tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post2832843835822572016..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Yep, Seems Weirdmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2527997676485938772021-07-18T12:33:04.106-05:002021-07-18T12:33:04.106-05:00@Bebe, A heartwarming story of rent-seeking and gr...@Bebe, A heartwarming story of rent-seeking and grift (sarc). Hard to tell from the article itself if there is even a bad guy here. It may be just a pair of good guys, Curative & the U.S. Gov't, having at your hard-earned cash. Curative raked in $1 billion, quite a haul for a startup. Covid worked out quite well for the indefatigable Mr. Turner. <br /><br />When you factor in Pfizer &Titan 28https://www.blogger.com/profile/09046922743675836512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-53054416416983004712021-07-18T10:22:27.593-05:002021-07-18T10:22:27.593-05:00Ray, Los Angeles County’s health officer, Barbara ...Ray, Los Angeles County’s health officer, Barbara Farrar (woman who looks like something from the crypt), pays no attention to data. She is a control freak who has had a swell time controlling the most populous county in the United States. Farrar is not an MD.Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87252392732010876022021-07-18T10:20:58.174-05:002021-07-18T10:20:58.174-05:00FDA revokes authorization of COVID-19 test given t...<b>FDA revokes authorization of COVID-19 test given to hundreds of thousands in L.A.</b><br /><br /><i>Federal regulators revoked the authorization of a COVID-19 test that has been given to millions of people for free across the country, including hundreds of thousands in Los Angeles.<br /><br />The Food and Drug Administration said Curative, the Southern California startup that had brought in Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-9712762658056848172021-07-17T14:22:24.802-05:002021-07-17T14:22:24.802-05:00I see. Think I was focusing on the wrong thing. ...I see. Think I was focusing on the wrong thing. Thanks<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-22354243279258510352021-07-17T11:57:41.806-05:002021-07-17T11:57:41.806-05:00I'm not sure how to interpret the Israeli resu...I'm not sure how to interpret the Israeli results because we don't know from the article what the test settings were. It seems clear, however, from Pfizer's reaction to the Israeli data--request for emergency authority for boosters--that they were alarmed by the data.<br /><br />https://www.unz.com/gatzmon/a-catastrophe-unveils-itself/mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56557440416002208562021-07-17T11:50:03.112-05:002021-07-17T11:50:03.112-05:00Given my lack of med. background, I'm struggli...Given my lack of med. background, I'm struggling with the overlap between the words "much lower, i.e., realistic settings", and the point of the quote from Denninger I posted here the other day, <br /><br />"Israelis who were vaccinated were 6.72 times more likely to get *infected after* the shot, than *after natural* infection". <br />I presume that "get infected aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-66848414841536577732021-07-17T10:43:55.613-05:002021-07-17T10:43:55.613-05:00Bebe, I think Anon was under the impression that t...Bebe, I think Anon was under the impression that the message included about the Tweet being "misleading" was added to this blog site. It came with the Tweet.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56634330802934535042021-07-17T10:32:59.178-05:002021-07-17T10:32:59.178-05:00That's correct.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/...That's correct. <br /><br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9773047/Health-expert-says-vaccinated-Americans-helping-spread-Indian-Delta-variant.htmlmark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-41491160298803836522021-07-17T10:31:07.895-05:002021-07-17T10:31:07.895-05:00Re the unvaxxed, remember that they're being t...Re the unvaxxed, remember that they're being tested at the old, positive-inducing, cycle settings. The vaxxed are being tested only when symptomatic and at much lower, i.e., realistic settings.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-9315958516307050032021-07-17T09:54:05.209-05:002021-07-17T09:54:05.209-05:00I don't understand... my understanding was tha...I don't understand... my understanding was that the vaccines are not supposed to prevent one from being re-infected. Their purpose was only to prevent a serious body response, so that one only becomes mildly sick if infected.<br /><br />Is that not true?<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17595308638743444312021-07-17T09:46:36.457-05:002021-07-17T09:46:36.457-05:00“Hired shills”? Explain, please, or are you just...“Hired shills”? Explain, please, or are you just going to let that lie there?Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51692737720009233852021-07-17T09:38:48.242-05:002021-07-17T09:38:48.242-05:00LA starts masking tonight,
