COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events

[golftdibrad]

https://youtu.be/PThXQdSC3Ac?si=83bi__6xCULJg30X
I don't know if ya'll are following the whole Baton Rouge/St George thing but I'm laughing watching the Dems get exactly what they claim they want elsewhere in exactly the way they didn't mean to get it. Of course, the media is framing it as a race thing but this thing has been in the works for years. It only became a fight because the schools sucked so bad and the Dems didn't want to give an inch. But this is the democracy they claim to want, in action. This is the separation from white folks the activists claim they want, in action.

I lived in Baton Rouge for 16 years, and I signed that petition (twice, once the failed effort and again in the successful one) before we moved. So I do keep an eye on things. The public schools were terrible. The money was fantastically mismanaged. I hope that Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans can turn things around, but having lived there essentially my whole life - I have my doubts. I moved to Tennessee for many reasons outside that political crap, but opting out of it to a freer state was a bonus.

[anticausal]

Trump is both highly intelligent and an ignoramus. This is an unusual combination and it confuses people. It explains why absolute retards insist they are smarter than Trump. They instinctively recognize a fellow ignoramus.

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The Jews aren't doing themselves any favors with this "antisemitism bill". Not a good look, guys.

[Jenni]

So, only 60% voted, and 54% of them voted for the split. That means less than 33% of the voters of St. George wanted to split

I disagree. 54% of the people who had an opinion wanted to split. There's no evidence to support the assertion that the 40% of non voters didn't want the split.

[Subby]

So We have Asbestos, Basically in [Market-Ticker-Nad]

Very insightful topic from everyone's favourite salty economist on why certain things cause cancer and how.

The crux of it is:

Given this, however, how is it that a chemically inert thing can promote cancer? That is, by what mechanism can asbestos do that -- because we know it does.

There's only one logical explanation: It causes inflammation in the body, that is, the immune system knows it is "not self" and tries to eliminate it but cannot because the substance is chemically inert. The attack on it is thus unsuccessful but the immune system does not give up since the "not self" is still there and that eventually leads it to fail to detect other cancerous cells in the vicinity and be unable to destroy them.

That is, asbestos doesn't cause cancer (because an inert thing can't cause something) but it does promote cancer.

I'm not sure this passes my sniff test though, inert things will eventually get ignored by the body. Otherwise joint replacements and other surgeries would be impossible. From lightly searching the "scientists know" explanation is that inflammation directly causes cancer by increasing the likelihood that the cellular dna will be affected by the inflammatory chemicals, or increasing the inate chances of it. I believe Karl is correct in his overlying point in that chronic inflammation is bad and leads to cancer, but incorrect in stating that inert things promote cancer by distracting the immune system. There's no reason for T cells to focus on chemically inert substances in the first place.

[DoomGuy]

Public facing scientists have been fags for a long time. A few exceptions existed, like Mr. Wizard, but he still had some of the "before-time" in him. I loved that salty old bastard. (His cultural successor, Bill Nye, on the other hand, is a complete fag.) Guys like Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins were obviously propagandists to me. The science is always secondary to the atheism when you look at it from a propaganda-informed perspective. More propaganda-driven energy has been focused into evangelizing atheism than anything else in post-WWII American pop-culture, besides, perhaps, anti-racism and anti-white conditioning.

And now Niel Degrasse Tyson is just what remains among the dregs, after the long degeneration of American society.

This forum reads more like 4chan than a strength training forum. I'm guessing this homophobic language is accepted here since it hasn't been moderated. Really off putting.

[Mark Rippetoe]

This forum reads more like 4chan than a strength training forum. I'm guessing this homophobic language is accepted here since it hasn't been moderated. Really off putting.

Then put yourself off, and go back to 4chan. Here, let me help....

[mkm5]

This is interesting; this same cop who body-slammed a teenage high school girl for a burned out headlight and going 6mph over the speed limit, tried to take down another innocent person previously and was fired from both police departments, but only after public complaints.

I guess he was butt-hurt he couldn't handle the innocent race car driver so in his next job he goes after a high school girl.

