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Polar bears move into abandoned Arctic weather station – photo essay

Study: Weed Makes You Stupid

Ivermectin Has 'Antiviral Effect' Against Omicron And All Other 'Mutant Strains' Of Covid-19

DO LOCKDOWNS WORK? THE NUMBERS SAY NO

Last Year, I Was a Bryn Mawr Girl. Now I’m at Hillsdale. Growing up in a conservative town, I always dreamed of attending college with liberals like me. The pandemic changed everything.

The black academic who has thrown an intellectual grenade into the cult of wokeness

Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory. They Hated It.

Transgender man who gave birth slams nurses who called him ‘Mom’

Judging Merit by Identity. In making race and sex the paramount considerations for his Supreme Court nomination, President Biden will deal another blow to the quality of our most important institutions.

It’s Time for America to Leave NATO and for Europe to Resolve Their Internal Disputes

Jewish Organizations Condemn Inflammatory Amnesty International-UK Report on Israel

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" Transgender man who gave birth slams nurses who called him ‘Mom’'

The moral degeneracy of our society is right in front of us when the clinically insane, instead of being committed, have a reasonable expectation of everyone else going insane along with them as a means of avoiding being called a bad name by an evil retard.

#1 ccoffer on 2022-02-01 08:16 (Reply)

Has anyone called Child Protective Services?

#1.1 Aggie on 2022-02-01 09:56 (Reply)

Weed makes you stupid.

After read the comments on this article, it appears that arguing about weed also makes you stupid.

#2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2022-02-01 09:19 (Reply)

Never forget that the left banned Ivermectin to make Trump look bad even though they could have saved lives with Ivermectin. The didn't care about American lives they cared about getting and maintaining power.

#3 OneGuy on 2022-02-01 09:36 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Ivermectin Has 'Antiviral Effect' Against Omicron And All Other 'Mutant Strains' Of Covid-19

It was already known that Ivermectin has a mild anti-viral effect. From the original report, Kowa has apparently found it also has an anti-viral effect on Omicron specifically. Because the effect is mild, it would probably require very large doses to be effective against COVID.

OneGuy: Never forget that the left banned Ivermectin

Ivermectin is not approved by the FDA for treatment of COVID because it has not been shown to effective in Phase 3 trials (which are ongoing). The linked article notes the corrections in the report. Ivermectin was not shown to be "effective," but had an "anti-viral effect." Nor did they conduct phase 3 trials.

#3.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 09:58 (Reply)

Perhaps the FDA, instead of being a lapdog to Big Pharma, should take a look at the ongoing results around the world.

https://www.onedaymd.com/2021/08/what-countries-are-using-ivermectin.html

#3.1.1 Zachinoff on 2022-02-01 10:31 (Reply)

"Probably require very large doses to be effective against COVID."

For some reason you feel compelled to write about every subject, even though you know nothing about any of them.

No one is interested in seeing you proudly display your ignorance, no matter how impressively large it is.

#3.1.2 DrTorch (Link) on 2022-02-01 10:37 (Reply)

Z: "Probably require very large doses to be effective against COVID."

QUOTE:

NIH, 2021: Ivermectin has been shown to inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in cell cultures.13 However, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies suggest that achieving the plasma concentrations necessary for the antiviral efficacy detected in vitro would require administration of doses up to 100-fold higher than those approved for use in humans.
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/antiviral-therapy/ivermectin/

#3.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 11:01 (Reply)

Speculation is not science. You don't understand this b/c know anything about science. That's why you just post links as if they are meaningful or relevant. In short, you consistently prove my point about your ignorance.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247163

https://www.cureus.com/articles/82162-ivermectin-prophylaxis-used-for-covid-19-a-citywide-prospective-observational-study-of-223128-subjects-using-propensity-score-matching

https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/fulltext/2021/06000/review_of_the_emerging_evidence_demonstrating_the.4.aspx

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7942165/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203399/

#3.1.2.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2022-02-02 14:16 (Reply)

DrTorch,

There is some evidence that ivermectin has some efficacy, and it is certainly reasonable to look more closely; however, the FDA will not approve the drug for COVID until phase 3 trials are successfully completed.

