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May 3, 2025
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There are still people who believe the covid shots were a good thing. At this point, they are deluding themselves and ignoring real world numbers.
Analysis here:
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/safe-but-risky-saturday-may-3-2025
…another for the armchair economists…and journolists: Employers added a surprising 177,000 jobs as job market shows resilience. Unemployment stays at 4.2%
Surprising!!! Holy carp! Real data defies armchair economists AND politically motivated journalists! Unexpectedly!
My PCP has lost a lot of weight. No appetite. Lots of tests. Nobody knows why…
The sky seems to be heralding the coming of the Orange man!
The sky seems to be heralding the coming of the Orange man!
Beautiful pictures. Someone should hang them in a museum.
On an unrelated note, 4 years ago I rescued/adopted a rough coat Collie during the pandemic. He's a "Lassie" dog to give you a mental picture. I wish I could post a picture. He's the best dog I have ever had. I never had to take him to dog obedience school, and he heels and comes whenever I call him, so I never have to put him on a leash when I take him for a walk or hike. The best dog ever. Tonight I watched a more recent movie about "Lassie", not the original starring Elizabeth Taylor and other stars, and it was really good. Not as good as the original book, or course, because books are almost always better than the movies. But I still enjoyed it. The movie had a soundtrack from Bob Dylan, which is why I am posting it here tonight. It's his song "Forever Young" and happens when the family decides to stay in the country and raise sheep and let Lassie enjoy the beautiful country, which I like to do on my small 5 acres of land outside Iowa City. I hope you enjoy it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gUmfcEnJKIt
I was listening to the car radio, when a song "(I'm A) Stand By My Woman Man" comes on, and I think it's a parody song.
Turns out it's not a parody at all. It's an old song from before the start of what Jordan Peterson calls a "contagion"
I thought the song was saying 'Stand by your trans'.
Climate change heralds the coming of a Person of Orange (PoO) in progressive theology to unBurden the liberal Levant.
Looks like the alien war craft are collecting over Madison today.
video of Sen. John Fetterman holding up a flight because he wouldn’t properly wear his seatbelt. link to video
What happened to the cool guy?
Lem: The video does not show a flight delay. It only records a flight attendant's discussion with a passenger about fastening his seat belt, a passenger whose face is not shown. So the person is not readily identifiable as Senator Fetterman.
If it happens to be Fetterman, we need to consider that he suffered brain and physical movement damage from stroke.
"What's so funny about peace love and understanding"?
No, really. What's so funny?
Elvis in his day was a subtle genius.
I'm quite partial to Ry Cooder as well.
The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) is one my (many) favorites.
Thanks gadfly.
Diggin' the sunrise pics. Your sunrises look like our sunsets here in North East Florida.
Peace Love and Understanding was written by Nick Lowe, who also wrote and recorded Cruel to Be Kind.
But I agree, Mr Costello knocked PLU out of the park with his interpretation.
JSM
Here we go again:
H5N1 Bird Flu outbreak in US: Experts warn of pandemic risk as more than 70 cases of human infections detected
The GVN warns that continued spread among mammals increases the chance of genetic changes that could make the virus more transmissible between humans.
The H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread across the United States, with over 1,000 dairy herds affected since March 2024 and more than 70 confirmed human cases, including one death, reported by Global Virus Network (GVN).
Experts from the Global Virus Network (GVN) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning that the virus’s ongoing transmission among animals could potentially lead to mutations, raising the risk of human-to-human spread.
“Understanding the current landscape of H5N1 infections is critical for effective prevention and response,” said Dr Sten H. Vermund, Chief Medical Officer at the GVN and Dean of the USF Health College of Public Health. “The virus’s ability to infect both animals and humans, combined with recent genetic changes, underscores the importance of proactive surveillance and rapid response measures.”
The GVN has urged governments worldwide to take immediate steps, including improving surveillance, standardising testing, and rolling out vaccination strategies to protect both farm animals and workers in high-risk settings.
