Lobotomized by politics on reddit

Zahn · 2020-11-12T18:54:11+00:00

Says the guy who posts in /s/gendercritical trying to pick up girls.

Zahn · 2020-09-30T18:13:37+00:00

Says the shill.

Zahn · 2020-01-10T05:00:17+00:00

@blackhole-Oh look, it's the hit and run lefty troll. See ya in another 5 days when you make another dumb comment.

Zahn · 2020-07-20T20:43:36+00:00

Someone is getting their yarmulke in a flabbergasted ruffle!

Zahn · 2020-01-12T02:10:07+00:00

Imagining Nema's confused naive expression when he realizes that politicians engage in politicking.

Zahn · 2022-05-08T18:45:57+00:00

It was an oversight for me to paint this with such a broad brush stroke. Yet, Socks was okay injecting defenseless children with an experimental "vaccine". Many shills of his caliber echo this sentiment often. It is un-ethical to use the vulnerable and children as guinea pigs for corporate profiteering. Therefore, people who advocate for this then fail to measure up to a basic modicum of accepted universal human behavior that would protect vulnerable members of society from potentially or provably dangerous things. Hence, the deserved subhuman label.

It's a boring but rewarding hobby for me to spot shills in the wild. Sort of like bird watching perhaps. There are so many different varieties, tactics and flavors of forum community disrupters. But no Comrade, I have no interest in hunting down people that simply disagree. There is a time and space for everyone to co-exist peacefully with meaningful discussion. It's just that the "shills" do not understand this premise and cannot help themselves from infiltrating spaces that differ in beliefs from them with the intention of ruining these spaces for everyone.

Zahn · 2022-05-08T07:47:56+00:00

/gently pats you on the head as he looks you up and down./ Throwing around that "misinformation" trope quite lightly.... aren't we, Boy? Don't "Carlson and FOX" us here, noob. I don't think you know who you're talking to.

Zahn · 2022-05-08T07:34:42+00:00

There was something "off" about Socks. I understand that he would often try to back up his left wing nut beliefs with an "argument". HOWEVER all of his arguments were very "scripted" almost as if copied off of Snopes or otherwise the arguments sounded to the trained ear as if they were pre-scripted "auto-responses' to any opposition to main stream narrative.

I don't mind having opposition to beliefs, but it's quite literally impossible for anyone considering the preponderance of counter-narrative theories presented from Saiddit users to then yet still parrot Buzzfeed/Snopes level scripted reactions like he did, without at least...taking a step back to re-assess their beliefs on any random topics. Humans would do that, but maybe not Ai's.

TLDR...Socks was 90+% likely to be 1. a moronic idioacracy level left wing nut. 2. A paid or un-paid (lol) shill.

◟(ᵔ ̮ ᵔ)͜💐 RIP Socks....flowers for you...it was a good run you had there. I can't wait to track down your alt user account and whatever other subhuman sell-out miscreants that are sent to take your place.

Zahn · 2022-04-10T06:24:40+00:00

*looks as sleppn as if he were walking garbage

Zahn · 2022-03-31T06:33:53+00:00

Greetings and salutations.

Zahn · 2020-09-19T21:32:05+00:00

Pharma propaganda/marketing. A notable portion of people receiving the Measles injection will actively shed the virus for up to three days, which Pharma and their lab coat drug dealers maliciously spin into claiming vaccine skeptics are at fault.

Zahn · 2020-09-18T21:16:53+00:00

The Covid scare is vastly blown out of proportion. Non N95 masks are ineffective at reducing the spread of anything.

Zahn · 2020-09-18T19:36:26+00:00

Then your customers will patronize a business that's not run by an hysterical, hand wringing, moral busy body that embraces fear and hyperbole instead of science and common sense.

Zahn · 2020-09-11T21:15:17+00:00

@amjesus, come here you little pig.

Zahn · 2020-09-11T08:47:54+00:00

You're a race baiting troll. ....and you smell like swine.

Zahn · 2020-08-06T20:15:19+00:00

Got you red handed! Vor confession vwill be most usevul for der trial.

Zahn · 2020-03-20T23:59:01+00:00

Reddit is that way ====>

Zahn · 2020-03-16T20:29:18+00:00

How much do you get paid to shill? ...You are getting paid...r...r..right?

Zahn · 2022-04-07T06:25:17+00:00

*points on the doll...where did the Putin touch you?

