Interesting. So they spun it this way in order to frighten people into not asking their doctors to prescribe the drug in the hopes it kills more people.
Lovely.
Because it acts as an endothelial disease rather than a true pneumonia, at least at first.
AFAIK they're starting to treat the thrombosis that forms from endothelial damage when SARS-CoV-2 either invades the circulatory system or oxidative stress damages the endothelium.
I highly recommend the updates on this channel since it looks like various things can help you reduce the likelihood of hospitalization, up to and including taking N-acetyl-cysteine and vitamin D supplements. (Talk to your doctor first.)
That's why keeping up to date on the current studies is interesting. The figures I cited are from a more recent survey Dr. Seheult discusses in this video.
The whole MedCram COVID-19 update series is worth watching.
You're thinking of the wrong industry.
They're already in charge of software development at Twitter. Might explain a lot.
Such an amazing story, my friend!
I know that feeling well enough. This is the second darkest place in my life that I've ever been, but the difference between this and the first is that I knew God was there to bear these arrows for me. The first was when my mother was diagnosed with cancer when I was a teenager. I was angry with him and scorned him.
I accepted him back into my life, and realized that I only had reason to be angry with myself. (For what it's worth, she's still very much alive 22+ years later.)
This time, however, I knew I could count on God. But I didn't know I'd have to lean on him so heavily, because this woman was such an integral part of my life. She was my best friend. She was everything. Then... she was gone.
This took the wind out of my sails completely, but I prayed harder than I ever had the other night and felt Jesus take off the shackles of despair and cast them aside. I've been feeling better every day since.
God is great!
Too many people are afraid. Are there reasons to be concerned? Sure. But in my community, there's very little SARS-CoV-2 spread. Yet the state is still imposing its will on us.
Agreed.
Sometimes we need a reawakening. In my case, it was losing her.
To be fair, I missed many warning signs and fought against God to keep her. When she went to vet school, she had a choice between one nearby and one across the country. I asked God for a sign, that if she picked the one nearby, we should continue the relationship in His blessing; if she picked the one far away, I should terminate it and move on with my life.
She picked the one far away. I fought against God's word to keep her. The pain that I felt last month was a consequence of my actions all those years ago, because I didn't listen to God.
I was listening to a sermon the other night where the pastor was saying that the thing we don't want to admit here in the US is that we have it awfully nice. There's no torture or murder of Christians as there is in China. The worst that we have is, at most, liberal institutions inhibiting our ability to pray, and hamstringing us. But because we're soft, we don't recognize the dangers in this world, and don't trust in God to deliver us from them, or to fight our battles.
This reflects in our handling of everything from relationships to day to day life. We take everything for granted until the rug is ripped out from under us, and we're left wondering what happened.
Except in my case, I know what happened. I deliberately went against God to chase after this woman. I got burned for it. He warned me frequently over the last few years that this was a bad choice. I had plenty of time to correct this path, and I did not.
I'm willing to admit it, too. I made a mistake, and I'm thankful to God for correcting me. All too often we get angry with God for correcting us when we should be praising him for saving us from a terrible decision.
I agree.
The statistics are a lot less severe than you might expect. One study shows that without any PPE, the chances of contracting coronavirus within less than 6' from another person for more than 10 minutes is around 15%.
Yes and no.
Part of the intent of marriage is made clear in Paul's letters to the Corinthians. Marriage reduces the likelihood of sexual immorality. The other part is to experience as "one flesh" the "marriage" Christians have with Christ.
1 Corinthians 7:1-2
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
The other side of the coin is that marriage is the best scenario in which children can be raised (not always, of course, but it's more likely to produce successful progeny; the opposite of which we've witnessed in the black community). Obviously not all marriages will produce children, but it's a construct that is exalted for the sanctity and stability of our culture.
The destruction of that institution through the glorification of sex with multiple partners, open relationships, and all manner of ills has lead young people into a belief that they don't need to be married. Instead, they jump from relationship to relationship and feel a hollowness they think will only be fulfilled with the next person.
Of course, what they're missing is Christ, and through Christ their relationships will be made whole. But the destruction of religious institutions has made this message one that is considered "hateful."
Sometimes discussion and communication (and reaching out) are all that is required to reach an understanding.
It's only a problem if his name is Bill Cosby.
No need to apologize, it's easy to be angry over transgressions committed against other living things. It's easy to be angry over a lot of things.
Unfortunately, anger isn't a solution[1], and it impinges on our ability to connect with others to understand their motives and reasoning better. Anger also impacts our ability to communicate our reasons for disapproving of certain behavioral patterns but turning the people in question away from us.
But it's also not an easy lesson to learn. Emotions are a powerful thing, and they can direct us toward actions that can be incredibly helpful or incredibly damaging. That's also part of being human; it's a reality of our condition and one that we must accept and work with rather than stuffing our head in the sand and pretending otherwise.
Otherwise, yes, I agree. There are horrible breeders out there, and puppy mills, and places that ought to be shutdown with the owners arrested. It's sickening. Sadly, for every good, responsible breeder out there who focuses strictly on saving species of animals that might otherwise have been extinct (like the Maine Coon), there are easily 10 or 20 others that seek profit over quality, and have no regard for the health issues the animals face.
