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novanova

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  1. Here is a quote from the Wikipedia article - it's as plain as day that you have no read it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Kory Kory in August 2022 falsely claimed that vaccines can disrupt pregnancy and fertility, based on his reading of Pfizer data submitted to the FDA, an interpretation which is not supported by peer-reviewed evidence. He represented the rates of miscarriage after COVID vaccination as alarming,[30] when the rates are in fact consistent with background miscarriage rates of 11-16 percent in the general population.[31] Multiple studies have shown that COVID infection, not vaccination against COVID-19, is risky for pregnant women. One study found that the risk of fetal or newborn mortality is higher in unvaccinated pregnant women who contract COVID, than it is for vaccinated women infected with COVID at the same stage of pregnancy.[32] Further, according to studies cited by the CDC, there is no evidence of decreased fertility due to COVID vaccination now or in the future, and changes in menstrual cycles are small and temporary.[33] Kory repeatedly questions peer-reviewed science on COVID, the COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization process overseen by federal agencies, and the profit motives of pharmaceutical companies, while he also profits from marketing off-label and "alternative" COVID treatments that are lacking in quality evidence.[34] His rhetoric carries many of the markings of conspiracy theory, which make emotional arguments that presume malfeasance and coordinated efforts and deliberate obfuscation of information. Such theories become ingrained in in-groups as a form of secret knowledge, which reinforces the fervor with which the ideas are believed. Kory's detractors such as David Gorski[35][36] have noted his efforts to promote and profit from alternative COVID treatments are similar to medical quackery going back centuries.[26][37] In June 2022, Kory tweeted that the American Board of Internal Medicine had warned him that his board certifications were in danger of being revoked for misinformation.[34] Effectively unable to practice within mainstream medicine, Kory launched his own “advanced COVID-19 care center", charging US$1,250 to 1,650 for a series of three appointments.[34] As you see, Kory is a conman and a liar. You can follow the links, you can check the assertions, you can evaluate the evidence provided. But you won't do that - a characteristic of the idiot right is, an overwhelming desire to see, hear and read only what they want to. Facts, studies, peer-reviewed papers, decades of expert knowledge... these have to be written-off with childish abuse. You never provided any facts to support your position. You never said where Wikipedia is wrong. That's because you can't. You are just another right-wing fact-free gasbag.
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Kory OP, you have been scammed by a conman and a liar. It's time to evaluate the facts and change your mind.
  3. They are laughing at DTs ignorance. After all, he is the dunce who thought Finland was part of Russia, and is unable to read or understand his Daily Security Briefing. Even Dubya could manage that...
  4. By all means quote me. In what sense is this ad hominem? DT is being laughed at by high-end economists around the world. Read what the Economist magazine has to say. Check economic journals. DT is ignorant of the basics, and that is a hard. demonstrable fact, no two ways about it. Read up on this. Review the facts, Evaluate the information.Change your mind. You will be a better person for it.
  5. Well-educated people avoid ad hominem arguments. Try evaluation... that way, you learn things, and avoid dogma prejudice. Meanwhile, as i said, many high-end, professional economists have used the "groceries" analogy to show how ignorant Trump is. Look this up. Review and evaluate the facts. Change your mind. You will be a better person for doing so.
  6. Nobel-prize-winning economists (and many others) are using that example. Maybe they have no understanding of global trade. Read this: https://time.com/7274651/why-economists-are-horrified-by-trump-tariff-math/ You might learn something.
  7. Trump is an oaf who doesn't understand high school-level economics. That's why every economist in the world (who is not a paid DT shill) is laughing at him. DT has a bizarre obsession with trade deficits. This has no basis in reality. If I shop at the supermarket, there is a trade deficit - they have my money. But I have the goods... where is the unfairness? It doesn't exist. The stupidity of DT's position can be seen in the Botswana tariffs. Their big export is diamonds. The big buyer is the US. Somehow, DT sees this as a great injustice, so he hit then with a 37% tariff. This is flat-out irrational, and everybody should stop pretending there is any sense behind DT's actions.
  8. I ate recently at VN Garden, on Pratumnak Hill, at the back of VN Residence. https://maps.app.goo.gl/3MAkyRtmwA3VEK1DA The food is excellent (Western and Thai) and not expensive. I have never seen such well-presented dishes... the chef is quite an artist. Recommended. It's only small... 4 tables of 4 and one table of 6, so booking is advisable.
