A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm -- the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl -- is a rare but deadly medical condition.

Wahl, 49, a prominent journalist in the U.S. soccer community, collapsed on Dec. 9 while covering the World Cup in Qatar and could not be revived. On Wednesday, his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, revealed that Wahl's unexpected death was due to the rupture of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium, following an autopsy performed by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office.

 

Not a vaccine related problem, as has been reported by morons.

The White House reopened the COVID testing program. You can now order free tests again.

 

12 hours ago, Tnt4philly said:

That’s a lot of Tucker Carlson talking points in one post. 

I prefer Gutfeld.

But to the point, is he wrong?

9 minutes ago, lynched1 said:

I prefer Gutfeld.

But to the point, is he wrong?

On most issues, Carlson is dead wrong. That is if you go by the science instead of the satirical rants from talk show host. 

Wow. Wow wow wow

😂😂😂😂😂
 

https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com

8 hours ago, Tnt4philly said:

😂😂😂😂😂
 

https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com

these guys love to lap up stupidity from anonymous anti-vaxxers who publish articles like "The Century of Evidence That Vaccines Cause Infant Deaths" 

1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

these guys love to lap up stupidity from anonymous anti-vaxxers who publish articles like "The Century of Evidence That Vaccines Cause Infant Deaths" 

So....not wow?

2 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

So....not wow?

definitely not wow.

certainly not wow wow wow.

20 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

definitely not wow.

certainly not wow wow wow.

TBF, it really is wow, just not how they think. I know, it’s a stretch to think they think at all. 

FYI - test kits available from Uncle Sam again

https://www.covid.gov/tests

 

I still have 10 I think.  The drug store gave them to me.  I didn't need to order any.

Still tested positive and I can tell you I have never been this tired in my life.  I am trying to push through it.  Currently cleaning light fixtures in the bathroom, washing the blind and hope to bleach the grout so I can put my holiday towels out. Absolutely brutal!

You can still buy covid tests and get reimbursed by your health insurance - up to 8 tests per person/per month.

On 12/15/2022 at 2:01 PM, toolg said:

The White House reopened the COVID testing program. You can now order free tests again.

 

Thanks for posting this. These come in handy when you have kids who need to show a negative test every time they sneeze to participate in various activities. 

23 hours ago, toolg said:

You can still buy covid tests and get reimbursed by your health insurance - up to 8 tests per person/per month.

You can get them free with your insurance card (at least under my insurance) at Rite Aid and Walmart, but they're often out of stock.

LINK

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Covid-19 is spreading rapidly through China’s biggest cities, leading to widespread medicine shortages and exposing Beijing’s lack of preparation after authorities reversed strict pandemic controls. Residents of Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities reported pharmacies have sold out of fever medicine and Covid tests, while social media images contrast long queues outside Covid clinics with otherwise empty streets. The outbreak has brought normal life to a halt just a few weeks after Beijing abandoned zero-Covid controls — which included lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing — with little forewarning.

In many cities, residents were sick or staying at home to avoid infections. Shanghai and several other cities announced they would move classes online for most students starting Monday. In Shanghai, Lindsay Feng, a tech worker, noted eight of 21 neighbours in her apartment complex had contracted Covid in the past 10 days. "My high fever is gone, but I’m swallowing razor blades now,” said Feng, who tested positive at home on Saturday. In the southern city of Shenzhen, a pharmacy owner said his store had run out of cold and fever medicine. "I have been asking for supplies for two weeks, but the factories are still postponing my orders,” he said, adding he planned to pick up any supply himself when it became available. "There are no drivers . . . they are all testing positive.” Ivy, a college student in nearby Guangzhou, said her classmates had got fevers one after another in recent days, though some of them could not ascertain whether they were Covid symptoms because home tests were not readily available. While an online hospital set up by the city still had medicine, Ivy said, it was running out of healthy workers to deliver items.

There is a dearth of reliable data on the scale and speed of the outbreak after Chinese authorities curtailed Covid testing and stopped reporting what they deemed asymptomatic cases. The country reported only 2,028 new locally transmitted cases on Saturday. Unofficial estimates vary; for example an amateur statistician known as Chenqin, who has analysed online search trends, estimated there were close to 40mn new Covid cases on Friday. On Saturday Chenqin estimated that 39 per cent of Beijing had been infected. The estimates suggest 29 per cent of the city of Chongqing, 16 per cent of Guangzhou and 11 per cent of Shanghai have been infected. They also indicate a few cities including Beijing and neighbouring Shijiazhuang have passed the peak of their first Covid waves and daily infections have begun to decline. The estimation methodology has not been validated by experts or the Financial Times but has gained attention online in China in the absence of official numbers. A running online survey started on Thursday by the state-owned Beijing News found that 45 per cent of 114,000 respondents had Covid or had already recovered from it.