Zahn · 2022-04-07T06:18:56+00:00

Heya cutie, did you call me? What can I do for you? I'm out of fresh flowers but I will go pick some if you need them? <3

Zahn · 2020-12-15T21:34:40+00:00

Science is not a fucking political or social choice

Proceeds to declare race is a social construct, and announces 26 new genders.

Zahn · 2020-11-27T21:08:59+00:00

Nems hasn't used a different search engine since 2007.

Zahn · 2020-11-22T03:16:03+00:00

everywhere that's not run by nutjob conspiracy theorists

Everyone that disagrees with me is a (insert insult here) conspiracy theorist.

Watch out everyone, here comes the gagged and muzzled, bootlicking Coincidence Theorist.

Zahn · 2020-11-01T21:10:56+00:00

LoL, yep both of you have the intellectual capacity of a turnip.

Zahn · 2020-10-31T20:05:50+00:00

Who could of possibly foreseen this happening!?

Zahn · 2020-10-02T17:34:59+00:00

Oh you.....!

Zahn · 2020-09-21T18:49:03+00:00

Your comment doesn't follow any logic. A blanket statement and pathetic Strawman. Maybe men want children because they simply want offspring. It's not some ridiculous conspiracy to disempower women. It could easily be argued having children ultimately empowers women.

Zahn · 2020-09-03T01:27:44+00:00

Fedi, tiresome parroted argument that's a favorite of pro censorship left wing nuts. It was already determined by higher courts that when a private corporations "property" had become a common enough public space, that the corporation could not violate citizens rights such as assembly, and speech. Twitter and Facebook are certainly at this stage.

Zahn · 2020-08-14T19:33:22+00:00

Ossi, your insght and vocabulary is..

shitty

complete with fallacies and ...

dumb

conclusions, along with an inept and

shitty

understanding of how economics work.

Zahn · 2020-08-11T18:05:58+00:00

You sound like one of the mal-contented lezzies at /s/lesbians that hate Americans.....

Zahn · 2020-08-04T04:18:39+00:00

Fed-Quixote, let's talk about the DNC and your affiliations with it. How did you first get involved?

Zahn · 2020-07-19T07:35:30+00:00

You are compulsively obsessed with Misandry. I used to hope you were a troll, but you're sadly probably not. So we all just have to come to terms with it, together we'll get through this...whatever "this" is and wherever "through" goes.

Zahn · 2020-07-19T07:14:37+00:00

Being an actual Misandrist, you're always entertaining. Whenever I think I'm being overly critical or too much of a jerk, you remind me that I'm actually doing okay as a person.

Zahn · 2020-06-07T06:18:56+00:00

How do you explain low IQ white people?

Genetics

How do you explain high IQ black people?

Genetics

Zahn · 2020-03-21T05:41:30+00:00

This type of attitude only achieves to create divisiveness.

Zahn · 2020-03-20T07:38:50+00:00

Interview tomorrow, bring kneepads.

Zahn · 2020-02-15T20:20:11+00:00

Yes Tyrd I've been aware of this since you were still guzzling the MSM kool aid.

Zahn · 2020-02-14T21:19:35+00:00

Whatever boomer. Nice angle coming in and accusing regular users being shills. That's what first clued me in, that you were accusing others of what you were doing.

Since you're on the DNC payroll, I appreciate you revealing their tactics and talking points so this info can be spread to other forums. You're doing us a great service Tyrdhead. But, on a personal note, really you should go to counseling.

Zahn · 2020-02-14T20:46:57+00:00

You don't even know the definition of sophistry. Is this deleted user Tyrdhead? Welcome back if you are. otherwise you're a shill Tom.

Zahn · 2020-01-08T18:32:07+00:00

I see you checked into your day "job". So basically we now can figure out what agenda the democrats are starting to push by seeing what topics they're giving you a script to talk about.

Zahn · 2020-01-07T07:07:46+00:00

Uhm....are you going to disprove OP's post or did I just accidentally barge in on your solo poetry jam night? Please put your clothes back on and get your sweaty lips off the mic.

However maybe there are no coincidences, and this was fated to be!

I will make you a proposition soon but first I'm going to see if our friend Nemacola will pray for you.

Zahn · 2020-01-05T23:51:46+00:00

Whew Lad! It's time to put the bong down.

