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In this case it sends me high and to the right when someone makes a statement of.... Your Rights end where mine begin, so you must do something against your will to make me feel safe. Even Thomas Sowell says "usually" not always so there's a chance. Of course my old SGM used to say "Chance? There's a CHANCE I might shit a gold brick, but I don't think it's going to happen." Sent from my SM-A730F using Tapatalk
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What have you done to get chicken pox under control? It too has a less than 1% chance of causing death and is extremely transmissible...... I've also included a handy definition for you below. As for what you think about me... My give a shit meter doesn't even register a wiggle. Sent from my SM-A730F using Tapatalk
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"When the Team Chief said.... You're trapped in a hole with nothing but a goat and a slinky, what do you do? Stubby said, I'm not sure but it won't end well for the goat...." ~(Overheard) Last day, Phase 3, Q Course |
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As far as chicken pox--you asked a question and I will give you a direct answer. I had it when I was young. Since then it has become a mandate prior to starting school there. if one has had Chicken Pox a vaccination is not necessary. In the case of COVID it is recommended by the CDC and WHO to be vaccinated including the booster stating natural immunity is not sufficient protection. FYI, yesterday Trump asked his followers to get vaccinated including the booster shot. Biden will be speaking today about further efforts by the federal government to control the virus. As I have said, this is not about you, me or anyone else. This is not a competition about who is right or wrong. It is about what information is accurate. We are discussing what should we do as individuals, as part of a country that has a health crisis and what is factual information. I have absolutely nothing against you. My comment that I hope you win the bet against COVID was very sincere. You didn't answer my question about Harvard. why do you keep doing so? I am sure you can make your point without insults.
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The Omicron mutation/variant is an example of some of our discussion. It is much more contagious and therefore affects more of those fully vaccinated and obviously a far greater increase of those not vaccinated.
Studies in New York and Seattle show the unvaccinated are many many more times likely to be affected. While the early returns suggest Omicron is not as severe and will result in less deaths per infection, the much larger number of infections may result in a high number of deaths even if it is a lower percentage of total cases. Regardless, the current level of infection is increasing the number of businesses, schools etc. that feel it is necessary to close and/or require more stringent protective measures because of Omicron. We are headed away from things becoming normal. This new mutation is infecting a greater number of children than Delta. Unfortunately, children infected seem to have more permanent issues than adults after recovery. Because the vaccines are less effective preventing Omicron infection, fully vaccinated is now the two shots and the booster. At least one country is developing a fourth shot. With the huge number of Omicron cases around the world we can expect other mutations will soon appear. And the Delta variant is still around to add to the complexity. As a sidebar. The percent of Democrats that have been vaccinated is far greater than that of Republicans. How can one justify politics are more important than individual and public health? Or, that of ones children that have no say in the decision? This didn't have to happen. All that was necessary was to get vaccinated as soon as it was available to each one of us and follow the guidelines.
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I agree with your assessment. FYI, Today, Jan. 11th, 2022, Pfizer announced plans to manufacture 50 - 100 million doses of a new omicron-specific version of its COVID-19 vaccine. They acknowledged that their is a growing concern that their and other pharmaceutical companies’ current vaccine formulations most likely need to be tweaked for the new threat of the Omicron variants and those that will follow. From what I have read, rapid development and manufacturing changes are possible by the mRNA vaccine technology deployed by Moderna, along with Pfizer, with German partner BioNTech. These companies have said it takes about 90 days from genetic sequencing of a new threat to producing a new lipid nanoparticle vaccine containing the updated mRNA payload, which to me, seems like an incredibly rapid time frame for vaccine development. Therefore, Pfizer is testing hybrid combinations of vaccines to target multiple coronavirus forms, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of larger doses. Pfizer’s PR department say that they hope to have the number of doses noted above, of this new formulation of their COVID-19 vaccine, to be available by late March to early April, 2022. I consider this to be very good news and will be one of the first in line to receive this latest version of fourth booster shot. We all now know that our immunity to the constantly evolving COVID-19 virus, whether developing antibodies from being vaccinated or being naturally infected, unfortunately wanes over time. So, while there is no guarantee that receiving this booster will prevent one from catching the virus, similar to having received three vaccination shots so far, I do think and hope that it will continue to make me less susceptible to either catching COVID-19. Or, if I do catch the virus, my symptoms will be relatively minor and short lasting. I speculate and fully anticipate that COVID-19 will now most likely never go away, but will just continue to mutate producing new variants that may possibly be more transmissible and/or more deadly than earlier variants. It now appears that the major pharmaceutical companies will just continue to modify their vaccines in response to the evolving mutations of the virus for quite some time. I would not be surprised if those of us who want to, will be offered and will elect to receive booster shots for the virus every 6-9 months or annually, similar to the regular influenza vaccinations, for many years to come….
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I think we all are constantly looking for intelligent, rational, fair, educated voices of people who we can trust and believe for getting accurate and reasonable information on the COVID-19 virus, to assist us in determining and deciding for ourselves what the truth really is.
So for those of you who may be interested, I found this audio podcast to be very interesting and helped me better understand where we are now with the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Here is a link to a podcast of episode #270 of Sam Harris' "Making Sense" podcast, that is titled: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC? - A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis FYI, Sam B. Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, public intellectual and podcast host. His work, communicated via lectures and his podcast, touches on a wide range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Nicholas A. Christakis is a Greek-American sociologist and physician known for his research on social networks and on the socioeconomic, biosocial, and evolutionary determinants of behavior, health, and longevity. He is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, where he directs the Human Nature Lab. https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/m...m-the-pandemic
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I agree we will need periodic booster shots. I suspect that like flu shots some boosters will be broadly more effective than others.
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