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‘Anti-science saga’? NBC contributor who documented harrowing battle with Covid-19 NEVER had the virus

Coming from NBC, that should not surprise anyone.

So the guy without Covid was hospitalized in a Covid ward, and STILL never got Covid. I would say he must have had a really good mask, but judging from all of the video evidence, we know that's not the case.

Imo, Masks do very little and more than likely facilitate the infection of the wearer. Granted, a healthy immune system is your best defense. If face-coverings actually worked then the country would be open and we would be visiting loved-ones in nursing homes. Since they aren't, they're talking out of their arses.

15 days to slow the spread, 118 days and counting...

^^^ Good video!

Dr. Jeffrey Barke: Cases are rising, but the fatality rate is dropping. The average age of new cases is 31—fatality is so low for that age group that it's hard to even calculate.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
The average age of new cases is 31—fatality is so low for that age group that it's hard to even calculate.

As difficult to calculate as the level of stupidity and gullibility in the US currently I imagine.

Seriously, a virus that is so mild in most people now that one must get tested to even know he has it or had it.

If the masks are so great why is most everything still shut down?

Open everything back up and I will consider the possibility of perhaps wearing a mask.

Most of the people promulgating this bullshit should face a firing squad - and they can get a mask instead of a Blindfold.

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If the masks are so great why is most everything still shut down

Take that a step further. If masks are so great, then why did we shut down at all?

Seriously, we're now being told that just wearing just about any type of cloth face covering will save umptine lives.

Think of all the lives that would have been saved if we had done that from the get go. The economy didn't have to be tanked, kids could have finished the school year in school. Airlines, cruise ships, theme parks, pro sports, etc. could have all continued on as normal, if we had just wore some old t-shirts over our faces.

Bit of comedy RE. mask wearing. I picked up liquid chlorine at the local pool store the other day and the kid who loaded my jugs was complaining of a headache. When we got to my truck, I told him to take off his mask and hang out with me in the parking lot for a few minutes to chat and catch up (he used to play for me when I coached baseball). After about 15-20 minutes of chatting, I asked him how he felt. His comment...Quite a bit better. According to 'the science' this kid has little to no chance of being negatively impacted by this bug, but he's going to be required to wear a mask at work that will give him headaches and make his day worse. Simply a great idea.

^^^ His pulse oxygen level is dropping from wearing the mask.

It’s all about the mask, as in what kind. They require it at my gym and I use a Lycra mask and I have no problems with high intensity lifting/cardio at all. No headaches, no issues.
Cloth masks suck and impair your breathing.

^^^ why in the hell are you wearing a mask at all in that situation?

A lot of gyms here require it. If you want to go and they require it you must wear one.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
^^^ why in the hell are you wearing a mask at all in that situation?

Why in the hell are you worried about what I do or don’t? It’s required by the gym, the county, city, and the State. I know the people at the gym well as I have been going there for 15 years. The gym gets fined $500 for each individual without a face covering if the city rolls by to check.

Athletes have been working out in masks for many years to simulate high altitude training. It’s highly effective. I have no issue at all with a mask on during high intensity weight lifting or cardio because I know what kind of material to use since weight lifters and body builders have been using high altitude training masks for many years. The choice is not difficult. Sit on my ass at home or put the thing on and go to the gym. It’s a requirement at the grocery store as well. What am I going to do as a law abiding citizen? Go in there and raise holy hell with employees who get paid small wages and are just doing their job? I don’t think so, I need to eat.

This was the deadliest week for our area so far. Deaths up, hospitalizations up, and it’s trending towards max capacity at the hospitals. Governor Abbot is threatening already, if people don’t wear masks, he’s going to shut down our economy again. I don’t want my gym closed again as it was closed for months. I’m just now getting back into the shape I was in prior to all this madness by really pushing myself in the gym. I don’t have the $5,000.00 I would need to buy home gym equipment, and they don’t have it anyways. Dumbbells, sold out for months. Home universal gym, a good one, expensive and sold out until late 2020, same for a stationary bike.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/...t-week-from-covid-19

My gym now must enforce a mask requirement as well. But if someone is running on a treadmill, on a bike, or pumping out a session on an erg, no one is going to say anything to him for taking his mask off during a cardio workout. Same for doing heavy squats, deadlifts, bench, etc. Restricting oxygen in those situations can only be detrimental to one's health.

