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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2260581)

Wut? Sorry, that explains nothing...

SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with risk of transmission to household and community contacts | BMC Infectious Diseases | Full Text

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Originally Posted by GoRedSox! (Post 2259568)

Everyone reacts differently. Everyone is different. One size does not fit all. I have as much hair on my head as I had when I was 20 (all of it). A lot of my friends have 50% less and some have 90% less. I am allergic to latex tape. Most people are not. I have not had COVID yet, despite being directly exposed to it several times. I never caught chicken pox as a kid. I will never be thin....some people can eat as much as they want. I am also allergic to bee stings....I assure you that if we both get stung, what will happen to me is far worse than what will happen to you.

Regarding your claim that you have never had Covid even though you were exposed to it several times.......it is possible you did contract Covid and were asymptomatic. Actually, anyone who claims they have not had Covid may have had asymptomatic infection.

The one time I did have Covid, my symptoms were a dry cough that lasted about a day and a half. That was it. If it weren't for the fact that I had just gotten home from a week cruise, I never would have tested for Covid. But I did test because I just got off a cruise ship. I was positive for Covid.

Asymptomatic infection is just that.......no symptoms. You may have had it.

Thank you for this post -- first intelligent and sensible person on this thread. mRNA is and will be in everything moving forward. No thank you.

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Originally Posted by jmpate (Post 2259748)

I couldn't agree more with ur comments. There have been many adverse outcomes, in people with chronic medical conditions, post cancer tx etc. that had been kept from the public.The content of the new COVID vaccine affects the mRNA, which messes up one's DNA to a point that we'll never really know the effects for years.

Leave, no RUN from any type of COVID vaccine, is my best recommendation!
MS RN 50+ years

More misinformation in this post. mRNA vaccines do NOT effect DNA in any way, shape or form.

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2260576)

What is wrong with that statement? It is factually correct.

The statement went something like this......."No one protected anyone with the vaccine, NOT EVEN THEMSELVES". That is what I referred to as BUNK. You know better than that.

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2260581)

Wut? Sorry, that explains nothing...

What to Know About COVID Viral Load

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Originally Posted by keepsake (Post 2260593)

Thank you for this post -- first intelligent and sensible person on this thread. mRNA is and will be in everything moving forward. No thank you.

You didn't quote the post you are referring to. Which one?

Ah, coffeebean, where have you been? A breath of fresh air….

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Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2260587)

SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with risk of transmission to household and community contacts | BMC Infectious Diseases | Full Text

Interesting, but it has nothing to do with the post I was questioning...

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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2260605)

You didn't quote the post you are referring to. Which one?

Probably one of my posts... :loco::loco::loco:

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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2260600)

What to Know About COVID Viral Load

Well, considering the patient who gave me Covid died, I would suspect he had a high "viral load"...

Which again, doesn't explain why my case (pre-vax availability) was so mild...

Oh, and the patient was an uncontrolled diabetic, morbidly obese, former smoker, with breathing problems.

He also refused to go to the doctor or the ER when he got sick... Lest you think it was his lack of vaccination that killed him...

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Originally Posted by mickey100 (Post 2260020)

I find it hard to believe people won't get Covid shots. There are so many false claims circulating about the shots, and people don't seem to be able to ascertain what is true and what isn't. What we do know is that the vaccines been given to millions of people, are safe, and very good at preventing serious or fatal cases of Covid. The risk of serious side effects from these vaccines is tiny, similiar to what would be expected with any other vaccine. And it gives some protection against long Covid. I have 2 friends who contracted long covid as a result of infection before shots were available, and it has changed their lives forever. But the Covid virus mutates and new strains are circulating that our previous vaccinations aren't going to be effective for, like what we experience with the flu. The population will need periodic boosters. You get an annual flu shot, right? Your doctor is recommending a Covid booster. Try listening to him or her.

Then you should definitely get boosters once or twice a year, if this is your opinion. My doctor advised against my getting it. That, along with my research led me to decide against getting the shot and subsequent boosters. Not arguing that you shouldn't get them, again your choice. What should be agreed upon is that public officials need to be more prudent in what they say. The amount of harm done by calling one view conspiracy nuts, only to reverse what you said a year later irreparably damages the trust people have.