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« Reply #70640 on: January 31, 2023, 01:13:25 pm »
Anti vaxx and other nonsense is big business in the social media, electronic age.  These people wouldn't say that shit, otherwise.  I'm pretty sure most don't believe it themselves, it's just they know they can make a load of cash from it and have no moral compass.
It is the modern version of preachers selling religion. Same mindset and essentially the same grift but with a virtual twist.
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« Reply #70641 on: January 31, 2023, 03:22:43 pm »
What happened to him? Money - and lots of it. Don’t underestimate just how lucrative this grift is for the likes him, Malhotra, Cummins, etc.

This is Campbell’s company with his wife. They’ve added over £850k cash to their books this year. Scroll down to the bottom to see how his evolving grift from 2020 has inflated his bank account.

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Yes, there isn't much of a market for sensible middle of the road Covid content these days, if you want to keep the cash flowing in you need to feed the cranks what they want.

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« Reply #70642 on: January 31, 2023, 05:26:03 pm »
Anti vaxx and other nonsense is big business in the social media, electronic age.  These people wouldn't say that shit, otherwise.  I'm pretty sure most don't believe it themselves, it's just they know they can make a load of cash from it and have no moral compass.

How has he monetised it? Just out of curiosity......

I've only seen his twitter feed, I'm not sure he would get any product endorsement deals off the back of the nonsense he spouts... so how has been able to monetise his rambling on there?

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« Reply #70643 on: January 31, 2023, 05:45:48 pm »
How has he monetised it? Just out of curiosity......

I've only seen his twitter feed, I'm not sure he would get any product endorsement deals off the back of the nonsense he spouts... so how has been able to monetise his rambling on there?

YouTube views that generate ad revenue. He has more than 2 million subscribers and apparently all his videos have a total of close to 600 million views. He puts out new videos daily I think (sometimes even more), so there's a shitload of money to be made. I have no idea how much money you can actually make on YouTube, but if you google for his channel's stats loads of places have estimates for what he's making and it's thousands of pounds every week/month. I saw a yearly estimate of 600 K for his channel. No idea how legit or accurate those estimates are, but I would imagine you can make that kind of money with the kind of channel he has...

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« Reply #70644 on: January 31, 2023, 07:40:18 pm »
Yes, there isn't much of a market for sensible middle of the road Covid content these days, if you want to keep the cash flowing in you need to feed the cranks what they want.

Basically no-one cares about covid and have moved on with their lives. Most people don't even bother getting vaccinated and switch off at the very mention of covid. That's billions of people who were potentially Campbell followers gone from him.

On the other hand those who were anti vaccine are obsessed with the vaccine. I base that on the ones I  know. They can't move on with their lives. All their predictions about vaccine certs and the likes remaining forever and some clandestine government control plot has never materialised. They're now obsessed with vaccine injuries and blame every sudden death on it. Campbell knows where the money is.

I first realised he was a grifter when he talked about the "Japanese miracle". It was when their covid wave dropped massively after allowing ivermectin to be used. It wasn't even being recommended however and he gave no figures on how widespread its use was. Obviously he didn't know or care.
But the big red flag was that it coincided with their mass vaccination program, something he wasn't keen to mention. Never listened to a word of his shite since.
At the time many scientists remained open minded about Ivermectin maybe having mild benefits.  Comprehensive studies since appear to have shown it to be about as useful as IverCummings.

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« Reply #70645 on: February 1, 2023, 11:02:31 pm »
YouTube views that generate ad revenue. He has more than 2 million subscribers and apparently all his videos have a total of close to 600 million views. He puts out new videos daily I think (sometimes even more), so there's a shitload of money to be made. I have no idea how much money you can actually make on YouTube, but if you google for his channel's stats loads of places have estimates for what he's making and it's thousands of pounds every week/month. I saw a yearly estimate of 600 K for his channel. No idea how legit or accurate those estimates are, but I would imagine you can make that kind of money with the kind of channel he has...

600 million views would give him a minimum of $300k. The average, though, is closer to $4.5m for those kind of numbers. The range of pay per 1m views is between $500 to $43,000 depending on a multitude of factors.

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« Reply #70646 on: February 8, 2023, 02:29:26 pm »
Thanks Pfizer is trending and it is videos of people mocking those who are pretending to be affected by the vaccine.