In any case, the original linked report was widely misinterpreted.

#3.1.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-02 15:05 (Reply)

If you paid attention to the medical experts here, who all have internets medical degrees, you'd know that there is no such thing as the so-called covid.

#3.1.3 no such thing as covid on 2022-02-01 11:02 (Reply)

Do lockdowns work? That depends on the purpose of the actual goal.

#4 B. Hammer on 2022-02-01 09:43 (Reply)

B. Hammer: Do lockdowns work?

Because of the exponential growth potential of respiratory diseases, proactive policies are more effective than reactive policies. People and politics tend to be reactive, while medical science advises being proactive. See Sacco et al., Proactive vs. reactive country responses to the COVID19 pandemic shock, medRxiv 2021. Also, localized lockdowns are less effective. Li et al., Effectiveness of Localized Lockdowns in the COVID-19 Pandemic, American Journal of Epidemiology 2022.

We have specific examples, such South Korea and China, where lockdowns have been largely effective. However, there can be a limit to the effectiveness of lockdowns over time. Joshi & Musalem, Lockdowns lose one third of their impact on mobility in a month, Nature Scientific Reports 2021.

This is also relevant: Haug et al., Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions, Nature Human Behavior 2020: "Our results indicate that a suitable combination of NPIs is necessary to curb the spread of the virus. Less disruptive and costly NPIs can be as effective as more intrusive, drastic, ones (for example, a national lockdown). "

Pandemics are not a new phenomenon. New, possibly even more dangerous contagions may emerge in the near future. Countries that are most adept at addressing outbreaks of contagions will tend to be more healthy and prosperous over the long run.

#4.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 10:17 (Reply)

Proactive: That should have been protecting the old and those with preconditions that made them more susceptible. Increasing the availability of ICU beds and staff. More use of medications and therapeutics that have shown promise in fighting viruses. Good science based advice rather than the fake science of lockdowns and other useless measures that were in fact intended to blow the crisis up and thus force vote by mail and ballot drops to facilitate the stealing of the 2020 election.

#4.1.1 OneGuy on 2022-02-01 10:50 (Reply)

OneGuy: Proactive: That should have been protecting the old and those with preconditions that made them more susceptible.

Sure, along with social measures to limit community spread, then mass vaccination once that was available.

#4.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 11:02 (Reply)

The Vaxx does not prevent getting Covid. The Vaxx does not prevent passing Covid on to others. There is no Public Safety argument to require the Vaxx. The only reason to take the Vaxx is if you think it is for your advantage. The mandates are immoral and useless.

#4.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 12:22 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: The Vaxx does not prevent getting Covid. The Vaxx does not prevent passing Covid on to others.

That is incorrect. For instance, rates of infection in Virginia for the unvaccinated are 4.6 times greater for the unvaccinated compared to the fully vaccinated.
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/see-the-numbers/covid-19-in-virginia/covid-19-cases-by-vaccination-status/

indyjonesouthere: There is no Public Safety argument to require the Vaxx.

Again, that is not correct. The unvaccinated create a significant burden on medical resources with much higher hospitalization and ICU rates.

