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2021-11-07 at 7:51 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!
Originally posted by Speedy Parker You still do not understand how the Quote button works. If you quote a post with mothing but quotes it does not display the bit in quotes. See below dumbass…
If I'm so damned stupid, how come I can make it post, dummy?
2021-11-06 at 10:23 PM UTC
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stl1
Dark Matter
Originally posted by Donald Trump
"A parasitic drug".
These journalists truly are dumb as all fuck.
Originally posted by Speedy Parker
Ivermectin, a US Food and Drug Administration-approved anti-parasitic agent -
2021-11-07 at 7:47 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!Rolling Stone
‘We’re Close to the End’: Medical Expert Lays Out Endgame for Covid-19 Pandemic
Andy Kroll
The number of Covid-19 infections nationwide has flatlined after weeks on the decline. The vaccination rate for all Americans lingers, for now, at just under 60 percent. Yet Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration and a medical expert who issued a prescient warning about the pandemic in early 2020, now says the worst is nearly over.
In an interview on Sunday with CBS’s Face the Nation, Gottlieb, who sits on the board of vaccine-maker Pfizer, explained what comes next with the Delta variant, why the pandemic phase of the Covid-19 crisis will soon end, and why the vaccine roll-out for five- to seven-year-olds has greatly improved on previous bungled immunization campaigns.
Earlier this week, Gottlieb remarked that after 18 months of lockdowns and extensive health precautions, after more than 750,000 deaths and 46 million infections, the end of the Covid-19 pandemic was now “in sight.” On Sunday, Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan pressed Gottlieb on why he believed that to be true.
Gottlieb explained that as the Delta variant reaches its final stage, he predicted the U.S. would exit the “pandemic phase of this virus” and enter a “more endemic phase,” one in which life returned to something closer to pre-pandemic conditions thanks to steadily rising vaccination rates, children getting access to vaccines, and newly developed treatments for Covid infections. He pointed to the United Kingdom, which saw its own Delta variant wave rise and fall this year, as an example of what the U.S.’s trajectory might look like.
“In the U.K., we saw a spike in cases, but it’s pretty much back to normal,” Gottlieb said. “Life is at pre-pandemic types of levels in the U.K. right now. And cases are starting to decline again.”
Gottlieb added that, in the U.S., as infections continued to decline and vaccinations increased, “people are going to go out more, cases may pick up, but that doesn’t mean that we’re entering into another wave of infection,” he said. “I think we’re close to the end of this. This Delta wave is the last major wave of infection.”
Gottlieb explained that medical and public-health experts have often said that reaching two key milestones would signal that the pandemic was nearing its conclusion. One was vaccine access for children. The other was a widespread, easy-to-take drug to treat coronavirus at home and prevent people from hospitalization or death. Millions of children are signing up newly available vaccines. And the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck have announced the development of treatment drugs, with more expected from other drug makers, Gottlieb said.
To be clear, Gottlieb’s predictions don’t signal the end of the Covid-19 virus for good. Moving from the pandemic to the endemic phase means learning to live with the coronavirus in the same way humans live with other viruses. That could mean annual vaccinations against the virus. It could mean wearing masks in certain settings, or more commonplace testing, or screening for domestic or international travel. But it would also signal the end of outright travel bans, lockdowns, and burdensome requirements on businesses and schools.
That moment will likely come once the Delta variant has burned through the rest of the unvaccinated population, Gottlieb said, a process that is playing right now. After tearing across the South and the Midwest this summer, the Delta variant now appears to be moving through the Great Lakes region and parts of New England. That spread, he said, explains the current stalling-out in the decline in infections. But it shouldn’t be a major cause for concern so long as the push to vaccinate as many Americans as possible continues.
“This has to play out,” Gottlieb said. “The reality is this Delta infection is going to capture most people who remain unvaccinated at this point.” He went on, “We’ve done a phenomenal job vaccinating the adult population, almost 81% of adults over the age of 18 have had at least one dose of vaccine. But for those who aren’t getting vaccinated, they’re going to get infected with this Delta variant, and that’s going to ultimately be the endgame.” -
2021-11-07 at 7:20 PM UTC in Does This Make You Hot Under The Collar?Reuters
Explainer-What's the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming?
