So it’s been a few months , is COVID a bunch of bologna or still think it’s a real threat?

[EyeBRollin]

I am aware of that and my only concern from day 1 has been the overload it may cause on hospitals, but at the end of the day I don't think a minor dip to in our population isn't so bad, especially considering the majority of deaths are in NYC which is overcrowded enough already.

Translation: I don’t care if people in NYC die. They aren’t “Real Americans”

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

Translation: I don’t care if people in NYC die. They aren’t “Real Americans”

NYC is about as American as you can get. So no, it's simply the fact that city is overcrowded as **** + death isn't bad especially if it can improve the quality of life for others.

 

[Spaz]

I simply don't believe death to be a negative thing. The worst thing that can happen with covid is permanent lung damage, and I do have sympathy for those people.

Death is not a negative thing, it's something that's very natural, what's unnatural is death before your time.

Do other people not deserve to die at their appointed time?

It seems to me that many men here has either knowingly or unknowingly, possibly facilitated the deaths of many before their appointed time by walking around without mask or even social distancing.

And they even dare to go online to encourage others to follow in their footsteps, thereby further aggravating the spread of covid within their own communities.

You guys should be ashamed of ur conduct.

 

[Bible_Belt]

1) masks do nothing

2) asymptomatic people CANNOT spread it, contrary to what we've been told since day 1

Someone could literally die from your ignorance. It used to be that stupid people killed just themselves for the most part and not others. But now your lack of a brain has been weaponized. You are literally a terrorist against your own country.

 

[FairShake]

In many parts of Asia, covid 19 is not only manageable but also on a downward trend, partly due to the successful implemention of social distancing/face mask procedures by the public themselves and some soft enforcement by the government.

Something we should culturally appropriate from them.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

Someone could literally die from your ignorance. It used to be that stupid people killed just themselves for the most part and not others. But now your lack of a brain has been weaponized. You are literally a terrorist against your own country.

Where do you get your news from?

 

[Bible_Belt]

Where do you get your news from?

I have a family member who is a contact tracer and spends each day trying to undo the damage done by people such as yourself. Plenty of the cases were transmitted from asymptomatic or presymptomatic carriers. For you to tell people that you don't spread it unless sick is advice that will literally kill people.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

I have a family member who is a contact tracer and spends each day trying to undo the damage done by people such as yourself. Plenty of the cases were transmitted from asymptomatic or presymptomatic carriers. For you to tell people that you don't spread it unless sick is advice that will literally kill people.

This isn't peer-reviewed yet, but it's a pretty thorough meta-analysis of almost 1000 articles , so I think it has major credibility:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.10.20097543v2.full.pdf

"Four studies reported data on secondary infection transmission from asymptomatic cases (Table 2). The asymptomatic transmission rates ranged from none to 2.2%, whereas symptomatic cases’ transmission rates ranged between 0.8-15.4%.

I admit my earlier post was purposely made to be polarizing. Instead of saying "asymptomatic people CANNOT spread it" I should have said "asymptomatic transmission, though possible, is extremely unlikely".

I am sorry your family member has it but that does not prove anything.

 

[EyeBRollin]

This isn't peer-reviewed yet, but it's a pretty thorough meta-analysis of almost 1000 articles , so I think it has major credibility:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.10.20097543v2.full.pdf

"Four studies reported data on secondary infection transmission from asymptomatic cases (Table 2). The asymptomatic transmission rates ranged from none to 2.2%, whereas symptomatic cases’ transmission rates ranged between 0.8-15.4%.

I admit my earlier post was purposely made to be polarizing. Instead of saying "asymptomatic people CANNOT spread it" I should have said "asymptomatic transmission, though possible, is extremely unlikely".

I am sorry your family member has it but that does not prove anything.

Conservative funded think tanks typically aren’t peer reviewed because they aren’t doing any scientific research. Might want to find some better sources.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

Conservative funded think tanks typically aren’t peer reviewed because they aren’t doing any scientific research. Might want to find some better sources.

Where did you get that from?


Anyway, from what I've seen, all studies indicating a high rate of asymptomatic transmission:

a) had small sample sizes
b) did not have randomly selected samples.
c) did not carefully plan/design the studies

IF you know of any studies that don't fall into the 3 criteria above, please link them.

 

[EyeBRollin]

Where did you get that from?

All studies that I know that indicate a high rate of asymptomatic trasmission :

a) did not have small sample sizes
b) did not have randomly selected samples.
c) did not carefully plan the studies

IF you know if any studies that meet the 3 criteria above, please a link.

“Institute for Evidence-based health Care” is a conservative think tank.

“Liberal sources” are academic (typicaly university) studies that are peer reviewed. The conservative counterpoint is any “institute” with a political slogan named after it. The fact that your rebuttal to facts regarding COVID-19 has been “where do you get your information from” is a classic form of selective exposure.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

“Institute for Evidence-based health Care” is a conservative think tank.

“Liberal sources” are academic (typicaly university) studies that are peer reviewed. The conservative counterpoint is any “institute” with a political slogan named after it. The fact that your rebuttal to facts regarding COVID-19 has been “where do you get your information from” is a classic form of selective exposure.