A country is made up of a culture and people with historically shared major belief systems. While some of those line/borders are technically arbitrary, they are still entirely legal...and legal defined as whose military has the most or biggest guns.

Zahn · 2022-05-12T06:37:58+00:00

pro-Russian shills

Being neutral about Russia or even expressing disagreement with Western hegemony doesn't equal pro-whatever and doesn't make the commenter a pro-Russian shill.

Who do you think socks was hurting on this site that's full of anti-system people?

He was attempting to use the platform as a free advertisement for his twisted cookie cutter establishment narrative and thereby disrupting conversation. It was like having Snopes or Reddit immediately interjected into what would of been a meaningful discovery discussion. I don't mind disagreement, but Socks was such a preposterous normie level rebuttal, it was intellectually offensive. If we wanted to hear what Reddit-tards think, we' be on Reddit. We come here for a higher level of non-censored discussion. This is not a place for his type of pathological authoritarian ilk, and candidly speaking it's not at all welcome...by my standards. However, it was okay to a degree by M7. I understood and accepted M7's viewpoint on the Socks matter.

Zahn · 2022-04-07T16:54:12+00:00

You are definitely not American..lolz

Zahn · 2022-04-05T06:51:27+00:00

You're not even American but have a lot of strong opinions on American politics, quite strange really. Very peculiar. Curiously strong narrative you're pushing there Mr. Socks. Hoping you enjoy going to work at 3 am Pacific Time. How's it feel to be part of the problem? Happy with your pathetic existence quoting Snopes as supportive evidence?...or is it Buzzfeed next? How are those psychological drugs going for you? Got an upper, got a downer? Got an anti-depressant? Got an anti-psychotic? What's next Mr. Socksy? ◟(ᵔ ̮ ᵔ)͜💐 You're my little fly on the flypaper.

Zahn · 2022-04-05T06:34:27+00:00

On average the "indians" I've hired...maybe 1 out of 10 have acceptable work ethics. Idk what you're talking about. These guys are shit tier employees.

Zahn · 2022-03-31T07:26:51+00:00

He's got to mix in half truths here and there to appear as if he is a sentient, caring human being. Don't fall for his ploys. He's on meds and needs our help and support to get through it.

Zahn · 2022-03-19T09:14:39+00:00

Libertarian appeals to narcissism as a political option

Typical opinion non-sense. Guy 1: What does he mean? Guy 2: He's being intentionally ambiguous a. (insert any ideology or belief system) 'appeals to narcissim' ...b. then add subject: "as a political (personal, career, lifestyle, relationship) option". Boom! You then sound like you made a well-thought out point.........and sadly never proved anything.

Look at their record.

I know right!?? Just look at their decades of elected representatives and how they've treated common people!!! The outrageous voting record of these sycophants!

They don't govern.

Duh...Dullard, did you forget the definition of Libertarian? More government fixes everything, of course. History has proven this, ask the American Indians for proofs!!

They won't look after the needs of their constituents.

Duh...Dullard, did you forget the definition of Libertarian? More governmanent fixes everything, of course. /s

And they will always vote against support for the 99%.

Please link crystal ball app. Abstracted and imaginative pre-suppositions. This one's elevator doesn't exactly go to the top floor, friends. Tell us about your astrological predictions too pls kind sir.

Socks the "punching bag of Saidit", thank you for the training. You're an absolute loon but we have to love even our village idiots--- (✿◠‿◠)

Zahn · 2022-03-19T05:30:17+00:00

Muh Russians!!!

Zahn · 2021-03-21T03:50:24+00:00

You keep proving their point. What flavor of shill are you?

Zahn · 2021-03-09T02:37:43+00:00

Compelling retort. You're a faith based covid cultist that worships the great lab coat in the sky.

Zahn · 2021-03-08T19:11:49+00:00

You sure push "their" talking points a lot for being angry with them.

Zahn · 2021-02-25T22:28:18+00:00

Cloth Mask Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/

Other Mask Studies

https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.01.20049528v1

https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047217v2

https://nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006372

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214

https://cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779801/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19216002/

https://aaqr.org/articles/aaqr-13-06-oa-0201.pdf

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747

https://jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bio/23/2/23_61/_pdf/-char/en

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01658736

https://journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/0195-6701(91)90148-2/pdf

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2493952/pdf/annrcse01509-0009.pdf

https://cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data

https://nap.edu/catalog/25776/rapid-expert-consultation-on-the-effectiveness-of-fabric-masks-for-the-covid-19-pandemic-april-8-2020

https://nap.edu/read/25776/chapter/1#6

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article

https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/54/7/789/202744

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599448/

https://acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1342

There is zero scientific evidence that wearing a mask, especially for more extended periods, protects us. However, several studies found significant problems with wearing one. Side-effects range from headaches to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, hypoxia, to more severe complications.