#4.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 12:58 (Reply)

Hospital data can not be trusted.
https://thebluestateconservative.com/2022/01/28/hospital-data-and-care-cannot-be-trusted/
UK FOIA real data
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/do-0-deaths-in-2-years-justify-a
DOD whistleblowers data
https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/2022/01/25/dod-whistleblowers-declare-military-manipulating-data-showing-massive-increase-in-vax-injuries-senator-ron-johnson-demands-evidence-of-corruption-be-preserved/

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 16:28 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Hospital data can not be trusted.
https://thebluestateconservative.com/2022/01/28/hospital-data-and-care-cannot-be-trusted/

Hospital data from all around the world confirms that COVID is a real disease that hospitalizes and kills real poeple.

indyjonesouthere (from link): "Again, US data is quite contrary to data from other countries that show nearly all hospitalized COVID patients have been fully vaccinated, and in some countries, like Israel, they also have received booster shots. "

14% of Israeli Adults Are Unvaxxed. They Account for 100% of ECMO Patients

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 16:41 (Reply)

Did you even read your own data? 13 patients.
Did you even read the UK data?
As more actual data arrives we will find that most testing (over 20 cycles) gave false positives and that is the only thing driving the "pandemic". False testing cases and false death cases. It appears the admin state BOUGHT the testing results they needed and built a panic around them. Kind of reminds me of the Steele dossier. Bought and paid for by the Hillary/Dem camp and kept in play by the admin state of the FBI, CIA, DOJ, and the State dept. Now the players are the FDA, NIH, CDC, and OSHA and funded by Biden/Dems.

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 18:04 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Did you even read your own data

Yes. The claim was that nearly all COVID patients hospitalized in Israel were vaccinated, but that claim is false. In England, the data is much the same: “the age-adjusted risk of deaths involving COVID-19 was 96% lower in people who had received a second dose at least 21 days ago compared with unvaccinated people.”
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsinvolvingcovid19byvaccinationstatusengland/deathsoccurringbetween1januaryand31october2021

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 20:44 (Reply)

My above post from steve kirsch who obtained the info in a FOIA request would say you are wrong. Do we have to keep requiring FOIA requests in order to get truthful information out of all the "health agencies"? And why are the admin state agencies in the US stalling the release of data and do not want it released for decades? They are hiding data behind admin state agencies and they are only maintaining a narrative to keep the money flowing to the admin state agencies and the hospital administrators. Your information is as questionable as the Steele dossier. A good long investigation will dig out the guilty but how many will not survive the VAXX?

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 21:58 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: My above post from steve kirsch who obtained the info in a FOIA request would say you are wrong.

We addressed only the false claims in the first link. We see you are no longer trying to defend those false claims.

“Please supply deaths caused solely by covid 19, where covid is the only cause of death listed on the death certificate, broken down by age group and gender between feb 2020 up to and including dec 2021.”

The point is silly. Nearly all COVID deaths include associated causes, such as pneumonia or respiratory failure. Anyone who is the least familiar with determinations of deaths would be aware of that.

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 22:19 (Reply)

What about the so called covid deaths with 4 comorbidities. Is cancer, neurological damage, heart damage, spontaneous abortions just simple comorbidities that occur with covid Vaxx? You didn't read the whistleblowers stories in the military? You count on testing to back your pandemic but even the inventor of the PCR test said it should never be used for diagnostics. And what do the admin state agencies and hospitals use for diagnostics. Yep, the good old PCR test which is grossly misused. And where is the lab data on the vaxx and PCR testing pushed by the .gov? It's locked away and they want to keep it that way. The only narrative data is from the people that gain monetarily from the pandemic. It's the Steele dossier all over again.

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 22:54 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: What about the so called covid deaths with 4 comorbidities.

People with comorbidities are more vulnerable to COVID than people without them. So? You didn't address the point. Death certificates for people who die of COVID nearly always list associated causes, such as respiratory failure.

indyjonesouthere: And where is the lab data on the vaxx and PCR testing

Widely published in scientific journals by researchers.

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-02 08:30 (Reply)

Social measures which keep people away from each other will slow the spread. But it should not infringe on our rights. If the politicians or medical professionals believe that staying home and away from people will work then they should offer that suggestion and we free citizens will decide if that is a good choice for us. NOT the government! WE decide. The government should be providing the best advice so we can make an informed decision but they failed terribly in that. It would seem that working for the federal government makes you clueless. The CDC and FDA have made mistake after mistake and our politicians have banned any discussion or questions about those mistakes. Because of that lives were lost and IMHO some people in politics, CDC and FDA should go to jail.