Yeah, I try to respect the police, but it's been really difficult since my first interaction when I got pulled over at 16 years old and the cop walked up to my car pointing a gun at my head.

The citation? "Excessive Acceleration" leaving the high school parking lot in my 1971 318 Dodge Charger in the rain. I made a turn out of the parking lot and the one rear tire spun on the rain drenched road.

https://youtu.be/a8FjGS0jIJA?si=K1Ffr9_gv-msfnsZ

[mkm5]

For additional context, here's the video of the exceptionally well mannered high school girl getting her civil rights violated during a traffic stop:

https://youtu.be/817BItUQETQ?si=S8N7IzAQxE_MAJjA

[Mark Rippetoe]

Color me shocked ... not !

How Ivermectin Trials Were Designed to Fail | The Epoch Times

This may seem like a big step back into history, but it's important to know what happened, and why, because it will happen again.

Ivermectin inhibits the entire life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 in our cells, including attachment, spreading, and replication (1, 2, 3).

Moreover, ivermectin is anti-inflammatory and organ-protective, which can potentially protect against severe COVID-related lung damage and acute respiratory distress syndrome, heart-related complications, and blood clots.

Ivermectin exceeds the approved antiviral effects of other medications, including Paxlovid, molnupiravir, and remdesivir, which target only the virus and lack anti-inflammatory and organ-protective effects. Monoclonal antibodies have to be constructed specific to each variant and are very expensive.

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Many doctors have observed the positive effects of ivermectin on their patients. An observational study conducted in Brazil with more than 88,000 patients showed that ivermectin reduced the rates of infection, mortality, and hospitalization by 49 percent, 92 percent, and 100 percent, respectively.

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The recommended dosage of ivermectin for treating COVID-19 is based on the clinical experiences of physicians worldwide.

The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) guidelines recommend taking 0.4 mg/kg of ivermectin daily, immediately after exposure. Once a cumulative dose in excess of 200 mg is reached, the risk of acquiring COVID-19 has been shown to be nearly zero.
It is common for a drug with multiple indications to have different doses for different diseases.

Moreover, ivermectin should be given with food, as it has a 2.6-fold higher bioavailability when taken with food than when taken on an empty stomach. The Merck package insert (revised May 2022) also supports this and states, “Administration of 30 mg ivermectin following a high-fat meal resulted in an approximate 2.5-fold increase in bioavailability relative to administration of 30 mg ivermectin in the fasted state.”

Yet this important dosing information is not reflected in the commonly used drug prescribing resource known as the Prescribers’ Digital Reference, which states: “Take the number of tablets your doctor has prescribed all at the same time with water on an empty stomach. Do not eat any food within two hours before or after taking the tablets.”
So if a person takes the dose while fasting, they are getting only 40 percent of the recommended dose. For patients with a higher body weight, the effects of underdosing could be even more significant.

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Furthermore, the analysis showed that ivermectin effectively reduced COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths. Only 1.6 percent of 2,157 patients in the ivermectin group experienced hospitalizations or deaths, compared with 4.4 percent of 3,256 patients in the usual care group.

Even a low dose of ivermectin has demonstrated the potential to save lives. However, the authors concluded, “Ivermectin for COVID-19 is unlikely to provide clinically meaningful improvement in recovery, hospital admissions, or longer-term outcomes.”

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In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial with mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, none of the 55 patients in the ivermectin group died, whereas four of 57 in the placebo group died. Moreover, only 1.8 percent of ivermectin-treated patients needed invasive ventilation compared with 8.8 percent in the placebo group.
In other words, ivermectin reduced the risk of death by 100 percent and the need for ventilators by 80 percent.

Read it all. The sorry bastards are in fact trying to kill people for the money.

[Mark Rippetoe]

For additional context, here's the video of the exceptionally well mannered high school girl getting her civil rights violated during a traffic stop:

https://youtu.be/817BItUQETQ?si=S8N7IzAQxE_MAJjA

We've posted this before, but it bears repeating, especially in the context of the Hamas rallies at your local colleges, and all the shit the cops are being asked to deal with there. This fucking pussy needs to be reassigned to Columbia duty.