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Sep. 22nd, 2020 02:41 pmNew York - can't stop criminals, no money for social services, can't keep the streets repaired, but defame the mayor in graffiti, and a team'll come swarming to paint it over in under 24 hours.
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Apparently having a syringe is illegal in Indiana. Someone needs to tell the drug stores that, as they're happy to sell you one. That's kind of annoying as well. An old ground-glass chromatography syringe is the best thing ever for oiling small parts.
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Interestingly (and perhaps ominously), prior infection with Dengue fever seems to provide some immunity against the Chinese Doom. Apparently a large number of false positive antigen tests are associated with people who've had Dengue as well, so that (oddly enough) the two vira share genetic material, even though there's no apparent evolutionary linkage between the two. I wonder if that's related to the spike? There are probably only a limited number of ways to build a working viral spike.
This is worrying, because Dengue is one of those weird diseases which, if you've had it once and recovered, then have a second attack from a related strain, it can be much worse, as your immune system over-reacts and destroys you. That's why doctors don't like to vaccinate you against it unless you have some reasonable risk of exposure.
On the good side, Dengue is another virus that responds well to hydroxychloroquine and zinc. I'm a great believer in zinc and auto-generated vitamin D anyway.
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Iran's stuff just keeps mysteriously blowing up... They should be more careful!
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Apparently having a syringe is illegal in Indiana. Someone needs to tell the drug stores that, as they're happy to sell you one. That's kind of annoying as well. An old ground-glass chromatography syringe is the best thing ever for oiling small parts.
*****
Interestingly (and perhaps ominously), prior infection with Dengue fever seems to provide some immunity against the Chinese Doom. Apparently a large number of false positive antigen tests are associated with people who've had Dengue as well, so that (oddly enough) the two vira share genetic material, even though there's no apparent evolutionary linkage between the two. I wonder if that's related to the spike? There are probably only a limited number of ways to build a working viral spike.
This is worrying, because Dengue is one of those weird diseases which, if you've had it once and recovered, then have a second attack from a related strain, it can be much worse, as your immune system over-reacts and destroys you. That's why doctors don't like to vaccinate you against it unless you have some reasonable risk of exposure.
On the good side, Dengue is another virus that responds well to hydroxychloroquine and zinc. I'm a great believer in zinc and auto-generated vitamin D anyway.
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Iran's stuff just keeps mysteriously blowing up... They should be more careful!
