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lborsato

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    Comment #30474715

    Actually it literally does. A pandemic is a geographically spread epidemic. If a disease is endemic then it is not epidemic, and therefore cannot be a pandemic as per the accepted …

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    Comment #30301467

    It's the best kitchen timer in the world, no matter how many dishes you're cooking.

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    Comment #29598996

    Unfortunately as a result of original antigenic sin, the fact that the immune system has been trained for by a vaccine for a certain strain means that the body will respond to that…

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    Comment #29558472

    How dare you! /s Just the one file? I've been hearing this story since 1988. The screeching just gets a little louder year by year. :)

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    Comment #29285734

    He would likely base that comment on the fact that no pre-2020 RCT studies of masks (over decades) showed any significant protective effect against aerosol-spread respiratory virus…

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    Comment #29261388

    My first thought is that there are 329,000 pages of data related to the Pfizer vaccine alone and we are supposed to believe that the FDA read and evaluated them before granting aut…

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    Comment #29183741

    As Governor Gavin Newsom says, it’s all about seasonality: “We know why: because [of] the seasonality to COVID,” Newsom said. “It’s not particularly difficult, after a couple of ye…

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    Comment #29183477

    Well not many since Tuvalu’s land area is actually increasing: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-02954-1

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    Comment #29145174

    If it were really obvious that "the vaccine is good, everyone should get the vaccine", then public vaccine mandates would not be necessary .

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    Comment #29127056

    ICUs typically run around 85% occupancy and up. At 68% it is difficult to pay the bills.

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    Comment #29126991

    The Lancet you say? “Individuals who have had two vaccine doses can be just as infectious as those who have not been jabbed.” https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59077036 Study: https:…

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    Comment #29126389

    I do own one. It was a gift for my parents’ wedding in 1957. The cord has been replaced twice but everything else is original. You put bread in. It goes down. About 20 seconds late…

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    Comment #29126053

    “Individuals who have had two vaccine doses can be just as infectious as those who have not been jabbed.” https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59077036 (Article contains link to the Lan…

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    Comment #29053675

    It has already happened multiple times previously in our lifetime: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC403836/

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    Comment #29034464

    “Individuals who have had two vaccine doses can be just as infectious as those who have not been jabbed.” https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59077036

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    Comment #29034391

    It’s as if a majority lost the ability to think critically, choosing instead to tilt at the windmills of incessant fear propaganda from media/social media, usually lacking any cont…

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    Comment #29009091

    As Retraction Watch notes, the journal is not disputing the study (they refused to respond to a request) but has no interest in publishing the study because they seem to be questio…

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    Comment #29007920

    Dr. Fauci and the NIH misled the public repeatedly, claiming that there was no funding of gain-of-function research. Finally they were forced to admit that they were indeed finding…

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    Comment #28983550

    “We have investigated ourselves and found that no crime was committed.”

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    Comment #28978654

    And deny themselves the pleasure of the advertising? /s

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    Comment #28978627

    Two years ago this would have been called child abuse. It still is.

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    Comment #28976947

    I’m in America/New_York as well and I see them correctly. I think your computer’s time zone may be incorrect.

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    Comment #28952642

    For me it’s trying to remember the ‘for each’ syntax in every language. I normally bounce between 4 or 5 languages every day.

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    Comment #28901530

    The phrase “Sunlight is the best disinfectant” exists for a reason. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017211703.h...

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    Comment #28901379

    The twisted world of Twitter consists of people who claim to care about others for internet points, yet have no idea what empathy is.