Avian influenza A(H5N1) is a highly contagious virus that primarily affects birds but can also infect mammals and humans. According to the World Health Organization, when transmitted to humans, the virus can cause severe illness with a high fatality rate. Most human infections so far have occurred due to direct contact with infected birds or animals, or exposure to contaminated environments.
Despite the outbreak’s scale, the CDC maintains that the current risk to the general public is low. However, the agency advises that dairy and poultry workers, as well as anyone in close contact with animals, should follow safety measures.
“We are monitoring individuals with animal exposures closely, and continue to assess the situation carefully,” the CDC stated.
The urgent call from GVN
GVN experts stress the need for:
- Enhanced surveillance across both animals and humans
- Faster sharing of genomic data to track virus mutations
- Stronger biosecurity measures on farms
- Preparedness plans for diagnostics and vaccines
- Education for farm workers and the public on safe handling of poultry and livestock
The GVN warned that continued spread among mammals could increase chance of genetic changes that could make the virus more transmissible between humans and if such changes occur, the world could face another pandemic threat.
The CDC and GVN also emphasised the need for collaboration between countries, health systems, and scientific communities to prepare for and respond to the evolving H5N1 risk.
“Heightened vigilance, global cooperation, and early detection are absolutely critical in containing further spread,” Dr Vermund said.
Hold on there! Clarice has a few words.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/covid_19_on_my_mind.html
Running, with a friend, to a vantage point to catch the rising sun sounds kinda thrilling, and like a purpose full life.
Hopefully they don't take a copy of the bird flu virus and splice in the DNA code to make it readily transmissible to humans and no longer able to infect birds the way they did with the coronavirus they found in bats in that remote cave in China.
"Elvis in his day was a subtle genius."
I like the Nick Lowe original a lot better, but we probably never would have heard it if it weren't for Elvis Costello making it a hit.
Cruel to Be Kind is also my management philosophy.
JSM
Jaq said...
"Hopefully they don't take a copy of the bird flu virus and splice in the DNA code to make it readily transmissible to humans and no longer able to infect birds the way they did with the coronavirus they found in bats in that remote cave in China."
I'm wondering if they haven't already done that.
"Running, with a friend, to a vantage point to catch the rising sun sounds kinda thrilling, and like a purpose full life."
Yes, but we missed it this morning! Didn't know I was capable of sleeping more than 8 hours but apparently I am.
Sovereignty defeats Journalism in the Kentucky Derby. Journalists hardest hit.
MadTownGuy said...
Jaq said...
"Hopefully they don't take a copy of the bird flu virus and splice in the DNA code to make it readily transmissible to humans and no longer able to infect birds the way they did with the coronavirus they found in bats in that remote cave in China."
I'm wondering if they haven't already done that.
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As a matter of fact they have.
"H5N1 has been engineered using gain of function methodology to more readily infect and transmit between mammals potentially including humans. True. Often overlooked is that publication of gain of function research findings by two separate laboratories is what triggered the initial temporary moratorium on US Federally funded gain of function research. Two laboratories, the Kawaoka laboratory at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and the Fouchier laboratory at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, decided to test experimentally whether the H5N1 virus could evolve to productively transmit from mammal to mammal, and potentially from human to human, using the well-established ferret model for transmission. Both laboratories, using different approaches, were able to isolate viruses that could spread via aerosols from one ferret to another. Parallel publication of their findings in 2012, including the details of what mutations were required to enable this characteristic, prompted outrage and discussion of the wisdom of gain of function research, eventually leading to the moratorium during the Obama administration which was later rescinded. At this point, it is now almost child’s play for bad actors to create an H5N1 which can be readily transmitted by aerosol between mammals. I will let you imagine and speculate as to the many ways such a virus might be deployed to advance a variety of nefarious agendas."
https://www.malone.news/p/h5n1-truth-over-fearporn
Moonraker scenario comes to mind.