A mask is a petri dish for airborne pathogens. If you are not changing masks at maximum every 90 minutes you are creating a nice warm moist habitat for germs an inch from your face. Moreover, without proper glove use, eye protection, and an actual seal around nose and mouth the mask is entirely superficial and ineffective in preventing the spread of pathogens. Not to mention the evidence indicating overexposure to exhaust gasses and concentrations of Co2 with some masks that can be damaging to the immune system.

https://aapsonline.org/mask-facts/

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29140516/

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22188875/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20092668/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19216002/

http://stateofthenation.co/?p=13832

Oh....and about the ubiquitous moisture droplets that makes Covidiots say..."but, but, but I 'm protecting you from me". More research is pointing out that these viruses are primarily infectious via dry Bio-Aerosols! Yep, and much smaller than your pathetic mask, so you're pretty much spreading it ALL THE TIME.

Teller's 2009 article "Aerosol transmission of influenza A virus: a review of new studies" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2843947/). Teller addresses this directly in the closing discussion.

Increasing evidences point towards a role for aerosol transmission in the spread of influenza (and other similar viruses), at least over short distance where exposure to both aerosol and large droplets occurs. [...] This distinction of ‘short-range aerosol transmission’ is not merely academic; aerosolized particles would readily penetrate or circumvent ordinary surgical masks, and penetration of aerosolized influenza viruses into the LRT where they can initiate infection would account well for the association of aerosol transmission and severe disease.

.....As an additional consideration, it may well be that aerosol transmission is responsible for the most severe cases of disease involving viral infection of the LRT.

Zahn · 2021-02-25T22:25:25+00:00

A review by Skinner and Sutton in 2001 concluded that “The evidence for discontinuing the use of surgical face masks would appear to be stronger than the evidence available to support their continued use.” https://app.cyberimpact.com/click-tracking?ct=ddlxOXTWWl90EryEqcEKoaL2h-gzSc6NGMnZYisIeb1prfLYB2BA0WFJB1WtM2OHdYEwquDuQxpj6iPyIA-mu_9ONer7__h5aFc1_BuYu0w~ PDF!

Lahme et al., in 2001, wrote that “surgical face masks worn by patients during regional anaesthesia, did not reduce the concentration of airborne bacteria over the operation field in our study. Thus they are dispensable.” https://europepmc.org/article/med/11760479

Figueiredo et al., in 2001, reported that in five years of doing peritoneal dialysis without masks, rates of peritonitis in their unit were no different than rates in hospitals where masks were worn. http://www.advancesinpd.com/adv01/21Figueiredo.htm

Bahli did a systematic literature review in 2009 and found that “no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative wound infection was observed between masks groups and groups operated with no masks.” https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Does-evidence-based-medicine-support-the-of-in-in-Bahli/751acd427c20c8dc7d1fbc1b45eead104286f481?p2df

Surgeons at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, recognizing the lack of evidence supporting the use of masks, ceased requiring them in 2010 for anesthesiologists and other non-scrubbed personnel in the operating room. “Our decision to no longer require routine surgical masks for personnel not scrubbed for surgery is a departure from common practice. But the evidence to support this practice does not exist,” wrote Dr. Eva Sellden. https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/113/6/1447/9572/Is-Routine-Use-of-a-Face-Mask-Necessary-in-the

Webster et al., in 2010, reported on obstetric, gynecological, general, orthopaedic, breast and urological surgeries performed on 827 patients. All non-scrubbed staff wore masks in half the surgeries, and none of the non-scrubbed staff wore masks in half the surgeries. Surgical site infections occurred in 11.5% of the Mask group, and in only 9.0% of the No Mask group. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05200.x

Lipp and Edwards reviewed the surgical literature in 2014 and found “no statistically significant difference in infection rates between the masked and unmasked group in any of the trials.” Vincent and Edwards updated this review in 2016 and the conclusion was the same. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002929.pub2/full