Of course the conspiracy nuts are convinced Pfizer are paying people to mock those pretending to have the shakes.

What a fucked up world  ;D

Pretending to be affected?  While there might be a few, those genuinely affected have a host of neurological issues that can cause shaking.  The mocking of those suffering is despicable.  The dismissing of those harmed in the name of 'debunking' is despicable.  I'm 22 months into a reaction that has destroyed my life as I knew it.  I've lost my position at work (30% shift pay with it), and am close to losing any job with the company where I have worked for 25 years.  There has been no effort to establish causation officially, referrals to specialists have been rejected.  Yellow Card haven't followed up, Pfizer haven't followed up beyond a 2 page questionnaire.  I have days where I am bed bound.  I can't play footy with my kids, or take them mountain biking.  People are more concerned about 'antivaxxers' than they are about helping those harmed.  It may be a 'rare' occurrence, but the effects are devastating, and there is zero support when it happens to you. 

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« Reply #70647 on: February 8, 2023, 02:58:19 pm »
Pretending to be affected?  While there might be a few, those genuinely affected have a host of neurological issues that can cause shaking.  The mocking of those suffering is despicable.  The dismissing of those harmed in the name of 'debunking' is despicable.  I'm 22 months into a reaction that has destroyed my life as I knew it.  I've lost my position at work (30% shift pay with it), and am close to losing any job with the company where I have worked for 25 years.  There has been no effort to establish causation officially, referrals to specialists have been rejected.  Yellow Card haven't followed up, Pfizer haven't followed up beyond a 2 page questionnaire.  I have days where I am bed bound.  I can't play footy with my kids, or take them mountain biking.  People are more concerned about 'antivaxxers' than they are about helping those harmed.  It may be a 'rare' occurrence, but the effects are devastating, and there is zero support when it happens to you.

that sounds awful mate - but how can you be 100% sure you didn't have the virus and this is a result of that?

but let's say it was the vaccine - of course there are going to be examples of people having a serious reaction to medicine/vaccines/medical procedures but i think what we all struggle with its that they give the anti-vaxers ammunition rather than accept their lot (terrible though it is) as the majority of people will not suffer a reaction (if they did then it would be major news) and a lot of those people would die or suffer life-long ill health due to not taking the vaccine

so if you have had a genuine bad reaction to the vaccine then i hope you recover, but the call to arms should be that everyone should take it as without it more people would suffer and die

that might be a tough pill to swallow mate but that's life unfortunately - you think of the majority - you think of others

i hope that there is some recompense to those that have suffered bad reactions as as they were actually doing the right thing and being vaccinated, they should be compensated or receive treatment
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« Reply #70648 on: February 8, 2023, 03:49:39 pm »
that sounds awful mate - but how can you be 100% sure you didn't have the virus and this is a result of that?

but let's say it was the vaccine - of course there are going to be examples of people having a serious reaction to medicine/vaccines/medical procedures but i think what we all struggle with its that they give the anti-vaxers ammunition rather than accept their lot (terrible though it is) as the majority of people will not suffer a reaction (if they did then it would be major news) and a lot of those people would die or suffer life-long ill health due to not taking the vaccine

so if you have had a genuine bad reaction to the vaccine then i hope you recover, but the call to arms should be that everyone should take it as without it more people would suffer and die

that might be a tough pill to swallow mate but that's life unfortunately - you think of the majority - you think of others

i hope that there is some recompense to those that have suffered bad reactions as as they were actually doing the right thing and being vaccinated, they should be compensated or receive treatment


Accepting your lot is any easy thing to say when it's not you and yours affected.  I rolled my sleeve up twice thinking of others.  But you aren't compensated when it goes wrong.  And you don't receive treatment. What you get is people posting videos mocking your illness and dismissal by people who have no comprehension of dealing with chronic illness.

Covid is shite.  But there are some of us having a near identical reaction to the vaccine.  And it's something that people should be able to talk about openly, because as it stands the pretending we don't exist is what gives 'antivaxxers' ammunition.  They see people harmed, then they see how we are treated.  And it says a lot when 'they' have more empathy than joe public.

