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How many children have died from COVID-19? Among the 4.4 million COVID-19 deaths1 reported in the MPIDR COVerAGE database, 0.4 per cent (over 17,400) occurred in children and adolescents under 20 years of age. Of the over 17,400 deaths reported in those under 20 years of age, 53 per cent occurred among adolescents ages 10–19, and 47 per cent among children ages 0–9. Data correct as of December 2023. For more information, including age and sex disaggregated data,

Well, they don't. Vulnerable people get sick over and over perhaps but unvaccinated people probably get Covid at higher rates. I say probably because they're less likely to test themselves or seek medical care for milder cases, so it's hard to know the statistics for sure.

The CDC always errs on the side of caution. They would rather everyone have the same message rather than risk misinterpretations. Paul Offit discusses this. He was on the advisory committee when the bivalent vaccine was introduced and he was against recommending it because the data showed it didn't offer much more protection than the Omicron booster and so was unnecessary. The CDC went ahead and recommended it anyway, presumably because they didn't want people to start thinking boosters weren't necessary anymore. It's the same with vaccinating children. Children generally don't get seriously ill or die so it can certainly be argued they don't need the vaccine. But a couple of thousand children have died from Covid and thousands more have been hospitalized. So the CDC figures why risk your child's life, no matter how small the odds. You can agree or disagree with that depending on your point of view. But there has been ample evidence that people who got the original two shots and, perhaps, a booster, are sufficiently protected against serious illness assuming they are in good health and don't have any immune problems. I had two Astra Zeneca shots and that was it. But I never get ill so I wasn't worried. I did catch something last year that might have been Covid, though the PCR test was negative. It was mild and lasted about five days. I didn't even have to stay in bed.

No, you misunderstand the effect of vaccination. The antibodies may decrease but t cells continue to afford protection. Most people are probably fine with the original two shots and maybe one booster. Additional boosters are basically only needed for those with immune deficiencies.

This is what the CDC actually said about shedding: FACT Vaccine shedding is the release or discharge of any of the vaccine components in or outside of the body and can only occur when a vaccine contains a live weakened version of the virus. https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/myths-facts.html

That's why the safety monitoring exists. All vaccines are monitored for rare side effects after they have been released and the Covid 19 vaccines were the most heavily surveilled in history. That's how it was discovered that the J&J vaccines could cause thrombosis in rare instances (1 in 100000) and that the Astra Zeneca vaccine could cause blood clots (2 to 3 people in 100,000). It was also how the CDC identified myocarditis as a potential side effect of the the Pfizer (1.2 in 100,000) and Moderna (3 in 100,000) vaccines, particularly in young people between the ages of 15-24 (in most cases it healed quickly but there were some deaths). In fact, a special program was set up to assess vaccine safety called the Global Covid Vaccine Safety Project, which looked for adverse events by analyzing the healthcare data of 90 million vaccinated individuals. It focused on identifying rare side effects. You can read all about it: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24001270

You either didn't understand what was being presented or didn't bother to read the paper ifully. It was talking about bacteria or viral based therapies. This is why covid vaccine shedding is impossible: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDHHS/bulletins/2e3a804 Even Kory couldn't come up with a coherent explanation for how Covid 19 vaccine shedding could occur. But that didn't stop him from taking money from his patients for treating it.

Shedding is one of the funniest tropes spun by antivaxxers. It was promulgated by Pierre Kory, who had one patient claim that she had imbibed the Mrna spiked protein while giving a BJ to her husband. Of course, Kory immediately set out to create a course of treatment. Last I read, he was charging over $2000 for a series of 3 online appointments to treat not just Covid, but what he calls "long vax" (because of course he doesn't believe in long covid), and vaccine injuries. None of his treatments have been subjected to random-controlled trials of course but that doesn't matter because he knows they work. Look how much money he's making after all. Kory was the first proponents of Ivermectin, citing an Argentine study that found 100 percent efficacy when Ivermectin was taken as a prophylactic. The study turned out to be, if not outright fraudulent, riddled with errors and fake data. Kory himself ended up getting Covid 19, as did Bret Weinstein, who had gone on Joe Rogan to tout the benefits of Ivermectin based on Kory's recommendation. Kory was one of the founders of the FLCC, and was making over $300,000 a year until he quit because his private Covid practice had become so lucrative. He's just one of the many antivaxxers who has become rich through his antivax activities while at the same time attacking big pharma for their lack of ethics and focus on profits.

Watched Anora, about a stripper who hooks up with the irresponsible son of a Russian oligarch and ends up marrying him in Las Vegas. She actually thinks she's struck paydirt until the parents arrive. Not a great film, but the performances are excellent and the twist at the end oddly touching. Another film in the popular modern genre of how the rich treat everybody else like trash.

The change in cast was a bit bumpy, as it took them a season it grow into their roles. After that, though, it returned to greatness.

Great show exceot for season 1. I'd advise skipping that as it might give you the wrong impression of the series.