Yet the data does not ...LA starts masking tonight,<br /><br />Yet the data does not support it, sigh,<br /><br />The small increase in cases is among the unvaxed and the death rate is way down:<br />https://reason.com/2021/07/16/citing-rising-covid-19-cases-l-a-county-reimposes-a-general-mask-mandate-and-threatens-additional-restrictions/<br /><br />To me the only number that matters is the death rate.Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-45637761819685806872021-07-17T08:59:54.585-05:002021-07-17T08:59:54.585-05:00Of course longtime readers of this most excellent ...Of course longtime readers of this most excellent blog will know that we are witnessing the very thing predicted by the Brit virologist-- the mRNA injections pushing the virus to mutate in ways that avoid the injection gene therapy thus making the inoculated more vulnerable to variants than those with normal, uncorrupted immune systems. <br /><br />HedgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6503510949224975822021-07-17T08:55:14.361-05:002021-07-17T08:55:14.361-05:00Congratulations, Mark! Your blog has attained a n...Congratulations, Mark! Your blog has attained a new staus level where the regime feels it's now necessary to send their hired shills to your comment section to "stop the misinformation" lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2649310188210340582021-07-17T08:23:23.899-05:002021-07-17T08:23:23.899-05:00EZ refers to case counts. In fact, PCR cycle rates...EZ refers to case counts. In fact, PCR cycle rates are now being set MUCH LOWER for those who are vaxxed. Moreover, no vaxxed person who is asymptomatic is tested. This should result in much higher positive rates among the unvaxxed. But ...<br /><br />A Catastrophe Unveils Itself<br /><br />https://www.unz.com/gatzmon/a-catastrophe-unveils-itself/mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-77007437111745996132021-07-17T07:27:33.405-05:002021-07-17T07:27:33.405-05:00I imagine we'll be waiting on the appeal, but ...I imagine we'll be waiting on the appeal, but that's a good thing in its own way.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46155028223955912812021-07-17T07:26:45.896-05:002021-07-17T07:26:45.896-05:00@ Mark A, that sounds like a reasonable request.@ Mark A, that sounds like a reasonable request.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58335404595638014362021-07-16T23:17:47.259-05:002021-07-16T23:17:47.259-05:00@ez or, another possible explanation for why fatal...@ez or, another possible explanation for why fatalities remain low, is that the virus is spreading through population pockets of people under the age of 90 and having like , you know, few co-morbidities, or a good supply of vitamin d, or hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin , or what have you. Can we stop talking about this respiratory virus as though it's some kind of unstoppable silent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-62737046894580555692021-07-16T22:10:33.073-05:002021-07-16T22:10:33.073-05:00Yankees-Red Sox Game Postponed After Three Fully V...Yankees-Red Sox Game Postponed After Three Fully Vaccinated Pitchers Test Positive For Covid-19<br /><br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9773047/Health-expert-says-vaccinated-Americans-helping-spread-Indian-Delta-variant.html<br /><br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9790999/Symptom-tracking-app-claims-number-people-falling-ill-virus-day-FALLEN.htmlmark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18606199827682871512021-07-16T22:09:22.618-05:002021-07-16T22:09:22.618-05:00Meh!... Never let data stand in the way of a good ...Meh!... Never let data stand in the way of a good narrative!! devilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256049667739001018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-69333576832293126902021-07-16T22:05:19.697-05:002021-07-16T22:05:19.697-05:00Yes, ADE is a real thing.Yes, ADE is a real thing.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-7360886890106570272021-07-16T22:00:13.705-05:002021-07-16T22:00:13.705-05:00Populations in the real world are not heterogeneou...Populations in the real world are not heterogeneous.<br /><br />The simple epidemiological models are based on the implicit assumption of heterogeneity.<br /><br />There are pockets of low immunity/vaccination within a large country. Just because the country has a AVERAGE vacc/immunity rate of 60+% doesn't mean that every neighborhood has that level. There will be many that don't, and theEZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-8057367768198799102021-07-16T21:44:14.737-05:002021-07-16T21:44:14.737-05:00Re DACA, this gives a sense of the numbers involve...Re DACA, this gives a sense of the numbers involved and the probable fight ahead.<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/us/court-daca-dreamers.html? Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79899327113460403752021-07-16T21:33:14.056-05:002021-07-16T21:33:14.056-05:00This is Friday news. so here goes- sorry about O/T...This is Friday news. so here goes- sorry about O/T but no other likely choice:<br /><br /><i>A federal judge in Texas on Friday invalidated an Obama-era initiative that provided deportation protections and work permits to some young immigrants, a ruling that places the program in jeopardy.<br /><br />U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-91500909136312577362021-07-16T21:31:10.922-05:002021-07-16T21:31:10.922-05:00This statement comes from a position of poor under...This statement comes from a position of poor understanding, but when I see those results, I think of Antibody Dependent Enhancement.<br /><br />To get a real world example, look up Dengue fever and ADE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com