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The Indian Variant: A Great Motivator to Get Vaccinated
townhall.com ^ | 6/15/2021 | Guy Benson

Posted on 06/16/2021 7:28:28 AM PDT by rktman

I've been very open about my own decision to get vaccinated, while highlighting excellent news about the vaccines' efficacy. They work remarkably well and have worked wonders, unlike the Chinese Communist Party's less sophisticated and less effective versions. Two points, before proceeding further. We know that some "breakthrough cases" do occur among vaccinated people, hence news accounts about recent positive tests from comedian Bill Maher, several New York Yankees, and a pair of passengers on an all-vaxxed cruise ship. The incredibly reassuring news about these examples is that Maher "never was sick, I felt nothing," which was also the case for all but two of the Yankees cases (the exceptions were very mild cases). As for the cruise duo, whose story set off a ripple of panic, the facts on that story are also looking encouraging:

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
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To: rktman
Guy Benson continues to cement his reputation as a weak pathetic fool.
India itself is busy reopening.

“India Reopens Taj Mahal as Pandemic's Second Wave Ebbs”

https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/india-reopens-taj-mahal-pandemics-second-wave-ebbs?amp

21 posted on 06/16/2021 8:02:06 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: \/\/ayne

Can we get them on amazon? Could keep certain types away or at a safe distance.


22 posted on 06/16/2021 8:02:24 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: rktman

Nope.


23 posted on 06/16/2021 8:02:41 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

It’s a stupid article, written by a stupid man.


24 posted on 06/16/2021 8:04:12 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: LibertyWoman

I’m assuming you’re referring to guy benson when you say moron right? LOL!


25 posted on 06/16/2021 8:04:40 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Thanks for the thanks. Some of us are guilty of header conclusions without actually reading the content. Yes, I fall into that group on occasion. :-}


26 posted on 06/16/2021 8:06:38 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: rktman

Of course. I should have made it clearer .. I’m sorry.


27 posted on 06/16/2021 8:09:31 AM PDT by LibertyWoman ("Where there is no law, there is no liberty." Benjamin Rush)
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To: LibertyWoman

I’m so offended. NOT! LOL! I figured that was the case. :-}


28 posted on 06/16/2021 8:10:38 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Pollard
A whole lot of college kids will have a choice to make. Get the jab if you want to continue your education or don't get the jab and end your education.

When speaking about colleges in the U.S., the operative word is not "education", it's "indoctrination".
29 posted on 06/16/2021 8:12:31 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: dead

Sometimes it really is that dead obvious and simple. When all your ENEMIES are trying to cram the thing down your throat and do not want any disent, SOMETHING IS WRONG, FULL STOP, DO NOT PASS GO.


30 posted on 06/16/2021 8:18:50 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Cathi

Cathi wrote: “I wonder how many people read about the adverse events people are suffering. I think it would be very enlightening for them.”

I wonder how many people read about the adverse events people who take HCQ and Ivermectin are suffering. I think it would be very enlightening for them.

Neither invermectin or HCQ have been approved for treating COVID.

Some of the side-effects that may be associated with ivermectin include skin rash, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, facial or limb swelling, neurologic adverse events (dizziness, seizures, confusion), sudden drop in blood pressure, severe skin rash potentially requiring hospitalization and liver injury (hepatitis). Laboratory test abnormalities include decrease in white cell count and elevated liver tests. Any use of ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 should be avoided as its benefits and safety for these purposes have not been established. Data from clinical trials are necessary for us to determine whether ivermectin is safe and effective in treating or preventing COVID-19.

Hydroxychloroquine is associated with several rare but serious adverse reactions that may warrant immediate discontinuation of the medicine. Serious adverse reactions include ophthalmological, cardiomyopathy and QT prolongation, haematological, and neurological and neuromuscular reactions

15 Jun 2020. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that allowed for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be used to treat certain hospitalized patients with COVID-19 when a clinical trial was unavailable, or participation in a clinical trial was not feasible. The agency determined that the legal criteria for issuing an EUA are no longer met. Based on its ongoing analysis of the EUA and emerging scientific data, the FDA determined that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19 for the authorized uses in the EUA. Additionally, in light of ongoing serious cardiac adverse events and other potential serious side effects, the known and potential benefits of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine no longer outweigh the known and potential risks for the authorized use. This is the statutory standard for issuance of an EUA.

