COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[TechMan]

Watch the video...https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/07/29/so-damn-embarrassing-defense-sec-lloyd-austin-adds-an-absurd-level-of-protection-against-covid-19/

[MechAg94]

The mask and face shield bother me less than the fist bumping.  Just shake their damn hands.  You are already touching them.  It looks silly to me.  You know damn well he will be using sanitizer immediately after and so will the people he met.  If it is worth keeping distance and not touching, then do that. 

[Ben]

The mask and face shield bother me less than the fist bumping.  Just shake their damn hands.  You are already touching them.  It looks silly to me.  You know damn well he will be using sanitizer immediately after and so will the people he met.  If it is worth keeping distance and not touching, then do that.

Yeah, stop with the fist and elbow bumping. It looks ridiculous, especially when old people do it. If you're not gonna shake hands, just give a head nod.

[WLJ]

I can see this turning into a logistical nightmare real quick among other things.

    BREAKING: L.A. Unified will require all students and employees to get tested for coronavirus weekly, regardless of vaccination status https://t.co/aux74Vplir

    — KTLA (@KTLA) July 29, 2021

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/07/29/los-angeles-unified-school-district-to-require-all-students-to-be-tested-for-covid-19-weekly-vaccinated-or-not/

LAUSD to require COVID-19 testing for all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lausd-to-require-covid-19-testing-for-all-students-and-staff-regardless-of-vaccination-status/

[Boomhauer]

The mask and face shield bother me less than the fist bumping.  Just shake their damn hands.  You are already touching them.  It looks silly to me.  You know damn well he will be using sanitizer immediately after and so will the people he met.  If it is worth keeping distance and not touching, then do that. 

My eye doc tried to elbow bump me I told him I only shake hands like a man ought to lol

[fifth_column]

A study by the CDC indicates 3/4 of people infected by the delta variant in a recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/cdc-study-shows-three-fourths-of-people-infected-in-massachusetts-covid-19-outbreak-were-vaccinated/

[BobR]

A study by the CDC indicates 3/4 of people infected by the delta variant in a recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/cdc-study-shows-three-fourths-of-people-infected-in-massachusetts-covid-19-outbreak-were-vaccinated/

I am not a virologist but to me it almost sounds like an antigen shift which would essentially make the existing vaccine next to worthless. At least that is how I think it may work. I may also be completely wrong, it would be the second or third time.

https://www.breakthroughs.com/advancing-medical-research/how-do-viruses-mutate-and-what-it-means-vaccine

https://www.astrazeneca.com/what-science-can-do/topics/disease-understanding/the-natural-evolution-of-sars-cov-2.html

bob

[Ben]

A study by the CDC indicates 3/4 of people infected by the delta variant in a recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/cdc-study-shows-three-fourths-of-people-infected-in-massachusetts-covid-19-outbreak-were-vaccinated/

Interesting. I've been reading articles all day today stating pretty much the opposite - that most everyone infected with the Delta is unvaccinated (of course once again making no distinction between unvaccinated and unvaccinated with natural immunity).

Not doubting you or your link - you likely know where I stand regarding the MSM reporting on all this - just a comment on all the divergent reporting we are supposed to believe.

[Ben]

And another article on Provincetown, making things more murky:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/07/30/town-manager-of-provincetown-says-indoor-masking-is-not-a-sustainable-long-term-solution/

Also, a tangent: Without going into a whole gayzor debate, I recall that Ptown has a significant gay population. I don't know where thing stand with HIV/AIDS and how many gay people have one or the other, but wouldn't weak immune systems be a contributing factor to infections, vaccinated or not?

[Angel Eyes]

[WLJ]

Universal masking required at all Louisville Metro Government buildings, starting Aug. 2
https://www.wdrb.com/community/universal-masking-required-at-all-louisville-metro-government-buildings-starting-aug-2/article_8bce1940-f168-11eb-8dfc-c752a0e4acce.html

Gov. Beshear to require masks for everyone inside state buildings, beginning July 29
https://www.wdrb.com/news/gov-beshear-to-require-masks-for-everyone-inside-state-buildings-beginning-july-29/article_84ac6cf6-efde-11eb-a1ef-9f16df303caf.html

And Kroger is asking everyone to wear masks

[WLJ]

Both Ford plants in Louisville mandating masks now.

[Ben]

Well then, to my point about Ptown, it was apparently "bear week" when this outbreak happened:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/07/30/a-gay-rights-activist-explains-why-the-cdcs-provincetown-study-may-be-fatally-flawed/

Funny tangent, I knew nothing about Ptown gays, nor "bears" until one year hot Ukrainian coworker and I were flying scientific missions out of Hyannis (or high anus as I called it). On a free weekend, her and the female aircraft commander talked me into going to Ptown, telling me about all the good eats, cool waterfront, etc. I said sure, sounds fun. They knew about Ptown, and that there was some gayzor gathering there that week.  I was clueless and of course they didn't tell me as their little joke. What a freak show. It made those gay pride parades you see out of San Francisco look like an Amish prayer meeting.

