COVID-19: OhMyCronus!

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  1. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    France
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    France

    Would you like the vaccinated or unvaccinated deck?
     
  2. Pønch

    Pønch Saprissista

    Aug 23, 2006
    Donde siempre
    Horse dewormer and bleach enema package available in the ship's spa!
     
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  3. Val1

    Val1 Moderator
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    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Oceanpiercer!
     
  4. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost

    Fallout from RFK's cuts is causing more problems.

     
  5. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    First they close the labs at CDC, now they're getting rid of a third of HHS, including most of HIV. Here is the leaked proposal:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/16/hhs-budget-cut-trump/

    $40B cut overall, eliminate 2/3 of NIH institutes and centers, CDC by over 40% cut, eliminate all chronic disease programs including HIV, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and smoking.

    Rural health? Gone. (Insert leopard face eating here)

    Head Start? Gone.
     
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  6. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    Hope everyone enjoys their ecoli salad and salmonella chicken!

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/fda-suspends-quality-control-food-testing-staff-cuts

     
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  7. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
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    Millonarios Bogota
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    Colombia
    Saving $40bn and killing thousands, while also increasing job absences and medical costs. Sounds about right for Trump's policy.
     
  8. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    This will kill a hell of a lot more than thousands.
     
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  10. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
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  11. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    It going to be more than the EU banning import of American with the more old fashioned fear of infectious disease spreading both to humans and domestic animals.
     
  12. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
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    Los Angeles
  13. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
    Club:
    Los Angeles
    This is actually a big deal.

     
  14. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Lol. It may be a big deal, but its not for the reason that you think.
     
  15. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    SoCal burbs
    Club:
    Los Angeles
    Feel free to elaborate. Otherwise, I'll just dismiss this response.
     
  16. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    First, even if we accept that covid was caused by a lab leak, it was not because of gain of function research. There is no evidence that covid was anything but a natural virus.

    Second, there is scientific value in performing gain of function research. Is it dangerous? Of course, but that's why they have a lot of safety protocols to prevent the release of those viruses.
     
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  17. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not to mention, this has no control over international labs. And gain of function is hugely important in looking for ways to prevent or treat things like cancer, to help people with all kinds of genetic diseases. This is just another step in hurting US scientific research.
     
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  18. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    Plus we had an entire team there to keep an eye on just that in China that the Felon fired like 8 months before COVID.
     
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  19. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  20. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Clearly you mean the "j....@....bb....3...d" deck.

    :rolleyes:
     
  21. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
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  22. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    I appreciate this. However......
    350 x 52weeks = 18200.

    Provisional, From the CDC for 2023
    [​IMG]
    Went from 58.7% of deaths involving COVID in 2022 to
    18.2% in 2023, (and that was at 76,446 deaths in 2023)​

    2024 prelim data has flu at about 28,000 deaths

    I don't want to downplay that COVID-19 is still a serious threat, but it is endemic and less fatal than the flu right now. Long COVID seems to be the scarier consequence.

    These are still worrying numbers for communicable diseases that don't really need to be that high. Point remains, please continue to vaccinate against both COVID and influenza annually.
     
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  23. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And it's not a concern to the idiots who need this information because "350/week is like one section of a high school football stadium".

    Beloved Daddy still hasn't done any work to bust the "Deep State" wide open and prove to the nay-sayers how COVID-19 "deaths" were actually crisis actors...but He's working on it! You'll see...
     
  24. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    I also want to take a moment here and state that I may have been in error about some of the effectiveness of govt responses. I know that I viscerally was terrified of sending my young kids to schools for fear of spread. Honestly, if we had ever even gotten close to doing an actual lock down, then I now think that closing schools from March to June 2020 was for the best. The fact that we kept restaurants and bars open during that time and schools closed just infuriates me to the point that I can't even seriously hold this thought in my head for any length of time. It's f********ing disgusting.

    I seriously hope that next time around, next pandemic, that schools are better prepared to stay open, or reopen ASAP, and that the govt. just pays out to keep dine-in restaurants and bars closed. But since kids don't vote, maybe this is asking too much.
     
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  25. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    Please read post #5672.
     

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