jasonlaramburu

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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>A surprising number of these people poison themselves with supplements Supplements are regulated in the US as foods, not drugs. If the makers of these supplements claim they treat, cure or diagnose any disease the claims can be censored
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>censoring of voices that were skeptical of the narratives Much of what you describe as 'censoring' was focused on stopping the promotion of false cures eg Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, H2O2 nebulization etc. This type of spe
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>try 'covid vaccine sceptics' instead of 'anti-vaxx' Call it whatever you want, the position is still unsupported by data. Ironically, that side is typically against any form of 'political correctness.' The
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> In a frontline healthcare setting, workers are constantly in contact with infected persons, thus the difference in testing regimens is maximized. Given that asymptomatic cases are a majority of the cases, such skewed data collection pr
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Polio is also far less widespread than COVID-19
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All that can be concluded from VAERS is that some number of people reported these effects after claiming to take the vaccine. It does not imply causation nor can we infer correlation. This is why clinical trials were done before the vaccine
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
These reports are investigated. The number of deaths reported to VAERS is inconsistent with results of clinical trials for the major COVID vaccines. VAERS was created as a provision of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 19
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
You misrepresented the results of the original study as per above. The vaccine is 80% effective at preventing infection in frontline health workers (who are at elevated risk of exposure to COVID-19). It is 95% effective at preventing infect
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>natural immunity offers greater protection than the vaccine, you're thinking of combined vaccine + natural immunity. No. There is no consensus on the duration of natural immunity, nor do we know how effective it is against variants
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>So why not continue testing unvaccinated people, and allow them to work as long as the test comes back negative? They can. The US mandate allows unvaccinated workers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>> During December 14, 2020–August 14, 2021, full vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines was 80% effective in preventing RT-PCR–confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection You conveniently omitted the end of the sentence you quoted. The full sentence
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>ah yes, adaptation to science when I do it, goal post moving when others do it. Parent mentioned moving goal posts, not I. >maybe those other people adapted to new facts coming in such as side effects of the vaccine and already contr
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>"The goal posts will always move" ... you're right about that! I think I remember, two weeks to stop the spread The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in our lifetime. Is it better to have a leader who modifies h
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>if it were a proper vaccine, the vaccinated wouldn't be able to contract covid at all. What exactly does this mean? Some vaccines confer sterilizing immunity, some confer non-sterilizing immunity. Both classes of vaccines have been
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I believe that American workers have a right to a safe workplace. It is a fact that the federal government has the power to set and regulate workplace safety standards. This is not new.
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The desired effect of the mandate is to increase the percentage of the workforce that is vaccinated. It appears to be achieving that goal. As has been mentioned many times on this thread and others, unvaccinated people are at least 5X more
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>let's also round up all the fatties and fire them until they work out Surely you realize this is a false equivalency. One cannot 'contract' obesity from someone else in an elevator.
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>So what are the risks of unvaccinated people again? The data is clear that unvaccinated people are at least 5X more likely to contract and spread COVID-19[1]. So the fewer unvaccinated people in the workplace, the less likely an outbrea
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>it’s just going to make more hardline people. Someone should just send them a link to the three and five year safety data of these vaccines, fight misinformation with information. Based on the statistics in the OP, and other reported su
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Would that be safe for the patients?
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It seems like it would be impossible to have a true double blind study with something like hyperbaric oxygen. Once the chamber reaches pressure, it is very obvious to the patient.
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>the vast majority of people with reasonable knowledge, myself included, accept that in general, vaccines save lives That really depends where you are located. There are US states where <50% of the eligible population is vaccinated. W
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Ok, it's not possible to have a good faith discussion about covid with someone who does not accept that vaccines save lives.
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>who are the cult followers Anyone who won’t accept that vaccines save lives
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>it's disingenuous to pretend that they're simply a private business and that we can treat them as if they aren't effectively virtual public squares Recognized public squares (eg the National Mall) are protected by regulat
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>Because they're monopolies McDonalds has more than 10X the revenue of its closest competitor (KFC). Should they be prohibited from kicking out a customer who is causing a nuisance?
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>Society in general has been making chilling moves away from free speech Private companies in the US have always had the right to refuse a customer anytime, for any reason. No shirt, no shoes, no service. Should a social media company be
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>There's a third option of actually engaging in the discussion. You know, actually investing the efforts of silencing anti-vaxers into explaining the truth instead A good faith discussion between opposing parties requires establishm
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Virtually all major utilities in the US also offer renewable energy credits (RECs) for a fee which guarantee a given number of kWhs were produced with 100% renewable energy.
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There are none. Only one or two lab bench scale reactors at universities.

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