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Cancel Culture Srikes Again
thedestroyerofworlds replied to JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo's topic in Off-Topic General
The people yelling "cancel culture" when these people are "cancelled" are awfully quiet with examples of "cancel culture" from their side/supporters. Like this from a few days ago: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/some-right-it-s-time-revisit-book-banning-burning-n1283724 For some on the right, it's time to revisit book banning (and burning) A county school board in Virginia directed staff to remove LGBTQ books. Some board members wanted to "burn" them. It's part of a larger pattern. -
Shots in arms before Xmas break. https://globalnews.ca/news/8370040/covid-vaccine-kids-health-canada-2/ COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11 could come in ‘one to two weeks’: Health Canada Health Canada says a decision on whether to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine for children will come “in the next one to two weeks,” leaving open the possibility that some kids could be at least partially protected by Christmas. Canada’s chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma said in a conference call with reporters Friday that the regulator is “actively continuing” its review of the Pfizer-BioNtech jab for children aged five to 11, which was authorized for use in the United States last week. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief medical officer, said the under-12 age group continues to have the highest incidence rates of COVID-19 across all age groups in the country. COVID-19 has typically shown to be mild in children since the pandemic began, but some have had serious illness. Tam noted an 11 per cent increase in new COVID-19 cases in Canada this week compared to last week, with 2,500 new cases reported daily. More than 1,800 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized, she said, with 528 in intensive care units and an average of 22 deaths reported daily. Tam also said the country’s requirement for a negative COVID-19 test for travellers re-entering Canada was still under review. Federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to remove the “pre-departure PCR testing requirements” for fully vaccinated travellers returning over the land border, asking the government in a statement Friday to accept rapid antigen test results instead. Tam said in the news conference that the requirement is for a “molecular test,” which can include a lab-based PCR or other tests that can offer results more quickly. Health Canada’s website says rapid antigen tests are not accepted. More than 28 million people, or 85 per cent of the eligible population over age 12, are now fully vaccinated, Tam said, though “sizable gaps in vaccine coverage” remain. She said that includes more than five million eligible people who have not yet received a vaccine, and more than 4.3 million children under the age of 12. Also Friday, Health Canada approved the use of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for booster shots for adults 18 and older, to be used at least six months after the second shot. The Moderna booster is a half-dose of the regular vaccine.
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Kyle Rittenhouse. Murder or self defense ?
thedestroyerofworlds replied to MaxVerstappen33's topic in Off-Topic General
Not many had lawyers say in court that no reasonable viewer should take what Cucker says seriously. Add the fact that he admitted that he lies. (And yes, I'm aware of the OAN lawsuit vs Maddow and MSNBC). https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye You Literally Can't Believe The Facts Tucker Carlson Tells You. So Say Fox's Lawyers https://www.insider.com/tucker-carlson-said-he-lies-when-he-gets-cornered-2021-9 Tucker Carlson said he lies on TV out of 'weakness' and when he gets 'really cornered' Fox host Tucker Carlson has admitted to sometimes lying on his show. Carlson told conservative talk show host Dave Rubin that he lies on his show if he's "cornered." He clarified that he "doesn't like" lying, but does it "out of weakness or whatever." -
And at best, that YouTube doctor is an ophthalmologist or orthopedic surgeon. Maybe even the demon semen lady. And good luck trying to hunt down the sources that said doctor used, if there were any.
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As Vintage has been posting the Covid updates for months now. Unvaccinated accounts for the majority of cases and hospitalizations. Yet, we have just over 90% with at least one dose. Adjusted for population, the chances that an unvaccinated person ends up in hospital is 20 times greater than the vaccinated. I'm willing to bet that Germany will see similar numbers.
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https://ckpgtoday.ca/2021/11/10/covid-19-outbreaks-declared-over-at-uhnbc/ COVID-19 outbreaks declared over at UHNBC PRINCE GEORGE — Northern Health says the COVID-19 outbreaks at the University Hospital of Northern BC have ended. The outbreak in the Primary Care Medical Unit was declared on September 24 with 20 patients and nine staff members testing positive for the virus. Sadly, two patients died. Another 14 patients and two staff tested positive in the hospital’s internal medicine unit. Two people in that unit passed away as well.