In my case, i was testing regularly, had no close contacts and was nucleocapsid negative within 3 months of symptom onset.  Cases in New Zealand and Western Austrailia as well prior to covid in the community - so it's known the vax alone can trigger this.  The similarity with long covid and me/cfs (which has also been ignored for decades) should be of interest.  I wasn't allowed into my local long covid clinic initially as I hadn't had covid.  My MP wrote the health board a letter to get me help.  They accepted me, and then the doctors said they had "several" others that they were "treating" as vaccine induced.  Treatment being breathing exercises and pacing lessons.  No tests looking at vascular damage or for microclots which is one of the leading suspects in long covid and vaccine injury.

https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-cases-coronavirus-vaccines-may-cause-long-covid-symptoms#

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-022-00177-8

Yale Kindred study with Prof. Akiko Iwasaki who is very highly regarded.

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« Reply #70649 on: February 8, 2023, 04:47:55 pm »
Accepting your lot is any easy thing to say when it's not you and yours affected.  I rolled my sleeve up twice thinking of others.  But you aren't compensated when it goes wrong.  And you don't receive treatment. What you get is people posting videos mocking your illness and dismissal by people who have no comprehension of dealing with chronic illness.

Covid is shite.  But there are some of us having a near identical reaction to the vaccine.  And it's something that people should be able to talk about openly, because as it stands the pretending we don't exist is what gives 'antivaxxers' ammunition.  They see people harmed, then they see how we are treated.  And it says a lot when 'they' have more empathy than joe public.

In my case, i was testing regularly, had no close contacts and was nucleocapsid negative within 3 months of symptom onset.  Cases in New Zealand and Western Austrailia as well prior to covid in the community - so it's known the vax alone can trigger this.  The similarity with long covid and me/cfs (which has also been ignored for decades) should be of interest.  I wasn't allowed into my local long covid clinic initially as I hadn't had covid.  My MP wrote the health board a letter to get me help.  They accepted me, and then the doctors said they had "several" others that they were "treating" as vaccine induced.  Treatment being breathing exercises and pacing lessons.  No tests looking at vascular damage or for microclots which is one of the leading suspects in long covid and vaccine injury.

https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-cases-coronavirus-vaccines-may-cause-long-covid-symptoms#

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-022-00177-8

Yale Kindred study with Prof. Akiko Iwasaki who is very highly regarded.

https://youtu.be/jt8K1Q7V7YA?t=2183

my girl was unable to talk and walk for a few weeks now she has long covid symptoms

and i lost a relative - and my girl lost 2

i think we have all been affected one way or another

i don't agree with you regarding the fact that being ignored is ammunition for antivaxers but otherwise i am sympathetic
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« Reply #70650 on: February 9, 2023, 10:05:24 am »
my girl was unable to talk and walk for a few weeks now she has long covid symptoms

and i lost a relative - and my girl lost 2

i think we have all been affected one way or another

i don't agree with you regarding the fact that being ignored is ammunition for antivaxers but otherwise i am sympathetic

Sorry to hear of your loses, and that your girls is currently affected.  I don't know age obviously, but have you looked into Nattokinase and antihistamines?  Both have been helpful to me and others with long covid symptoms.  Binita Kane on Twitter is good for kids with long covid.  And Douglas Kell (Liverpool Uni) is involved with the latest research around microclots. 

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« Reply #70651 on: February 9, 2023, 11:10:59 am »
Sorry to hear of your loses, and that your girls is currently affected.  I don't know age obviously, but have you looked into Nattokinase and antihistamines?  Both have been helpful to me and others with long covid symptoms.  Binita Kane on Twitter is good for kids with long covid.  And Douglas Kell (Liverpool Uni) is involved with the latest research around microclots.

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« Reply #70652 on: February 9, 2023, 11:43:09 am »
I lost two years of my life to long covid, which thankfully I seem to have recovered from and have every sympathy for what you are going through Flemingcool. you will know the utter frustration when you are unable to do so much you could do before and you feel you constantly need to justify your condition, when all you want to do is get better.


My family worked in hospitals and saw the full effects of the first wave they were both in the thick of it and saw so much death which was traumatic for them and were so glad vaccines were developed, and understood risk and reward but my wife has had bad reactions to the vaccines on 4 occasions, the last time scarily so.  Now we do have time to do the scientific evaluation and research into the benefits and drawbacks of this new class of vaccines without the pressure we had at the height of the pandemic.


