12 Monkeys*

https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/world/article/3101114/biosafety-laboratories/index.html

The...

More on post COVID morbidity. If we ever get to the 60% infection rate needed for *herd immunity* we will be a nation of invalids.

Also, see the #LongHaulers thread on Twitter for what many...

I did a search for the script of *Plandemic* and found this annotated scrip by "Mikhail Varshavski, DO, (better known on social media as "Doctor Mike") is a board-certified family medicine physician...

This is from the Daily Beast. Kennedy is in bed with some very ugly people.

If you're on Twitter and want to know more about Right-wing vigilantism in the US, you should follow Alexander Reid Ross...

A small, randomized study showed that vitamin D3 therapy (along with several other drugs) significantly reduced the severity of COVID-19. Calcifediol is a V D3 metabolite that is immediately...

The persistent morbidity after one is "cured" of COVID-19 is a serious problem.
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PSU football doctor: 30-35 percent of COVID-19-positive Big Ten athletes...

Another profoundly disturbing article by Umair Haque.

https://eand.co/we-dont-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying-26ff80912391

We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America...

Steroids Can Be Lifesaving for Covid-19 Patients, Scientists Report
New data in hand, the W.H.O. recommended that doctors give the drugs to critically ill patients worldwide.

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A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged

https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63...

I found this graphic that summarizes relative risk with/without masking in various settings.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/27/masks-guidelines-cdc-coronavirus/

Masks work. Now we need to pay attention to when and where, and which kind.

It’s not whether to wear face...

This is from the University of Illinois where did my MS and Phd studies:

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1795135071

Illinois rapid saliva test for COVID-19 now operating under FDA Emergency...

Here is a screen shot of the email from you that I received on 8/24 at 12:23 AM. You indeed sent it in ALL CAPS, and need to quit being so defensive and, I'll say it again, own your shit and get...

Islamic fundamentalists.

Two of the three wild strains of polio have now been eradicated world wide. Only Afghanistan and Pakistan remain infected, thanks largely to fanatics who murder health care workers. Certain...

Mark, I have genuine compassion for your financial circumstances, I do. It's rough getting old with few resources. I suggest you get knowledgeable advice on how to get financial aid. Perhaps there...

Fool, I was trolling you, and you took the bait. Your sense of humor is vestigial at best, and your inflated sense of self-importance is remarkable, what with all your challenges and demands (see...