#4.1.1.1.2 OneGuy on 2022-02-01 13:59 (Reply)

OneGuy: Social measures which keep people away from each other will slow the spread. But it should not infringe on our rights.

Everything is a balance. The enactment of reasonable social measures depends on the infectivity and virulence of the contagion.

OneGuy: If the politicians or medical professionals believe that staying home and away from people will work then they should offer that suggestion and we free citizens will decide if that is a good choice for us.

No society can allow people with deadly contagions to infect the public. It just doesn't work that way. Your argument can only be that the present threat isn't sufficient to warrant present measures, not that government is helpless in the face of a pandemic regardless of severity.

#4.1.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 14:11 (Reply)

"Everything is a balance"

That's kind of like a small invasion into a country, right?

"The enactment of reasonable social measures depends on the infectivity and virulence of the contagion."

So if they had put mandates on people to prevent the transmission of Aids we could have saved a lot of lives. But the irony is that because it was a protected/special class of people they dared not mandate protective measure BUT because they didn't mandate them many of that protected/special class died. In other words it was all politics. Think of any infectious disease and you can have it and are free to walk about and do what you want to. But for some reason (i.e. so they can steal elections) if you don't have a vax for covid your rights are restricted. Think about that when you talk about balance.

"No society can allow people with deadly contagions to infect the public."

You mean like releasing illegal aliens into the country by the millions without regard to their testing positive for covid and not being vaxxed???

"Your argument can only be that the present threat isn't sufficient to warrant present measures"

Wrong! Read the constitution.

"not that government is helpless in the face of a pandemic regardless of severity."

The government should have used those precious weeks and months early on to protect the elderly, those with preconditions and to increase the ability of the health care system to care for those who are sick while simultaneously caring for all other health care needs. In what the government should have done they failed us terribly. The ONLY reason they used tyrannical mandates was to force a situation for voting that would make massive cheating easy to do and hard to detect. THEY KILLED TOUSANDS JUST SO THEY COULD STEAL AN ELECTION!! I for one hope a new congress does a full investigation and appoints a special prosecutor to go after those politicians (Nancy Pelosi and others) who committed these crimes aagainst the constitution and the citizens.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1 OneGuy on 2022-02-01 15:07 (Reply)

OneGuy: Wrong! Read the constitution.

So your argument is that the government can't do anything if someone with smallpox goes into the town park where children are playing. That's absurd.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 15:55 (Reply)

Smallpox was eradicated because a vaccine, not an experimental Vaxx, was distributed to the population and it ended the virus ability to infect and kill. Smallpox also did not live in the wild through other species. The Vaxx resides throughout the wild in a number of species and it can not be eradicated as such. The Nuremberg trials were a result of German doctors experimenting on people without their consent.
There is a difference in the viruses and there is a difference in consent vs mandate. Authoritarians love mandates

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 20:23 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Smallpox was eradicated because a vaccine

The smallpox vaccine is about 95% effective, and people have died from the vaccine. But, that wasn’t the question. The question is whether the government is justified in preventing someone with smallpox from mingling in public.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 20:36 (Reply)

The keyword is "was" as the vaccine is no longer given due to the eradication of smallpox. AND smallpox only affects humans and not other species. The question is therefore null and void as a mandate or non-mandate. The vaccine for smallpox was NOT experimental...the Nuremberg code does not apply. The VAXX is experimental.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 21:46 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: The keyword is "was" as the vaccine is no longer given due to the eradication of smallpox.

Avoiding the point does not constitute an argument. The question remains. The question is whether the government is justified in preventing someone with a dangerous contagion such as smallpox from mingling in public.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 22:25 (Reply)

The last question on the governments authority to mandate came down on the side of NO, they could not mandate as consent was required.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 23:06 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: The last question on the governments authority to mandate came down on the side of NO, they could not mandate as consent was required.

