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This is somewhat like mandating that everyone has to eat 4-5 oz. of peanuts a week regardless of allergies and side effects so some folks could get kickbacks from the industry. Most would be fine, a lot would get sick and some would die. The ones in charge wouldn't care as long as the money kept coming in. These people don't care what-so-ever about the results and the people affected.

FFS, do your own damned homework... Let me spend hours copying and pasting links for you to dismiss so you don't have to google something.

Adorable moment doting mother bear teaches her cub to use slide in a park in Asheville, North Carolina. https://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2021/09/23/7116313917046961227/1024x576_MP4_7116313917046961227.mp4

I fell the same way. Never thought there would be a day that you could not walk into a store and buy a lb of chicken. But it happened. never again. we now raise meat/fur rabbits and jumbo Coturnix quail. And have had chickens for several years. We raise and can a lot of beans tomatoes and freeze corn and we now have a small generator to power our well and a coffee pot. plenty of fire wood and a good stove IF the SHTF we will hunker down

I can speak from experience. I personally would much rather have taken the Pfizer I and II (I did) than be in the state my Wife is in. She is fairing pretty well but for about two days now has felt horrible. Guess what. I had nearly zero side effects from the first shot (just a bruised shoulder) and mild to medium side effects from the second (for about 3-6 hours I had some cold chills and had an aching shoulder for about 24 hours). I was able to go about my normal day throughout that. My Wife is knocked down pretty good. I weighed my options and took the shots for the love of my family. I knew it would be hell if my Wife and I both had COVID at the same time while taking care of of our less than one year old. So far, I’m thankful I did. Now I can take care of them both. I do hope that there are not long term effects, I sincerely do. So far so good, depending on who you trust there shouldn’t be any. I am also insured…for my family. For what it’s worth, I feel 100% right now while my Wife and baby do not. Out of sincerity to others here, I will let you know if I fall ill.

Huh. The internet says that 3,145 people died of COVID yesterday in the US alone. That's more than 9/11. That's essentially the norm. According to the internet, 1 in 50 children have a peanut allergy and 1 in 200 adults have the same. If we force fed every person in America a few peanuts, how many would die? Does that make peanuts inherently bad? Assuming that those numbers above are correct, consider this. 42.7M Cases of COVID US = 684K Deaths or about 1.6% mortality I'm seeing about 182,587,334 many people in the United States being considered fully vaccinated. Lets take all the numbers in the above post (229+1113) and divide that out by the vaccinated. 0.00073499%. Compared to 1.6% mortality. That isn't even discussing the accuracy of VAERS data. Has it been considered that maybe the increase in those measurements is because of COVID running rampant?

That's my point. Politics shouldn't have anything to do with this pandemic. And yet, that's all anybody wants to talk about. So wrong on so many different levels.

I am starting to believe a complete failure of the power grid may be a good thing for this country. It would suck, but at least we wouldn't have to have everyone telling everyone else how they need to live their life. On a side note, I am flabbergasted that no one has managed to convince those that disagree with them that they are right. Who would have thunk it. Keep at it guys, I have faith someone will break the barrier soon!

I have talked to a bunch of folks that refused the vaccine. NONE because they didn’t care.

Does this help? https://www.google.com/search?q=tennessee+monoclonal+antibody+treatment&client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&prmd=nsixv&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipjf3kr5bzAhWisDEKHdVZAyYQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2 In others words, the state wants to help those that refuse to get the vaccine, rather than those who actually care.

TN death count still rising: Sept 1-7 286 Sept 8-14 421 Sept 15-21 453 - OS

I haven't practiced in over two decades, and I don't want to. I know that there's a lot of confusing information put out there by both sides that's complicated by politicization thanks mostly to the left during Trump's last year in office. There are valid reasons for not getting the vaccine, and I wouldn't suggest otherwise. What annoys me is people posting information on this forum who's source is a so-called expert citing anecdotal cases as if they are derived by the scientific method. In the case of treating humans, the gold standard of the scientific method is the double-blind study. That means neither the administering party nor the recipient know whether they are getting a placebo or the real drug. Those studies take time, and unfortunately, the virus (the D variant), proves VERY contagious and seems to be killing younger people who aren't vaccinated because this was a disease killing old or disabled people. Unfortunately, anecdotal news reports of people falsely reporting COVID infections really invalidates CDC's mortality numbers. Any good physician weighs the risk versus the reward with EVERY patient before acting. Example: my disabled daughter did not get the vaccine because her neurologist did not know how it would affect her condition. Luckily, she survived her encounter with the D variant after a considerable stay in the hospital, but what if she hadn't? Not knowing the true mortality numbers complicates that decision. What we DO know is that the FDA has NEVER had a pool of vaccinated people this large with which to pull data. I would wager that the medicine cabinets of the people posting bull information on this forum are full of drugs who have had less of a test pool than the COVID vaccinations. The smaller test pools of the FDA explains why you get drugs that have been on the market for decades but then get pulled because serious issues come up. One example is Zantac. It's true that we do not have any long-term studies of these vaccines, but they were derived by proven scientific methods. My heart hurts for Phil Valentine and his family because he made a bad risk assessment when he decided not to take the vaccine. I don't want people on this forum doing the same damned thing because they were listening to some alleged expert spewing anecdotal information to the world to see how many people they can fool.

Just acquired this and decosmolined and cleaned it up. Not my first rodeo with cosmoline, but I did something different this time. Soaked everything heavily in Simple Green and let it sit for a day or so. Spray it again and wipe it down. Repeat the process with PB Blaster. Go over all wood, and any metal showing rust with 0000 steelwool. Process seemed to work well. Seems ammo is currently unobtanium. If anyone has 5-10 rounds they could spare, I would love to shoot it. Last picture is before I did anything to it.

