According to this site, about 48,000 in the United States will die of pancreatic cancer this year. That's a far cry from 500,000 due to COVID.
https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/pan ... statistics
According to this site, about 48,000 in the United States will die of pancreatic cancer this year. That's a far cry from 500,000 due to COVID.
Prayers that all your daughter's family members recover.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:41 amWe just found out today that our daughters' stepmother (the woman their father married after he left Mrs. SSS) has COVID. She's about my age. So too does our daughters' half-sister (their father had another child with his second wife). The younger woman, who is in her late 30s is in the hospital and has been on oxygen, although she's well enough to Facebook chat with our daughter. They live in a house with several people including children and grandchildren. So others may have or get the virus.
I don't think anyone argues that. That happens with the flu, strep, pneumonia and practically every other disease as well.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:41 amYounger people can and do get sick enough to be hospitalized. People who refuse the vaccine can and do get sick.
I'd never heard of them in all my trips to/through Nashville, so I looked them up. Their store is not in the tourist area. FWIW, they're closed on Sundays.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 7:45 pmThe Stetson Hat Company has ceased doing business with HatWRKS, a small Nashville hat store whose owner proudly announced on social media that the store was selling yellow Star of David patches with the logo "Not Vaccinated." The store still plans to sell trucker hats with the same logo. Another prominent hat manufacturer, Goorin Brothers is conducting an internal investigation to determine whether they want to continue supplying the store. Not surprisingly, a number of protestors have shown up at the store, holding banners saying "No Nazis in Nashville."
https://www.wkrn.com/news/protestors-su ... gram-post/
No, thers is.
No. Yours is. Lots of companies are closed on Sunday for various reasons.
I'm not saying being closed on Sunday is a sign of their bigotry; it's the Star of David hats.
I'm saying you pointing out that they are close on Sundays is showing your bigotry. The only reason to point that out is to "hint" that perhaps they are "Christian". Don't deny it. There is absolutely no other reason for your comment. None.
I'm pointing out they're bigoted hypocrites.
Really? You know they are claiming to be Christian because....."closed on Sunday"? Like I said, lots of places close on Sunday for other than religious reasons. But that's O.K. You can both be bigots. It's not a closed club.Bob Juch wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 5:52 pmI'm pointing out they're bigoted hypocrites.
What evidence do you have that the owner is not a Christian?BackInTex wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:57 pmReally? You know they are claiming to be Christian because....."closed on Sunday"? Like I said, lots of places close on Sunday for other than religious reasons. But that's O.K. You can both be bigots. It's not a closed club.
I don't know they are anything, or nothing. I didn't point out "they are closed on Sunday, FWIW". I didn't throw out a bigoted dig. You associate "closed on Sunday" with Christianity.Bob Juch wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 8:54 pmWhat evidence do you have that the owner is not a Christian?
Note this was from almost a year ago. And now we have delta.Bob Juch wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:43 pmI postulated this months ago:
Mutation could make coronavirus more infectious, study suggests
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/c ... index.html
(CNN)Researchers in Florida say they believe they have shown that the new coronavirus has mutated in a way that makes it more easily infect human cells.
They say more research is needed to show whether the change has altered the course of the pandemic, but at least one researcher not involved in the study says it likely has, and the changes may explain why the virus has caused so many infections in the United States and Latin America.
It's a mutation that scientists have been worried about for weeks.
And lambda, first identified in Peru.Bob Juch wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:58 amNote this was from almost a year ago. And now we have delta.Bob Juch wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:43 pmI postulated this months ago:
Mutation could make coronavirus more infectious, study suggests
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/c ... index.html
(CNN)Researchers in Florida say they believe they have shown that the new coronavirus has mutated in a way that makes it more easily infect human cells.
They say more research is needed to show whether the change has altered the course of the pandemic, but at least one researcher not involved in the study says it likely has, and the changes may explain why the virus has caused so many infections in the United States and Latin America.
It's a mutation that scientists have been worried about for weeks.
Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy 7/26/21 wrote:Contrary to myths circulating on social media, COVID-19 vaccines do not cause erectile dysfunction and male infertility. What is true: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, poses a risk for both disorders.
Until now, little research has been done on how the virus or the vaccines affect the male reproductive system. But recent investigations by physicians and researchers here at the University of Miami have shed new light on these questions. The team, which includes me, has discovered potentially far-reaching implications for men of all ages – including younger and middle-aged men who want to have children. I am the director of the Reproductive Urology Program at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. My colleagues and I analyzed the autopsy tissues of the testicles of six men who died of COVID-19 infection.