The scientific method needs openness and debate research and evaluation of benefits and drawbacks, dismissing those who have concerns about the side effects of this new form of vaccine as automatically in the anti vaxx camp is not going to get us the quality research that we need to understand how Covid effects so many people in so many different ways and improve our understanding of the mechanisms of vaccines.


I do hope you get better, after trying everything and in the end accepting I probably would never return to my previous life, I just started slowly improving  being gradually able to do more and more to the point it was gone and have just come back from cycling in the mountains of Spain. I only tell you that because at the height of my symptoms I thought my active life was over and completely lost hope, I tried everything and nothing seemed to work, I had many false dawns and I suppose I was just lucky that it gradually tailed off of its own accord.  No advice just look after yourself two worst years of my life
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« Reply #70653 on: February 9, 2023, 12:18:18 pm »
I don't deny for one second that some people have serious reactions to the vaccines, and I can well imagine it is a horrible thing to go through, I do think the frequency of those reactions is massively overhyped by certain individuals promoting an obvious agenda.

Having various fake videos of "reactions" online doesn't really help promote a sensible discourse around the matter either, nor does encouraging people to abuse the yellow card system. I would agree that now the peak crisis era is over we do need to monitor closely and see if there are groups where vaccination no longer makes sense given the widespread immunity in the population now and relative risks of infection and vaccine side effects.

The other unknown on the other side of the fence however is there is also still a reasonable amount of uncertainty about the medium and long term impacts of even mild Covid infection, we do know cardiovascular risks are increased for instance but I don't believe it is really known how long that lasts for.


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« Reply #70654 on: February 9, 2023, 04:40:01 pm »
I lost two years of my life to long covid, which thankfully I seem to have recovered from and have every sympathy for what you are going through Flemingcool. you will know the utter frustration when you are unable to do so much you could do before and you feel you constantly need to justify your condition, when all you want to do is get better.


My family worked in hospitals and saw the full effects of the first wave they were both in the thick of it and saw so much death which was traumatic for them and were so glad vaccines were developed, and understood risk and reward but my wife has had bad reactions to the vaccines on 4 occasions, the last time scarily so.  Now we do have time to do the scientific evaluation and research into the benefits and drawbacks of this new class of vaccines without the pressure we had at the height of the pandemic.


The scientific method needs openness and debate research and evaluation of benefits and drawbacks, dismissing those who have concerns about the side effects of this new form of vaccine as automatically in the anti vaxx camp is not going to get us the quality research that we need to understand how Covid effects so many people in so many different ways and improve our understanding of the mechanisms of vaccines.


I do hope you get better, after trying everything and in the end accepting I probably would never return to my previous life, I just started slowly improving  being gradually able to do more and more to the point it was gone and have just come back from cycling in the mountains of Spain. I only tell you that because at the height of my symptoms I thought my active life was over and completely lost hope, I tried everything and nothing seemed to work, I had many false dawns and I suppose I was just lucky that it gradually tailed off of its own accord.  No advice just look after yourself two worst years of my life

🙌 That’s amazing to hear.  Thank you.  So pleased to hear you’ve recovered.  I’ve caused so many relapses by trying to do too much on the odd occasion of having a good day.  I’m at 22 months and January has been relatively good. But as you say, worst period of my life by a mile.  I don’t think anyone that has been through something similar can understand how disabling it is.  Fatigue doesn’t do it justice. 

I’m not anti at all, I rushed out to get both mine as soon as I could.  What has frustrated me is the dismissal and lack of support afterwards.  Which was totally at odds with what I believed would happen in the unlikely event you had an adverse reaction.  And I get easily triggered seeing people suffering then being mocked.  I’ve repeatedly tried to get involved in research to establish what caused my reaction, but (until recently in the US) there has been non.  That inevitably leads to me wondering about how robust the monitoring is.  There are over 1000 people like me in one UK support group and all are struggling with the same issue.  Getting proper diagnosis or any follow up from AZ, Pfizer, Moderna or J&J.  1000 is obviously small fry compared to those with long covid, and relative to how many had the vaccine, but it’s not acceptable imo to just dismiss us as collateral.

Fwiw I’ve heard of others that had reactions to AZ and or mRNA then get Novavax and have no issue.  Might be something for wife or yourself to consider as a possibly safer option.

Thanks again for the encouraging words about cycling especially.  That’s my passion and it’s killing me not being able to go.  I hope one day I’ll be back to it as well. 

