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2 minutes ago, Been There said:

That means  ... it hasn't been tested  ..... No mid or long term data available  .... 
It should be fine though ... the vaccine manufacturers have never been wrong before.

Data is now becoming available for the last 12 months. Still no problems identified. I know of no vaccine that problems have suddenly been identified after 12 months of trials.

1 minute ago, Thomas J said:

I agree it is nonsense.  However another following this posting topic quoted 100 people a day.  Yes approximately 100 per day die from a firearm.  62% of those are suicide.  Mass shootings in the USA totaled 211 for 2019.  To put that in perspective that is 4 days of highway deaths here in Thailand. 

Apples and oranges. Many deniers on this forum use the same argument for Covid. It doesn't stand up,

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

The subject is mass shooting in the US, do try to stay on topic.

 

Comparing the US to a small county with a tiny economy make little sense. 

5th largest economy in the world. Small country? A very American (mine's bigger than yours) response.

1 minute ago, Thomas J said:

The quote by one other on the site that gun deaths are 100 per day.  Those are all Mass Shootings. 

Nonsense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition.^[2][3][4] One definition is an act of public firearm violence—excluding gang killings, domestic violence, or terrorist acts sponsored by an organization—in which a shooter kills at least four victims. Using this definition, one study found that nearly one-third of the world's public mass shootings between 1966 and 2012 (90 of 292 incidents) occurred in the United States.

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

 

I was only commenting that they the numbers change depending on how they are counted, so implying someone is lying because their numbers don't match someone else's is not fair.

 

In any event, while 500 is a lot more than 200, comparing 500 to 40,000 is not much different than comparing 200 to 40,000. It's just putting it into perspective. To me, it would make more sense to focus on the 40,000 than the 500, but that's just me, I'm not a leftist. Let's go after those 500.

 Not really relevant to mass shootings. A skill that the US excels in.

In the UK we had 2 mass shootings and on the back of that the government brought in very strict gun laws, which removed guns from the hands of Joe Public, good guys and bad guys alike. There were many gun hobbyists in the UK who weren't too happy. But they sucked it up to eradicate mass shootings.

6 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

I would do so but I got blasted by one of the site moderators for cutting and pasting "too many links"  In 2017, handguns were involved in the majority (64%) of the 10,982 U.S. gun murders and non-negligent manslaughters for which data is available, according to the FBI. Rifles – the category that includes many guns that are sometimes referred to as “assault weapons”– were involved in 4%.

As requested here they are. 

1. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/21/jason-miyares/62-us-gun-deaths-are-suicides/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/16/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

 

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/gun-violence-america

 

The subject is mass shootings, do try to stay on topic.

1 minute ago, Leaver said:

 

Worked and travelled in many Islamic countries, some of them being real sh*te holes.  Found the locals to be friendly.  Many were poor by western standards, but always offered a coffee and an smile.  

 

Travelled Malaysia's tourists areas several times, and have been to KL many times.  Never a problem.  

 

Personally, I found the Chinese Malaysians extremely attractive.  

Strange how in every thread and every subject you manage to disagree with everyone else and have more experience than them. Habitual troll or what? Half of my extended family are moslem and I've lived with the locals in one. I know what I'm talking about.

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

HeyBruce has already shown that at least with respect to firearms, the data on the Wikipedia site is unreelable. I was taken to task for trusting their data. 

 

I think the 212 came from a Newsweek article that showed the last nine years of date. In any event, the number of mass shootings changes depending on how you count them.  

 

 

However you count them they're much more frequent than most other countries.

4 hours ago, SPREX said:

  AstraZeneca

Link?

1 hour ago, GarryP said:

Biopsies apparently aren't as accurate as once believed. They tend to be quite hit and miss.  

Nope. Biopsy taken at ten sites along the prostate. Very accurate.

3 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

Well you have to be rich, as a dose cost $140, but then even: 

• injection site reactions (mild/moderate pain, irritation, or slight bleeding),
• unusual discharge from your penis,
• pain in your penis/urethra/testicles,
• headache,
• dizziness,
• back pain,
• a rash on the skin of your penis,
• itching/warmth/numbness of your penis,

I get it for free and have been for the last 10 years. Occasionally get the first symptom if my aim is a bit off. Never had any of the other symptoms. Retail in UK is around £20 (800 baht).

3 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said:

Laos is nice for a bit, but no beaches and no girls is a major negative.

Mega no girls. You can't book a hotel room with a Laotian girl unless you are married to them.

On 3/24/2021 at 4:44 AM, WineOh said:

Cambodia will be the new frontier post covid, they will become what Thailand was 40/50 years ago.

they have everything that Thailand has just cheaper.

You've obviously not been lately. Sihanoukville used to be that sleepy backwater. Now 70+ mega Chinese casinos there and the best beaches privatized for development. Far more than Thailand.

I lived in Phnom Penh 8 years ago. Went back last year. Skyline is now a sea of high rise condos and more Chinese casinos. Before there were none.

No longer a frontier post, little China.

43 minutes ago, Guderian said:

A week or so ago, Bangkok was recording a steady trickle of cases, 5 to 10 a day. Some days this last week, it's been reporting more like 30 to 60 a day. Today almost 100 of the new cases (98 to be exact) were found in Bangkok. Exponential growth, anyone?

They're in prisons/detention centres.

On 3/16/2021 at 5:15 AM, Raphael Hythlodaeus said:

Dr. Richard Ablin, the inventor of the PSA test says it's become a medical money-making boondoggle and is useless for diagnosing prostate cancer. 

Its not used to diagnose cancer. Its just an indicator. DRE followed by biopsy is used for diagnosis, often followed by MRI/CT scan.

On 3/25/2021 at 5:11 AM, 1FinickyOne said:

sure, who wouldn't... but these are not mutually exclusive activities.... 

Correct. Ain't nothin' like a blunkie. All the rage in Pattaya.

On 3/22/2021 at 11:54 AM, Mister Fixit said:

 

Take some omeprazole at the same time?

Omeprazole is not a one time drug. You need to take it daily for at least 2 weeks for it to work. Gaviscon dual action is probably better.

1 minute ago, Victornoir said:

 

Some battles actually won in North Africa after a multitude of defeats. 1941-42.

The real defeat of the Nazis took place from January 1944, against the Red Army. (Eastern front)
Inexorable advance of the Russians stopped only by the Americans in Berlin in May 1945 after Hitler's suicide.
The German surrender was signed with the Americans in Reins on May 7, but Stalin demanded the same surrender signature on May 9 in Berlin.

Let us recognize the Bravery of the British soldiers in this sad episode but it is wrong to say that they saved France.

 

Sorry for the irrelevance but social media is also used to fight propaganda misconceptions

Which history of WW2 did you read? One written by DE Gaulle? What a joke. My father fought in North Africa, you haven't got a clue.

Stalingrad was the decisive battle on the Eastern front August 42 to February 43. The Germans did nothing but retreat on the Eastern front from that date on.

2 hours ago, Hi from France said:

The fun thing is since the UK is now out of the single market, we can do something about it and stop exporting to what just became a "third country". 

Sorry but you can't do anything. You will do what the Germans tell you to do. End of.

2 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

I was under the belief it was made with imported milk.  

Nope.