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I think I'll wait and see if seatbelts save lives.

I just got my test back and it's 42.

I really don't know much about it. I was just curious if this is what Oldies was talking about. I don't think an antibody test is going to give you the data you want because antibodies fade rather quickly. T-cell and B-cell presence is what is key, as these are the long-term cells that generate antibodies.

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Yoda you are.

Of course you are. The data did not tell us the patients' ages, whether they were obese or if they had comorbidities so you thought it was okay to simply invent some data. (build a patient profile) That is definitely not okay.

This is just stubborn ignorance. Do yourself and everyone else a favor by educating yourself on how the vaccine works. As it is, it looks like you don't have a clue. We don't know how long natural immunity lasts or how strong it will be for any one particular individual because we don't know that individual's exposure level. Dosage is controlled with the vaccine and so we can make more calculated projections. You say you have had Covid twice now. This is a bit distressing when you consider the long-running success your country had with low infection rates. How did you manage to get infected not once but twice? How long was it between your first and second infection? How long do you expect it to be before your third.... or fourth or fifth?

You're still trying to build a patient profile without any statistical evidence to justify your conclusion.

Covid by age 11/10/2021: HERE

The graph is clearly dated at the bottom. These are the numbers for Monday, 11/15/2021. The link shows other days that offer some perspective. There is no (zero) information to indicate patient age or general health status. You have assumed these details in an effort to create a fictitious patient profile. This is dishonest and dangerous. If anything, there is a good chance these are a younger demographic than we saw in the early pandemic because a high percentage of the elderly have already been vaccinated. But, we don't know that for certain. I think it's a fair assumption, though.

It was a flawed study. You can read about it HERE.

A direct quote from the article: “These events are often coincidental, rather than being caused by the vaccine, therefore any attempts to link the two based on a temporal association alone is misleading,”

"ANY vaccines.....are ALWAYS too late." This is what you said, did you not? .

This is what you said: "Any vaccinations conjured up for for flu type viruses (including covid) are always too late because the virus mutates a multitude of times before the shots even ministered." This is a direct quote from the article: "the composition of flu vaccines is reviewed annually, and vaccines are updated to protect against the viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming flu season." Do you honestly not see what's wrong with your claim?

I'm still waiting for your evidence.

I'm not sure you realize this, Allan, but this article offers no evidence to back the claim you made that I questioned.

Your evidence?

Regarding the Sen. Cassidy video: The Senator apparently doesn't understand the difference between long term (B-cell and T-cell) immunity and short term (antibody) immunity, though you would think his training as a physician would have covered that. He also seems to be unable to grasp that we can't possibly have data on people who never got tested or were asymptomatic. And, again, as a physician, he should certainly have an understanding of this concept. Some people made a choice to work remotely. We're not told why. Perhaps they have a medical issue that makes that choice the prudent one. We don't know. Regardless, what happened to the idea of "freedom to make a personal choice"? Apparently he would like to cherry pick which freedoms he considers valid. Clearly, his objective here is to discredit the effectiveness of the intervention program.

If you want to understand what's going on in a particular state, on any matter of interest, not just the virus situation, you can't simply look at the state en toto. You have to look at the differences in counties, districts, metro areas vs. rural areas, etc. You have to consider the differences in behavioral patterns and general attitudes.

High Covid rates in T supporter states is a statistical fact, not an opinion or speculation. You can clearly see it if you look at current state by state data.

I hadn't really thought of that. I don't speak ASL, myself, though I have known several people who do. I do know that when you express emotion or thought, it's important to place your sign in the proper location. For example, if you told someone "I love you.", that sign would emanate from the center of your chest. At least, that's my understanding of it. It gives me a whole new perspective on just how skilled those translators you see on press conferences and such need to be.

Completely off topic: The "pointing to a location" is a concept that is relevant to ASL.

I looked at Allan's link and several others that dealt with the unfortunate passing of Dr. Lutchmedial. Nowhere in the article or any of the many others was a cause of death listed. It's both disingenuous and misleading to suggest the reader should draw a conclusion linking his death to the Covid vaccine. But that's what Allan did. In addition, he has continually gone out of his way to inject rightwing, U.S. politics into this discussion, something that is expressly in violation of GSC rules. For some of us, this has been a discussion. For Allan, it's become a soapbox to rail against those who may not conform to his ill-informed, preconceived ideas. If you choose to interact with him, be advised, he does not respond to logical thought or evidence with which he disagrees.

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And then there's this from Ohio: HERE ... Holmes County’s case rate is lower than the state average, its hospitalization rate is slightly above the state average, and its death rate is well above the state’s average.