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Well, I feel like crap since Monday night. Severe cold with sneezing, very week feeling, serious cough and a 100.5 fever. I did take a home COVID test and it came back negative.

Nonetheless, I feel horrible...

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caryking said:

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Well, I feel like crap since Monday night. Severe cold with sneezing, very week feeling, serious cough and a 100.5 fever. I did take a home COVID test and it came back negative.

Nonetheless, I feel horrible...

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CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta's recent book, World War C, where Gupta discusses his conversations with Dr. Robert Redfield, the former CDC director. A subsequent passage lays out even more clearly why the natural spillover theory requires us to believe several unlikely events happened in rapid succession:

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Redfield finds it implausible, if not impossible, that a virus could jump directly from an animal like a bat or civet cat to a human "and immediately become one of the most infectious, transmissible pathogens known to humanity." He explained to me that it doesn't make sense for a pathogen to go from a wild animal to human and spontaneously be extraordinarily efficient at human-to-human transmission. It takes a while for pathogens to gain that level of fitness, or function. They sputter along for a while as they gain their athleticism to flex their muscles in human hosts. Like [WHO advisor Jamie] Metzl, Redfield finds it more plausible that the virus was being studied and educated in the lab, interacting with human cells the training grounds for superb adaptation before being accidentally unleashed upon the public.

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wilmwolf80 said:

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A friend sent this to me and I found it interesting.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/?s=09

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With Biden in the White House, the CDC has promised to "follow the science" in its COVID policies. Yet the circumstances around the Arizona study seem to show the opposite. Dubious research has been cited after the fact, without transparency, in support of existing agency guidance. "Research requires trust and the ability to verify work," Ketcham, the ASU public-health economist, told me. "That's the heart of science. The saddest part of this is the erosion of trust."

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Students who have been exposed to the coronavirus can safely continue in-person learning if they are regularly tested for the virus at school, avoiding disruptive at-home quarantines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

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In analyst/investor presentation on #covid19 vaccine & treatment this AM, Pfizer also spelled out how it’s looking at the pandemic’s trajectory:

2022: pandemic year
2023: hybrid year
2024: endemic year pic.twitter.com/fsua9SOexu

— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) December 17, 2021

wilmwolf80 said:

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Just found out that my cousin in NY has a confirmed case of covid for the second time. He got it the first time early on in 2020. He's vaccinated and boosted. Not in the hospital, but he felt bad enough to get tested. Thankfully he's young and very healthy.

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A notable dynamic: Sources say the NFLPA has received feedback that a majority of players want to eliminate COVID protocols altogether. No more testing, quarantining, etc. That sentiment isn’t shared by union leadership, which has continued to advocate for daily testing.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 17, 2021

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packgrad said:

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The awakening continues.

A notable dynamic: Sources say the NFLPA has received feedback that a majority of players want to eliminate COVID protocols altogether. No more testing, quarantining, etc. That sentiment isn’t shared by union leadership, which has continued to advocate for daily testing.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 17, 2021

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They need to start speaking out then. I am surprised we have not had one player, coach, GM or anyone step up and speak out over these dumb ass policies.

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I’m confused too… like what’s going on? 😂 https://t.co/84CXQvwB6p

— Nyheim Hines (@TheNyNy7) December 18, 2021

packgrad said:

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PortCityPackFan said:

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packgrad said:

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The awakening continues.

A notable dynamic: Sources say the NFLPA has received feedback that a majority of players want to eliminate COVID protocols altogether. No more testing, quarantining, etc. That sentiment isn’t shared by union leadership, which has continued to advocate for daily testing.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 17, 2021

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They need to start speaking out then. I am surprised we have not had one player, coach, GM or anyone step up and speak out over these dumb ass policies.

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We have 2 alums with questions about it. I do think it's better that the players try to get the union to speak out about it. The vitriol the individuals will receive from the left will keep most silent.

I’m confused too… like what’s going on? 😂 https://t.co/84CXQvwB6p

— Nyheim Hines (@TheNyNy7) December 18, 2021

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Wayland said:

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packgrad said:

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PortCityPackFan said:

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packgrad said:

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The awakening continues.

A notable dynamic: Sources say the NFLPA has received feedback that a majority of players want to eliminate COVID protocols altogether. No more testing, quarantining, etc. That sentiment isn’t shared by union leadership, which has continued to advocate for daily testing.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 17, 2021

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They need to start speaking out then. I am surprised we have not had one player, coach, GM or anyone step up and speak out over these dumb ass policies.

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We have 2 alums with questions about it. I do think it's better that the players try to get the union to speak out about it. The vitriol the individuals will receive from the left will keep most silent.

I’m confused too… like what’s going on? 😂 https://t.co/84CXQvwB6p

— Nyheim Hines (@TheNyNy7) December 18, 2021

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I have seen rumblings that NHL players are basically done with the nonsense but similarly being held by the Union and League.

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FlossyDFlynt said:

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They got them back. Had to take an ambulance to the border, then got a private plane to Minnesota to pick up other players that entered the protocol and got everyone back to Raleigh.

Bet it cost a pretty penny

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This is a big reason why NHL players are considering not participating in the Olympics. If they test positive while in China, they would have to quarantine for three weeks, before being allowed to return to the US.

Related to China, a friend of mine who is an UPS pilot posted a picture on Facebook a couple of days ago, showing how he has to be dressed to perform his preflight inspection on the tarmac, prior to takeoff. He was dressed in an N95 mask, a mandatory face-shield, and latex gloves. The ground crew in China has it worse. They are dressed in full "bunny" suits (white suits covering from their head to their toes), latex gloves, face mask, and eye goggles.

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U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. https://t.co/AYYJMWSqyn

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 17, 2021