Carøe, in a 2014 review based on four studies and 6,006 patients, wrote that “none of the four studies found a difference in the number of post-operative infections whether you used a surgical mask or not.” https://europepmc.org/article/med/25294675

Salassa and Swiontkowski, in 2014, investigated the necessity of scrubs, masks and head coverings in the operating room and concluded that “there is no evidence that these measures reduce the prevalence of surgical site infection.” https://journals.lww.com/jbjsjournal/Abstract/2014/09030/Surgical_Attire_and_the_Operating_Room__Role_in.11.aspx

Da Zhou et al., reviewing the literature in 2015, concluded that “there is a lack of substantial evidence to support claims that facemasks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination.” https://app.cyberimpact.com/click-tracking?ct=8XxKbw1a2tlsGS7OVvC-myVx50CQeX6oobkGLYONaABvQQiClT0d3LXoNrvXbfQhxo4nwt3Q8Et_YSEkxFx275oiqB-rFYJbNJL6Yiv8To4~ PDF!

n Epidemics 2017, a meta-analysis concluded that masks had a non-significant protective effect. In the Annuals of Internal Medicine, April 2020, “neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filtered SARS-CoV-2 during coughs by affected people.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436516300858

According to a University of New South Wales, the widespread use of masks by healthcare workers may put them at increased risk of respiratory illness and viral infections, and their global use should be discouraged.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-masksdangerous-health.html

In the British Medical Journal 2015, “Over three times, the risk of contracting influenza-like illness if a cloth mask is used versus no mask at all.” Contaminated masks and masks holding moisture and pathogen retention can increase the risk of infection.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/

A 2016 study in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology found 97% of particles penetrated cloth masks, and 44% of particles penetrated medical masks. They reported that cloth masks are only marginally beneficial in protecting individuals from particles less than 2.5 micrometers.

https://www.nature.com/articles/jes201642

As referenced in the New England Journal of Medicine, the size of Coronavirus particles varied between 0.06 micrometers and 0.14 micrometers.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001017

Cloth and surgical masks do not have a fit test. When worn, gaps around the edges allow small particles to enter the respiratory system. Also, according to the May 2010 edition of PLoS One, lack of eye protection was a primary risk factor of SARS-CoV transmission.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32310553/

Wearing a mask for seven hours straight may not be safe. Carbon dioxide (CO2) rebreathing has been recognized as a concern in the Ergonomics Journal.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23514282/

In the Head and Neck Pain Journal, most healthcare workers develop de novo PPE‐associated headaches or exacerbation of their pre‐existing headache disorders.

https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/head.13811

The Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control Journal demonstrated, “Breathing through N95 mask materials have been shown to impede gaseous exchange and impose an additional workload on the metabolic system of pregnant healthcare workers. The benefits of using an N95 mask to prevent serious emerging infectious diseases should be weighed against potential respiratory consequences associated with extended N95 respirator usage.

https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-015-0086-z

Masks also hamper oxygen intake; the body and the immune system require optimal levels of oxygen to feed cells and fight off illness, including Covid19. When studied, surgeons who wore surgical masks had a decrease in blood O2 saturation and an increase in pulse rates of the surgeons after the operations due to surgical mask usage.

http://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/neuro/v19n2/3.pdf

According to the Journal of Biomedicines, our oxygen concentration is closely associated with cell survival and immune functioning, making one more susceptible to illness.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027519/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29395560/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32590322/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15340662/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26579222/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31159777/

Zahn · 2021-02-25T22:23:07+00:00

A repost that continues in nested comments.

Jacobs, J. L. et al. (2009) “Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: A randomized controlled trial,” American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 37, Issue 5, 417 – 419. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216002

N95-masked health-care workers (HCW) were significantly more likely to experience headaches. Face mask use in Healthcare work was not demonstrated to provide benefit in terms of cold symptoms or getting colds.

Cowling, B. et al. (2010) “Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus: A systematic review,” Epidemiology and Infection, 138(4), 449-456. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/face-masks-to-prevent-transmission-of-influenza-virus-a-systematic- review/64D368496EBDE0AFCC6639CCC9D8BC05

None of the studies reviewed showed a benefit from wearing a mask, in either Healthcare work or community members in households (H). See summary Tables 1 and 2 therein.

bin-Reza et al. (2012) “The use of masks and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: a systematic review of the scientific evidence,” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 6(4), 257–267. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00307.x

“There were 17 eligible studies. … None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”

Smith, J.D. et al. (2016) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” CMAJ Mar 2016 https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567

“We identified six clinical studies … . In the meta-analysis of the clinical studies, we found no significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of (a) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, (b) influenza-like illness, or (c) reported work-place absenteeism.”