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By the time Health Canada give authorization, there will be millions of kids who have been given the vaccine. This will give parents a lot of data to inform their decision. Also, were are coming up on the 1 year anniversary of giving vaccines to the general public. Still waiting for the calamitous long-term side-effect that anti-vaxxers have been crowing about. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054137225/nearly-1-million-kids-ages-5-11-will-have-their-first-covid-shots-by-the-end-of- Nearly 1 million kids ages 5-11 will have their first COVID shots by the end of today
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There's even clip from 72 of Big Bird getting vaccinated for measles. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/1053548074/big-bird-covid-19-vaccine-conservative-backlash-ted-cruz
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/06/us/houston-astroworld-festival/index.html At least 8 dead and many injured after crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival in Houston, officials say
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Just don't tell some of them that their horsey drug and this one was either created with or tested with...those fetal cell lines they're so worried about.
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Someone should give him his Herman Cain Award.
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I think that the legal recourse would have to go through the Vaccine Injury Support Program. Anti-vaxxers seem to think that this program is a reason for not taking vaccines because you can't sue the vaccine manufacturers. https://vaccineinjurysupport.ca/en The purpose The purpose of the VISP is to ensure that all people in Canada who have experienced a serious and permanent injury as a result of receiving a Health Canada authorized vaccine, administered in Canada on or after December 8, 2020, have fair and timely access to financial support. The pan-Canadian VISP will serve all people vaccinated in Canada, with the exception of people vaccinated in Québec who will receive coverage from the longstanding Québec program.
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Under 5 data should be ready by the end of the year, with shots possibly 1st quarter 2022. Health Canada should not be far behind. https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-kids-five-to-eleven-science-health-032f7ed4fa60a3c0e08ba418446cfe2b US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11 U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a milestone that opens a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 5. The Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for children ages 5 to 11 — doses just a third of the amount given to teens and adults. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommends who should receive FDA-cleared vaccines. The announcement by CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky came only hours after an advisory panel unanimously decided Pfizer’s shots should be opened to the 28 million youngsters in that age group. The decision marks the first opportunity for Americans under 12 to get the powerful protection of any COVID-19 vaccine. “As a mom, I encourage parents with questions to talk to their pediatrician, school nurse or local pharmacist to learn more about the vaccine and the importance of getting their children vaccinated,” Walensky said Tuesday night, in a statement. In remarks earlier in the day, she said while the risk of severe disease and death is lower in young children than adults, it is real — and that COVID-19 has had a profound social, mental health and educational impact on youngsters, including widening disparities in learning. “There are children in the second grade who have never experienced a normal school year,” Walensky said. “Pediatric vaccination has the power to help us change all of that.” President Joe Biden called the decision “a turning point.” “It will allow parents to end months of anxious worrying about their kids, and reduce the extent to which children spread the virus to others,” he said in a statement. “It is a major step forward for our nation in our fight to defeat the virus.” The American Academy of Pediatrics welcomed the decision as its members get ready to start the first injections into little arms, which the CDC said could begin “as soon as possible.” The 5- to 11-year-olds will receive two low doses, three weeks apart, of the vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech -- the same schedule as everyone else, but using a smaller needle. Pfizer over the weekend began shipping millions of the pediatric shots to states, doctors’ offices and pharmacies — in orange caps, to avoid mix-ups with purple-capped vials of adult vaccine. Many parents have clamored for vaccine protection for youngsters so they can resume normal childhood activities without risking their own health — or fear bringing the virus home to a more vulnerable family member. But CDC’s advisers said they recognize many parents also have questions, and may be fearful of the vaccine because of rampant misinformation. Members of the advisory panel said they want parents to ask about the shots — and understand that they’re far better than gambling that their child will escape a serious coronavirus infection. As for safety, more than 106 million Americans have safely gotten two doses of Pfizer’s full-strength shots — including more than 7 million 12- to 15-year-olds. “I have vaccinated my kids,” said