And here I thought it was an Australian University. Where are you getting that from?

Beside, there is tons of bull**** in liberal academia. Are you not familiar with Grievance studies affair?

I've asked for sources three times (excluding ones with small/nonrandom samples) and you haven't linked anything yet, so idk how you can claim selective exposure.

 

[EyeBRollin]

And here I thought it was an Australian University. Where are you getting that from?

Beside, there is tons of bull**** in liberal academia. Are you not familiar with Grievance studies affair?

I've asked for sources three times (excluding ones with small/nonrandom samples) and you haven't linked anything yet, so idk how you can claim selective exposure.

The article cited was not scientifically peer reviewed. I already explained why. Your original comment to the thread was entirely misinformation regarding COVID-19. If you want to continue believing bullshvt like “masks don’t work” That is on you but don’t suggest other people do the same. Hence, why multiple posters have deemed your comment reckless.

 

[Lynx nkaf]

I’m Covid positive and it was 3 weeks of hell (rapid heart rate, insomnia, diarrhea, anxiety attacks that mimic heart attacks, inflammation, fever, cough, and chills) but surprisingly never had any lung issues or difficulty of breath despite viral pneumonia.

The past 2 weeks have been back to normal. It really pushes you to the brink and in week two (the virus incubation period is 5-9 days) you will know if you are a mild symptom 3 weeker or a 3-6 week severe symptom icu patient. I personally know 4 icu Covid positive people who at one point looked like hell that all recovered thanks to remdesivir and dexamethasone. One guy had a blood oxygen level of 80. That’s organ failure level. Mines was always 97+.

The severe patients got all the good meds. I was given absolutely nothing and was told to just quarantine because all the good stuff is for people on the brink of life and death. They even make you sign a waiver form before they can administer the emergency meds.

My recovery was good old fashioned DayQuil and NyQuil and meditation, yoga, tai chi, and kickboxing cardio for women. I couldn’t do the hardcore excercises for men for 3 weeks.

Also, vitamin d, astaxantin, elderberry, vitamin c, zinc, turmeric, l Theanine, garlic, green tea extract, and Hawthorne supplements and self prescribing myself Xanax. I found a research paper that found Xanax naturally prevents Covid from binding to certain receptors in your heart and relaxes it at the same time. I took a leap of faith and took it and slept like a baby and woke up the next day feeling completely refreshed and all chest pain was gone. Don’t quote me on this though. Do your own research.

I even confirmed with my doctor and she told me that that Covid attacks your nervous system along with your coronary system (and just about every other system. It’s not just a simple lung disease) and Xanax can help with both to relax you and slow down your rapid heart beat and relieve it of overworking.

Many people have died from heart attacks/ suffered panic attacks that mimic heart attacks and difficulty of breath because of the stress Covid puts on your heart and nervous system, and this doesn’t get talked about enough.

I just started the l theanine mentioned here

 

[Lynx nkaf]

I want you to witness the frail attempts to out frame me. It will be a lesson in " How to be dominant". Lol.

My dear, I don't want to learn how to be more dominant.

I always just wanted to see all men be more so. Looks like its a biochemical, social technology and lack of leaders to look up to problem.

I have just enough strength to take care of myself. Just find it too hard to also be masculine for men too.
Kind of abstract, it would take a long time to describe the witnessing of the decline in masculinity, in men.

 

[Lynx nkaf]

Of course. You want to see great men in their final form.

best form, I hope not final. Or do you mean final as top or pinnacle? Then yes.

 

[Lynx nkaf]

But sadly Spaz will not address me when it comes to seduction.

No one actually will.

I don't know if you realize, but I have forgotten more game than the 10 best men in so suave will ever learn across 10 lifetimes. There are real legends in this forum. And I am one of them. And so is Spaz. I respect him. But I don't think he will waste his time arguing with me, lol.

he ebbs and flows, I noticed. We all do.

Its true. You have mad game, much respect. Curtsy and a low bow, Sir

 

[Lynx nkaf]

I'm the irresistible force. And he's the immovable object.

We both self-insert each other.

Do you know that I cannot exist without him and he cannot exist with me? Lol.

We are polar opposites in the matrix.

Obviously we CAN exist without each other. But it's just more epic that we oppose each other.

If you don't believe me, listen to his neck of the words. He will "Huff and buff and blow the doors down."

yep, I've already seen that. Its an ok technique but not balanced.


Disclaimer: Spoken from the spectator stands, no interest in debate or battle just in encouraging character formation. By repeating and recording observations. Contrasting emotions raised(in myself) with the technique of confirming observations with what others see and experience. Find out if they feel same emotions as me.

 

[Lynx nkaf]

But we all know noone will huff and puff and blow me down. So this begs the question..

Is the irrepressible force going to give way?

Hey you know what, Am a humble guy.

Yep. It can and will.

Yes, ok

 

[Lynx nkaf]

Hey!
Write a Pook style short story on this!