You can just look at the absolute number of deaths in the US versus pre-pandemic deaths (take a look at the table I posted in another reply) to see that covid and knock-on effects has substantially increased

Right now covid is number 27 in the rankings or cause of death, I wish people would put the same effort into their health when it comes to preventable diabetes and heart disease. When I said we had different

Well you don’t know anyone who got a reaction yet. The reason vaccines normally take so long to be tested is because we need to see the long term data. The lady I know of who got a blood clot in her foot,

I think you've missed the point. The data you're looking for isn't just sitting around in an easily consumable form. You're expecting too much in this case. But lack of great data is no excuse for using

By downvoting this post you don't give much credential to yourself. We're talking about life and death consequences for people and you're hung up a few dollars downvote? But just to clarify: I don't vote

Ivermectin is over-the-counter. But it is definitely not recommended for covid treatment by the FDA:

Well, again it is a just different life experiences I guess. Personally I only know of the one person in my entire extended circle who got diagnosed as a covid death, thankfully.

I can only reiterate that I haven't been told of a single person thru my local contacts that had a really severe reaction to pfizer or moderna. And those are by far the most common ones here (one person

As a side note, I also do not like to take medications and I do not take any regularly, not even the common over the counter ones that a lot of people take. I've only gone to a clinic two or three times

We obviously are operating from different data sources. Even the original covid rate had an average fatality rate of 1%. We don't have great numbers yet for Delta, but there are already clear signs that

It may not be likely to kill you, but dying is not the only risk of covid, there are higher risks of long term debilitation as a result of catching covid. The risks for young people in good health are

To establish causal linkage requires much more intensive research. VAERS acts as potential alarm system, where reviewers can look for statistically anomalous problems among the vaccinated. If such an anomaly

Sure, and Mr Farrel no doubt never heard of ivermectin so he couldn't take it (or one of the other miracle cures you would likely tout such as hydroxychloroquine). I don't even spend much time listening

As a side note, two people in my near orbit do believe they got covid prior to getting vaccinated. Neither one required hospitalization or got tested to confirm it was actually covid that they had, but

Most had Pfizer or Moderna (the two mRNA-based vaccines), but a few had Johnson & Johnson or AstraZeneca. The first two vaccines are generally preferred, because their efficacy is higher. And AstraZeneca

It was just a joke, because I'm very interested in politics, but don't match well with any established political ideology that I've ever heard of. And since altright is the new buzzword, I went with altleft.

While I agree that perception about numbers has something to do with it, I think that is by far not the most important reason. Polling shows the political divide to be the larger issue.

I'm not really sure of the coherence of the logic you are using Again, let me clarify for you: virtually all medical drugs have some risks associated with them. One of the tasks of doctors is to weight

That does sound pretty bad, but it is quite opposite to my own experience. Personally, it made my arm sore at the site and I felt a little tired later that night, but I am not sure it wasn't normal fatigue.

I believe so, but of course I only have this information secondhand from my friend. But he is very intelligent and reliable, so I don't believe he got it wrong.