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RE: FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Thousands of scientists & physicians sign letter condemning Democrat's lockdowns

Dr Rupert Beale, Group Leader, Cell Biology of Infection Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, said:

“An effective response to the Covid pandemic requires multiple targeted interventions to reduce transmission, to develop better treatments and to protect vulnerable people. This declaration prioritises just one aspect of a sensible strategy – protecting the vulnerable – and suggests we can safely build up ‘herd immunity’ in the rest of the population. This is wishful thinking. It is not possible to fully identify vulnerable individuals, and it is not possible to fully isolate them. Furthermore, we know that immunity to coronaviruses wanes over time, and re-infection is possible – so lasting protection of vulnerable individuals by establishing ‘herd immunity’ is very unlikely to be achieved in the absence of a vaccine. Individual scientists may reasonably disagree about the relative merits of various interventions, but they must be honest about the feasibility of what they propose. This declaration is therefore not a helpful contribution to the debate.”

RE: FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Thousands of scientists & physicians sign letter condemning Democrat's lockdowns

Dr Julian Tang, Honorary Associate Professor in Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, said:

“Having watched their video and read their Declaration, I can understand their concerns and their aims, but they are not very clear about how they will carry out their proposed ‘Focused Protection’.

“The interviewer gave a very simple example of a grandparent looking after a school-age child, highlighting one household member (the child) who would not be expected to suffer from COVID-19 much, who would attend a large gathering with other young people on a daily basis, but where the other household member (the grandparent) should be ‘protected’.

“But the reply from Dr. Jay Bhattacharya in the video was not really understandable and had no practical details of how this would be done.

“In fact, this ‘Focused Protection’ approach is used each year during our annual influenza season, where we vaccinate the vulnerable – elderly and those with comorbidities – including pregnancy: and even primary school children who have contact with such vulnerable groups in an effort to further protect the vulnerable:

“And if this fails to prevent influenza infection of the vulnerable groups, we have antivirals like oseltamivir and zanamivir that we can give to anyone who has influenza or in whom we even just suspect influenza (as empirical therapy during the influenza season) to reduce the severity of their illness.

“But we don’t yet have these additional ‘tools’ (the vaccine and antivirals) for COVID-19, to assist with this ‘Focused Protection’ approach.

“A similar approach may also work for COVID-19 one day – indeed a similar vaccination strategy for COVID-19 to that of influenza (targeting the most vulnerable) has already been discussed in the UK: but we don’t have a COVID-19 vaccine yet, nor a more general use antiviral treatment.

“So I appreciate and understand the concerns and the sentiment behind this declaration, and of course other diseases are important and need attention, but without these anti-COVID-19 ‘tools’, I cannot see how they will achieve this ‘Focused Protection’ for these vulnerable groups in any practical, reliable or safe way.”

RE: Tempting a war with NK and Iran wasn't enough for D.J. Trump

Can't we just let the inflatable effigy of Trump fly into space? That alone would scare any passing aliens from wanting to land on Earth.


Be a lot cheaper too.

RE: Signs of voting fraud...

"The objective of Leftists Isn't stealing the Election but bringing on Chaos" is what he said, I merely changed to the truth as it is the rightists that are making the fuss, not the left lol

RE: Signs of voting fraud...

Yet there is little evidence to say either party gains or loses with a mail vote or with any other fraudulent vote.
The Republicans are making a drama out of nothing to try and create chaos as Miclee said. The Democrats are putting more and more safety checks in place but the Republicans are doing nothing, so they can scream foul play when Trump loses.

The World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

The coward, as everyone knows, is you, hidden behind a fake mask, with a fake location, being paid to spread lies and BS in every post, I have more integrity in my discarded toenail clippings than you will ever have.

The World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

Private Coward, I have asked you politely not to post your lies and misinformation in my blogs. They will not be tolerated here!/

RE: socialism ? health care

You make some good points, sadly it is the top 1% who dictate to their puppets, and they also encompass the top 5% of selfish far-right leaning Americans who want to control the remain 95%.

RE: Landslide...

I think some are forgetting this election is really a referendum on Trump. IE: Does he deserve to stay or go, it is that simple, it really doesn't matter who replaces him or not. A potato may well be Trump's demise.

The World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

The World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

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"This is a man who has ignored public health officials and put his own voters at risk by holding several indoor rallies in the middle of a pandemic, including one in Tulsa which contributed to an uptick in coronavirus cases and likely killed Herman Cain. Not two weeks ago, it seems he hosted a super-spreader event at the White House where he himself was infected. He forced Secret Service agents to take him on a joyride in a hermetically sealed car, exposing them to his virus and putting their lives at risk, as he did with other White House staffers by insisting on working from the Oval Office rather than quarantining in the East Wing.