The result: COVID-19 virus appeared in the tissues of one of the men; decreased numbers of sperm appeared in three. Another patient – this one survived COVID-19 – had a testis biopsy about three months after his initial COVID-19 infection cleared up. The biopsy showed the coronavirus was still in his testicles. Our team also discovered that COVID-19 affects the penis. An analysis of penile tissue from two men receiving penile implants showed the virus was present seven to nine months after their COVID-19 diagnosis. Both men had developed severe erectile dysfunction, probably because the infection caused reduced blood supply to the penis. Notably, one of the men had only mild COVID-19 symptoms. The other had been hospitalized. This suggests that even those with a relatively light case of the virus can experience severe erectile dysfunction after recovery.
These findings are not entirely surprising. After all, scientists know other viruses invade the testicles and affect sperm production and fertility. One example: Investigators studying testes tissues from six patients who died from the 2006 SARS-CoV virus found all of them had widespread cell destruction, with few to no sperm.
Additional research by my team brought welcome news. A study of 45 men showed the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines appear safe for the male reproductive system. This, then, is another reason to get the vaccinations – to preserve male fertility and sexual function. Granted, the research is only a first step on how COVID-19 might affect male sexual health; the samples were small. Studies should continue. Still, for men who have had COVID-19 and then experienced testicular pain, it is reasonable to consider that the virus has invaded testes tissue. Erectile dysfunction can be the result. Those men should see a urologist.
One reason for vaccine hesitancy is the perception among many that COVID-19 shots might affect male fertility. Our research shows the opposite. There is no evidence the vaccine harms a man’s reproductive system. But ignoring the vaccine and contracting COVID-19 very well could.
After Rogen's comments, crickets. Except for the right-wing media, which jumped all over the story and rightly so. People in movies and TV know that optics are important, and the optics for this event were horrible. Anyone watching doesn't know who has or has not been vaccinated or had a negative test. They do know who is sitting packed together like it's 2019 again without masks. This just reinforces the right's claims about how liberals have double standards (see, e.g., Gavin Newsom's dining fiasco). And at a time when we need to use every tool at our disposal to get people vaccinated and following other safety protocols. In the middle of this, in the most widely watched TV show of the night, Hollywood sent a big middle finger to the American public. Several of the award recipients mentioned being vaccinated and they did mention the COVID protocols in place but that's no substitute for what the home viewers had staring them in the face for three hours.Seth Rogen wrote:Good to be here at the Emmy Awards. Let me start by saying there is way too many of us in this little room. What are we doing? They said this was outdoors. It’s not. They lied to us. We’re in a hermetically sealed tent right now. I would not have come to this. Is it more important that we have three chandeliers than that we make sure we don’t kill Eugene Levy tonight? That is what has been decided. This is insane. I went from wiping my groceries to having Paul Bettany sneeze in my face. So, that’s a big week!
I'm sure it was safer than the cruise ships departing from Florida now. Covid fatigue is deadly.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:13 amMost Democrats and liberals have been supportive of tough vaccine and other COVID measures, but I've got to say I was dumbfounded at the tonedeafness displayed at this year's Emmy Awards. Attendees had to be fully vaccinated and have a negative COVID test before the show (I think it was in the last 24 hours but I'm not sure). Still, they were seated at large circular tables packed very close together. There was no attempt at social distancing and no masks in sight. The awards were presented in an air conditioned tent, but it seems to have been completely sealed, and there were several heavy chandeliers hanging from the "ceiling." Seth Rogen of all people was the only person to comment about this as he presented the night's first award.
After Rogen's comments, crickets. Except for the right-wing media, which jumped all over the story and rightly so. People in movies and TV know that optics are important, and the optics for this event were horrible. Anyone watching doesn't know who has or has not been vaccinated or had a negative test. They do know who is sitting packed together like it's 2019 again without masks. This just reinforces the right's claims about how liberals have double standards (see, e.g., Gavin Newsom's dining fiasco). And at a time when we need to use every tool at our disposal to get people vaccinated and following other safety protocols. In the middle of this, in the most widely watched TV show of the night, Hollywood sent a big middle finger to the American public. Several of the award recipients mentioned being vaccinated and they did mention the COVID protocols in place but that's no substitute for what the home viewers had staring them in the face for three hours.Seth Rogen wrote:Good to be here at the Emmy Awards. Let me start by saying there is way too many of us in this little room. What are we doing? They said this was outdoors. It’s not. They lied to us. We’re in a hermetically sealed tent right now. I would not have come to this. Is it more important that we have three chandeliers than that we make sure we don’t kill Eugene Levy tonight? That is what has been decided. This is insane. I went from wiping my groceries to having Paul Bettany sneeze in my face. So, that’s a big week!