sotos8
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the big question imo was Biden the best choice to lead US at this point?
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8 minutes ago, Raider of the lost Ark said:
The situation is getting more and more confusing. On German TV they had military people that were part of ISAF and they are wondering why the Afghan military and government surrendered immediately with hardly any resistance, especially in Kabul. They had way more people and were better equipped than the Taliban. And why the president left the country so early. Their only conclusion is that there was actually a deal between the Taliban and the Afghan military and government. What they don't understand is how this deal (if there was indeed one) could have been negotiated without the US or other foreign intelligence taking notice.
Αn ex Afghan minister who lives in Greece stated that this sudden surrender could not had happened without a deal between the Taliban and the US government
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23 minutes ago, Raider of the lost Ark said:
I feel sorry for the women and girls. I feel sorry for those who helped the international troups. They all might be in danger.
But I'm not surprised. Afganistan is a special place. The Soviets had to give up at some point, now the NATO troups have given up. And the Afgani troups and government surrendered immediately with hardly any signs of resistance. Some countries are simply not made for democracy. Sorry to say that. But it is what it is. The same goes for some countries in the middle east. Maybe this is the lesson the West has to learn. I don't remember any country that has been liberated and where democracy was successfully implemented from an outside source. (The USA tend to claim they brought democracy to Germany after WW2, which of course is utter nonsense since Germany was very much a democracy before the war). It appears the will to overcome certain situations can only come from within. History has shown, there is no other way. It has always been that way. Revolutions in Europe, civil war in the United States.
do you mean Germany was a democracy before 1933?
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New data from Israel and the United Kingdom painted a confusing and contradictory picture on Thursday as to the effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in fighting off the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
New Health Ministry statistics indicated that, on average, the Pfizer shot — the vaccine given to nearly all Israelis — is now just 39% effective against infection, while being only 41% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID. Previously, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was well over 90% effective against infection.
Meanwhile, a new UK study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine found the same vaccine to be 88% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID — more than twice the rate found in the Israeli data.
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interesting..
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2 hours ago, Raider of the lost Ark said:
Compared to those on ventilators and other machines in IC units, absolutely.
As someone who hardly ever has fever, maybe around 36.5/37, the 39 was an experience. The most frustrating thing was that it felt like ages before it became better. There was no progress. Usually with a cold or a flu, after 3-4 days you feel significantly better but here it was dragging on. All I could do was to take some paracetamol and sleep.
even a ''simple'' hospitalization is a very bad experience ,i ve seen people exiting the hospital after 4 or 5 days and they are describing things that they will never forget like they had been in a warzone or something
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54 minutes ago, Raider of the lost Ark said:
Next Monday will be my first and only with Biontech / Pfizer. Got infected in mid January. Unfortunately with full blown symptoms. Had 9 days with more than 39 degrees fever. Cannot recommend that to anyone. Took me 4 weeks to go back to work.
and that's a mild infection from this virus..
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1 hour ago, karbatal said:
Janssen
Btw, it's true that a coin sticks in the place where the vaccine was administered
. There's magnetism and I don't know why. I thought it was an urban legend.
try the other hand too ,it sticks too for alittle while
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I have been vaccinated since February with Pfizer/Biontech
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COVID-1912 minutes agoPfizer-BioNTech vaccine elicits weaker antibody response against Delta variant, UK study findsThe emerging data from researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCLH Biomedical Research Centre shows decreased vaccination effectiveness, especially after the first shot, on the variant that was first identified in India. Scientists from the study conclude that second doses must be delivered quickly and vulnerable members of the population might need a booster shot by the end of 2021. The study also says that "a single dose might still afford considerably more protection than no vaccination."
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5 hours ago, whyme? said:
First of all, Gaza is not occupied. Israel fully left Gaza in 2005 and kicked out all the Jews who lived there. Unfortunately for the Palestinians, Hamas took over and turned it into a total shithole....A religious extremist place with a sole focus on terrorizing its own people and terrorizing Israel. In response, both Egypt and Israel blockaded Gaza for their own protection. Instead of creating a future for themselves, Gaza turned into one of the poorest and dangerous places in the world.
I think it's time to blame and pressure the Palestinian leadership instead of always blaming Israel or Egypt for what they do. Otherwise, the same thing will happen over and over again.
The only way to fix this problem is to have a two-state solution that guarantees Israel's security. Otherwise, Israel will never waiver even an inch. We've all learned this time and time again, war after war. It is what it is. And Palestinians would only stand to benefit from having peace with them. They are an exceptionally powerful and rich country for their size. Instead of launching rockets at Israel, the Palestinians should send their children to study and learn there. It is possible, and it will happen one day. The only question is when...
And let's not forget who uses the islamic world for it's own advantage , a country that wants to play α sovereign role in the region and who is a major enemy of Israel .. Αnd btw who finances hamas? what happened to fatah? what country does not want peace in the region?
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An Israeli soldier protects a Palestinian woman and helps her safely get out of a riot-field area.
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On 5/13/2021 at 8:16 AM, promise to try said:
I have the feeling that this is happening with most of left winged political parties everywhere
You're right and that's why working class is voting for liberal parties that actually work against their interests or neo-nazi formations
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killer? hahaha ,that's rich coming from an American president
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Impressive numbers from the UK
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We can already see the results of vaccination in UK and Israel ,countries that have had way more people vaccinated than the others ..In the other hand EU is sleeping..
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58 minutes ago, Musicinferno said:
You know that what you quote here was a study which was not randomized.
No .it's post-hoc analyses of the main clinical trial trying to determine what;s the best interval between the two doses and their interpretation is that may be the optimal for rollout of a pandemic vaccine when supplies are limited in the short term
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On 1/31/2021 at 8:36 PM, karbatal said:
AstraZeneca is very important because it can be stored and shipped in a simple fridge. That is incredibly important for countries that can't invest in expensive infrastructures.
Ιn addition to that the first dose of the vaccine offers a high level of immunization so that the second dose can be delayed up to three months
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ColCORONA: Colchicine Reduces Complications in Outpatient COVID-19
After excluding 329 patients without a confirmatory PCR test, however, the use of colchicine was reported to significantly reduce hospitalizations by 25%, the need for mechanical ventilation by 50%, and deaths by 44%.
"We believe that this is a medical breakthrough. There's no approved therapy to prevent complications of COVID-19 in outpatients, to prevent them from reaching the hospital," lead investigator Jean-Claude Tardif, MD, from the Montreal Heart Institute in Quebec, Canada, told theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology.
"I know that several countries will be reviewing the data very rapidly and that Greece approved it today," he said. "So this is providing hope for patients."
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according to reports 23 deaths after vaccination with Pfizer's vaccine are under investigation in Norway
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Biden / U.S. Politics thread
in Politics and World Events
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well .. if the Americans have to choose between an old man with dementia and Trump ''cunt'' then they are fucked and as it's very obvious right now the whole world is fucked too