The recent Supreme Court decision was that Congress hadn't delegated the power to OSHA under emergency authorization, not that Congress couldn't delegate the authority (NFIB v. OSHA). Indeed, in a separate decision, the Supreme Court upheld the power of HHS to mandate vaccination (Biden v. Missouri). Furthermore, the Supreme Court has directly upheld state vaccination mandates (Jacobson v. Massachusetts).

The question raised was the just limit of government power. The Supreme Court has ruled that such powers have to be what is "reasonably required for the safety of the public". So, the question remains: Is the government is justified in preventing someone with a dangerous contagion such as smallpox from mingling in public. The answer is obvious, so it shouldn't be something that should cause such consternation.

#4.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-02 08:44 (Reply)

ASU is more challenging than Bryn Mawr.

And it has a better football team.

'Nuff said.

#5 DrTorch (Link) on 2022-02-01 10:45 (Reply)

If we want to accept the premise that "lockdowns," that is mandated non-pharmaceutical efforts, don't work, what is being offered as an explanation of the wide differences between states and nations in deaths-per-million? Why are Vermont and Hawaii so much lower than other states, Norway and Finland so much lower than other western countries?

Eliminating one explanation would mean that another is required.

I respect Johns Hopkins greatly for medicine, but this was not a medical study, it's a meta-analysis of statistics. It is probably meaningful in some way. I would be cautious believing it tells us only what we want to hear.

#6 Assistant Village Idiot on 2022-02-01 11:01 (Reply)

First thing we should demand, is more honesty from those that are in charge of the response. Maybe error on the side of caution, instead of on the side of authoritarianism?

All the packed sports stadiums, over the last 6 months should be part of the equation. Also, the forced nursing home deaths in NY, New Jersey, and we have recently learned, Michigan, should be in the equation. The definition of a covid ‘case’. The death count of died with covid and died of covid. The data coming out concerning 75% of all covid related deaths, had at least 4 comorbidities.

How about the sociological consequences of lock-downs? We know that suicide rates have gone up. The consequences to society of training people to believe every stranger is a petri dish of germs. This list could get quite long.

#6.1 B. Hammer on 2022-02-01 12:21 (Reply)

B. Hammer: Maybe error on the side of caution, instead of on the side of authoritarianism?

Due to the exponential growth potential of respiratory contagions, proactive policies are more effective than reactive policies. See Pei et al., Differential effects of intervention timing on COVID-19 spread in the United States, Science Advances 2020: "Our findings indicate that had control measures and reductions of Re in the United States been implemented at a similar time, just 1 to 2 weeks earlier, substantially fewer cases and deaths would have occurred"

#6.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 13:02 (Reply)

You cite a study, funded by the very people, Anthony Fauci, Department of Health and Human Services, et al., that implemented the lock downs, social distancing, masks (what ever kind you prefer), that concludes: Our policies work. No conflict of interest? No confirmation bias?

The study was conducted early in the outbreak: February to March, 2020. In all the cities where data was collected, there was a decrease. Okay, but all the cities studied, New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Miami, all continued with the covid protocols, with the (possible) exception of Miami, through the Summer and into the next year, all had spikes and leveling of case counts.

Of course, if you lock everyone in to solitary confinement, you’ll slow the spread. The question is: How much damage does that do to society?

“We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality.”

“They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy.”

- John Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise. January 2022

Contradicting studies. I prefer to error on the side of personal responsibility and Liberty. I think we all understand what course Zachriel prefers.

#6.1.1.1 B. Hammer on 2022-02-01 15:54 (Reply)

B. Hammer: Of course, if you lock everyone in to solitary confinement, you’ll slow the spread.

That wasn't so hard. And social measures are a matter of degree. Anything you can do to reduce the reproduction number will slow the spread of the virus.