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« Reply #70655 on: February 9, 2023, 11:22:56 pm »
No need for thanks, flemingcool, even close friends would find it hard to understand what you're going through, I had some excellent experiences with medics but some awful ones where I was told it was all in my head and my body couldn't possibly be attacking itself after too much exertion. I had friends that tried to understand but would then say things like you look ok you but you sound a bit down why don't you come out for a little ride, they meant well but I knew they didn't understand just how physically debilitating it could be. I was down and did feel sorry for myself but that was logical reaction because Id gone from cycling, weight training and running a 5k in 22 minutes twice a week, to sometimes not being able to walk down the street without a reaction, I couldn't do the things I'd taken for granted and it felt cruel . as you'll know, it's not linear, you have good days think it's improving, get a bit of hope then do a bit too much and you're back sick, and that is mentally as well as physically exhausting. That is why I began to accept this was me probably for life, I couldn't take the ups and downs of feeling better then going back to step one.  but having said that when I occasionally heard someone had got better, it did give me hope and hopefully you'll get better and will no longer have to put up with constantly having to explain to people what has happened to you and the doubting looks I'd become accustomed to. I never understood how seriously people with ME and CFS lives were affected until suffering this, I really hope you make a recovery from your symptoms, it's like getting a second chance at life.

Really heartwarming to read of your recovery Albie. FWIW, your detailed descriptions are frighteningly close to the experiences of my partner, who had M.E for many years, and who 5 years ago was switching between a wheelchair and an electric mobility buggy. She thought her active life was over, and she spent lots on treatment from a doctor who had become controversial in her treatment of M.E patients - I won’t name her. Suffice to say that since her ‘nadir’ five years ago, she has improved to the point where, like you, she’s fully active again - cycling, swimming and walking, once again attending choir and other U3A activities. Although I’m not going to suggest M.E and severe reaction to Covid vaccines are the same, I do hope my little anecdote offers some encouragement to flemingcool.
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« Reply #70656 on: February 10, 2023, 11:19:31 am »
No need for thanks, flemingcool, even close friends would find it hard to understand what you're going through, I had some excellent experiences with medics but some awful ones where I was told it was all in my head and my body couldn't possibly be attacking itself after too much exertion. I had friends that tried to understand but would then say things like you look ok you but you sound a bit down why don't you come out for a little ride, they meant well but I knew they didn't understand just how physically debilitating it could be. I was down and did feel sorry for myself but that was logical reaction because Id gone from cycling, weight training and running a 5k in 22 minutes twice a week, to sometimes not being able to walk down the street without a reaction, I couldn't do the things I'd taken for granted and it felt cruel . as you'll know, it's not linear, you have good days think it's improving, get a bit of hope then do a bit too much and you're back sick, and that is mentally as well as physically exhausting. That is why I began to accept this was me probably for life, I couldn't take the ups and downs of feeling better then going back to step one.  but having said that when I occasionally heard someone had got better, it did give me hope and hopefully you'll get better and will no longer have to put up with constantly having to explain to people what has happened to you and the doubting looks I'd become accustomed to. I never understood how seriously people with ME and CFS lives were affected until suffering this, I really hope you make a recovery from your symptoms, it's like getting a second chance at life.

Exactly this.  The only ones that understand it have been through it.  The people suggesting you just try a bit harder, without realising how hard you are trying every day just to survive.  Those little looks you get, the little comments about mental health.  Of course I'm fucking depressed I can't do any of the things I love, can't support my family and can barely look after myself.  Factor in the politics around vaccines, and people treat you like you are crazy.  Thanks again for your words.  Honestly very helpful.  Recovery stories give hope where at times there isn't much.  Also Robinred thanks for that as well.  Just trying to cling onto my job until recovery happens.  ME/CFS is horribly under-researched, and as such the people suffering also have to deal with shockingly poor medical behavior.  I think a lot of long covid and vaccine injury will meet the criteria for me/cfs. Maybe one good thing from all of this will be an increase into research of why some people develop these symptoms following an immune hit.   And crucially how to support them while they're ill and help them recover quicker.