Sigh. So you know all those protections we were doing for the highly contagious COVID-19? Those same protections work for the less contagious flu.

I carry a Glock 48 IWB (appendix) in a left handed T-Rex holster. In the summertime if my outfit doesn’t permit, I keep it in a crossbody Gun Toting Mama purse. Highly recommend the purse if you don’t mind some razzing from your friends. Lol

I wouldn’t think so. Is Ted Turner still above ground? Haven’t heard anything about him in years.

She is a tenured Navy Surgeon, didn't hear her say she was no longer one. The numbers, which are not very hard to CONFIRM: 20 active duty deaths in 2020 DOD wide, so far (date of video/conference) 80 cases of myocarditis with it having 66% mortality. In VEARS: leukemia 48 cases a year, now 229 cases. myocarditis 317 reported in 31 years, this year up to 1113.

My pleasure hipower. I can understand how that can be tough. We all envision ourselves as always being Good to Go and then age has a funny way of changing that. I know that age is starting to make things harder. By the VA I am 100% disable, but feel blessed that I have all my fingers, toes, and appendages. So I keep plugging along. I had a gentleman, who is now a friend, in a class I taught who was having troubles holstering his pistol. He shared with me that he had, had a stroke and had neorological issues with feeling and movement. We worked with what he could do and came up with a solution. If he tapped the outside of the holster and then brought the pistol up, down and in, he was successful and safe. Just an example of a limitation and working around it. If you ever want to get together just let me know, that is what I really enjoy doing. Keep up the good work.

That's not true at my granddaughter's school. It is incumbent upon her mother to supply the school with fresh epi-pens every year, and the other kids are free to bring what they want. They are restricted from directly exposing her to the nuts. She also has to sit at a special table for lunch to prevent cross contamination. According to my daughter, the only time it was like as you stated was when the teacher was also allergic to nuts and prohibited them from her classroom, and that was just in 1 grade.

I like that you bring this up. If a kid in a class has a peanut allergy no one is allowed to bring peanuts to class. a little Inconvenience to protect those of us who can have severe consequences. Huh.

I've always wondered why they even bother holding a press conference if they aren't willing to say anything yet.

I'm glad you can see into the future. Will the Titans beat the Colts Sunday? Cover the spread?

As General Omar Bradley famously said: “Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.” as the quote goes.

I really need to get one of those!

From the same geniuses that brought us this gem no doubt....

Your point is? Should they now get preference for treatment?

Perhaps, but why not? Shouldn’t those who try to do the right thing get some consideration?

WOW, praying as well for all involved.

I had no ill effects from the first shot of the Moderna vaccine, but the second made me pretty uncomfortable; chills, aching joints, etc. That lasted only about 18 hours though. Hope your wife is over it soon.

If true, probably because TN wants to use the treatment for those who would rather get it than try to prevent getting it.

Well. My brother just called. He tested positive for Covid, and thinks his wife may have it too. They're both unvaccinated. They are probably the healthiest people I know (except for a case of the Rona). They're headed to the doc now, hoping to get an infusion and knock it out. Anyway, they are both low risk. Both several years younger than me, and BMI's in the 20's. She's a high school PE teacher and licensed chiropractor. He's a truck driver and recreational weight lifter. He unloaded my Browning gun safe by himself with an appliance dolly. And yeah, I gave him some ####. I'm not too worried right now.

Yup. Every year.

Your paranoia has worn me out. I'm done. I've given my warning to others not to listen to crap like this.

Hey all, My normal EDC is a Glock 34 with some light custom work on it. It works well with my body type and with a Tier 1 Concealed AIWB and all of the appropriate wings and wedges. I also carry a spare mag in a Blade-Tec OWB behind the left hip. If I am wearing shorts and a more fitting t-shirt I may go to a S&W M&P 2.0 Compact or a G19. These fit my lifestyle and the G34 is carried religiously everyday. Thanks for the good topic. I like to see what everyone likes to tote.

You forgot to mention those that are either too lazy or too busy to keep up with current research.

They used to use it for a lot of things in people but, that stopped.......

You have my vote for tourism director sir

Time for a more educated doctor.

I've had both the good & the bad. Broke my left index finger years ago, went to M'boro VA, x-rayed it, clean break. They wouldn't touch it. Sent me to Nashville, 8 weeks later, my finger is now crooked, won't bend properly. Later, I had a colonoscopy at M'boro, got caught in that scandal due to them not cleaning the equipment properly. Lucked out that I didn't catch a deadly disease. I swore then, never again will the VA do anything invasive to me. I go to the VA for one reason; I can get my meds free. I couldn't afford it other wise. I do have a good group now in Firm C, but trust only goes so far. I hear reports on both sides, good & bad. The majority has been bad. Certainly good to hear yours has been good. Hope it stays that way. Take care Brother.

My personal doctors. All of whom said take the vaccine. I'm over 65 and have mild COPD. If my doctors recommend a booster, I will take it. My time frame would put it in late November. BTW: I had zero side effects.

Well, regardless of the number of jabs agreed upon, I found this tidbit in the above article more interesting: The research, published Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report, found hospitalizations and emergency room visits for children with Covid-19 increased from June to August. And in the two-week period in mid-to-late August, ER visits were 3.4 times higher in the states with the lowest vaccination rates while hospitalizations were 3.7 times higher than in states with the highest vaccination rates. The states with the lowest vaccination coverage were in the South.

I wonder what the purpose was for placing it on that platform. They had to be guarding something or another similar activity where they didn't plan on getting shot at.

Lieutenant Val Browning, the inventor's son, demonstrating the use of the water-cooled M1917 in France (Photo: Army Heritage and Education Center)

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