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I get what you are saying but the separate rules are problem. Do postal workers not need vaccine passports to eat in restaurants? Fly on planes (I believe that is coming)? Carve outs are problematic whenever and however they are used. Why doesn't Congress and the USPS voluntarily agree to abide by the rules the rest of the country is being forced to? I believe in the servant part of public servants. Public office should not be a way to enrich themselves and their families which unfortunately has too often become the case of late. Our leaders should not have better health care plans than the average person. Time and again we see certain groups getting preferential treatment and that undermines what is supposed to be a fair and equal Society

Woo hoo! https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/denmark-lifts-covid-restrictions-crediting-high-vaccine-uptake-rcna1967

The effectiveness is waning. It was originally 95%+, now 75% or so (because of the delta variant). I'm addition, we know that effectiveness decreases over time as well. I heard something like 5%/mo Sorry-just saw you confused falling with failing

No basis in science for excluding postal workers and members of congress from mandatory vaccines being imposed on much of the US. . Last I heard, those classes did not have different DNA from the rest of us that protects them. And when Fauci was asked why people with natural immunity were required to be vaccinated, his reply was "I don't have a firm answer for that" Because IT IS NOT BASED ON SCIENCE! Do any other developed countries not count natural immunity? I'm not aware of any.

You know there is no basis in science when postal workers, and certain other groups, are excluded.

A previously unknown fact has emerged that lab tampering was undertaken on MERS-like coronaviruses, which are even deadlier than their SARS-like relatives. And this from an article in the Telegraph https://archive.fo/RmJgT Teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer from heart problems from the vaccine than be hospitalised from Covid-19, a major study has found Children who face the highest risk of a “cardiac adverse event” are boys aged between 12 and 15 following two doses of a vaccine, according to new research from the US.

Article on CDC misrepresenting the numbers- https://www.coreysdigs.com/health-science/cdc-bases-covid-jab-death-toll-on-doses-not-people-as-death-toll-topples-all-other-vaccines-for-3-decades/

From a conference call I was on with Scott Gottlieb, MD (former FDA Commissioner, on the board of Pfizer)- Delta wave seems to have peaked in the south but not yet in the Northeast. Good news for this wave and future waves- Based on a sample of 1.4 million blood donation specimens collected in the US from July 2020 through May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the combined (infection- and vaccine-induced) SARSCoV-2 seroprevalence in the US was at 83.3 percent. The level of seroprevalence has likely increased since the study was conducted as authors estimated that as of May 2021, there were 2.1 infections per each reported case. Since May 31, there have been some 7,012,409 additional reported infections in the US. With 75% of US adults having at least 1 vaccine dose and 40-50% of people in the US having had Covid, the disease will collapse rather quickly. It does a good job finding vulnerable (unvaccinated) pockets -one of which is now children. Children are likely to drive future infections since they are less vaccinated and will be getting tested more now they are back in school. Will continue to see lower hospitalizations and deaths due to their generally better health. Pfizer and Moderna developing separate vaccines for kids 0-5 and 6-11 which is actually the same vaccine but at 1/3 of the dose. Could possibly be approved by Dec of this year. Gottlieb believes the Pandemic phase will pass later this year / over the winter and then will become endemic like flu. Expects another mild flu season this year but eventually we will be in for a whopper of a flu season. Flu combined with Covid will likely drive future changes of behavior. Boosters will help broaden immunity and benefit at risk populations but still a very open question if they will be needed/ required for everyone. Israel decided to give everyone boosters.

Great to see a focus here. I brought this up way back talking about far uvc light. Hepa air filters and ultraviolet light can help get rid of germs. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/09/coronavirus-pandemic-ventilation-rethinking-air/620000/ In other news, hybrid immunity (from having both COVID and the vaccine) appears to be rather potent- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/09/07/1033677208/new-studies-find-evidence-of-superhuman-immunity-to-covid-19-in-some-individuals

The CDC quietly changed the definition of vaccine. Sep. 1, 2021: The CDC changes its definition of “vaccine,” removing the standard that vaccines produce immunity. Now they just need to “stimulate the body’s immune response.” The vaccines actually aren't vaccines since they don't stop infection and transmission? Basically a therapeutic given in advance of an illness? https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/09/read-cdc-changes-definition-of-vaccines-to-fit-covid-19-vaccine-limitations/

I think it is pretty well known that the vaccine benefits older and at risk groups. Personally, I know no one that disagrees with that although apparently some do. The reason I pulled that excerpt was to let people know the UK apparently has a different take on vaccinating kids. There seems to be a big push here to mask and vaccinate kids who are at very low risk. I know some kids will have complications and or die from Covid but there were kids dying from the flu long before Covid and we didn't take these measures. Anyways, it will be interesting to see how these varying approaches play out in different countries.

