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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4975 on: February 22, 2021, 11:56:28 AM »
The poultry group I’m in on FB was sending out avian flu warnings a few weeks ago.  Though more in the context of the risks to backyard flocks.

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« Reply #4976 on: February 22, 2021, 04:43:47 PM »
A plan is just a list of things that doesn't happen.
Is defenestration possible through the overton window?

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« Reply #4977 on: February 22, 2021, 05:35:59 PM »
https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-iran-cleric-coroavirus-gay/31094316.html

Well then, that changes everything.

Well things have been getting kind of queer lately  :P

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« Reply #4978 on: February 22, 2021, 10:12:30 PM »
If we have a serum that makes people homosexual, then we can reverse-engineer it to make homosexuals straight. Conversion therapy!
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4979 on: February 22, 2021, 11:00:34 PM »
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-fauci/update-1-fauci-says-us-political-divisions-contributed-to-500000-dead-from-covid-19-idUSL1N2KS33Y

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In an interview with Reuters, Fauci on Monday said the pandemic arrived in the United States as the country was riven by political divisions in which wearing a mask became a political statement rather than a public health measure.

It's our fault. How unifying. We all know when they say "division," they mean "deplorables."
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« Reply #4980 on: February 23, 2021, 08:18:17 AM »
OMG. I just caught a Biden PR conference about the relief bill where he said, "Now critics say the plan is too big. Let me ask them a rhetorical question - what would you have me cut?"

AYFKM?!? Moron.
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« Reply #4981 on: February 23, 2021, 12:43:15 PM »
I saw that too and had pretty much the same reaction.

Give me a few hours with that thing, I'll trim the *expletive deleted*it out of it.

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« Reply #4982 on: February 23, 2021, 12:59:30 PM »
I saw that too and had pretty much the same reaction.

Give me a few hours with that thing, I'll trim the *expletive deleted*it out of it.

I heard on Fox Business that the bill is 20% covid and 80% other stuff. If that's true, it's outrageous. Right or wrong, I've come to expect them to sneak like 20% pork into a bill, and that's just doing business. But the reverse? We need to start stringing these aholes up.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4984 on: February 24, 2021, 01:36:18 PM »
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control slipped in a shocking piece of evidence in a recent report on low in-school COVID-19 transmission that severely undercuts the rationale for most COVID restrictions, including lockdowns.

https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/24/in-report-affirming-nearly-no-transmission-in-schools-cdc-slips-in-shocking-data-about-asymptomatic-spread/
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« Reply #4986 on: February 25, 2021, 10:36:50 AM »
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/amid-covid-19-pandemic-flu-has-disappeared-in-the-us/

2020: the flu season that wasn't.

Took kids for regular checkups yesterday.  Doc even said flu shots were pretty much a moot point.  Only shot was for the oldest (turning 17 in April) for meningitis.

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« Reply #4987 on: February 25, 2021, 01:21:33 PM »
Golly gee whiz, the masking and social distancing has killed the annual flu season.  There's another reason to make mask and social distancing mandates permanent.
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« Reply #4988 on: February 25, 2021, 06:43:38 PM »
Golly gee whiz, the masking and social distancing has killed the annual flu season.  There's another reason to make mask and social distancing mandates permanent.

That was my first thought when I read the first paragraph.

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« Reply #4989 on: February 25, 2021, 06:47:37 PM »
Probably no way to get any kind of numbers, but I wonder how many people had the flu but just skipped visiting the doctor? Or maybe even had a mild flu but thought it was mild covid?
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4991 on: February 26, 2021, 02:57:14 PM »
Got my first vaccination shot last Saturday, 20 Feb. Zero side effects, not even a sore shoulder.  I wonder if my shoulder is just getting used to shots... since I'm right-handed, whenever possible, I get shots in my left shoulder.

In observing the whole mish-mosh with vaccination schedules from "on high,"  I have complimented several of the workers involved in that square dance of the process.  I can't liken their efforts to "First Responders," but I can sure suggest it.

Good job !  Carry on !

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4993 on: February 26, 2021, 03:57:26 PM »
Probably no way to get any kind of numbers, but I wonder how many people had the flu but just skipped visiting the doctor? Or maybe even had a mild flu but thought it was mild covid?
I imagine the usual hypochondriacs are conflicted.  Should they run to the doctor for every little thing or stay locked down? 
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« Reply #4994 on: February 26, 2021, 04:06:07 PM »
I imagine the usual hypochondriacs are conflicted.  Should they run to the doctor for every little thing or stay locked down?

The hypochondriacs are who pay our bills.  They have been staying home.  Just like the data coming out about all the heart attacks, strokes, seizures and the like that weren't going to the ER.  We figure they either died at home or got better of their own accord.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4995 on: February 26, 2021, 06:18:02 PM »
Why on earth?

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1364946181055516673

(Describes a selfie booth, in case you're tired of whatsisname's drive-by posts.  =D )

I like the idea of providing bagels, but why add another logistical problem to the ones they've already got?

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« Reply #4996 on: February 26, 2021, 10:49:07 PM »
People are defending it, by pointing out that people will be persuaded to get the vaccine if they see their friends posting those selfies.  :facepalm:

I guess "trust the science," really means "follow the herd."
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« Reply #4997 on: February 27, 2021, 09:08:34 AM »
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-refusal-military.html

1/3rd of active-duty troops or National Guard are declining the COVID vaccine.  Interesting comments on the implications of this as a bellwether for the society at large.
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« Reply #4998 on: February 28, 2021, 11:24:44 PM »
Bend over for America

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9298587/China-denies-requiring-U-S-diplomats-anal-swab-tests.html

If, as the article implies, that diplomats are "exempt", is it possible they were "implanting" something instead????  ;/
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #4999 on: March 01, 2021, 09:40:03 AM »
Someone needs to call Mr. Obvious

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced Jefferson County Public Schools to quickly transition to remote learning, students had been suspended nearly 16,000 times during the 2019-20 school year.

Since then, overall behavior referrals at JCPS have plummeted as students learn from home.

Student behavior referrals plummet during distance learning at JCPS
https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/student-behavior-referrals-plummet-during-distance-learning-at-jcps/article_7d874ce4-7873-11eb-b540-ff698f5eb995.html
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