[TommyGunn]

A study by the CDC indicates 3/4 of people infected by the delta variant in a recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/cdc-study-shows-three-fourths-of-people-infected-in-massachusetts-covid-19-outbreak-were-vaccinated/

Almost certainly an "outlyer" study.  ....   ..... .....

[MechAg94]

Well then, to my point about Ptown, it was apparently "bear week" when this outbreak happened:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/07/30/a-gay-rights-activist-explains-why-the-cdcs-provincetown-study-may-be-fatally-flawed/

Funny tangent, I knew nothing about Ptown gays, nor "bears" until one year hot Ukrainian coworker and I were flying scientific missions out of Hyannis (or high anus as I called it). On a free weekend, her and the female aircraft commander talked me into going to Ptown, telling me about all the good eats, cool waterfront, etc. I said sure, sounds fun. They knew about Ptown, and that there was some gayzor gathering there that week.  I was clueless and of course they didn't tell me as their little joke. What a freak show. It made those gay pride parades you see out of San Francisco look like an Amish prayer meeting.

[MechAg94]

https://babylonbee.com/news/cdc-still-baffled-people-are-paying-attention-to-them
CDC Still Baffled People Are Paying Attention To Them

“People keep saying our suggestions on masking are dumb and make no sense,” said CDC regulator Lyle Howell. “But that’s all of our suggestions on everything. We have to keep making recommendations, though, to justify our existence and get a budget. But no one listens to them—not even us. So can’t you all just go back to ignoring us and stop yelling at us? I’m just here until I get my pension.”

[MechAg94]

https://babylonbee.com/news/scientist-warns-of-new-supersize-double-mega-turbocharged-limited-edition-snyder-cut-covid-variant
Scientists Warn Of New Supersized Double Mega Limited Edition Teenage Mutant Ninja Snyder Cut COVID Variant With Frickin' Laser Cannons

Fauci has promised the "Fauci Cut" coming soon, where he has total creative freedom to create the virus without the Chinese government editing his work so closely.

[Jim147]

https://babylonbee.com/news/scientist-warns-of-new-supersize-double-mega-turbocharged-limited-edition-snyder-cut-covid-variant
Scientists Warn Of New Supersized Double Mega Limited Edition Teenage Mutant Ninja Snyder Cut COVID Variant With Frickin' Laser Cannons

 Cool.

[Ben]

Well, my natural immunity might possibly last up to 17 years. Too bad I am continually lumped in with other unvaccinated people who haven't had covid, when more and more research seems to indicate I have more robust immunity than vaccinated individuals.

As public health policymakers reduce the discussion of immunity to vaccination status, largely ignored are the complexities of the human immune system. There are multiple highly encouraging research reports showing that blood cells in our body, so called "B cells and T cells," contribute to the cellular immunity after COVID-19. If SARS-CoV-2 immunity is similar to other severe coronavirus infections like SARS-CoV-1 immunity, that protection could last at least 17 years. However, tests to measure cellular immunity are complex and expensive, making them hard to get and preventing their use in routine medical practice or in public health surveys of the population.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/92836

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z

[MillCreek]

^^^I see they mentioned the limiting factor: an easy and cheap way to measure for immunity.

[MillCreek]

https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/3381486/can-masturbating-boost-your-immune-system-fight-covid/

[Ben]

^^^I see they mentioned the limiting factor: an easy and cheap way to measure for immunity.

Easy has to be overcome. Cheap does not. They could take a few hundred million dollars being thrown at the Kennedy Center and others and give it to researchers.

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Well then, to my point about Ptown, it was apparently "bear week" when this outbreak happened:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/07/30/a-gay-rights-activist-explains-why-the-cdcs-provincetown-study-may-be-fatally-flawed/

Funny tangent, I knew nothing about Ptown gays, nor "bears" until one year hot Ukrainian coworker and I were flying scientific missions out of Hyannis (or high anus as I called it). On a free weekend, her and the female aircraft commander talked me into going to Ptown, telling me about all the good eats, cool waterfront, etc. I said sure, sounds fun. They knew about Ptown, and that there was some gayzor gathering there that week.  I was clueless and of course they didn't tell me as their little joke. What a freak show. It made those gay pride parades you see out of San Francisco look like an Amish prayer meeting.

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Anecdotal Tangent:

If you drop your wallet in Provincetown, kick it to Truro before you bend over to pick it up.

Woody

[Ben]

A cousin in Germany telegrammed me (at 0400, because he can't do math) that demonstrations are starting up there due to new and reinstated restrictions. Lots of demonstrator/cop interactions apparently.

https://www.epochtimes.de/politik/deutschland/corona-demonstration-polizeihelikopter-im-einsatz-wasserwerfer-stehen-bereit-a3566042.html

I did read that unlike here, they take covid recovery and natural immunity into account and are asking people for proof of vaccination OR proof of having had the virus.

[Ben]

Apparently Germany isn't the only place. My cousin must be bored, as he is sending me tons of links. Most of Europe seems to be in the midst of covid lockdown protests, many with POlice interactions.

I haven't  really seen any of the stories he's sending me (including from Euro MSM outlets) talked about in the US MSM.