And I'm a little amazed that you've bought into that high altitude mask nonsense. "Highly effective" isn't exactly the words I would use to describe them. I seriously thought that ridiculous fad had gone away years ago.

Are you a personal trainer, serious question.

No, I am not.

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The other joyous part of the MS setup is every single bottle of wine and liquor is processed through a single facility in Jackson area. Imagine how efficient that is. Spoke with a distiller in the area who also has a separate adjacent storefront where he sells his product. After bottling he has to ship to state and gets it back with markup in a few weeks to sell 20 feet from where it was made..

The legally mandated, post-Prohibition, Three-Tier Alcohol Distribution system negatively affects almost every place in the US, and fucks comsumers everywhere by mandating the middle Distribution tier who are just Bridge Trolls by another name, now a powerful Lobby to maintain control of their enormous Bridge Troll Tax earnings to keep the scam/faucet going, under the marketing slogan / bullshit that they perform essential functions and advocate a responsible use of their products and other fluff.

Their very existence is/was a handout and it needs to end.

They create, effectively, mini monopolies all over the place, whether Private or State owned.

They are a scam and an anachronism, especially in 2020, and need to die a quick death (the institutions and laws, not the people, obviously.)

Oklahoma's corrupt ass also mandated a Broker tier above Distributor, but is finally being merged. Washington (state) got rid of theirs, and it isn't going very well yet (high taxes, I read), but it is more free and chosen by the people. I suspect it will shake out fine, like any other industry without said mandated-tier. (shrug)

They can exist, if some prefer, but they ought not be required. Let the Market sort it out. End it, now.

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Originally posted by GA Gator:
I followed the thread early but not so much lately.

Have any members contracted it and post first hand experiences?

I contracted it this week symptoms began last night. I was tested and it was positive.

This virus is an ass kicker. Fever at 101.7 - 101.5 without tylenol. I am absolutely exhausted. This is easily as bad as the worse flu I have ever had.

I have never lost time before, I am so lethargic I drift off the sleep and drift back to consciousness without realizing I was sleeping. I look at the time and an hour passed, and I didn't realize it.

Anyone heard from GA Gator?

He hasn’t posted since June 9th .

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
My gym now must enforce a mask requirement as well. But if someone is running on a treadmill, on a bike, or pumping out a session on an erg, no one is going to say anything to him for taking his mask off during a cardio workout. Same for doing heavy squats, deadlifts, bench, etc. Restricting oxygen in those situations can only be detrimental to one's health.

And I'm a little amazed that you've bought into that high altitude mask nonsense. "Highly effective" isn't exactly the words I would use to describe them. I seriously thought that ridiculous fad had gone away years ago.

Who says I’ve bought into using the high altitude masks? I don’t own one, never have. You seem to be very angry about this whole situation. Sorry dude, I don’t make the rules. I said athletes use those high altitude masks and have for years. I know two competitors locally (body builders) who use them and claim they are effective. That’s their business. I use a simple Lycra mask or the same neck roll I use to mow my lawn in the 100 degree heat here in TX. I have zero problems with breathing, and the last thing the versions I use, are detrimental to my own health. I’m not a doctor but was a CPT (NASM) and CNC since it was mentioned although I haven’t trained anyone in years (tired of their laziness).

I have more of an issue mowing. I just came in from mowing the lawn. It’s 96 and it’ll hit over 100 degrees today. I didn’t even edge or break out the blower. Just mowed and I’m knocked out. Took a cold shower for 20 minutes to get my body temp down and I’m sitting here on my 3rd 32 oz cup of electrolyte water trying to rehydrate. Same thing happened on Friday at the Lake. I must have drank a gallon of electrolyte water on the lake and another 1/2 gallon once I got off. The last thing I’m concerned with at the gym is a damn mask.