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« Reply #70657 on: February 10, 2023, 12:16:44 pm »
I read something about a study into autoimmune diseases following covid. They used health insurance data from a large number of people and there was something like a 3x increase of autoimmune diseases following a covid infection. (I think only in unvaccinated people, but I don't know if that was because the data was older (before people had a chance of getting vaccinated), or if they compared vaccinated with vaccine-refuser groups.)
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« Reply #70658 on: February 27, 2023, 09:49:50 am »
So I thought I had a cold a couple of weeks ago but now my missus has tested positive I'm pretty sure it was COVID.  Had very mild 'traditional' symptoms but what's really messed me up is whatever it's done to my stomach.  I had awful, crippling cramps for about a week and I was convinced it was the fish oil tablets I'd started taking, but reading up on it the COVID seems more likely.  A week or so later and I can only really eat fruit, bread and pasta with chicken stock soup, anything else and I get the cramps again.  Nowhere near as bad as they were at the start, but still enough to have me curled up in a ball.  Really horrible stuff and whilst I'm not having to run to the toilet constantly, whenever I am on the throne it's just liquid coming out.

Hoping that it'll ease off but at the moment it feels never ending.  I just want to have some different food FFS.
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« Reply #70659 on: February 27, 2023, 09:57:39 am »
Looks like Spring boosters heading (some of) our way

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« Reply #70660 on: February 27, 2023, 10:01:23 am »
So I thought I had a cold a couple of weeks ago but now my missus has tested positive I'm pretty sure it was COVID.  Had very mild 'traditional' symptoms but what's really messed me up is whatever it's done to my stomach.  I had awful, crippling cramps for about a week and I was convinced it was the fish oil tablets I'd started taking, but reading up on it the COVID seems more likely.  A week or so later and I can only really eat fruit, bread and pasta with chicken stock soup, anything else and I get the cramps again.  Nowhere near as bad as they were at the start, but still enough to have me curled up in a ball.  Really horrible stuff and whilst I'm not having to run to the toilet constantly, whenever I am on the throne it's just liquid coming out.

Hoping that it'll ease off but at the moment it feels never ending.  I just want to have some different food FFS.

Cramps can be associated from not keeping your fluids up when you're sick. Hydrate to the max just as you would if you had gastro (which you have). To relieve cramps load up on anything with magnesium in it.

Just remember if liquids are coming out. More liquids need to go in.
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« Reply #70661 on: February 27, 2023, 07:10:55 pm »
An interesting article on the monetisation of ant vax articles;
https://counterhate.com/research/substack-anti-vaxx-newsletters/

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« Reply #70662 on: March 1, 2023, 11:17:00 am »
FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak 'most likely':
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« Reply #70663 on: March 2, 2023, 10:27:45 am »
Listening to R5L phone-in was more depressing than usual this morning. It was basically an 'open mic' on anything Covid related.

First caller was a nurse. She was ranting about lockdown being a "catastrophe" that caused more harm than good, and she later ranted against the vaccines. Oh joy. R5L invited on an anti-vaxxer lunatic. A few callers were of the sensible variety, and there were a couple of experts. But for every one of these, there was a malevolent  crank/conspiracy wanker. Some having a swipe at teachers, others about lockdown.

This is where BBC 'balance' is dangerous.

It allows very niche/minority viewpoints - very light on science and fact, but heavy on conspiracy bollocks and paranoia - to be aired alongside experts who stick to science and facts.

I wouldn't mind if the experts/scientists were just allowed to forensically destroy the cranks, but the infamous 'BBC balance' seems to prevent that.

It diminishes faith in science and facts and experts, clouding [susceptible/gullible] lay peoples' judgement, and allowing misinformation to thrive.
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« Reply #70664 on: March 2, 2023, 11:33:06 am »
Well without a lockdown the death numbers would have likely touched a million in addition to the NHS being totally overwhelmed and in meltdown.

As a nurse you would think she should know better, assuming she was a nurse and not just 'saying she was'
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« Reply #70665 on: March 2, 2023, 11:52:52 am »
Well without a lockdown the death numbers would have likely touched a million in addition to the NHS being totally overwhelmed and in meltdown.

As a nurse you would think she should know better, assuming she was a nurse and not just 'saying she was'

They probably hear "Nurse" and dismiss everything else just to get her on as she'll have been on the front line. Never mind she might be a loon or literally a murderer....Nurse, that'll do

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« Reply #70666 on: March 2, 2023, 12:16:42 pm »
Well without a lockdown the death numbers would have likely touched a million in addition to the NHS being totally overwhelmed and in meltdown.