  9. So the BBC, Sydney Morning Herald and Al Jazeera are funded by Democrats? Are you seeing a psychiatrist?
  10. You do not possess a time machine. Keep your childish fantasies to yourself.
  11. I mean, who believes anything in the main stream media The Murdoch press is NOT mainstream media. They were fined $740m for lying and dishonesty in reporting, and admitted in a court of law that they do not use fact-checkers. Reputable news sources (and there are many) use fact-checkers.
  12. My TGF is educated (MSc) and well-travelled. We eat Indian at intervals - she is a fan. Try: - New Indian Restaurant, Thappraya Rd, on the right in the section running down to the beach - Indian by Nature, Thappraya rd, next to Frasers.
  13. Father Ray is a good idea.
  14. Anti-vaxxers are so ignorant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sabin Sabin developed an oral vaccine based on mutant strains of polio virus that seemed to stimulate antibody production but not to cause paralysis. Recipients of his live attenuated oral vaccine included himself, family, and colleagues.... Between 1955 and 1961, the oral vaccine was tested on at least 100 million people in the USSR, parts of Eastern Europe, Singapore, Mexico, and the Netherlands.... Sabin refused to patent his vaccine, waiving commercial exploitation by pharmaceutical industries, so that the low price would guarantee a more extensive spread of the treatment. From the development of his vaccine Sabin did not gain a penny, and continued to live on his salary as a professor. The Sabin Vaccine Institute was founded in 1993 to continue the work of developing and promoting vaccines
  15. My TGF has a good job and her own apartment... but she has overloaded on clothes and kitchenware. What are some options for passing on this stuff... all reasonable quality. Preferably somewhere around south Pattaya/Jomtien.
  16. Polio Smallpox MMR The good news is that each time an anti-vaxxer dies, the average IQ of the world goes up.
  17. The markup is that they cut the the product to all hell.
  18. Bargirl to me: "I no like India man. Him no manner. Him no pay".
  19. What is really disgusting is old white males who think it's their business to tell women what they can and cannot do. There are more of them on the Right... they tend to be authoritarian and judgemental.
  20. Yes, it is true that some websites turn off copying their text. In Firefox, there is a fix: install this add-on: "Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/absolute-enable-right-click
  21. Trump's line that he had to introduce tariffs because of a national emergency was flat-out dishonest. Democratic governments are required to follow due process. There is no left-right about it.
  22. When religion doesn't work anymore, what is next in line? Conspiracies Religion has never worked. When religion gets the upper hand in a society, the result is invariably disastrous. The Dark Ages is an example. What happens when religion is discarded? An option is, evidence-based thinking (science). Prayers did nothing to help the millions afflicted with polio, smallpox, leprosy, diabetes etc. God could have clapped his hands and made them go away, but maybe he was busy with something more important... and, as a consequence, a great many people suffered. When the Enlightenment came, religion was exposed for the useless pack of lies that it is, and science was allowed to progress and benefit us greatly.
  23. You are making a joke, yes? Quoting some nonsense written by silly old men is in no way evidence. You SAY that what we see constitutes evidence. You SAY that the cause of what we see is god. SAYING is not evidence, is is worthless, fact-free assertion. The purpose of EVIDENCE (observations and measurements) is to conduct an evaluation that others may reproduce. There is no fact-based, peer-reviewed evaluation on the existence of god (funny, that), so why do you make such a ridiculous, evidence-free statement? Even for a religious person, what you put forward is especially silly.
  24. Sigh. Another poor individual who had their intellect pickled with the disease of religion when a small child. Do you have ANY supporting evidence for your assertions? Any FACTUAL reason for supposing a god exists? "It's what i was told when I was two" doesn't count. The bible is silly nonsense written by silly old men. That's why it's stuffed full of absurdities and ridiculous gibberish. Its purpose was to control the plebs. The only way the church can keep going is to indoctrinate small children. This is genuinely evil - it causes many people to be unable to think clearly. The faster the cancer of religion is eradicated, the better. Most people spend their entire lives creating out of a sinful heart and a corrupt mind their own image of God. Gibberish. There is no evidence for a god. None whatsoever.
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