1 hour ago, Imp81318 said:

I’m sorry to report that I survived the 5K today. Definitely short on stamina/energy afterwards and my chest has been tighter all day after the race, but all in all I’d say we fared pretty well.  And we finished in 41:09.70 which I think is pretty awesome for her first race ever! 

If you're still having chest tightness tomorrow, might be worth a trip to your doc to get it checked out.

Goldberg returned to the set of the long-running ABC daytime talk show Monday morning and spoke about her recent bout of COVID, her second this year despite being vaxxed and boosted. 

1 hour ago, lynched1 said:

Goldberg returned to the set of the long-running ABC daytime talk show Monday morning and spoke about her recent bout of COVID, her second this year despite being vaxxed and boosted. 

Who? Why do you watch crap on TV lol? Nothing else to do?

 

16 hours ago, Boogyman said:

Who?

 

2 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

 

Looks like a wrestler. Never really watched that before either lol.

The phenomenon of people still wearing masks everywhere with it below their nose or as a full-on chinstrap is a truly fascinating sight to behold.

I'd like to thank Fauci for funding the Kung Flu and showing the world the true global power of the American dollar. 🇺🇸

Maybe they should rethink their refusal to use Western developed vaccines unless they're allowed to steal the core intellectual property behind them.

 

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BEIJING — Surging Covid infections across mainland China make it harder for the government to achieve zero-Covid without reverting to a harsh lockdown, Macquarie’s Chief China Economist Larry Hu said.  In the last few days, the daily case count has climbed to around or more than 28,000 — near levels seen in April during a stringent lockdown in Shanghai, according to CNBC calculations of Wind Information data. The figures showed the last time mainland China saw only a handful of daily infections was in June, shortly after Shanghai eased its restrictions.  The latest Covid wave has hit the southern city of Guangzhou, the capital city of Beijing and many central parts of China — prompting local officials to tighten restrictions on business and social activity this month.

"China might have already passed the point of no return, as it’s unlikely to achieve zero Covid again without another Shanghai-style hard lockdown,” Hu said in a report Tuesday. "What policymakers could do now is to slow the spread of virus, i.e. flatten the curve, by tightening the Covid controls for the time being.”  Hu pointed to slight changes this month in government policy and propaganda as signs authorities are preparing for reopening in the next six to nine months. But he noted that "the road to reopening is set to involve lots of back-and-forth.”  Markets have speculated for weeks about the timing of China’s departure from its stringent zero-Covid policy. The controls have weighed on the economy, which barely eked out growth while Shanghai was locked down and has posted growth of only 3% during the first three quarters of the year.

In GDP terms, nearly 20% of China’s economy was negatively affected by Covid controls as of Monday, close to the high of 21.2% recorded in mid-April during Shanghai’s lockdown, Nomura’s Chief China Economist Ting Lu said, citing the firm’s model.  "Beijing has recently shown early signs of willingness to reopen, and it has rolled out some fine-tuning measures, but the reopening may be a prolonged process with discomfort,” Lu said in a separate report this week.  He said Vietnam’s unwinding of its Covid restrictions since fall last year could shed light on the path forward for China. He noted how the Southeast Asian country saw "no immediate surge in infections after the pivot,” while its GDP rebounded.

Local authorities in China have faced the difficult task of trying to make Covid measures more targeted, while controlling infections.  As of Monday, about 412 million people were affected by lockdown measures in mainland China, according to Nomura estimates. That’s up from 340 million the prior week, the report said.  The Nomura analysts noted that many lockdowns or controls are implemented without public announcement. "We believe [the southwestern municipality of] Chongqing is currently experiencing the most severe local lockdown in China, based on our observation of numerous mobility metrics,” the report said.

Authorities announced requirements for more frequent virus testing, and ordered more restaurants to suspend in-store dining. More shopping malls have closed, as have large parks. Various apartment compounds have been locked down.  State media said Tuesday the city’s tech-focused Zhongguancun Forum that was scheduled to kick off this week will be postponed to next year. The conference had already been delayed from September.

 

 

But the vaccine???

😏

Be a Fing shame if you dilldoids learned how to read.

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Cox, like many experts, says she’s not surprised by the ratio shift. There are a few reasons:

 

• At this point in the pandemic, a large majority of Americans have received at least their primary series of coronavirus vaccines, so it makes sense that vaccinated people are making up a greater share of fatalities.
• Individuals at greatest risk of dying from a coronavirus infection, such as the elderly, are also more likely to have received the shots.
• Vaccines lose potency against the virus over time and variants arise that are better able to resist the vaccines, so continued boosters are needed to continue to prevent illness and death.

 

16 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Be a Fing shame if you dilldoids learned how to read.

 

Next you will be expecting them to understand simple math and calenders. 

 

36 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Be a Fing shame if you dilldoids learned how to read.

 

Vaccines lose their potency against the virus over time.

That time being about 3 weeks.....

Yes, we've known the vaccines are completely useless after a short period of time. Thanks for the update, though, Admiral Alzheimer's.   

53 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Be a Fing shame if you dilldoids learned how to read.

 

So is the quote correct then? Because I thought everyone was admitting that the vaccines don't prevent spread or hospitalization or death, but minimize the risk of those things.

 

How many boosters are people allowed or recommended to get?  Is it 3 after full vaccination?

Only around 10% of Americans have gotten the new bivalent booster. So honestly, if you are "up to date" on your shots you are in the extreme minority. On a long enough timeline, everyone is an "anti-vaxxer."  

32 minutes ago, xzmattzx said:

Because I thought everyone was admitting that the vaccines don't prevent spread or hospitalization or death, but minimize the risk of those things.

Not really. There are those that claim the vaccines don’t work at all because they are not 100%.

1 hour ago, Tnt4philly said:

Not really. There are those that claim the vaccines don’t work at all because they are not 100%.

Don't forget those of us who mocked the vaxxers claiming to be "following the science" when they were really following the propaganda. 👍

If there's anyone we should listen to when it comes to following the science, it's definitely the self-admitted drunk driver who can't read a calendar and still doesn't know who won the 2020 election.

3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

... and still doesn't know who won the 2020 election.

Did that already happen?

 

F all I'm out of it.

So we're already in Johnny Mnemonic time?

 

22 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

Don't forget those of us who mocked the vaxxers claiming to be "following the science" when they were really following the propaganda. 👍

When asked where you get your information you give us, "watch the news,” or you post a random tweet and never offer anything scientific. 
 

Mock away genius. 😂😂😂😂

7 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said:

When asked where you get your information you give us, "watch the news,” or you post a random tweet and never offer anything scientific. 
 

Mock away genius. 😂😂😂😂

 

For kicks I've recently starting scanning this thread since it's inception. 

I'm more right than you ever were. You've earned it.

18 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

 

For kicks I've recently starting scanning this thread since it's inception. 

I'm more right than you ever were. You've earned it.

In your mind maybe but in reality, this is just another example of your misunderstanding of science and what constitutes evidence. 

20 minutes ago, Tnt4philly said:

In your mind maybe but in reality, this is just another example of your misunderstanding of science and what constitutes evidence. 

Really? "Science" is what you're claiming as your back stop? 

The same science that lead to "pandemic of the unvaccinated"?

The science that likely promoted a weakening of a populations natural immunity to a whole host of other common viruses?

The science that now admits in court that effectiveness was never tested when the propaganda was making claims that it was very effective.

The science that was padding the death stats by including death by other causes including vehicle accidents if antibodies were present? How easy was that when hospitals are paid a premium for any "Covid" case?

That science?