@jeffro: if that is the case, then why is the flu not spreading according to the data? The evasion of the protective measures should have both diseases spread at the same time and with similar rates. Hence my notion, which is demonstrated by the CDC documentation that the tests for COVID also include influenza markers and as a result, anyone with the flu gets lumped in with COVID.
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Serious Question: Are You Hearing About Anyone With The Flu Anymore or A Cold?
by minimus infor years everyone was told they had to get the flu shot.
because the flu was dangerous and it could even kill you.
now, hardly anyone talks about the flu or having a cold.
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Serious Question: Are You Hearing About Anyone With The Flu Anymore or A Cold?
by minimus infor years everyone was told they had to get the flu shot.
because the flu was dangerous and it could even kill you.
now, hardly anyone talks about the flu or having a cold.
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@jeffro: yet, despite the measures, COVID continued spreading. The measures did nothing but aggravate the situation in most cases, the states and countries with the strictest measures had the most spread.
If you want to know what happened to the flu, look at the CDC statistics. The COVID published numbers and tests (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/multiplex.html) INCLUDE the cases of flu and pneumonia (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm).
Whereas before, we had literally hundreds of people dying monthly from flu, and over 1000 during flu season, we now have zero or single digits dying from flu, because they get lumped in with COVID. Simple reason, as COVID care is 100% paid for by the government, this is turning into government run healthcare.
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Love the don't use a gun for self defence by Gary Bro
by mickbobcat ini just watched that stupid talk by gary while e bro on not using a gun for self defense but it went deeper.
i was that you don't defend yourself against violence.
well ain't that great from an asshat living in a gated and guarded compound.
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I was thinking of this thread for a little while and I came up with this idea:
- what is the reason certain politicians want certain groups of people to give up their guns or the right to self defence
- what is the reason the JW want their followers to give up their guns and self defence
it is for the sole purpose of creating victims and having that group of the victimized are more receptive to very invasive procedures they tell them will protect them.
This is the same reason the Dems don’t want black people to have agency in the voting procedures and why everyone has to have their unique oppressed gender, so they remain victims, forever and victims are easy to lead.
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Serious Question: Are You Hearing About Anyone With The Flu Anymore or A Cold?
by minimus infor years everyone was told they had to get the flu shot.
because the flu was dangerous and it could even kill you.
now, hardly anyone talks about the flu or having a cold.
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By definition anyone with a cold (coronavirus of any sort) would’ve been identified as being infected with COVID-19 unless they did a blood microscopy test. Flu has similar symptoms, so my kids doctors put the diagnostic in as COVID-19 symptoms so those visits were free, even though the results later came back with bronchitis and another one has an infection I forgot about.
When everyone is scared, everyone has COVID.
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Love the don't use a gun for self defence by Gary Bro
by mickbobcat ini just watched that stupid talk by gary while e bro on not using a gun for self defense but it went deeper.
i was that you don't defend yourself against violence.
well ain't that great from an asshat living in a gated and guarded compound.
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Interesting, because back in the day owning guns was allowed for hunting and the like, even self defense was allowed I thought.
I know several elders that have various rifles such as semi-auto and shotguns. So when someone breaks in, tweaking out on meth with an ice pick coming at you, you’re not allowed to stop them.
My daughter living with her PIMI mother loves shooting, she’s 10 and she can accurately hit a target ~20 yards with her crossbow. I also have a 9mm carbine she can handle. If the “world” is getting worse as they claim, the argument for owning is stronger.
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20 Years Occupying Afghanistan, Nothing Achieved
by Simon inso the occupation of afghanistan is coming to an end and, as predicted, they achieved absolutely nothing in that 20 years apart from:.
the death of 2,300+ service personnel and tens of thousands more seriously maimed or injured.. handing $billions or even $trillions of taxpayer dollars to defence contractors (so the military industrial complex wins, even if the military doesn't have a clear victory).. has this lengthy but short-term military occupation really changed anything in the country?
it doesn't appear so.. i said at the time that the us wouldn't have the staying power to enact real change.
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The problem in Vietnam was McNamara and the doctrine of proportional retaliation. So he quite literally flew planes in that were ordered to hang still just to get shot down, they weren’t allowed to respond, because, hey they were shooting at them with WW2 era flak cannons, a rocket wouldn’t be proportional. Dozens of planes were lost and they weren’t allowed to retaliate.
