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Docno

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    1 hour ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

    Every post jumping to conclusions as usual. Not guilty until proven in a court of law. I'll wait for the full story before I jump on them.

    Actually, you make a good point, and I was one of the lazy thinkers who took the story at face value. But yes, if these two were a pair of fine English gentlemen (for example), there would be a lot more skepticism among the comments here. Kudos for the splash of cold water...

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    15 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

    When a relationship is not working out, why not just walk away? That is what well developed adults do. Why all the madness and drama? 

     

    Perhaps it is impossible for those of us who are rational, and possess a reasonably sound mind, to understand this kind of craziness. And I guess that is a good thing! 

    Unfortunately, jealousy was 'programmed' into us by natural selection (and especially sexual jealousy in the case of men). Our ancestors weren't the ones who had the laid back attitude you mention ... those people didn't get a lot of breeding done. Rather, we are the descendants of men who were jealous and suspicious and. as a result, were less likely to be cuckolded (in the sense of investing in another man's offspring). So it's 'in our blood' in a sense ... it takes a certain maturity to overcome our more natural impulses. And perhaps even the best of us can 'lose it' when we come across a case of 'in flagrante delicto'  

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    On 7/15/2022 at 1:23 AM, PremiumLane said:

    Citation needed for that one  - I looked and there was only 4 cases and all not serious. 

    And how do you know the media are not reporting? Citation for the 9400 cases and compensation.

     

    And the doctor said 'maybe' - well it must be the vaccine then 

    Here's your citation: 47 ‘adverse events’ reported out of more than 104,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine: HSA - TODAY (todayonline.com)

     

    "There were some 9,400 suspected adverse events reports linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines as of July 31"

     

    And yeah - because I never had cardiac issues before the booster and they have since gone away - that 'maybe' from the GP is good enough for me. And remember, we're not talking just a subjective feeling here... I had multiple readings (with photos and video taken) over some weeks with that government-provided monitor. Now it reads only normal. But since you're a physician, what's your hypothesis? 

    On 7/1/2022 at 2:12 PM, PremiumLane said:

    How are you sure it was the vaccine and you think they just blindly go, 'Hey, let's hope for the best and see how it goes' when rolling out new vaccines?

    Singapore GP said it was the likely cause given the symptoms and timing. I also have video showing my my government-provided heart/oxygen monitor skipping beats (and multiple readouts over weeks indicating irregular beats)... see below.  That only started a couple of days after the booster. Up to July 31, 2021, there were 9,400 post-vaccine adverse events in Singapore... and these are only reported cases. People receive from S$2,000 to S$250,000 compensation from the government for confirmed adverse events. They've stopped reporting the number of adverse events in the media this year. BTW, I did not apply for compensation.     

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    7 hours ago, WinterGael said:

    Guess you don't pay attention to world news.  This is NOT like a regular flu.  Even people who had no symptoms are now developing serious health problems.  And reports on the new variants while showing a minor rise in deaths are also showing an increase in hospitalizations.  Healthcare workers would totally disagree with you...

    Have had the booster and caught covid 3 months later. Covid was a non-event. The booster, however, caused me to have extended cardiac issues (which have since subsided, thankfully)

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    Mask wearing outdoors in Singapore has been optional for 3 months already, and still 90%+ of locals still wear them even if on a bicycle in an empty park, on a motorbike on the highway, or alone in a car. Strikes me as bizarre. I had a half-day business meeting a couple of weeks ago, and we all sat around a table with masks on until lunch came then we took them off and kept on talking... luckily, the virus must take a lunch break at the same time as us... 

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    The vast majority of posters seem to be blaming the Thai driver without a second thought. However, it appears that they were crossing a road, and we don't have much information on how large the road was etc. "Driving at speed" does not necessarily mean "exceeding the speed limit", so we have to be careful with our assumptions. It's quite possible that the husband crossed the road as the pickup was approaching; the wife was still on the far side when the driver saw her (driving at around the speed limit) and he honked his horn to warn her of his approach; the driver assumed she would stay on her side until he passed; but she decided to make a 'run for it', misjudging the speed of the pickup. So, I'm not so sure the Thai is truly to blame. We can only be sure this was a tragedy... 

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    There's a distinction to be made between knowing what the work might involve and thinking you'll have some choice and be allowed some limits versus being forced to do things you don't want to do. And I suspect this is what happened. Some years ago, I knew some girls in the massage trade who had been to Dubai and thought they would have some say in what was expected of them, but when the top guy comes by the spa to pick out who he will take with him, you don't have the option of saying 'no'. At that point it becomes slavery... 

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    May just be a blip, but it does seem that people are coming out of the pandemic a little more unhinged than before. Where I am now in Singapore, we've had three 'slashing attacks' in the past 6 weeks. First guy going after cars and people randomly with a Japanese katana sword, second case was two guys with parangs (machetes). Then last week, a guy tried to hack his wife to death with a cleaver in the middle of a busy street in broad daylight. In all cases, the victims survived (though the wife will probably lose a hand at the very least). Still, I have to say I'm happy to live in a place where guns aren't easily available, with this sort of stuff going on...  

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    2 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

    Most of my sons school have had Ba2, and I have had it and my wife, my son and I were unvaccinated we breezed through with hardly a snivel , my Thai wife and my friends Thai wife both double Pfizer vaccinated spent a week in bed with omicron while all us unvaxxed got hardly a sign in fact I only knew by doing a RAT test which cleared after ten days, but  I never got sick at all and I am 69. Most of the people we know have it and get over it easy.

    The problems are with the elderly , obese and diabetic, the average age of death un the UK is 82.5. I am surpised BA2has not displaced BA1 in LOS as it is doing so everywhere else in the world ,and it is very mild if you healthy.

     

    What people are doing now just about everywhere is not reporting it or using tracer apps, so they say the official count could be over a million infections in NZ not a few hundred thousand. Its all over and if you have had it you  will develop natural immunity. That has been pointed out in many studies available online.

    Agreed. I'm vaxxed, but I caught it (probably Omicron) back in February. Was like a mild flu (i.e., I've had worse flus)... only some sniffles, scratchy throat, and some shifts in my taste (nothing bad). Took 10 days to test negative again, but for most of that time I felt perfectly fine. I'm 60. My 75 year old friend (also vaxxed) just got over it too. Symptoms even milder than mine. He tested positive Monday last week and tested negative 4 days later. He could have been walking around asymptomatic. I think there are many, many people walking around with the 'bug' without knowing it. We're all going to get it at least once ... can turn the fear down a few notches.

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