By Kate Abnett
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Over and over at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders have stressed the need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The 2015 Paris Agreement commits countries to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to aim for 1.5°C.
Scientists have said crossing the 1.5°C threshold risks unleashing far more severe climate change effects on people, wildlife and ecosystems.
Preventing it requires almost halving global CO2 emissions by 2030 from 2010 levels and cutting them to net-zero by 2050 -- an ambitious task that scientists, financiers, negotiators and activists at COP26 are debating how to achieve and pay for.
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Already, the world has heated to around 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels. Each of the last four decades was hotter than any decade since 1850.
"We never had such a global warming in only a few decades", said climate scientist Daniela Jacob at the Climate Service Center Germany. "Half a degree means much more extreme weather, and it can be more often, more intense, or extended in duration."
Just this year, torrential rains flooded China and Western Europe, killing hundreds of people. Hundreds more died when temperatures in the Pacific Northwest hit record highs. Greenland saw massive melting events, wildfires ravaged the Mediterranean and Siberia, and record drought hit parts of Brazil.
"Climate change is already affecting every inhabited region across the globe," said climate scientist Rachel Warren at the University of East Anglia.
HEAT, RAIN, DROUGHT
More warming to 1.5°C and beyond will worsen such impacts.
"For every increment of global warming, changes in extremes become larger," said climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne at ETH Zurich.
For example, heatwaves would become both more frequent and more severe.
An extreme heat event that occurred once per decade in a climate without human influence, would happen 4.1 times a decade at 1.5°C of warming, and 5.6 times at 2°C, according to the U.N. climate science panel (IPCC).
Let warming spiral to 4°C, and such an event could occur 9.4 times per decade.
A warmer atmosphere can also hold more moisture, resulting in more extreme rainfall that raises flood risks. It also increases evaporation, leading to more intense droughts.
ICE, SEAS, CORAL REEFS
The difference between 1.5°C and 2°C is critical for Earth's oceans and frozen regions.
"At 1.5°C, there’s a good chance we can prevent most of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheet from collapsing," said climate scientist Michael Mann at Pennsylvania State University.
That would help limit sea level rise to a few feet by the end of the century - still a big change that would erode coastlines and inundate some small island states and coastal cities.
But blow past 2°C and the ice sheets could collapse, Mann said, with sea levels rising up to 10 metres (30 feet)- though how quickly that could happen is uncertain.
Warming of 1.5°C would destroy at least 70% of coral reefs, but at 2°C more than 99% would be lost. That would destroy fish habitats and communities that rely on reefs for their food and livelihoods.
FOOD, FORESTS, DISEASE
Warming of 2°C, versus 1.5°C, would also increase the impact on food production.
"If you have crop failures in a couple of the breadbaskets of the world at the same time, then you could see extreme food price spikes and hunger and famine across wide swathes of the world," said climate scientist Simon Lewis at University College London.
A warmer world could see the mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria and dengue fever expand across a wider range. But 2°C would also see a bigger share of insects and animals lose most of their habitat range, compared with 1.5°C, and increase the risk of forest fires - another risk to wildlife.
'TIPPING POINTS'
As the world heats up, the risk increases that the planet will reach "tipping points", where Earth’s systems cross a threshold that triggers irreversible or cascading impacts. Exactly when those points would be reached is uncertain.
Droughts, reduced rainfall, and continued destruction of the Amazon through deforestation, for example, could see the rainforest system collapse, releasing CO2 into the atmosphere rather than storing it. Or warming Arctic permafrost could cause long-frozen biomass to decompose, releasing vast amount of carbon emissions.
"That's why it's so risky to keep emitting from fossil fuels ... because we're increasing the likelihood that we go over one of those tipping points," Lewis said.
BEYOND 2°C
So far, the climate pledges that countries have submitted to the United Nations' registry of pledges put the world on track for 2.7°C of warming. The International Energy Agency said Thursday https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/net-zero-methane-pledges-push-world-near-paris-climate-goal-iea-2021-11-04 that new promises announced at the COP26 summit - if implemented - could hold warming to below 1.8°C, although some experts challenged that calculation. It remains to be seen whether those promises will translate into real-world action.