The breeder my mother went to takes her animals for genetic testing to ensure their offspring don't carry genes for known conditions that affect Maine Coons (cardiomyopathy, mostly, and hip dysplasia), but the parents were carriers for a poorly understood genetic disorder that's considered the "revolution disease" that can lead to excessive reactions to certain drugs. So, Mum knows she has to tell the vet to be cautious about what they're given to avoid potential negative outcomes.
This was also learned through a near tragedy when the girl cat was given Revolution without Mum's consent and the kitten was displaying neurological disorders due to what we assume may have been a reaction to the treatment. The vet was initially dismissive since the literature isn't very clear on whether this affects cats (cats are underrepresented in animal studies compared to dogs, which is unfortunate), but apparently there is more information available now as he said that she cannot be given Revolution again due to this particular gene expression.
The things you learn...
[1] This is a particularly salient point for me as of late. I've been learning (read: struggling through) this lesson quite personally due to a recent relationship issue that lead to a nasty breakup. Praying about it gave me clarity, and I realized that I let my anger in the immediate aftermath control me. There were many positive outcomes from this, including that I grew spiritually more than I thought possible. So bear in mind that even negative emotions like anger can be directed toward positivity!
It is.
"Ethical journalist" is up there with the famous stanza from 1984:
WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS BLISS
While I don't agree, I'm not sure you deserved the downvote, so I'll fix that.
As a Christian, I don't believe in ghosts. If there is a presence that is communicating with you, it's almost certainly not the spirit of a person.
Be cautious. Jesus didn't cast all demons into the abyss.
you are brought up an inelastic educational system and are incapable of anything but cynicism
Uh, did you reply to the wrong comment? I said nothing about the educational system.
It's easy to fall into the trap of resentment, and I certainly can't blame you for this. Move on, rid them out of your life, because their influence will continue to tear you down.
But also pray for them. We may not be able to do anything for them ourselves, but if we don't also pray for those who have done us harm, we're only contributing to the problem.
Awesome!
I don't believe in ghosts. Sounds perfect.
Except that the writers are retarded.
So, modern Hollywood basically.
I mostly intended to elucidate that not all breeding programs are vile. Some are saving legitimate breeds from the natural world from extinction.
Are there vile breeders? Absolutely. Many of them should be jailed for animal abuse and cruelty. But there are some who are advocates for specific breeds that are not "designer" animals. In the case of the Maine Coon, they had a long heritage of being excellent mousers and excelled in cold climates due to their thick coats and large feet.
There are plenty of them to rescue, too, but where I'm from, there aren't any rescues that see them, and the breeder is actually a rancher first and foremost with breeding as something of a hobby (with a long waiting list and a litany of things you have to do to be considered a candidate for receiving the animal).
It's probably polite to add that I'm not British. I use "mum" because of my family heritage (Commonwealth; won't say where or specify who/what for privacy reasons). Not quite sure why, but I've always used it since I was a child since it just seemed natural. I'm a native born American, which is really all that matters.
But otherwise I do agree. This is mostly just a distraction and hair-splitting over things that don't matter. Although, the other poster up-thread who was getting bent out of shape over people caring greatly for their animals did get my hackles up. If his account weren't a few days older than mine, I'd guess he was a leftist plant.
Then again, nothing would surprise me these days. I'm starting to think anyone using "Karen" as a pejorative in a mostly meaningless dispute isn't really interested in conversation and is intending to derail things. I'm glad he was getting downvoted--HIS attitude was absolutely abhorrent.
You're Mum's a great person for rescuing but it doesn't take away from the fact she paid for custom dogs!!
Cats, but apparently we're not very detail-oriented. Might explain the irrational anger.
Have a nice day and the comparison sits well with me because I don't understand any of your logic & justification!
You can't, because I have a feeling you're driven more by emotion than logic and reason.
There's nothing wrong with that, but it does imply that you're never going to be able to understand why people make the choices they do. I'd suggest perhaps considering empathy toward others first as that goes a long way.
Edit: The Maine Coon was presumed extinct in the 1960s until a group of people brought the breed back. They're the only native North American cat. Without these people, it would likely be extinct.
So it cuts both ways.
Cheerio.
Poe's Law...
Fair point.
Thinking back to some coverage from the 1800s and how comparatively inaccurate it was to reality... you're right.
It always is. They're a part of the family.
Lost a beloved cat 1.5 years ago, and we all took it pretty hard since he was always there (often in the middle of everything). But as he got nearer to the end, he just wanted a lot of attention, and to be near a human.
I think that made it harder to let go. They know.
I don't think most people know this, because the media has been doing everything they can to make him out to be some innocent angel in all of this.
It'd explain why so many people get angry when confronted with the truth. It's challenging everything they thought they "know."
I've returned to church, primarily for spiritual feeding (see post submission history), but also in protest of this Karen who thinks she's a despot.
I'm also glad that a number of local businesses have remained open in protest of her. I've been supporting whom I can.
If it weren't for Bernalillo county, the artists who got NM citizenship in Santa Fe, and Doña Ana, we'd probably be able to cast her out.
Edit: I should clarify that the protest in this case is because, while she's happy to let violent rioters "protest" by destroying things, she's been punishing law abiding citizens who attempt to "protest" her draconian lockdown measures.