Ah, the Midwestern Quack, who believes statins are a scam, blood pressure medicines do more harm than good, bras can act as antennas to focus microwaves that cause cancer, Covid 19 vaccines can "shed" the spike protein and thereby infect anyone in the vicinity. Why not see what the Cleveland Clinic has to say instead: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21613-hpv-vaccine

He's just trolling now. He knows posts like this will get a rise out of his audience, which he seems to find amusing

I also had 2FA turned off on my account. Howvever, that option was eliminated with the latest upgrade. Anyone who wants to avoid 2FA can try the following: Don't use a VPN. When the prompt for two factor authentication comes up at log in, log in with your email address, check the box that says, Don't ask me anymore on this device, Do not clear your Fidelity cookies. That has never worked consistently for me but I use a VPN and clear my cookies.

Do you know if they'll send debit and credit cards to a foreign address?

Another option is to use the Symantech VIP Access app. That takes the place of two-factor authentication. You can put in on your phone or laptop and it generates a code that you input when you log in. You can only use the app on one device but once you generate the code, you can use that on either your phone or your laptop, or so said the rep I stpoke to about it.

Yes, I use it all the time. Schwab allows it as well.

In pinciple, yes, but they do give you an option when you log in to avoid the two factor if you use the same device all the time. There's a check box for that

You can log in using your email, just click on log in another way and choose your email address. You'll still have to call in though if you want to make changes to your profile. Google Voice is a better option. Although you can't sign up for Google Voice from abroad, you can have someone transfer you a number that they already have. So if you know someone in the States with a Google Voice number they're not using, ask them to transfer it to you. Otherwise you would have to find someone who'd be willing to sign up for a Google Voice number and then transfer it to you. For new sign-ups, there's a 90-day waiting period though before they can transfer the number.

Lincoln Lawyer, season 2, is quite good in my opinion. I was a little ambivalent about season 1 but season 2 has an interesting plot, the actors are much more comfortable in their roles, and the romance between Mickey Haller and a prosecutor in the DA's office is one of the few interracial relationships I've seen that is natural and convincing. Very American show though.

Well, the forum was implicted in 23,000 crimes during the ten years of its existence and Pelicote didn't seem to have any trouble recruiting men in the general vicinity to rape his elderly wife. Maybe only a small percentage of men act on their fetish fantasies but the ones who do seem to be really really sick, https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/12/europe/gisele-pelicot-france-case-messages/

Clearly, you don't understand that everything you think about the science of vaccines is wrong. The MRNA vaccines (and I'm neither pro nor against) are not "genetic DNA therapy." That is literally gibberish. The vaccines did save millions of lives, the incidence of serious side effects, while real, was small, they did not cause turbo cancer (which is impossible), the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines did cause myocarditis and pericarditis, although the incident was rare and in most cases self-healing, there is no long-term natural immunity against Covid (just is there is no long-term immunity with the vaccines because of the rapid mutation of the virus), and it is literally impossible that the Big Pharma industry could have dictated all of the positive studies on the vaccines that took place in multiple countries. So why don't you go out and enjoy yourself instead of still talking about something you know nothing about. Oh, and Thailand had a vaccination rate of only around 62 percent and the vast majority of those received the Astra Zeneca and Chinese vaccines. So, no, the MRNA vaccines are not responsible for the rise in cancer cases in Thailand

I agree the story sounds strange. But from what I can gather the gang rapes did not involve that many men. Over the course ten year period, there were 92 separate incidents involving 72 men, and even though some of the men raped her more than once, it seems her husband was careful to orchestrate the rapes in such a way to mitigate the effect it would have on her when she woke up (even though he himself anally raped her, since she would not consent to that particular sex act). Before the rapes began she had already been prescribed an anti-anxiety drug that had the effect of making her drowsy. He just added a little more to her food to ensure she remained unconscious. So if you figure that ten years is 3650 days and there were 92 incidents, you can see that he was probably trying space out the incidents so that he could successfully explain away whatever complaints she might make. Even so, she did have blackouts and other symptoms. She went to several doctors but none of them bothered to check her blood for drugs apparently and a cursory examination revealed nothing wrong with her. Every time she was accompanied by her husband who explained away her symptoms by saying she was exhausted from caring for her grandchildren so perhaps the doctors didn't take her seriously as a result, hence her anger at French male society. Then, again, she was in her sixties, so the idea that her husband was drugging her and soliciting men to rape her was probably not something most doctors would think of. The husband, of course, completely confessed, so if there is more to the story, it could be that he's trying to protect others. He was a member of a forum dedicated to stories and discussions about raping and abusing women while drugged and taught one of his friends how to drug and rape his own wife and then raped her himself. He was also accused of raping at least one other women and was implicated in the murder and rape of another woman. Still, at the trial his wife said that he was an ideal husband who always took care of her. The psychotherapist who examined him called it a case of split personality. Well, as Hamlet said, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." What is most chilling is that there is a whole subculture out there of men who engage in acts like this or even worse and they meet online and exchange stories and photos. Incredible.

Thanks for telling us what to think!

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