Offeddu, V. et al. (2017) “Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 65, Issue 11, 1 December 2017, Pages 1934–1942, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747

“Self-reported assessment of clinical outcomes was prone to bias. Evidence of a protective effect of masks or respirators against verified respiratory infection (VRI) was not statistically significant”; as per Fig. 2c therein:

Radonovich, L.J. et al. (2019) “N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” JAMA. 2019; 322(9): 824–833. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214

“Among 2862 randomized participants, 2371 completed the study and accounted for 5180 HCW-seasons. ... Among outpatient health care personnel, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

Long, Y. et al. (2020) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” J Evid Based Med. 2020; 1- 9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jebm.12381

“A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included. There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza, laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections, laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks. Meta-analysis indicated a protective effect of N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization (RR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.78). The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

THE Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, after many studies, have come to this conclusion: Wearing masks will not reduce SARS-CoV-2.

https://aapsonline.org/mask-facts/

Coronavirus can enter through the eyes.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/health-news/11593666/coronavirus-enter-through-eyes-scientists-warn/

"We did not find evidence that surgical-type face masks are effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza transmission, either when worn by infected persons (source control) or by persons in the general community to reduce their susceptibility." https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article

Cities with mask mandates are also the ones with the highest death counts.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/new-york-times-attempt-promote-face-masks-backfires-shows-widespread-china-coronavirus-cases-wherever-masks-worn/

Ritter et al in 1975, found that “the wearing of a surgical face mask had no effect upon the overall operating room environmental contamination.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1157412/

Ha’eri and Wiley, in 1980, applied human albumin microspheres to the interior of surgical masks in 20 operations. At the end of each operation, wound washings were examined under the microscope. “Particle contamination of the wound was demonstrated in all experiments.” https://europepmc.org/article/med/7379387

Laslett and Sabin, in 1989, found that caps and masks were not necessary during cardiac catheterization. “No infections were found in any patient, regardless of whether a cap or mask was used,” they wrote. Sjøl and Kelbaek came to the same conclusion in 2002. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ccd.1810170306

In Tunevall’s 1991 study, a general surgical team wore no masks in half of their surgeries for two years. After 1,537 operations performed with masks, the wound infection rate was 4.7%, while after 1,551 operations performed without masks, the wound infection rate was only 3.5%. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01658736

Zahn · 2021-02-02T04:52:19+00:00

I don't know exactly who "they" were. I would guess just a handful of bad actors, not necessarily regular members of Ip2. Nor do I know the nature of the doxxing and harassment. They complained to Saidit's host, which in turn threatened to shut down Saidit unless Ip2 was removed. Hosting companies are stupid.

I'm sure Mags knows all the juicy details.

Zahn · 2021-01-30T07:12:20+00:00

Crazy 'ol doomer uncle Fedi.

Zahn · 2020-11-27T07:05:36+00:00

*yawns at you.

Zahn · 2020-11-25T04:09:55+00:00

how wide the consensus is that the holocaust happened, it's pretty fucking wide

A widespread belief doesn't define what is "truth". History is bursting with examples of commonly accepted truths ending up being eventually proven false. You will have to use a different methodology to prove your beliefs.

Zahn · 2020-11-24T05:28:47+00:00

People are free to disagree, can't be downvoted. Just keep it reasonably civil.

Also, you disappeared when it was time for further counseling. This leads me to assume you are stubbornly insisting on clinging onto your repressed negative memories?

Zahn · 2020-11-24T05:22:16+00:00

You sound very, very concerned.

Zahn · 2020-11-22T20:29:18+00:00

At least we're getting somewhere. It's ok to feel that way too...It means we're getting close. Those feelings bound up inside you. It's getting time to confront them..slowly one emotion at a time. Identify them and why they make you feel the way you do. You're older now, and you can handle it. I believe in you. I know deep down you don't want to be this way anymore.

Stop projecting these internalized negative emotions on others here, and go within yourself instead. Catharsis... take responsibility for your happiness or lack of, realize you yourself own them..then release them. Breathe through it.

What you could of been, what you could be. It's up to you, be the better person you truly desire, friend. It's in your hands.

