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    Maxp

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    I fear we are really going to be in a bad place due to the obvious cuts to the federal agencies that deal with infectious disease, but also the negative effect the Affordable Care act has had on non urban hospitals. Our front line defenses are ineffectual and our ability to treat the populous is probably at an all time low. Factor in the cost of healthcare and I can see our system crashing. What do you think about the politics of this virus?
     
    In my quest to help Farb by getting him vaccinated, lol. Seriously, Farb, it may well protect you from a third infection:


    ‘The misleading claims around natural immunity vary slightly. Some raise questions whether the vaccine will make any difference for those who have already had COVID-19, and others suggest that natural immunity is better than receiving the vaccine.

    But this is not the case, according to a report Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report highlights a study that found those who were infected with COVID-19 but never vaccinated had a higher risk of reinfection than those who had been vaccinated. The study, conducted in Kentucky, examined residents with lab-confirmed infections in 2020.

    The CDC study adds to growing laboratory evidence that people who had one bout of COVID-19 get a dramatic boost in virus-fighting immune cells — and a bonus of broader protection against new mutants — when they’re vaccinated.’

    It also says that vaccination also boosts the ability of B- and T-cells to fight an infection, and their effects last for years.
     
    From @Bigdaddysaints on the EE

    Stay classy Ted Cruz

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    I just saw that Chuck. We cannot survive as a representative democracy if we have this level of treacherous poison being fed to our citizens daily. He’s old enough to remember what it was like, which means he’s deliberately lying to make people feel like they are somehow the victims in this pandemic.

    Not the people who died. Not the healthcare workers who gave their lives before we had a vaccine, not the essential workers who stayed on the job while everyone else stayed home in the beginning. Not the people who have serious chronic health issues now because they got Covid.

    No it’s people who refuse to take a safe and effective vaccine against all public health and medical advice, they are the real victims here. 🙄

    Good lord, how vain and narcissistic can we get?
     
    IIRC, Ryan White had to withdraw from school. People were definitely ostracized.
     
    This could go in several places.


    Officials say a California teacher has been removed from her classroom after a student secretly recorded her spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines to students and telling them that Donald Trump was still president.


    (seems like there is more info in the original source)

    “Hunter Biden, for example, is doing deals with China and Ukraine where he was funneling money illegally. He also had child pornography on his laptop. He was having sexual intercourse with his own niece,” the teacher was heard saying.

    “I mean, why? Why does that need to be said in this classroom full of children,” Silikula asked.

    “And he got in the car and he was very upset. He announced, ‘I’m never getting vaccinated. I’m never getting anymore shots of any kind. Did you know Trump’s still president?'” Silikula said.

    “…when he first got in the car and said, ‘Dad, teachers know everything. She’s right, dad. You’re wrong.’ He’s damaged. He’s hurt. He’s scared. He doesn’t trust his parents now. He thinks we lied to him,” Silikula said of her son.
     
    I think this may be the first time I've ever said that we should be more like Singapore.



    In our case, it should be insurance companies and Medicare/Medicaid that stops covering the medical bills for infected people who are unvaccinated by choice. I bet their "research" would change pretty quick.

    (It won't link the actual article that is scrolling on the right hand side of the MCB for some reason, only this audio version. Click the link in the feed if you'd rather read the article that's much longer than the 4 minutes of audio.)
     
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