Warming of 2.7°C would deliver "unliveable heat" for parts of the year across areas of the tropics and subtropics. Biodiversity would be enormously depleted, food security would drop, and extreme weather would exceed most urban infrastructure's capacity to cope, scientists said.
"If we can keep warming below 3°C we likely remain within our adaptive capacity as a civilization, but at 2.7°C warming we would experience great hardship," said Mann. -
2021-11-07 at 5:53 AM UTC in Biden Molests His Own Daughter.
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2021-11-07 at 5:46 AM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!
Originally posted by Speedy Parker Typical move that you see played out on cable and in your precious print day after day. Highlight the one thing that taken out of context and twisted into something, ignore the main part that destroys your narrative, and smugly claim you are right.
Your response is so lame that you had to delete the actual quote.
C'mon, man...as Joe would say. -
2021-11-07 at 5:43 AM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!
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2021-11-06 at 10:29 PM UTC in what's the last thing you bought?
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2021-11-06 at 10:26 PM UTC in what's the last thing you bought?
Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood bruh????? I ran out of all of that at the same time the fuck your gonna sweat me for buying dairy it's used in baking and I live with a woman that bitches at me literally every day BUY MILK SCRONNY WJHY DIDNT YOU BUY MILK like holy frick
I'd grab dem titties of hers and milk them if she talked to me like that! -
2021-11-06 at 10:23 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!
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2021-11-06 at 9:55 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!Ivermectin Uses, Side Effects & Warnings - Drugs.com
https://www.drugs.com/ivermectin.htm
Oct 05, 2021 · Ivermectin is an anti-parasite medication used treat infections in the body that are caused by certain parasites. The World Health Organization recommend not to use ivermectin in patients with COVID-19, except in the context of a clinical trial.
Now who's the dummy (as if that wasn't already obvious)? -
2021-11-06 at 9:51 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2021-11-06 at 8:46 PM UTC in Bong I made
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2021-11-06 at 8:38 PM UTC in Bong I made
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2021-11-06 at 8:31 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!Here's the Readers Digest condensed version:
Originally posted by stl1 Man, there's nothing like
A
Good old
Ass kicking to prove you're a whackadoodle
New York Daily News
Flat-Earther and ‘CONVID’ denier dies after experiencing multiple COVID symptoms
Brian Niemietz
A Canadian COVID denier who also believed the Earth is flat has died after suffering numerous symptoms consistent with a coronavirus infection.
Mak Parhar, an outspoken critic of masks and vaccines, recorded video two weeks ago in which he coughs, sniffs, complains of fever, chills, a sore throat and “so called ‘Convid’ symptoms” and wonders what became of his immune system. Parhar speculated that perhaps not sweating enough and being in a negative state of mind could be to blame for his illness.
“It’s definitely not ‘Convid’ because ‘Convid’ doesn’t exist,” he said.
Flat Earth theorist, anti-vaxxer Rob Skiba dies from COVID: report -
2021-11-06 at 8:17 PM UTC in Opinion……How will this end?But you've enjoyed practicing getting pregnant up your "birth canal" all these years, Speckles.
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2021-11-06 at 8:06 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!Did you know this fellow whackadoodle, Shlomo?
Originally posted by stl1 Man, there's nothing like
A
Good old
Ass kicking to prove you're a whackadoodle
New York Daily News
Flat-Earther and ‘CONVID’ denier dies after experiencing multiple COVID symptoms
Brian Niemietz
A Canadian COVID denier who also believed the Earth is flat has died after suffering numerous symptoms consistent with a coronavirus infection.
Mak Parhar, an outspoken critic of masks and vaccines, recorded video two weeks ago in which he coughs, sniffs, complains of fever, chills, a sore throat and “so called ‘Convid’ symptoms” and wonders what became of his immune system. Parhar speculated that perhaps not sweating enough and being in a negative state of mind could be to blame for his illness.
“It’s definitely not ‘Convid’ because ‘Convid’ doesn’t exist,” he said.
Mak Parhar made many videos while driving in his car, which carries the message "Earth is flat" in the rear window.