CDC adviser Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot of Vanderbilt University, saying she wouldn’t recommend something for other families unless she was comfortable with it for her own. “We have seen the devastation of this disease.” In the U.S., there have been more than 8,300 coronavirus-related hospitalizations of kids ages 5 to 11, about a third requiring intensive care, according to government data. The CDC has recorded at least 94 deaths in that age group, with additional reports under investigation. And while the U.S. has seen a recent downturn in COVID-19 cases, experts are worried about another uptick with holiday travel and as winter sends more activity indoors where it’s easier for the coronavirus to spread. Pfizer’s study of 2,268 youngsters found the kid-size vaccine is nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 -- based on 16 diagnoses among kids given dummy shots compared to just three who got the real vaccination. The FDA examined more children, a total of 3,100 who were vaccinated, in concluding the shots are safe. The younger children experienced similar or fewer reactions -- such as sore arms, fever or achiness -- than teens or young adults get after larger doses. That study wasn’t large enough to detect any extremely rare side effects, such as the heart inflammation that occasionally occurs after the second full-strength dose, mostly in young men and teen boys. Regulators ultimately decided the benefits from vaccination outweigh the potential that younger kids getting a smaller dose also might experience that rare risk. Some of CDC’s advisers said for some parents, deciding to get their children vaccinated may hinge on that small but scary risk. “The risk of some sort of bad heart involvement is much higher if you get COVID than if you get this vaccine,” Dr. Matthew Oster, a pediatric cardiologist at Emory University, told the panel. “COVID is much riskier to the heart.” Last week, FDA’s advisers struggled with whether every young child needed a vaccine. Youngsters hospitalized with COVID-19 are more likely to have high-risk conditions such as obesity or diabetes. But otherwise healthy children can get seriously ill, too, and the CDC’s advisers ultimately recommended the shots for all of them — even children who’ve already recovered from a bout of COVID-19. CDC officials calculated that for every 500,000 youngsters vaccinated, between 18,000 and 58,000 COVID-19 cases — and between 80 and 226 hospitalizations — in that age group would be prevented, depending on the pandemic’s trajectory. And CDC officials noted that COVID-19 has caused more deaths in this age group than some other diseases, such as chickenpox, did before children were routinely vaccinated against them. What about younger children? Pfizer is testing shots for babies and preschoolers and expects data around the end of the year. The similarly made Moderna vaccine also is being studied with young children. But the FDA still hasn’t cleared its use in teens, and the company is delaying its application for younger children pending that review. A few countries have begun using other COVID-19 vaccines in children under 12, including China, which just began vaccinations for 3-year-olds. But many that use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are watching the U.S. decision, and European regulators just began considering the companies’ kid-size doses.
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And just as much, if not more ire should be directed at the right-wing media sphere that promoted "treatments" like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. One has been thoroughly trashed and the other, as of right now, is inconclusive at best. This led to the hogs going wild to try and find any source they can get their hands on. CNN was wrong in the hyperbole that they utilized in covering the story. The underlying facts were not wrong. Joe utilized an unproven treatment for Covid. Period.
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It helps people with parasites. Its use for treating Covid is inconclusive at best. Clinical trials are underway to determine its efficacy. The reality is that there are a whole lot of hogs running out to get their hands on Ivermectin and getting any source they could because real doctors, not hack doctors, were not prescribing a drug for something it wasn't proven to treat. A drug that has side effects. A lot of these people swear that the vaccines are poison. They don't work. They're "experimental". Yet virtually all their objections to the vaccines apply in this case.
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3325 workers for 2.6 percent. I have a feeling that this number will go down https://globalnews.ca/news/8340388/bc-health-care-workers-unvaccinated-update/ More than 3,000 unvaccinated health workers in B.C. on unpaid leave, Dix says
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CDC should sign off next week. Shots in arms before American Thanksgiving. 2nd doses in the US before Xmas break? Health Canada should be not long after. Lot of 1st shots before Xmas break possibly in Canada. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/29/pfizer-covid-vaccine-fda-authorizes-for-kids-ages-5-to-11.html FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11, shots could begin early next week with CDC clearance The FDA on Friday authorized the use of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The move will make the shots available to 28 million kids in the U.S. The CDC must sign off before shots can be distributed.
