The Coronavirus thread

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Scientists May Have Discovered Why COVID Hits Fat People Harder

"75% of Covid deaths to date (unvaxxed and vaxxed) in the United States are retirement age or older, with another 18% between the ages of 50 and 64-years-old. So the vast majority of US Covid deaths are in older Americans, 73% or so of whom are overweight or obese."

"According to Johns Hopkins professor of cardiology, Dr. David Kass, a man whose ideal weight is 170 lbs, yet who weighs 250 lbs, is carrying a substantial amount of fat in which the virus can 'hang out' - where it can then replicate and trigger a 'destructive immune system response."

"The finding is particularly relevant to the United States, which has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. Most American adults are overweight, and 42 percent have obesity. Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaska Native people in the U.S. have higher obesity rates than white adults and Asian Americans; they have also been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with death rates roughly double those of white Americans". -NY Times

I thought Chris Christie was gonna be a goner when he got it. But he surprised me and survived.

Quote: Tanko

The war continues. Thirty-seven police officers murdered in the first five months of 2021.

Are any of the Capitol Police who died as a result of the insurrection attempt included in there? (Sorry jcw :p)

Quote: terapined

The economy is doing great
I know
My level of retirement comfort is depending on the market
This is a very safe country
I've been traveling all over the country unarmed and venturing deep into urban areas
I was all over downtown Portland and could not find crime
Life is beautiful traveling this country
Hitting the beach for a week near Corpus Christie

If you have time check out Aransas Pass. You can take a ferry and your car over to the island. I think it is $3.

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These guys Looters
They are all over the news here in the US.
It will come to the UK, just like BLM riots did last summer.
Sloane Street will get hit someday soon.

LOL. We live in different worlds.
I don't live on Sloane street. Typical crimewave where I live is when someone lets her dog crap on the sidewalk and doesn't pick it ALL up. BLM riots came here? I must have been in my bunker. Never heard a thing. I recall there was a shouty lady panic buying toilet rolls once in 2020. $;o)

You are kidding about not hearing about BLM riots in London, right?
BLM Riots London
Seriously OD, are you really this naive about what happens in your own country?

ROFLMAO..
You call those riots? Looks like a typical Friday night high spirits in any Metropolis. Where'.s the guns, Where's the burned out shops, Where's the water cannons.

So you're promoting the "mostly peaceful protests" route like CNN?
Got it.

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Are any of the Capitol Police who died as a result of the insurrection attempt included in there? (Sorry jcw :p)

No go with this ams, name a Capitol Police offer that was murdered as a result of 1/6 activities?

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These guys Looters
They are all over the news here in the US.
It will come to the UK, just like BLM riots did last summer.
Sloane Street will get hit someday soon.

LOL. We live in different worlds.
I don't live on Sloane street. Typical crimewave where I live is when someone lets her dog crap on the sidewalk and doesn't pick it ALL up. BLM riots came here? I must have been in my bunker. Never heard a thing. I recall there was a shouty lady panic buying toilet rolls once in 2020. $;o)

You are kidding about not hearing about BLM riots in London, right?
BLM Riots London
Seriously OD, are you really this naive about what happens in your own country?

ROFLMAO..
You call those riots? Looks like a typical Friday night high spirits in any Metropolis. Where'.s the guns, Where's the burned out shops, Where's the water cannons.

So you're promoting the "mostly peaceful protests" route like CNN?
Got it.

In the UK more than mostly peaceful. Definitely.

Certainly not looting nor anything for me to fear. Had I been in London, I may have joined them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53120735

Quote: Evenbob

I just read that in my state of Michigan 15% of the population is African American and 45% of the deaths from covid in MI are African America. 75% of the state is white and 25% of the deaths are from covid. Does that mean blacks are three times more likely to die from covid than whites? The reason given was far more blacks are obese, have diabetes, and high blood pressure. This is the first time I've seen this stat but I'm not surprised. You will never see this on the Nightly News.

Speaking of Michigan
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/09/us/hospital-covid-19-deaths-michigan/index.html

"Since January, we've had about 289 deaths; 75% are unvaccinated people," Dover said. "And the very few (vaccinated people) who passed away all were more than 6 months out from their shot. So we've not had a single person who has had a booster shot die from Covid."
""The next few weeks look hard. We're over 100% capacity right now," Dover said.
"Most hospitals and health systems in the state of Michigan have gone to code-red triage, which means they won't accept transfers. And as we go into the holidays, if the current growth rate that we're at today, we would expect to see 200 in-patient Covid patients by the end of the month -- on a daily basis."
And that would mean "absolutely stretching us to the breaking point," Dover said.
"We've already discontinued in-patient elective surgeries," he said.

Quote: Tanko

Much different here, where the democrats determined to destroy the economy and unseat Trump, used their army of winged monkeys to wage an eighteen month long civil war and race war leading up to the election.

LOL, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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For What It's Worth

Song by Buffalo Springfield


"There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?

Everybody look, what's going down?
What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh)
Singing songs and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh ooh ooh)
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away

We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?"

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These guys Looters
They are all over the news here in the US.
It will come to the UK, just like BLM riots did last summer.
Sloane Street will get hit someday soon.

LOL. We live in different worlds.
I don't live on Sloane street. Typical crimewave where I live is when someone lets her dog crap on the sidewalk and doesn't pick it ALL up. BLM riots came here? I must have been in my bunker. Never heard a thing. I recall there was a shouty lady panic buying toilet rolls once in 2020. $;o)

You are kidding about not hearing about BLM riots in London, right?
BLM Riots London
Seriously OD, are you really this naive about what happens in your own country?

ROFLMAO..
You call those riots? Looks like a typical Friday night high spirits in any Metropolis. Where'.s the guns, Where's the burned out shops, Where's the water cannons.

So you're promoting the "mostly peaceful protests" route like CNN?
Got it.

In the UK more than mostly peaceful. Definitely.

Certainly not looting nor anything for me to fear. Had I been in London, I may have joined them.

I didn't realize you were a Marxist supporter. Good to know.

Quote: missedhervee

LOL, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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For What It's Worth

Song by Buffalo Springfield


"There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?

Everybody look, what's going down?
What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh)
Singing songs and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh ooh ooh)
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away

We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?
You better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look, what's going down?"

Mavis Staples covers this song and does a fabulous job