To allow this reckless behaviour to derail a presidential debate would be a disservice to the American people, and the Commission on Presidential Debates is right to move to a virtual format. Trump might not show up, but that doesn’t mean they should cancel the debate. The American people deserve to hear from the men who wish to lead us. If only one of them shows up, let the other’s absence speak for itself.

Put on a split screen, complete with an empty chair where the president ought to be. Let it represent everything Trump represents: a dereliction of duty, a lack of leadership, and the more than 210,000 Americans who won’t be sitting around their families’ Thanksgiving table because Donald Trump would rather sneer and snarl about how unfair the media is to him rather than do the job he is asking us to keep."

RE: 13 right wing nutcases charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitman.

Did it cross your mind that the video could be designed to make you think exactly what you are implying?
Videos are easy to manipulate and appear real, which is why those with an open mind rarely watch them.

RE: Kamala Harris Is A FAKE, A PHONY and A FRAUD !!!

RE: Kamala Harris Is A FAKE, A PHONY and A FRAUD !!!

RE: The Infant-in-chief rejects virtual debate

Hilarious seeing as Trump was boasting this morning about all the drugs he has been taking. Trump should be isolated for 50 years in a secure environment, then we will know he cannot cause any more deaths.

RE: The Infant-in-chief rejects virtual debate

Trump is running scared, what a fiasco, talk about throwing toys out of the pram He knows he will lose a second debate so has a tantrum, there is no difference in debating being online or in person, with this virus everywhere it makes a heck of a lot of sense to carry out the debate virtually.
Debates are frequently carried out using skype or similar. Especially international ones where travel is not possible.

RE: Kamala Harris Is A FAKE, A PHONY and A FRAUD !!!

Yet she is still far more intelligent than you, she lies less frequently than you and is better looking than you too.

RE: The name is Philipsen - Mr Philipsen!

Be few could tell the difference between this Cava and Bollinger, at around 10 Euros wh cares

RE: == WAKE UP AMERICANS == IF BIDEN WINS AMERICA IS OVER

More and more lies, soon your lies will be catching up with Trumps lol


VERDICT
False. Biden did not say that he attended Delaware State University. At a speech he made in South Carolina in 2019 when he said that he “got started” out of DSU, he was likely referring to the support he received when he launched his U.S. Senate bid at the campus there in 1972.

This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team

RE: == WAKE UP AMERICANS == IF BIDEN WINS AMERICA IS OVER

Sadly for you, refusing to answer a question (Which Biden has answered, but you refuse to acknowledge) is not an admittance of agreement.

RE: Just a few days until the drubbing....

Actually, I only understand a very little Cantonese, as I was working in mainland China where putonghua
/pu?t??'hw??/ is the usual language spoken. But thank you for the assumption, sadly wrong as usual.

RE: Just a few days until the drubbing....

Yet all can see you are still learning English, maybe Fargo can give you some lessons? For a remuneration (payment) of course, I would offer but I only teach those with a mental age above 12 lol

RE: Scientific American

I would suggest that the debate has made a few wish they hadn't posted such ludicrous ideas, as Biden showed no sign of senility or dementia. Indeed he put forward a humorous and diplomatic demeanour for the most part. Exactly what a Presidential nominee should look like.
Be careful what you post, as often they come back to bite hard in the backside.

RE: == WAKE UP AMERICANS == IF BIDEN WINS AMERICA IS OVER

You're just indignant that you don't get paid enough to post lies

RE: == WAKE UP AMERICANS == IF BIDEN WINS AMERICA IS OVER

Why are you so scared to have a balanced Supreme Court? Unless you fear you cannot manipulate a right wing biased system of appeal.

RE: == WAKE UP AMERICANS == IF BIDEN WINS AMERICA IS OVER

Why does Trump refuse to condemn white supremacy?
Biden has NEVER once said he will pack the Supreme Court, he has said he would give it some consideration, no different to your hero saying similar to stepping down from the presidency when he loses.
You can't have one rule for the President and the opposite for the next president

RE: == WAKE UP AMERICANS == IF BIDEN WINS AMERICA IS OVER

More BS? Not once has Biden said he will pack the supreme court nor has he ever even inferred that he will create three more states or eliminate the fillibuster.
You are just spewing more misinformation to push your twisted agenda, what YOU DON"T GET is that everyone here sees through your charade.

RE: Quid Pro Joe leaked phone conversations

But still no credible actual evidence, don't you get embarrassed bringing up old blogs that show that nothing has changed?

RE: Introducing your next "totally unbiased" presidential debate moderator(!)

At least he is old enough to claim a SS cheque, unlike yourself who cannot even read where someone is from.

RE: "Tools" to be added to next 'presidential' debate

Would that mean replace Trump with an orangutang? Asking for a friend