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These places have areas with significant low vaccination rates despite the lower population density. Tons of MUHHHH FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! types.
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This is a supplemental to an article the authors published earlier, breaking it down. The Supplemental Appendix PDF link in the letter here is the breakdown for vaccination and infection. Ya, greater risk of developing myocarditis after infection, as 2 Edmonton Oilers players can attest. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2115045 Adverse Effects after BNT162b2 Vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 Infection, According to Age and Sex The risk of myocarditis, which is considered to be the most potentially serious vaccine-associated adverse event, was increased after both vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection. After vaccination, the risk was increased mostly among young male adolescents and adults (16 to 39 years of age), with 8.62 excess events per 100,000 persons (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.82 to 14.35). After infection, the risk was increased in both age categories (<40 and ≥40 years) and in both male and female adolescents and adults, with 11.54 excess events per 100,000 persons (95% CI, 2.48 to 22.55) in young male adolescents and adults.
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Those 4000 workers represent just over 3%. I have a feeling that there will be a significant number of those workers who will get the jab, and a bunch who will be looking for sympathy that they shouldn't get. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-surgeries-tests-postponed-as-4000-unvaccinated-b-c-heath-care-workers-put-on-leave COVID-19: Surgeries, tests postponed as 4,000 unvaccinated B.C. health-care workers put on leave Health Minister Adrian Dix hopes most will still get vaccinated to they can return to work More than 4,000 health-care workers in B.C. who have not received at least one dose of vaccine were placed on unpaid leave on Tuesday. They have until Nov. 15 to get their first dose or they will be fired. In the meantime, the minister of health said health authorities have been working on plans to fill those vacancies. There are about 126,000 public-sector health-care workers in B.C.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049664531/fox-anchor-neil-cavuto-covid-19-vaccine-death-threats Fox anchor Neil Cavuto urged viewers to get vaccinated. Then came the death threats
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https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-public-health-health-ddde9854faee530d6c4bc435f3e6da74 Merck agrees to let other drug makers make its COVID pill LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Merck agreed to allow other drug makers to produce its COVID-19 pill, in a move aimed at helping millions of people in poorer countries get access to the potentially life-saving drug, a United Nations-backed public health organization said on Wednesday. The Medicines Patent Pool said in a statement that it had signed a voluntary licensing agreement for molnupiravir with Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. The agreement will allow the Medicines Patent Pool to grant further licenses to qualified companies who are approved to make the drug. Neither drug maker will receive royalties under the agreement for as long as the World Health Organization deems COVID-19 to be global emergency. Molnupiravir is the first pill that has been shown to treat the disease. Charles Gore, the executive director of the Medicines Patent Pool, said the early results for molnupiravir were “compelling” and that he hoped this first voluntary licensing agreement for a COVID-19 treatment would lead to others. Despite repeated requests from governments and health officials, no vaccine makers have agreed to a similar deal. A hub set up by WHO in South Africa intended to share messenger RNA vaccine recipes and technologies has not enticed a single pharmaceutical to join. Merck has requested its pill be licensed by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency, decisions that could come within weeks. Merck reported this month that molnupiravir cut hospitalizations and deaths by half among patients with early symptoms of COVID-19. The results were so strong that independent medical experts monitoring the trial recommended stopping it early. An antiviral pill that people could take at home to reduce their symptoms and speed recovery could prove groundbreaking, easing the crushing caseload on hospitals and helping to curb outbreaks in poorer countries with weak health care systems. It would also bolster a two-pronged approach to the pandemic: treatment by way of medication and prevention, primarily through vaccinations. The charity Doctors Without Borders welcomed the agreement Merck struck to share its COVID-19 pill, but said it didn’t go far enough. “The license excludes key upper-middle-income countries like Brazil and China from its territory, where there are strong, established capacity to produce and supply antiviral medicines,” said Yuanqiong Hu, a senior legal and policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders, who called the deal “disappointing.”