In Shijiazhuang, the capital of northern Hebei province, resident Xue Zhikun said many people had begun venturing outside again after recovering from the virus. "But it’s not yet totally [back to normal],” he said. Meanwhile, economic policymakers in Beijing have begun to look beyond the immediate health crisis and focus on stabilising the country’s battered economy. Officials on Friday concluded the Central Economic Work Conference, an annual agenda-setting meeting for economic policies in the year ahead. The gathering vowed to bolster the economy in 2023 and sought to inspire confidence by praising the importance of the private sector, including real estate and internet companies. Han Wenxiu, an official at the Communist party’s Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, said the government would continue to roll out growth support policies at a forum on Saturday, while a top central bank official said they would add stimulus if needed. "The tone setting is important,” said Wang Qi, chief executive at fund manager MegaTrust Investment in Hong Kong. "China’s refocus on economic growth injects confidence into the market, which will likely respond positively on Monday.” 

 

7 hours ago, Mlodj said:

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So ... would this be an example of the strength of the western world's vaccines and programs to administer them in providing some herd immunity against Covid variants, preventing outbreaks?

Or are Chinese weak to Covid in ways others, including other Asian nations, are not?

1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

So ... would this be an example of the strength of the western world's vaccines and programs to administer them in providing some herd immunity against Covid variants, preventing outbreaks?

Or are Chinese weak to Covid in ways others, including other Asian nations, are not?

As they been forcibly vaxxed and isolated I'm going to go with weak. Their lack of exposure is likely to cause a rise of a multitude of infections due to weakened immune systems.

 

10 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

So ... would this be an example of the strength of the western world's vaccines and programs to administer them in providing some herd immunity against Covid variants, preventing outbreaks?

Or are Chinese weak to Covid in ways others, including other Asian nations, are not?

More an example of stupidity on the part of the Chinese.  Their original vax was marginally effective against the original strain and is useless against the later variants.  Once they realized that, the sensible thing to do was buy western developed variants, but instead they basically wanted the western countries to turn over the research behind their MRNA work, so the Chinese could steal it as they do so much of our technology.  When the Western nations said "no can do" the Chinese, until very recently, turned to draconian lock downs, which actually did work but at the cost of crushing their economy and royally pizzing off the citizenry.  After increasing protests they have stopped the lockdowns and are left with a huge population that has no real natural immunity and a vax that doesn't work.  That's what happens when you have one person making decisions for an entire country with no real feedback; it's no coincidence two of the most isolated leaders in the world (Putin and Xi) have made some of the dumbest decisions recently.

49 minutes ago, Mlodj said:

More an example of stupidity on the part of the Chinese.  Their original vax was marginally effective against the original strain and is useless against the later variants.  Once they realized that, the sensible thing to do was buy western developed variants, but instead they basically wanted the western countries to turn over the research behind their MRNA work, so the Chinese could steal it as they do so much of our technology.  When the Western nations said "no can do" the Chinese, until very recently, turned to draconian lock downs, which actually did work but at the cost of crushing their economy and royally pizzing off the citizenry.  After increasing protests they have stopped the lockdowns and are left with a huge population that has no real natural immunity and a vax that doesn't work.  That's what happens when you have one person making decisions for an entire country with no real feedback; it's no coincidence two of the most isolated leaders in the world (Putin and Xi) have made some of the dumbest decisions recently.

If that's true then how do you explain this?

 I bet you feel dumb now

On 3/15/2021 at 2:10 PM, vikas83 said:

Where are you applying for jobs? As the night manager at The Express?

In all my life in finance, I have never seen a resume from Ohio State. 

Oh, and I'm not mocking you for going to a state school. I'm mocking you for bragging about it while claiming intellectual superiority. 

Schmoopie and I started watching Dahmer.  In it, there is a scene where Jeffrey Dahmer is a borderline high school flunkie and is having lunch with his dad and his dad's girlfriend.  After being brow beaten about being a D student and barely on track to graduate Jeffrey Dahmer starts to break down and say's to his dad how he's a loser, not normal and something is wrong with him.  To which point his dad cuts him off and says "You know what!  I'll enroll you into Ohio State!"

 

That scene made me think of this conversation.  

9 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

 

 

I miss IFB Dog.  Dude was a walking punchline in here for a few months.

Remember when we cyberbullied him into losing like 20 pounds?  Good times.