The left are salivating for a new viral pandemic outbreak.
lonejustice, congratulations on your dog. I hope you keep him with you when other dogs are present, though. My rescue, whom I've had for almost five years now and who looks like a slightly scaled-down black Labrador, is in fact half dalmatian and half pit bull (according to the dog version of Ancestry), and despite our best and rather costly measures still is freaked out by children and suffers from leash and fence aggression. That is, when she's on a leash and another dog approaches, she is immediately defensive - I think it's "defensive" rather than "aggressive" because she never tries to get away from me to get to the dog, but if an off-leash dog approaches her, it is VERY touch-and-go. She goes stiff, tail high, hackles begin to rise, she may give a stiff wag at first as the other dog sniffs her. And then I use a probably exceedingly cheerful voice to tell her we're leaving and start to retreat with as little tending on the leash as possible, but if the other dog persists, there's a probably close to 50% chance she'll think it's going to be a fight.
It's worse for her if I tighten up on the leash, better if I leave slack - the more tension in the leash or in my body, the more she seems to feel she has to go on the defensive. So the best approach for me is to warn people with off-leash dogs from a good distance that my dog doesn't like other dogs, and HOPE their dog is as under control as they believe it to be. Again, maybe half the time that isn't the case, and their dog still approaches, with them calling out, "Don't worry, he's friendly!"
If my dog then ultimately tries to drive off the other dog, I of course immediately pull her off and retreat. And the other person probably leaves the encounter feeling that I have a bad dog or am a bad owner. But I'm following the leash rules, providing warning, and have spent time and money on training a dog who came to me with adult habits from who knows where. And my dog, as I said, never tries to get away from me to attack another dog, endures other dogs' intimate investigations for as long as she can, and doesn't reaist me when I remove her. I think we're doing the best we can.
But my heart sinks every time I see someone walking with an off-leash dog, because as I said, in my area about half the people who think as long as THEIR dog is friendly there's no problem cannot call their dog back reliably.
Derby miss, didnt care for winner, my play ran up the track .Had one saver ticket Journalism, Baeza and Final Gambit,, 2nd,3rd and 4th (doesn't pay anything) $250 out of my year round bankroll only for wagering use. Next up my favorite and difficult races of the BREEDERS CUP, best horses in country competing and wagering opportunities galore. My wife of almost 50 years didnt want to pick because she doesnt like to see these beautiful animals run in the off tracks a she has witnessed horses having to be put down from race incidents,she just normally picks names. Bill Mott gets his 2nd world class trainer and very nice person in general happy for him the barn and all the work it takes to take this contest down and keep the beautiful thoroughbreds safe in the race, 1st for Junior ,THE BOY RIDING from Venezuela.Well deserved great ride.
Just saw a video of the poor woman (sarc) whose husband was being deported after being in the U.S. for 30 years.
Some posters wondered why he had not just applied for citizenship at some point during that 30 years.
Not so easy.
According to Grok people in this category typically either crossed the border illegally or overstayed a visa. In either case, to then apply for citizenship they must voluntarily leave the country for a period of three to ten years before applying at a U.S. foreign consulate. At that point they had to join the que for those from that country and go through a background check, which many would be likely to fail.
Just thought I would provide some context.
So I have to wonder if H5N1 is what's going around right now in CNY. healthcare offices are no longer automatically testing you to see if you've got covid or flu- or anything else. They're just giving the age old advice- stay home, rest, drink plenty of fluids., and if gets worse come back for antibiotics because it's probably allowed something bacterial to develop...
The twins - just 1 year old - caught it at daycare where my daughter works, then she got it, then so-in-law and his two children, then my wife. According to daughter it's 7 days of miserableness before you're over it- seventh day for my better half is Tuesday. If I was going to get it, I'd have it by now.
I can't convince them to do nasal irrigation, daily, without fail. My wife does- but not every day.
Unexpectedly: Profile in Courage Award Nominee
Just noticing I posted this in the wrong open thread. 😑
I’m thinking about reposting this later in tonight’s open thread. I believe it’s that good, if I say so myself because nobody seen it. As Norm would say. It’s ridiculous. Norm would say the word ridiculous in a ridiculous way cracking me up every time.
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