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US is set to approve. Shots in arms before Christmas. Canada will be right behind. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/26/fda-panel-recommends-pfizers-low-dose-covid-vaccine-for-kids-ages-5-to-11.html FDA panel recommends Pfizer’s low-dose Covid vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 A key FDA advisory committee on Tuesday recommended a lower dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. The vote was nearly unanimous with 17 members backing it and one abstention. The endorsement was a critical step in getting some 28 million more kids in the U.S. protected against the virus as the delta variant spreads. The agency doesn’t always follow the advice of its independent committee, but it often does. A key Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Tuesday recommended a lower dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a critical step in getting some 28 million more kids in the U.S. protected against the virus as the delta variant spreads. The endorsement by the agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will now be considered by the FDA, which could issue a final decision within days. The vote was nearly unanimous, with 17 members backing it and one abstention. The agency doesn’t always follow the advice of its independent committee, but it often does. Next week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory group is expected to make its own recommendation. If it issues an endorsement and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signs off, shots for young kids could begin immediately. The Biden administration said it plans to distribute the doses as soon as it’s authorized by the FDA and CDC, which is expected to come early next month. The administration said it’s procured enough vaccine to inoculate all 28 million 5- to 11-year-olds in the U.S., and will distribute it in smaller dosing and with smaller needles to make it easier for pediatricians and pharmacists to administer to kids. Many parents say they are anxiously awaiting the vaccine’s authorization with schools now open across the U.S. and the delta variant driving a surge in children’s cases. Children ages 5 to 11 account for roughly 9% of all reported Covid cases in the U.S., according to data presented to the committee by the FDA on Tuesday. The number of new Covid cases in kids remains exceptionally high, with more than 1.1 million child cases added over the past six weeks, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Still, some parents and advocacy groups argue Covid vaccinations for children are unnecessary as studies show kids are less likely to experience symptoms from the disease even though they get infected at similar rates as adults. Some committee members said Tuesday that vaccinating younger groups would help the U.S. move toward Covid’s “endemic” phase, where the virus is still circulating but at lower levels than it is now. Others noted there are unknowns, such as the rate of myocarditis in young kids, but still emphasized that the benefits of the shots outweighed the risks. One member wondered whether they should issue a recommendation only for at-risk children. “We don’t want children to be dying from Covid, even if it is far fewer children than adults, and we don’t want them in the ICU,” member Dr. Amanda Cohn said before the vote. Prior to the vote, Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, asked committee members to keep today’s debate “civil,” saying there were strong feelings on both sides. “To be clear, today’s discussion is going to be about the scientific data that are presented, and it’s not about vaccine mandates, which are left to other entities outside of FDA,” Marks said at the top of the meeting. “I ask that we keep our discourse today civil and focus on the science related to this issue so that we can get through a productive discussion.” Pfizer asked the FDA to authorize its vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 on Oct. 7. The company published data that showed a two-dose regimen of 10 micrograms — a third of the dosage used for teens and adults — is safe and generated a strong immune response in a clinical trial of young children. It said the shots were well tolerated and produced an immune response and side effects comparable with those seen in a study of people ages 16 to 25. Dr. Doran Fink, a deputy director of the FDA’s division of vaccines, said Tuesday a “small army” of FDA staff worked around the clock over the last month to ensure the data on kids they were presenting today was as accurate as possible. The staff of the FDA published an analysis late Friday, saying a smaller dosage of the Pfizer vaccine appears to be safe and highly effective in young kids. They noted the increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis but said the benefits of the shots, including preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death, would generally outweigh the risk of the rare inflammatory heart conditions. There have been 1,640 cases of myocarditis reported in people under 30 who received Pfizer’s or Moderna’s Covid vaccines as of Oct. 6, Dr. Mathew Oster, a CDC official, told the FDA’s vaccine committee. Just 877 met the CDC’s case definition for myocarditis. He added the agency hasn’t seen increased rates of the condition among children ages 12 to 17.