Parhar’s video shows a man who is clearly ill wearing a “Flat Earth Gang” sweatshirt as he rants about “tyranny,” “control” and “the system” while mocking people who accept the mainstream scientific community’s beliefs about COVID.
“Holy sh-t my throat is so sore,” he complains, noting his illness is getting worse.
Flat Earth theorist, anti-vaxxer Rob Skiba dies from COVID: report
Canadian news outlet Global News reported that police found Parhar dead when they were called to assist paramedics Thursday in a New Westminster home. He had been on trial for violating Canada’s Quarantine Act after refusing to self-isolate following a flat earth conference in the United States last year.
Parhar’s hot yoga studio was reportedly stripped of its license in March 2020 after its proprietor insisted a steamy workout would knock out COVID-19 and invited customers to visit. He has also shot videos inside health care facilities hoping to expose the “truth” behind the pandemic. One such video was filmed throughout the Royal Columbian Hospital at the height of the pandemic, when public health officials had asked that anyone not in need of urgent health care stay clear of hospitals.
Parhar said he’d also used Ivermectin, a parasitic drug, to treat his sickness. A coroner has not confirmed his cause of death. British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth once referred to the popular online personality as “a complete idiot.” -
2021-11-06 at 7:53 PM UTC in I can't imagine even our two resident libtard supporting thisCan you find a print version for me to read?
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2021-11-06 at 7:45 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Cut Hospital, Death Risk by 90%
Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or injection.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the U.S. market.
Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or injection. Competitor Merck’s COVID-19 pill is already under review at the Food and Drug Administration after showing strong initial results, and on Thursday the United Kingdom became the first country to OK it.
Pfizer said it will ask the FDA and international regulators to authorize its pill as soon as possible, after independent experts recommended halting the company’s study based on the strength of its results. Once Pfizer applies, the FDA could make a decision within weeks or months. If authorized the company would sell the drug under the brand name Paxlovid.
Researchers worldwide have been racing to find a pill against COVID-19 that can be taken at home to ease symptoms, speed recovery and reduce the crushing burden on hospitals and doctors.
Pfizer released preliminary results Friday of its study of 775 adults. Patients who received the company’s drug along with another antiviral shortly after showing COVID-19 symptoms had an 89% reduction in their combined rate of hospitalization or death after a month, compared to patients taking a dummy pill. Fewer than 1% of patients taking the drug needed to be hospitalized and no one died. In the comparison group, 7% were hospitalized and there were seven deaths.
“We were hoping that we had something extraordinary, but it’s rare that you see great drugs come through with almost 90% efficacy and 100% protection for death,” said Dr. Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer, in an interview.
Study participants were unvaccinated, with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, and were considered high risk for hospitalization due to health problems like obesity, diabetes or heart disease. Treatment began within three to five days of initial symptoms, and lasted for five days. Patients who received the drug earlier showed slightly better results, underscoring the need for speedy testing and treatment.
Pfizer reported few details on side effects but said rates of problems were similar between the groups at about 20%.
An independent group of medical experts monitoring the trial recommended stopping it early, standard procedure when interim results show such a clear benefit. The data have not yet been published for outside review, the normal process for vetting new medical research.
Top U.S. health officials continue to stress that vaccination will remain the best way to protect against infection. But with tens of millions of adults still unvaccinated — and many more globally — effective, easy-to-use treatments will be critical to curbing future waves of infections.
The FDA has set a public meeting later this month to review Merck’s pill, known as molnupiravir. The company reported in September that its drug cut rates of hospitalization and death by 50%. Experts warn against comparing preliminary results because of differences in studies.
Although Merck’s pill is further along in the U.S. regulatory process, Pfizer’s drug could benefit from a safety profile that is more familiar to regulators with fewer red flags. While pregnant women were excluded from the Merck trial due to a potential risk of birth defects, Pfizer’s drug did not have any similar restrictions. The Merck drug works by interfering with the coronavirus’ genetic code, a novel approach to disrupting the virus.
Pfizer’s drug is part of a decades-old family of antiviral drugs known as protease inhibitors, which revolutionized the treatment of HIV and hepatitis C. The drugs block a key enzyme which viruses need to multiply in the human body.