From the Intercept article- "One of the grants, titled “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence,” outlines an ambitious effort led by EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak to screen thousands of bat samples for novel coronaviruses. The research also involved screening people who work with live animals. The documents contain several critical details about the research in Wuhan, including the fact that key experimental work with humanized mice was conducted at a biosafety level 3 lab at Wuhan University Center for Animal Experiment — and not at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, as was previously assumed. The documents raise additional questions about the theory that the pandemic may have begun in a lab accident" The excerpt above appears to be at odds with your source. I'm sure more info will trickle out over time. I stand by my belief that Fauci is too conflicted to be in his present position. Here is the link to the grant- https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21055989-understanding-risk-bat-coronavirus-emergence-grant-notice from the Intercept article which clearly shows Fauci and his NIH gave money to Daszak / EcoHealth that ended up at WIV. Goldstein admits as much. "PROJECT NARRATIVE- Most emerging human viruses come from wildlife, and these represent a significant threat to global public health and biosecurity - as demonstrated by the SARS coronavirus pandemic of 2002-03 and an ongoing SARS-like epidemic in the Middle East. This project seeks to understand what factors allow animal Coronaviruses to evolve and jump into the human population by studying virus diversity in a critical group of animals (bats), at sites of high risk for emergence (wildlife markets) in an emerging disease hotspot (China)." "Project Summary.... Test predictions of CoV inter-species transmission. Predictive models of host range (i.e. emergence potential) will be tested experimentally using reverse genetics, pseudovirus and receptor binding assays, and virus infection experiments across a range of cell cultures from different species and humanized mice." I'm not going to get into the semantics of which virus is which or what qualifies as gain of function research but it appears to me that from the beginning people were trying to hide the simple fact that Fauci was involved in funding bat coronavirus research in China, including engineering those viruses. I do not believe he was open and honest about his involvement. From https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/appearance-of-a-conflict-of-interest "Appearance of a conflict of interest means the impression that a reasonable person might have, after full disclosure of the facts, that an Appointee's judgment might be significantly influenced by outside interests, even though there may be no actual Conflict of Interest." I think I'm a reasonable person and believe we are way past the appearance of a conflict of interest.

"In Britain, many people have become comfortable with the current Covid risks. The vaccines make serious illness rare in adults, and the risks to young children are so low that Britain may never recommend that most receive the vaccine. Letting the virus continue to dominate life, on the other hand, has large costs."

This has been mentioned as a reason for vaccine hesitancy. We'll know the results in a year... https://nypost.com/2021/09/07/nih-to-study-how-covid-19-vaccine-impacts-menstrual-cycle/

Sunny and a high of 79 here. Rain moved through yesterday. Heavy stuff missed me but got enough to keep the grass green and growing.

2M+ Israelis already have had the booster shot. Will be interesting to see how it goes there. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-07/israel-s-covid-surge-shows-the-world-what-s-coming-next

I stopped at Watermark Brewing in Stevensville Mi (exit 23) this weekend on my way home. They don't have food but had a food truck. They have a nice outdoor dog friendly area which is why I stopped. They had approx 20 of their own beers on tap. Wife and I just had 1 lighter one as we had to drive but I would go back. Had a growler from Sisters Lakes Brewing for the game vs Iowa. Helped take away some of the sting from the loss. Also stopped in to https://www.arrowheadales.com/ in New Lenox last week for the first time. Wife and I both liked everything there. From the atmosphere, to the beer and the food, it was all good and we will definitely go back.

We know numbers and stats can be spun to say anything. Its been pointed out plenty to me If vaccines were the answer, why is Israel currently having such a problem? If America truly is the land of the free, there has to be freedom to make these individual choices. That freedom has made the US great and impacted the entire world for the better in some manner. Countless Americans have made the ultimate sacrifice for these freedoms. It may well be that there is a downside to that freedom but if we limit freedoms, we change the identity of our country. We might as well find a new motto. In other news- The MU variant is in 49 states already. https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/what-we-know-about-mu-the-who-s-latest-variant-of-interest-69161 Lastly, FOIA requests show Fauci was indeed funding research at Wuhan and subsequently lied about it. He is the wrong leader with his conflicts of interest. https://theintercept.com/2021/09/06/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab/

The latest I've seen says we are rolling over and ,hopefully, past the peak.

Was a beautiful morning / day on the lake

Interesting watching what is going on in Israel. The most vaccinated country now has the highest rate of covid in the world. The vaccinated are catching it and ending up with much higher viral loads and transmitting it. And in Europe, they are not recommending boosters except for at risk groups. Hopefully we can learn from what works and doesn't work in other parts of the world.

Field goal kicker

Chill. We are winning the second half so far

I guess we ars e running team now

Anybody have a link to watch or listen? I thought I'd stream via xfinity but since I'm away from home, it won't let me. Even TuneIn radio wants you to subscribe now. Downloaded the Varsity app and think I can listen there