Same was the debacle over the AR15/M16 - it wouldn’t be fair to have burst fire, because the enemy didn’t have them, so soldiers were sent into the battlefield with semi-auto guns that were less capable than the same gun produced for civilians. Likewise it was decided that they should have slightly altered rounds to limit the production lines, because “gun control” was high on the Democrat agenda.
It literally took acts of Congress to force the JFK and LBJ administrations to properly equip the military. And then when LBJ signed the order to stop bombing the Vietnamese and retreat, they literally had thousands of people flee in shaggy boats and the US military refused to pick them up or assist them. Thousands drowned, about 90% of the boats did not reach their destination, between being fired upon by the communist regime and the poor situation these people were in.
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Why Is Nothing Being Done About Looters?
by minimus inlooting is happening everywhere like never before.
brazen thieves walk into stores and bring a bag with them and simply throw whatever they choose in the bag.
popular chain stores have closed in certain neighborhoods because it’s just not worth it.
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Why Is Nothing Being Done About Looters?
by minimus inlooting is happening everywhere like never before.
brazen thieves walk into stores and bring a bag with them and simply throw whatever they choose in the bag.
popular chain stores have closed in certain neighborhoods because it’s just not worth it.
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@jan: try to buy a gun in Walmart: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reporter-tries-buy-gun-walmart-083700384.html
I already quoted you statistics that show violent crime per capita being 4-5 times worse in the UK (1.6%) compared to the US (0.3%). Yes, you’re more likely to be shot down instead of knifed down in the US, anyone with experience can tell you that gun wounds are generally smaller and easier to treat than knife wounds. Gun crime often happens within the radius that a knife would be more effective.
Violent crime has dropped across the world historically because of greater access to wealth, so you do have to adjust for that as well. Even though overall crime dropped, in the UK knife crime nearly doubled in the decade after the gun ban. It then slowed a little bit and has been ticking up again in the last 5 years. After the gun ban, gun crime in the UK kept pace with the overall crime rate and has been ticking up again in the last 5 years, especially against police, so as a share of all crime, gun crime did not drop in the UK after the ban, it seems like criminals don’t care about the law.
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'covid isnt real'
by joey jojo inim not here to start a debate.. ive heard the above expression countless time over the past year and a half and genuinely want to know what it means.. if you feel this way, do you mean :.
a. there is no covid19 virus?.
b. covid19 is real but not a threat of any kind?.
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@rocketman: the narrative is indeed that regions with low vaccination levels are going to be hardest hit.
currently in the UK, 70% of the population is vaccinated, likewise NY (73.8%) and CA (88%), yet where is it trending up most cases: NY, CA, UK. We were told last year that a 60-70% vaccination rate would mean herd immunity, so the masks and lockdowns would cease.
You can do a simple correlation analysis, there is no correlation between the rates of vaccination and the rates of new cases. The best states in regards COVID cases are still red states with better access to healthcare, vaccines and fewer lockdowns. The worst states are still blue states with heavy regulation.
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20 Years Occupying Afghanistan, Nothing Achieved
by Simon inso the occupation of afghanistan is coming to an end and, as predicted, they achieved absolutely nothing in that 20 years apart from:.
the death of 2,300+ service personnel and tens of thousands more seriously maimed or injured.. handing $billions or even $trillions of taxpayer dollars to defence contractors (so the military industrial complex wins, even if the military doesn't have a clear victory).. has this lengthy but short-term military occupation really changed anything in the country?
it doesn't appear so.. i said at the time that the us wouldn't have the staying power to enact real change.
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What was achieved: women and girls got an education, many people got access to health care. Biden basically started by letting the Taliban takeover 1/3 of the country in the last few months, then declaring its a war that can’t be won.
The occupation was good for the people living there, just because their government had issues did not mean it wasn’t a resounding success in comparison what came before or is coming now. The late Cristopher Hitchens even praised the occupation for all the good that it did, and he wasn’t exactly a war hawking neo-con, the region has always been in religious conflicts because the small group of Islamist extremists, funded by Iran, is only defended by small groups of regional tribes, the US made those small groups of tribes into a unified front and they won.
During the Trump era, we even had a deal going with the Taliban, which they reneged on as soon as they noticed the new White House wasn’t willing on following up with prior threats.