B. Hammer: The question is: How much damage does that do to society?

That is in important question, which is why the infectivity and virulence of the contagion is an important question which must be balanced against the cost of various social measures. But simply handwaving about the pandemic means you can't engage in that question. Nearly a million Americans have died.

B. Hammer: “We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality.”

Yes, we noted the study, but that contradicts what you just granted, that social measures can have an effect on rates of transmission of respiratory diseases. See Assistant Village Idiot's comment above concerning the study.

B. Hammer: Contradicting studies. I prefer . . .

You prefer the one that supports your preconceptions, even when it contradicts what you just granted.

#6.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 16:03 (Reply)

So by "err on the side of caution" you mean "err on the side of incaution?"

And you love the fun of definition of covid cases, when regardless of definition, we know we have more than a million extra deaths?

All the things you demand should be part of the equation are indeed part of the equation, that is, they are in the final numbers. You, on the other hand, have not answered about Vermont, Hawaii, Norway, Finland - taken merely as examples.

And it is, ironically, you who are demanding honesty. You are not displaying it. You are merely complaining about being told what to do. We get it. You don't like being told what to do. No one does. So what? What else you got?

#6.1.2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2022-02-01 17:56 (Reply)

Did you catch the announcement from an insurance company that they are experiencing 40% higher death rates in 2021 and the deaths are not from covid. That should be the start of people considering that Gates, who funds and promotes vaccines, may not be completely honest with the public?

#6.1.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-02-01 23:00 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Did you catch the announcement from an insurance company that they are experiencing 40% higher death rates in 2021 and the deaths are not from covid.

The insurance company says the excess deaths are underreporting of deaths due to the pandemic.

"Because of this, insurance companies are beginning to add premium increases on employers in counties with low vaccination rates to cover the benefit payouts."
https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/insurance-death-rates-working-age-people-up-40-percent

#6.1.2.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-02 08:49 (Reply)

I'm not concerned for the transgendered "man" who gave birth to a baby, but I am concerned for that poor child. What will be the effects of hormone treatments endured while in the womb? What will be the effects of being raised by a thin-skinned fake woman who is actually a man? The nurses were recognizing biological reality. "Dada" is not.

#7 RebeccaH on 2022-02-01 12:18 (Reply)

Covid is the flu. There is nothing "novel" about it except for the WHO caused chimp out which revealed just how useless "medicine" can be when it's top down. The people responsible for this freakout deserve to die. We have utter destruction caused in response to something less lethal than seasonal influenza, but it gives dickless cowards a chance to pretend they're saving the world by being stupid and cruel.

#8 ccoffer on 2022-02-01 22:22 (Reply)

ccoffer: Covid is the flu.

The virus that causes COVID, SARS-CoV-2, is a very different virus from influenza, and has caused far more fatalities than the seasonal flu.

#8.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-01 22:29 (Reply)

Wrong. Try again.

When the average age of death from a dreaded thing is higher than the average lifespan, someone is full of shit. The biggest problem with this fraud is what it reveals about how innumerate the average person is. This isn't trigonometry. It was an obvious fraud from the beginning and yet people who like to think of themselves as intelligent just went right along with this stupidity as a means of blending in with the rest of the cattle.

#8.1.1 ccoffer on 2022-02-02 19:36 (Reply)

ccoffer: Wrong.

Like many viruses, COVID and influenza infect respiratory systems, but they are not even in the same phylum.

ccoffer: When the average age of death from a dreaded thing is higher than the average lifespan, someone is full of shit. The biggest problem with this fraud is what it reveals about how innumerate the average person is.

Speaking of innumeracy, the life expectancy at birth for someone in the U.S. is about 79 years. However, the life expectancy of someone who is 79 is about 9 years. The average number of years of life lost due to COVID is about 14 years.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/16/americans-lost-more-years-of-life-to-covid-19-in-2020-than-to-all-accidents-combined-in-a-typical-year/

#8.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-02-03 08:27 (Reply)

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