Zahn · 2020-11-22T19:58:18+00:00

dumbfuck

Projection

Gonna

The education system has failed you.

Zahn · 2020-11-22T01:15:00+00:00

Oh great, that's all we need is another low Iq propaganda guzzler.

Zahn · 2020-11-21T21:11:19+00:00

I'm a loyal American and have pride in my country

Proceeds to shit talk Americans.

Start acting like it then. Goes to show that America isn't magic dirt that instills our spirit into economic migrants.

Zahn · 2020-11-21T19:33:09+00:00

I immigrated here a few decades ago. This was the first thing I noticed about Americans, how stubborn and difficult they are. ABOUT EVERYTHING. I mean, you're proud of it

We let them immigrate....proceeds to insult us. This indomitable American spirit is a feature, not a defect. The fruits of this is why people want to immigrate here. You left your native country for a reason, perhaps they will welcome you back. Wh..what do you mean you don't want to go back?

Zahn · 2020-11-21T08:01:26+00:00

They had doxxed and/or were harassing someone irl...something...something, the hosting company got involved with the complaint.

But yeah, Boobob summed it up more creatively.

Zahn · 2020-11-08T03:44:23+00:00

Based and fuck pilled. The end result is often the intended result.

Zahn · 2020-11-05T10:29:25+00:00

I really love those "I voted" stickers, it's my primary motivation for voting.

I can only imagine how even more excited and involved with the political process you'd get if they handed out coloring books and candy too.

Zahn · 2020-11-04T02:15:29+00:00

Man up and disprove his premises boobobboobob, instead of posting an opinion piece. No one's saying concepts are 100% accurate, but you're batting Zero for any substance to your non existent counterpoints.

Zahn · 2020-11-04T02:08:38+00:00

Sounds like you're manifesting you're own cope because your narrow mind can't comprehend abstract and complex patterns. It's easier to smugly pat yourself on the back by dismissively slandering people you don't agree with as "mentally ill".

Zahn · 2020-10-16T03:04:21+00:00

Some people really are just Moderates. Reality is not a "you're either this, or you are a that".

Zahn · 2020-09-18T22:05:22+00:00

Friend I've had this conversation hundreds of times, and wing nut extremists like you lose every time.

Find more honest ways of promoting your premise by refraining from Appeal To Authority Fallacies. Wearing a lab coat does not magically make someone correct:

By using an appeal to authority, the argument is relying upon testimony, not facts. A testimony is not an argument and it is not a fact.

Learn to not only research, and reveal sources of sources, but also all of the fine print. Consider practising critical thinking.

Someone with critical thinking skills can: Understand the links between ideas.

Determine the importance and relevance of arguments and ideas.

Recognise, build and appraise arguments.

Identify inconsistencies and errors in reasoning.

Approach problems in a consistent and systematic way.

Reflect on the justification of their own assumptions, beliefs and values.

In the meantime congratulate yourself for your obsession with pathological virtue signalling while you harass your patrons.

Zahn · 2020-09-18T20:58:07+00:00

I'm sorry your false narrative is collapsing and you are having to face the sobering reality that you were perhaps "mistaken" when you failed to do your diligent research to arrive at a truthful summation of events months ago. Time to "man up", stop projecting and be the bigger person by admitting you took an incorrect stance.

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” -- CS Lewis

Zahn · 2020-09-17T04:48:19+00:00

Only idiots support [Insert Any President Here].

Fixed that for you.

Zahn · 2020-09-16T05:10:12+00:00

How do you manage to talk so much and still not say anything important at all?

but the institution of slavery in America was rooted in racism

So do tell, in what culture that practised slavery was it believed that the slaves were not thought to be ethnically or racially inferior? How is the U.S. different in this regards?

Zahn · 2020-09-03T07:27:26+00:00

As Magnora said, those corps have reached a size to be considered public utilities as evidenced by similar court decisions.

The situation is that people who have views that are not being censored, are ecstatic that opposing viewpoints are being censored. These people love to say:

Twitter isn't the government, and has no obligation to host speech it doesn't like.

Ad nauseum

Of course were the shoe on the other foot, they'd be howling about how these corps should be treated as a public utility.

Zahn · 2020-09-01T10:25:26+00:00

*looks at Fedi smugly.

