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  I think Limbaugh is out and out wrong on this

  by JimmyYoung in

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  i listen to rush most days for entertainment.

  i agree with him on some issues and disagree on others.

  but today he said something i believe is an out and out lie.

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  I think what he was probably trying to say is that flu shots are prepared for the strain(s) that are anticipated to be active during flu season.

  Since this is simply an educated case, it's sometimes wrong and the strain you're inoculated against is not the strain that people become infected with.

  After all the goofy and just plain wrong things he's said about the Covid-19 outbreak and SARS-CoV-2 in the last month, you would think he would be embarrassed and perhaps stick to topics he understands.
  
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  People Are Drinking a Lot More When "Locked Up" in Their Homes

  by RubaDub in

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  it was amusing the other evening on the local news to see the increase of drinking due likely to people having to basically stay at home.. the news crew went out on recycle day in a couple of areas during the week.

  they showed the general neighborhoods (but not the specific houses).

  the reporter walked down the street and looked into the recycle bins.

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  I bet the booze business is booming everywhere due to the covid-19

  It is here. Total Wine & More is doing curbside pickup and people are loading up their SUV's

  (Don't ask me how I know that )
  
  
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  Find the Beatles Songs in the Picture

  by Simon in

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  some light entertainment ... there are apparently 39 beatles songs hidden in the picture, but depending on how to interpret some of them you may come up with more.. please post one each, to give everyone a go, and describe where the song is in the picture (so it's not just coming up with a list of beatles songs).

  also, check for existing answers - i'll post summaries to show the ones already identified.. .

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  Fool on the Hill (Far upper right corner)
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  Projected Covid 19 deaths in USA - about the same as 'flu stats.

  by The Fall Guy in

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  according to white house task-force expert: .

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52241221.

  "dr anthony fauci, a key member of the white house's coronavirus task force, told nbc news' today show on thursday the final number of americans who will die from covid-19 in the outbreak "looks more like 60,000".

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  Yes. And the flu killed more people last year than Ebola, Bubonic plague and Diphtheria combined. Clearly the dangers of these diseases are overblown....
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  Covid 19 CENSORSHIP

  by The Fall Guy in

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  if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.

  however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.

  which contradict the official narrative are being muted.

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  Doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professions that involve public health, safety and trust all have disciplinary boards which can suspend or even strip you of your professional certification entirely.

  Conversely, practicing medicine, law, and engineering without a license is illegal, which is why technical writers have to be careful not to cross that line.

  It's really not that hard to understand.
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  Covid 19 CENSORSHIP

  by The Fall Guy in

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  if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.

  however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.

  which contradict the official narrative are being muted.

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  Perhaps the pendulum has swung too far, but surely we don't want to go back to the days when anybody could claim to be a physician and charlatans hawked Radium Belts, Electronic Radio Biolas?

  It's easy on a forum full of intelligent people to think that we are so much more sophisticated today and maybe it's easy to forget that JW views on evolution are accepted as solid science in some circles.
  

  A good case in point was an article written about the Covid-19 outbreak by a right wing political activist here in the U.S. The gentleman, by the name of Aaron Ginn, dressed up the claim that this was really no worse than the seasonal flu with impressive looking charts, outdated and cherry-picked statistics and the public lapped it up.

  --Even when the claims did not follow from the charts like this little gem below:

  
  

  His article was taken down and he (Predictably) cried censorship.
  
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  I am one of the few old people who never got vaccinated. Parents were Members of a sect that didnt get them

  Wow....

  Not even the OPV (Sabine) Polio vaccine?

  --A sugar cube with a pink dot handed to you in a Dixie cup?
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  Covid 19 CENSORSHIP

  by The Fall Guy in

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  if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.

  however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.

  which contradict the official narrative are being muted.

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  Well yeah, but the person in your article above claimed to be a "Registered Nurse" when she in fact was not. She then when on to promote her crackpot theories under the guise of a medical professional.

  It's actually a pretty good example of the line where free speech ends.
  
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  Covid 19 CENSORSHIP

  by The Fall Guy in

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  if anyone voices an opinion with which i disagree or even detest, i can either debate it or walk away.. the last thing i want is for someone to be silenced by threats.

  however, it appears that some opinions on social media etc.

  which contradict the official narrative are being muted.

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  I don't really know how it works in the UK, but here in the US, information in medical and legal fields does not necessarily fall under the umbrella of free speech.

  It's why writers offer disclaimers such as, "Always check with your physician before starting any exercise program" or "This is not legal advice and should not be construed as such" when the subject matter strays into these areas of expertise.

  There's a very real risk of liability and it is therefore not censorship if a third party does not want any part of it.
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  Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread

  by Simon in

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  this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.

  latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.

  the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.

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  Latest reports are that 50 percent of people with carona have no symptoms. They say if true this would lower the death rate to .6 percents

  I'd like to read about this if you remember where you saw it. In the studies I've read so far, (Diamond Princess, South Korea and recently Iceland) the asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic cases were already included in the overall number.