The drug was first identified during the SARS outbreak originating in Asia during 2003. Last year, company researchers decided to revive the medication and study it for COVID-19, given the similarities between the two coronaviruses.
The U.S. has approved one other antiviral drug for COVID-19, remdesivir, and authorized three antibody therapies that help the immune system fight the virus. But they have to be given by IV or injection at hospitals or clinics, and limited supplies were strained by the last surge of the delta variant.
Shares of Pfizer spiked more than 9% before the opening bell Friday. -
2021-11-06 at 6:34 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!Man, there's nothing like
A
Good old
Ass kicking to prove you're a whackadoodle
New York Daily News
Flat-Earther and ‘CONVID’ denier dies after experiencing multiple COVID symptoms
Brian Niemietz
A Canadian COVID denier who also believed the Earth is flat has died after suffering numerous symptoms consistent with a coronavirus infection.
Mak Parhar, an outspoken critic of masks and vaccines, recorded video two weeks ago in which he coughs, sniffs, complains of fever, chills, a sore throat and “so called ‘Convid’ symptoms” and wonders what became of his immune system. Parhar speculated that perhaps not sweating enough and being in a negative state of mind could be to blame for his illness.
“It’s definitely not ‘Convid’ because ‘Convid’ doesn’t exist,” he said.
Mak Parhar made many videos while driving in his car, which carries the message "Earth is flat" in the rear window.
Parhar’s video shows a man who is clearly ill wearing a “Flat Earth Gang” sweatshirt as he rants about “tyranny,” “control” and “the system” while mocking people who accept the mainstream scientific community’s beliefs about COVID.
“Holy sh-t my throat is so sore,” he complains, noting his illness is getting worse.
Flat Earth theorist, anti-vaxxer Rob Skiba dies from COVID: report
Canadian news outlet Global News reported that police found Parhar dead when they were called to assist paramedics Thursday in a New Westminster home. He had been on trial for violating Canada’s Quarantine Act after refusing to self-isolate following a flat earth conference in the United States last year.
Parhar’s hot yoga studio was reportedly stripped of its license in March 2020 after its proprietor insisted a steamy workout would knock out COVID-19 and invited customers to visit. He has also shot videos inside health care facilities hoping to expose the “truth” behind the pandemic. One such video was filmed throughout the Royal Columbian Hospital at the height of the pandemic, when public health officials had asked that anyone not in need of urgent health care stay clear of hospitals.
Parhar said he’d also used Ivermectin, a parasitic drug, to treat his sickness. A coroner has not confirmed his cause of death. British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth once referred to the popular online personality as “a complete idiot.” -
2021-11-06 at 5:49 AM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sFrom the "YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP, FOLKS" file:
Reuters
Underage son of Virginia governor-elect tried to vote, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - The underage son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin tried to vote in Tuesday's election and then tried a second time to cast a ballot even after being told he was ineligible, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing county officials.
Youngkin, a Republican former private equity executive, defeated former Governor Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday after running a campaign in which he made "election integrity" one of his issues.
While Youngkin kept former Republican President Donald Trump at a distance in an attempt to win over moderates offended by Trump's style, his promotion of "election integrity" was coded language to appeal to voters who erroneously believe the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
Youngkin's 17-year-old son attempted to vote at a polling station inside the Great Falls Library on Tuesday afternoon and showed his driver's license as proof of identity, the Post reported, citing an interview with the precinct captain there, Jennifer Chanty.
She told the young Youngkin he was ineligible to vote until he was 18 and offered to help him register for a future election, but he declined and walked out, the Post said.
He returned 20 minutes later and tried once again, saying he had a 17-year-old friend who was allowed to vote, but he was again turned away, the Post said.
The teenager broke no laws because he represented himself truthfully and caused no disruption, officials told the Post.
A spokesman for Youngkin characterized reports on the matter as "opposition research on a 17-year-old kid" that was being pushed by political opponents who were "mad that they suffered historic losses this year."
Youngkin's son "honestly misunderstood Virginia election law and simply asked polling officials if he was eligible to vote; when informed he was not, he went to school," spokesman Devin O'Malley wrote in a statement, the Post reported.
Fairfax County officials reported the incident in a statement, the Post said. Fairfax County officials did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for the statement.
