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To: robert b furman who wrote (12710)	1/13/2022 3:39:13 PM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Recommended By rdkflorida2 wilywilly Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26780

I think it is perfectly fine to get COVID and roll the dice as long as you are the only one affected by your decision. The issue could be if you gave it to your wife or other loved one and they suffered more than you did. Even worse if you gave it to a friend and they unknowingly gave it to someone that later died. Many of the top athletes, Rogers and Wiggens to name two, wanted to go the "natural immunity route" and survived. Wiggens got the least effective JnJ jab so he could play right away and had mild symptoms. Rogers played "word games" and said he had "immunity" which I believed turned out he followed some talk show hosts protocol that didn't work well for him any better than it did for many others. Like Wiggens, Rogers missed a week and a game but was back good as new. That is how it should be for most of us. The protocol Rogers followed to get "immunity" may have made his recovery quicker or it could be snake oil getting credit for what should happen to a healthy person in the first place. It is one reason "science" uses very large, double blind studies. The data for billions (3.9 BILLION) who've been fully vaccinated seems pretty clear that the death rate after exposure to COVID has improved by over 10x... not the 20 or 30% using this or that drug not designed to fight COVID. All this blaming Pfizer for making some money from a drug created by Trump's wisdom to fast track the process with "Operation Warp Speed" seems to me to be mostly cover for those who maybe are ashamed of their choices but grasp at straws to justify their bad decisions. <No "Yes Dears" from me!> If you want to blame anyone, blame Trump AND Biden for pissing on each other's feet for political gain rather than holding hands and fighting this WAR together. Biden could go out of his way to promote Trump for the Nobel Prize and Trump could volunteer to work with Harris to get people vaccinated, but we both know both parties are run by crooks more interested in power than our health.

To: robert b furman who wrote (12710)	1/13/2022 5:19:03 PM
From: TigerPaw	1 Recommendation Recommended By wilywilly Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26780

a crackpot farmer in Wisconsin I was born in South Dakota and come from a long line of farmers. I owned 600 acres in Iowa back in the 90s. I sold it to support my stock/gambling habit in 2000. I think I know why my friends and relatives in the three-corners area are the way they are, and it really does have to do with isolation and fear. Everyone can see that way of life coming to an end. There will be holdouts, just as the Amish held out against the Industrial Revolution, but for most the days of being an owner operator of a family farm are numbered That's where the fear component comes in. My brothers there still can't even get Starlink for streaming and internet. They get 30 year old service over dedicated phone lines. They don't even get a printed newspaper anymore. The nearest house to their house is almost a mile away. The only link to the outside world seems to be AM radio talk shows. That is where the isolation component comes in. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Trump party triumph. The leaders of that party (not necessarily the buffoon Trump himself) have a lot to gain financially and in power if they pull it off. The regular folks just remain regular if they pull it off. There is both a structural problem in the electoral system and a vast difference in incentives. The pose of 'simple country crackpot' is just symptom of the isolation tactics to ensure that there is no worthwhile information to listen to outside the limited sources with their own agenda.