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Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
First off, weren't your comments about "most" and "many" directed at the issue of long term covid? Second these numbers aren't weighted by age And they don't take into account long term covid And then there's the issue of hospitals being unable to care for those who are critically ill because their ICU capacity is being stressed by covid. And finally, these figures take no account of excess mortality. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
But, to be fair, it's only been debunked by reality. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
I've learned that what the repellant power of kryptonite is to Superman or of a crucifix is to vampires, a certain observation has the same effect on covid denialists. The observation being that hospital ICU units repeatedly get overrun with those who have refused to be vaccinated. This affects not only those who are afflicted with covid, but treatment for those who are ill with other conditions. The denialists simply have no rational answer for that and just bug off. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
I stand corrected. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
I guess all those unvaccinated covid atients who overrun hospitals are pawns too? -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Actually, there are "overwhelming reports" that excess mortality figures exceeds reported covid deaths. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
If you believe "most" and "many" are meaningful terms in statistics, your opinions about the validity of scientific research are more or less worthless. -
The future is electric: your questions about EVs answered
placeholder replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
When batteries reach a cost of $100 per kwh storage capacity, that's when cost of an EV is projected to be the same as that of a ICE vehicle. It's almost there now. I don't think it's going to take almost a century to beat that number. Nor to install power to virtuallly everywhere that needs it. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Thank you for sharing your irrational fear with us. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Given that he repeatedly underestimated Covid deaths and deprecated social distancing measures, I'd say a lot of his predictions and analyses were debunked. Don't you mean that the immunization quota of the vaccines was underestimated. Early on, estimates of as little as 20% were bruited about. -
The future is electric: your questions about EVs answered
placeholder replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
As museum pieces? What percentage of all vehicles? Can you be more specific? -
The future is electric: your questions about EVs answered
placeholder replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
You sure about that? Texas targets Wall Street in fight over ESG investing Texas is drawing battle lines in a fight against investors and companies turning their backs on fossil fuels. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday banning state investments in businesses that cut ties with the oil and gas industry. The underlying message, according to one of the most powerful energy regulators in the state, is simple: Boycott Texas, and we'll boycott you. https://www.pionline.com/legislation/texas-targets-wall-street-fight-over-esg-investing -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Ionaddis repeatedly underestimated the death toll from Covid-19. -
New Antiviral Pill From Pfizer More Effective Than Merck's
placeholder replied to placeholder's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
And if you're interested in comparing death and hospitalijzation rates from those who have been vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine and those who have not...oh wait...clearly you're not interested. -
Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
It's a good thing hospital ICUs aren't repeatedly being overrun with covid cases..oh..wait a minute... -
New Antiviral Pill From Pfizer More Effective Than Merck's
placeholder replied to placeholder's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
One independent contractor hired by Pfizer but not Pfizer itself. -
New Antiviral Pill From Pfizer More Effective Than Merck's
placeholder replied to placeholder's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Given that the results were so good that the trial was stopped prematurely, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet. But it could turn out not to be. -
New Antiviral Pill From Pfizer More Effective Than Merck's
placeholder replied to placeholder's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Because it seems to be more effective than molnuprovir: Covid-19: Molnupiravir reduces risk of hospital admission or death by 50% in patients at risk, MSD reports https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2422 -
New Antiviral Pill From Pfizer More Effective Than Merck's
placeholder replied to placeholder's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Here's a link to a different site: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2021/11/05/pfizer-says-its-covid-pill-reduced-risk-of-hospitalization-and-death-by-89-in-clinical-study/?sh=6909c3f856be -
Covid Live Updates: Pfizer Says Its Antiviral Pill Is Highly Effective Pfizer announced on Friday that its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found in a key clinical trial to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people who received the drug soon after they exhibited symptoms. Pfizer’s pill, which will be sold under the brand name Paxlovid, cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89 percent when given within three days of the start of symptoms. Pfizer said an independent board of experts monitoring its clinical trial had recommended that the study be stopped early because the drug’s benefit to patients had proved so convincing. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/05/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine Like Mercks. though, it has to be given early on, apparently, for it to be effective. Likewise for the monoclonal antibody treatment from Regeneron. So, getting vaccinated is still a better option. As for cost, I'm sure it will be a lot more than the $4 for a complete course of fluvoxamine, but I suspect the side effects won't be as difficult to endure. At least in respect to the dosage currently formulated for fluvoxamine.
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Why is Delta so infectious? New lab tool spotlights little noticed mutation that speeds viral spread “Viruslike particles” open the way to safely study nucleocapsid and other viral proteins https://www.science.org/content/article/why-delta-so-infectious-new-lab-tool-spotlights-little-noticed-mutation-speeds-viral-spread?utm_campaign=news_daily_2021-11-04&et_rid=314208203&et_cid=3984759
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He probably meant to say "It's really no good."
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Have you been afraid of Covid-19 in the past 1.5 years?
placeholder replied to peter zwart's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Here's the "question" posed by the OP Many platforms are writing about the situation with Covid-19 and readers are responding to it. One does not take it so closely and the other is very scared. Fear, misunderstanding, anger and even aggression can be found in many reactions. What has Covid done to your state of mind Not an honest question at all. . He's offering only 2 options if I understand his somewhat peculiar English correctly (clearly he's not a native speaker of English) One is that people either take it in a relaxed way and the other is "very scared". This is what's called a "close-ended" question. In this case the 2nd option is that someone is "very scared" which implies that they're in the grip of a strong emotion and hence being irrational. Are those the only 2 possibilities? Obviously an honest question would either be open-ended i.e. one in which no option is suggested, or, if a closed-ended question, , one that includes a wide range of possible responses. Not just 2. It's obvious where the OP is coming from. -
Europe facing 500,000 more Covid deaths by February, WHO warns
placeholder replied to Jeffr2's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
From the article: "Spahn said Germany was experiencing a "massive" pandemic of the unvaccinated, adding: "The truth is that there would be far fewer Covid-19 patients in [intensive care] if everyone who could do it got a vaccination."" -
Because certain basic facets of the autistic personality are incompatible with the kind of language this person uses here. You don't need to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist, much less her (or his) therapist, to know this stuff.