As a nurse you would think she should know better, assuming she was a nurse and not just 'saying she was'

It wasn’t this nurse by any chance? ;D

https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/professional-regulation/covid-denier-and-anti-vaxxer-nurse-struck-off-register-by-nmc-04-06-2021/

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« Reply #70667 on: March 2, 2023, 12:25:49 pm »
I wouldn't mind if the experts/scientists were just allowed to forensically destroy the cranks, but the infamous 'BBC balance' seems to prevent that.

It diminishes faith in science and facts and experts, clouding [susceptible/gullible] lay peoples' judgement, and allowing misinformation to thrive.

The problem for me is giving those kinds of people kind of a "free reign" to spread their misinformation. Even if you then have an expert destroy them with facts, it's still making those nutters "famous". Their followers won't listen to what the experts say and there'll be other people out there who had never heard that "alternative viewpoint" who'll then start to believe it. Being on TV or in the media gives the charlatans a certain kind of legitimacy they shouldn't have. I'm not saying, you shouldn't report that those viewpoints exist, but I think it's dangerous to actually have people spreading them on your TV/radio-show or in your paper, because even if you disect and destroy their views, there'll be people out there who'll just dismiss that destruction and come up with some narrative about the media being bought by big pharma or whatever.

Same goes for social media. It's great having actual scientiest out there correcting all the fake information that's spread by charlatans freely on the same platform. The problem for me is, that those people who need to see those videos, posts or whatever most won't be watching or reading them as they still have the charlatans to follow...

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« Reply #70668 on: March 3, 2023, 04:05:47 pm »
What the fuck happened to Campbell? I have not (yet) watched the video you posted, but I came across something yesterday (from some kind of anti-vaxxer) which highlighted his monumental shift from being solidly behind COVID vaccination to someone who has gone full-on conspiracy nut.


I'm late to this subject, to say the least. But yeah, Campbell seems to have attracted a lot of anti-vaxxers to his channel over the course of the pandemic and now he just seems to cater to them. He freely admits he's had all doses of the Covid vaccine himself, but continues to peddle anti-vax BS to his viewers (which makes him even worse, IMO?)

At the start of the pandemic, when I first watched his vids, I genuinely believe he was just trying to give up-to-date information to the best of his ability. But over the course of time, he's just fallen down that rabbit hole.

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« Reply #70669 on: March 3, 2023, 04:46:17 pm »

I'm late to this subject, to say the least. But yeah, Campbell seems to have attracted a lot of anti-vaxxers to his channel over the course of the pandemic and now he just seems to cater to them. He freely admits he's had all doses of the Covid vaccine himself, but continues to peddle anti-vax BS to his viewers (which makes him even worse, IMO?)

At the start of the pandemic, when I first watched his vids, I genuinely believe he was just trying to give up-to-date information to the best of his ability. But over the course of time, he's just fallen down that rabbit hole.

People realised they can grift idiots for money, especially right wing idiots. I imagine some on the left have switched sides almost solely for that purpose.
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« Reply #70670 on: March 6, 2023, 10:46:00 am »
Covid jab is recommended for pregnant women but if booster program has stopped - how can they get one?!

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« Reply #70671 on: March 6, 2023, 11:17:44 am »
Covid jab is recommended for pregnant women but if booster program has stopped - how can they get one?!

It's starting again April isn't it?

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« Reply #70672 on: March 6, 2023, 11:26:48 am »
It's starting again April isn't it?
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« Reply #70674 on: March 6, 2023, 02:03:47 pm »
No idea if it's 100% but got info here :-

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/preparing-for-a-successful-spring-2023-covid-19-booster-campaign/
Cheers. Not sure about that. Few places I've called have said August and there's no walk ins anymore around here.

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« Reply #70676 on: March 7, 2023, 10:50:11 pm »
I fink I win the internet :D

Hope you can get anything needed :)

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« Reply #70677 on: March 8, 2023, 12:11:34 pm »
I fink I win the internet :D

Hope you can get anything needed :)
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« Reply #70678 on: March 10, 2023, 02:30:47 pm »
Cheers. Starts next month so hopefully Mrs gets called as soon as possible.
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« Reply #70679 on: March 10, 2023, 03:35:29 pm »
Congrats mate, I assume you're calling the baby Mo, or James or Trent?  Admittedly, harder to choose for a boy.

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