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Don't want to bring the COVID thread back to the top Just have a question.

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by Gator515151, Feb 11, 2024.

  1. studegator

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  2. danmanne65

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    I haven’t had Covid but I have had all the shots and boosters. I did get a cold and was grumpy for a couple of days but it cleared up before I looked for a test. Was my cold Covid? I will never know.

    will Covid become another bug that we just call a cold in the future? I don’t know.
     
  3. Spurffelbow833

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    No. This is the perfect bump thread.
     
  4. Spurffelbow833

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    Sick shaming culture was firmly in place when Fauci Fever hit. It was inevitable.
     
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  5. AgingGator

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    Sorry Dan, but the grumpiness didn’t go away yet.
     
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  6. VAg8r1

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    A better analogy would be seasonal flu. While very seldom serious enough to require hospitalization and much less frequently lethal a Covid infection still isn't very pleasant. I had Covid last January (2023) and for few days I felt like hell with symptoms similar to a bad cold. I completely recovered within a week. I was on an anti-viral (Molnupiravir) which may have helped treat the symptoms and reduce the length of the infection. While the vax doesn't prevent infection the data still indicate that it reduces the possibility of an infection serious enough to require hospitalization. Adding the qualifier that I'm Medicare eligible if my doctor recommends another booster I'm still going to get one although it's really optional and maybe unnecessary for someone who is younger and otherwise healthy.
     
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  7. duggers_dad

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    You didn’t catch a virus. You experienced eliminative process which, yes, can sometimes be unpleasant.

    Virus believers radically underestimate the brilliance and resilience of the human body. They think it can be felled by a nanoparticle.

    I feel sorry for them that they are so easily terrorized.
     
  8. danmanne65

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    On my street we all got sick a couple of months ago. One guy was sick for about a month but powered through. I was sick for a couple of days. Does anyone go to the doctor for the flu anymore? I also was thinking of aids? HIV is no longer as deadly even without newer medications. The more virulent strains died out before they could be passed on. Is something like that happening with Covid?
     
  9. Gatorhead

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    I think so. I am a vaccine taker myself. My physician has predicted "Covid Shots" will be similar to "Flu-Shots" in the future.

    Regarding other aspects of your post - HIV, etc., don't fool yourself, with 8 billion humans and human "interconnectedness" the planet is nothing
    but a germ sphere with the next big thing coming.

    I recommend you read "The Coming Plague" by Laurie Garrett. First published in 1995 COVID saw a resurgence of interest in the book and Ms Garrett.

    Prior to the start of the 20th century (and the advent of REAL medicine) our species has been beset with numerous, devastating, diseases that in many respects controlled the narrative of human behavior, travel and activity.

    If one reads the book, it is fascinating to learn about the non-stop and constantly evolving war between the human immune system and the disease vectors of the planet.

    People of today are "stupid" in their "comfort zone" of thinking modern medicine makes humans invulnerable to catastrophic disease. How many Americans did covid take out? A million?? Just wait until something like the bubonic plague or small pox evolves and attacks human societies again.
     
  10. duggers_dad

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    Imagine believing that nanoparticles are always poised to attack and kill us and that health has to be injected.
     
  11. gatorpa

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    I finally got it a few months ago, didn’t even really feel ill just tired and I thought that could have been from staying up too late too many nights in a row. Wife made me test(secretly think she was mad that I never got it). Really felt zip, hung at home for a few days and napped more (I was bored).
     
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  13. gaterzfan

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    I had it the end of Mar24 and it wiped me out for about 3-4 days. Completely over it by second week of Apr24 and feeling great. My wife still has a lingering cough.
     
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    still never had it that i'm aware of but I also dont go get tested for every little sniffle. I've only had 4 shots.
     
  15. duggers_dad

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    People never got sick before 2020.
     
  16. gatorpa

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    Not picking at ya here, did you have any of the vaccines?

    I got one dose of the Moderna in August 2021.

    Been exposed many times and tested very often due to my work but seemed to dodge the bullet.
     
  17. l_boy

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    Jesus man every passing day you get sucked further down into the hole.

    Here is the study she quotes, which BTW has been retracted (which of course, I’m sure you view as yet another conspiracy).

    COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines: Lessons Learned from the Registrational Trials and Global Vaccination Campaign

    I didn’t read the entire thing, it’s rather verbose. But looking at the results conclusion and the first parts of the intro it’s pretty clear this is a piece of trash.

    There has been voluminous tracking of post vaccine data not only in the US, UK but also Israel. The data is all very consistent - in the early phases it reduced spread and infection, and all the way through it significantly reduced chances of hospitalization and death.

    Yes, by the time you get into millions of doses administered you start to see side effects from vaccines in really small frequencies which is not uncommon. Occasionally severe, but very rare. It’s a trade off.

    We can discuss specific ridiculous points and assertions in here if you want but I won’t unless somebody is actually interested.
     
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  18. G8tas

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    Yep they are far gone. It's a sad thing to watch.
     
  19. gaterzfan

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    Yes on the vax …. had the first two Moderna.

    I was diagnosed with a-fib about two years after getting the vaccines and have wondered if the vaccines contributed to that problem. I’ll never know that …… but I did find a fantastic cardiologist!!

     
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  20. duggers_dad

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    If you’ve received all of your Covid shots and boosters you hate Russians.