Kolek planning to go pro
Yep. Another great "leader." From the AP:The positive test comes a day after Abbott, who has seldom been seen wearing a mask in public recently, did not wear one while speaking indoors near Dallas to a crowded room of GOP supporters, most of whom were older and unmasked. Video posted by his campaign shows the 63-year-old governor — who is up for reelection in 2022 and has drawn two GOP challengers who have attacked the virus restrictions he put in place last year — mingling with attendees as they gathered around him taking pictures.“Another standing room only event in Collin County tonight,” Abbott tweeted.The event was held by a group called the Republican Club at Heritage Ranch. Reached by phone Tuesday after Abbott announced he had tested positive, Jack DeSimone, president of the club, said he did not like “to have conversations like this” and declined to comment further on Abbott’s appearance.
is this your same reaction to people who get aids? motorcycle riders sans helmits? women who suffer bad consequences post abortions? you gotta stop the "gotcha" moments dude. we get it...you dance on the graves of those who don't agree with you. all of the information about this virus isn't out yet. mark my words-there will be a lot of the stuff we think is true today, proven wrong. that is how the world evolves and we improve. you know how many people whose minds you've changed? probably about less than 1, but you win the schadenfreude trophy of scoop-go have an ice cream err something gee...what happened to influenza???
all of the information about this virus isn't out yet. mark my words-there will be a lot of the stuff we think is true today, proven wrong.
Ok, but he's fully vaccinated. He likely didn't contract it last night. So he could have got it from anywhere.I don't support his opposition to many of the preventative measures, but the gleeful schadenfreude around his diagnosis has the same tenor as for those who are openly and proudly unvaccinated. Which doesn't make sense considering his actual infection risks and status give his vaccination is the same as the most ardent and loud vaccine supporters. Unless we've now shifted to "serves you right" for anyone unmasked that gets infected, even if vaccinated.
What irritates me is that he is forbidding others from enacting policies that protect those who cannot get vaccinated. Meanwhile, he refuses to wear a mask, but gets tested for COVID everyday, and immediately after he tested positive today they were hooking him up to an IV to give him Regeneron, at $1500 a treatment...all on the taxpayer's dime. Forbidding others from enacting lifesaving policies; using taxpayer money to give him advantages not available to anyone else. Absolutely disgusting.
I don't have any issue with the latter half, its completely valid. The whole "karma sucks" angle to a vaccinated person testing positive, no matter what they are doing otherwise, just seems odd.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dandarling/status/1427962893178392580Why aren’t we hearing more about Hawaii, Louisiana, North Carolina, or other states run by democrat governors who are struggling equally to that of Texas and Florida? Is it because they have put in all the “appropriate” mitigation measures but have had similar outcomes so that doesn’t fit the narrative or is it the political party affiliation that leads so many on this board to ignore their outcomes? With what is going on in Israel I think we’re in for another long fall/winter season in the Midwest and for the first time in a long time the idea of lockdowns, no indoor large gatherings, etc seems more then likely. When will we get any sort of leadership from the federal level on this? Their initial response with the mass vaccination sites etc I thought was pretty good but I can’t remember the last time they was anything productive regarding C19 coming out of this administration. Just a lot of pointing fingers and picking fights with Republican governors. I’d you look at the seasonality peaks and declines of 2020 it suggests it’s just a matter of time before every state gets hit. Shocking to me to see our August case numbers in 2021 are 3x’s worse then they were in August of 2020 even though we have 100s of millions of people fully vaccinated and a whole slew of others with natural protection, just a never ending mess.
Case numbers are misleading, but I assume you knew that.What do hospitalizations look like in each state? Deaths? Vaccinations compared to those numbers?Vaccinations are primarily there to prevent hospitalizations and deaths, regardless of case numbers. People are out and about doing more in 2021 because of the vaccine. And if those testing positive now aren't in the hospital or dying, that's what's important.
I don't disagree at all, but there is still a lot of talk about case numbers and positive tests when discussing mask mandates and travel restrictions, etc... Its all a bit muddled
This is why we don't need peer reviewed studies, right? And how there have actually been studies but "they" won't let them be published, right?
so dr smith, how many peer reviewed articles have you read? i don't know what you do or studied to make you the smartest guy in the room, but you ever hear of the "lancet"? one of the most respected medical journals in the world...well was, may be a more accurate term. just because something is "peer reviewed" still doesn't make it the "gold standard" but you knew that of course. ivermectin is an excellent example of what is/has been "peer reviewed" and what hasn't. youtube and facebook censors any mention of ivormectin and covid. ivormectin has been around a LONG time, is about $3/dose. find any "peer reviewed" studies on that? https://www.drugawareness.org/editor-of-lancet-medical-research-is-unreliable-at-best-or-completely-fraudulent/
Agree with this as well. I track Wisconsin’s hospitalization, ventilator #’s, ICU capacity, deaths (slightly lower) etc and almost all of those categories are worse off this August compared to last August. Can’t speak to everywhere else but from the data tracking website I use despite case counts being 3x’s that of last year at this time 7 day avg of deaths has been cut in half nationally compared to August of last year so that’s definitely good news!
What website?
Why do you keep beating this dead horse? Anyone with even a modicum of scientific understanding should be able to look at the Ivermectin studies and realize it doesn't pass even the simplest of scrutiny.