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...

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...

You have the right to be a fool but not when interferes with someone getting a vaccine they want.
...

that's the problem with link-citing as a key part of interweb discussions.
There really should be more discussion of why a link is credible before using them to back up an argument.

Different...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PzmRfxvz0
The Lincoln Project, Jan 12, 2021

Mike Pence for President

As Vice President, Mike Pence has proven that even in the face of a constitutional crisis...

OK, looking back at our COVID section, I agree we went overboard. There is obviously a way to responsibly discuss each one of these bulleted topics. What I was trying to get at was ‘Don’t be a...

A really interesting conversation is taking shape on Townsy Cafe about what will be allowed on the discussion boards and what won't be. Please add your comments ... they are important to me and I am...

I agree with you, up to a point.

Freedom of speach is central. But a manager can require rules about, not the what-about, but the how. It should be responsive and interesting and intelligent.
...

Here on WaccoBB, I have been adamant that


The COVID-19 pandemic is real and deadly dangerous;

Wearing masks and maintaining physical distance from others can reduce the spread of the...

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):
...

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.
...

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines DO NOT HACK YOUR CELLS DNA!!! Contrary to assertions, it won’t turn you or anyone else into a GMO. mRNA stays in the cytoplasm, where the ribosomes are. It does not...

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...

Yes, your link went to "Oops! This page can't be found."
I did, however, find this:
'Conspiracy Theorist' Vanessa Beeley Faces Backlash As Universities Cancel Her 'Journalism' Talks | HuffPost UK...

Got links from reputable sources? Thanks.

Still no ill effects from my first Moderna vax on Jan 20, 2021---just glad to be on deck for the next one---toward AFTER COVID--
the new A.C.

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...

To date the Astrazeneca vaccine is only 70% effective against Covid-19, as published in the Lancet.
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine efficacy - The Lancet
Covid-19 vaccine: Latest updates on...

PamelaL, do you have any further info on this US vaccine, like the name and/or the release date? Thanks.

Thanks for providing this information, Caromia.
My understanding is that the COVID vaccines are a complete departure from all previous vaccines: m-RNA vaccines. Do you have a list of their...

still nothing but the injection site prick tenderness second day aft my first moderna covid vax---I was informed that the true effect isn't on until 2 weeks after the 2nd vax---like the shingles vax....

Yes, there may be some risks to the vaccines - any vaccine. But for me the risks of COVID by far outweigh the risks of the vaccine.

The crises facing America can be best understood using a psychological model, rather than a political or historical model. The psychological model encourages us to look at the phenomenon of...

As soon as the vaccine became available for our age group, my wife and I made appointments to get it. After waiting on the phone for hours because of the high demand, we made the earliest available...

Here's the article that Jacob posted a link to :waccosun:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif
Underselling the Vaccine
And what else you need to know today.

By David...

The informational picket of a filling station mentioned in "Help end Iditarod!" has been cancelled, because so many people have contacted Exxon/Mobil that the company has withdrawn its sponsorship of...

To you and the previous poster who first shared the story:
Please tell us more about the "Ron Paul Foundation for Peace and Prosperity." Seems like a contradiction in terms, to me.

My sense is that the excitement, at least in part, is related to wanting life to return to some semblance of normal - no masks, social distancing, shuttered businesses... This year - possibly very...

The Hill We Climb
by Amanda Gorman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4YuEvJ3y4Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Madam Vice President, Mr. Emhoff, Americans and the world, when day comes, we ask...

Andrew Wilner, MD wrote me about joy, relief as his unexpected COVID-19 vaccine side effect.

https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/01/an-unexpected-covid-19-vaccine-side-effect.html

Transformation...

I know where you are coming from. I'm not all of one mind on this vaccine or other vaccines or most things for that matter. I generally don't get vaccines. I read all the antivax stuff. Like many I...

Oh so many diffirent and difficult reactions to this vaccine. I was excited to sign up for it but now not so sure. I'm 76soon and guess I wwill be able to get it soon if I want it. Darn. Lilith

Of the 5 people I know who have had first dose. No issues. If I didn't see which arm they shot it in I wouldn't be able to tell you. No pain nothing. My wife says her arm is a little sore but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQ2hX_noNw
Now This News, Jan 16, 2021

The Biggest Lies of Trump’s Presidency

Trump told more than 30,000 lies while in office — these were some of the biggest.

This sad story was first reported on syracuse.com. If you go to that source article you see that Mark misrrepresented it.

The positive cases started at this nursing home the day before the...

I apologize for misrepresenting your position on masks. I should have paid closer attention.

Zeno

Thank you so much for your service to our community, Michael! I so appreciate how how you took up this task on your own, and consistently posted, day in and day out, to keep us informed! :waccosun:

January 14

309 New Cases in Sonoma County. Follow Cases in your zip code here. https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...page/page_30/w

7 Sonoma County Residents Deaths were attributed to Covid-19...

Many thanks to you, GRU. I have appreciated and will miss the content and the constancy of your posts.
In addition to your safety and sanity, I wish you continued good health, good friends,...

What we know about potential armed protests ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration
Eric Levenson and Jon Passantino, CNN, Fri January 15, 2021

(CNN) Washington, DC, and states across the country are...

You pushed (the boundaries of respectful and factual communication) too hard. And yet, I haven't banned you. (But there's still time!)

I guess you are right... I am a failed fascist!
:duel:

Townsy Sebastopol appears to be connected to Facebook.
You become the product.

I agree. I find Next-door useless for any read discussion. Too many lost cats and a strange man in my neighborhood or did you hear that loud bang on so and so road. As far as privacy issues...

Yes Mark, you wrote on 1/10, "The "opting-out" is a Statement of Resistance to the Totalitarian Plan of the Globalist Billionaires," and urge me to look into this.

In fact, I am quite familiar...

I didn't take Pamela's post negatively. More information is good. Some of the info is on the counties website some isn't There is info about underlying conditions by age here...

oh, I didn't know you knew me and my guys so well too! plus, that's a hell of a rolodex you've got

Barry, thanks for providing a forum for this entertaining mix of opinions. I've enjoyed it and...

Like I said, Pamela, I think your reply should be “Thank you”.

What nerve you have! Michael has volunteered his time and energy reporting daily case statistics for Sonoma County since April 1. He has earned our thanks for providing this valuable service, and he...