Those who believe in natural immunity should also read about the persistent ‘long haul’ complications in COVID survivors. I think that would be very enlightening for them.


31 posted on 06/16/2021 8:22:22 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: rktman

My supervisor, whom I’ve know for quite some time, called me yesterday morning. She worried that I would catch this variant and then something would happen to me if I didn’t get the jab. It was real concern in her voice, not toeing some company line.

I said I understood, but that I wasn’t getting it at the current time. She honored my choice, but I still think she is worried about me.


32 posted on 06/16/2021 8:24:33 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: rktman
People have their own circumstances, and some may be medically advised against the vaccine for such circumstances.

But when I saw that the Moderna vaccine was not only 95% better than control - meaning that your chance of getting Covid is approximately 0.1% - and that even if you did get it, you didn’t need hospitalization - I was on board. What I got was Pfizer, but it’s quite similar to Moderna, so I reckon the probabilities are about the same.

I accede reluctantly to the mask requirements in effect out of courtesy, but otherwise have no confidence that my wearing them significantly benefits anyone. The requirements are a nuisance.


33 posted on 06/16/2021 8:33:57 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: dead

AND free tickets to Blizzard Beach!!!


34 posted on 06/16/2021 8:34:50 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: rktman; Vermont Lt; BobL; Kartographer; JRandomFreeper; Tilted Irish Kilt; Jane Long; LilFarmer; ...

I don’t really care whether one gets the shot or not at this point, although it seems logical to me to get it. The info’s out there, and we’re so close to herd immunity that even health care facilities shouldn’t be requiring it of their employees.

I’m fully vaxxed, but I still oppose the otherization of unvaxxed people. What’s next? The Vax Klux Klan???

Coronavirus PING!


35 posted on 06/16/2021 8:36:24 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: JonPreston

Guy is friends with the esteemed Dr. “Rachel” Levine???


36 posted on 06/16/2021 8:37:28 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: rktman
This one might get similar results. Huge selection of Unvaxed shirts at link.

https://printerval.com/unmasked-unmuzzled-unvaccinated-unafraid-american-flag-skull-t-shirt-b095ysxh34-p2693.html

37 posted on 06/16/2021 8:40:40 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: kosciusko51

There has been an amazing mass media propaganda campaign spreading fear and pushing vaccines—so it is understandable that the gullible are falling for it.

I am not angry at folks that have been fooled—the problem is with the con artists that have been fooling them.


38 posted on 06/16/2021 8:40:48 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: rktman

How about another reason NOT to get the so-called “vaccine”:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(21)00069-0/fulltext

From text:

” Vaccine efficacy is generally reported as a relative risk reduction (RRR). It uses the relative risk (RR)—ie, the ratio of attack rates with and without a vaccine—which is expressed as 1–RR. Ranking by reported efficacy gives relative risk reductions of 95% for the Pfizer–BioNTech, 94% for the Moderna–NIH, 90% for the Gamaleya, 67% for the J&J, and 67% for the AstraZeneca–Oxford vaccines. However, RRR should be seen against the background risk of being infected and becoming ill with COVID-19, which varies between populations and over time. Although the RRR considers only participants who could benefit from the vaccine, the absolute risk reduction (ARR), which is the difference between attack rates with and without a vaccine, considers the whole population. ARRs tend to be ignored because they give a much less impressive effect size than RRRs: 1.3% for the AstraZeneca–Oxford, 1.2% for the Moderna–NIH, 1.2% for the J&J, 0.93% for the Gamaleya, and 0.84% for the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccines.”

In a nutshell... an absolute risk reduction of less than 1.3% is not worth the risk of getting any of the shots (even according to Fauxi).


39 posted on 06/16/2021 8:42:32 AM PDT by dhuls (better late than never)
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To: rktman
No, I don't think so.

When the federal government and the US media get the story right and admits that the CCP virus was a premeditated act of planetary bioterrorism for political gain on the part of the CCP and that Tony Fauci and others were in on it, I'll consider the vaccine.

Actually no I won't. Same difference.

40 posted on 06/16/2021 8:55:50 AM PDT by OKSooner ("...but only after the fair trial, of course.")
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