Zahn · 2020-08-21T04:51:41+00:00

This logic doesn't even follow.

insane hypothesis

This is like when you try to conclusion shop to explain everything as being a Coincidence.....that is actual insanity or even really just being pedantic. In language Fedi can understand: Its dumb.

Research is deep information, connections and data, correlated to peculiar patterns and curious incongruencies, that then overlay onto historical information and anecdotes. Applied then to known human behaviour and common sense.

Fedi's idea of research: Snopes.

With any concept, I prove/disprove both sides of the concept. The side where the puzzle pieces fit better and create a more believable "picture", is the side I will lean toward as being "more true".

Zahn · 2020-08-21T04:36:04+00:00

Fedi thinks himself to be on a crusade to enlighten those whom he believes to be heathens from their barbarous practise of having alternative viewpoints.

He is so infatuated with his indoctrination into the main stream normie narrative that he has become a modern day Don Quioxte cluelessly embarking on his quest that is predestined to fail.

And he becomes a source of amusing puzzlement for bystanders. Why would a normie burden himself with this doomed task?

Is he so dense that he won't allow any of his precious false narratives to even be challenged?

Which is why most people just have to assume he's being compensated, because no one in their right mind would do any of these things for free or pretend to hold onto such obvious false beliefs.

Zahn · 2020-08-13T21:32:01+00:00

Because it stopped being a health concern and is now becoming a political wedge issue. Don't let a good crisis go to waste, gotta get some more miles out of this!

Zahn · 2020-08-13T05:24:00+00:00

You're such a rascal, Nems!

Zahn · 2020-08-08T23:17:48+00:00

If Fauci said to stick your finger up your butt, you'd be the first in line to do it. Gullible and naive.

Zahn · 2020-08-07T04:39:03+00:00

I disapprove of this post.

Zahn · 2020-08-04T21:41:20+00:00

Lol, respond...don't react.

Zahn · 2020-08-04T04:52:48+00:00

Fedin, you're always so vitriolic and verbally abusive! Maybe if you could take it down just a notch so it doesn't sound so much like theres a screeching teenager around.

The difference in jargon would be Legal vs Lawful.

Zahn · 2020-07-27T03:00:48+00:00

Calling people racist doesn't have the effect you would like to think it does.

Zahn · 2020-07-20T21:01:43+00:00

Political theatre. Don't waste your time with this type of entertainment.

Zahn · 2020-07-17T20:29:16+00:00

For one, why would you compare COVID deaths vs the total new york population instead of COVID deaths vs people INFECTED WITH COVID

This is common procedure for medical research to calculate 'probability of dying', individuals per 100,000.

seasonal flu mortality rate is less than 0.1%, while COVID sits at 2%.

You missed the point of the links. The 2% figure represents previous deaths for Covid which was older data, before more recent revelations. Where it is now becoming more apparent, that partly because of incompetence and partly because hospitals were provided financial incentive to lie about Covid infections, they then grossly inflated reported infections. False positives, co-morbidity...diagnosing people with seasonal influenza as having covid instead....etc..etc...

And how does a comorbidity in any way take away the danger of the disease? Underlying health conditions don't suddenly make diseases less dangerous, they just make it more dangerous to people with underlying diseases.

Because it's mostly dangerous to people with underlying conditions, elderly, immunocompromised. Not the general reasonably healthy population. Its no more dangerous than the seasonal flu. These amounts of deaths now being reported by over-sensationalized media because of covid, has been happening every year from common influenza your whole life. No one cared, no one notice, nothing reported. But, now...for some reason....it's media spotlight.

Is it going to kill everyone? No, but the point is A) to not overwhelm hospital systems and B) to protect vulnerable populations which have a particular weakness to any easily spread disease.

If someone is vulnerable they should stay at home quarantined with a mask on.

I think there's good enough information to take reasonable precautions for the sake of safety.

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”

― Samuel Adams

Put your muzzle on slave.

Zahn · 2020-07-17T19:27:23+00:00

demonstrably false

Because the man on tv reading a script told you so? Do your research, prove your premise, master your mind, own your thoughts and make them yours and yours alone....not someone else's.

Until recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the annual mortality burden of influenza to be 250 000 to 500 000 all-cause deaths globally; however, a 2017 study indicated a substantially higher mortality burden, at 290 000-650 000 influenza-associated deaths from respiratory causes alone.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815659/

Covid Mortality Rate (23k / 8.4M = 0.28% CMR to date) and Probability of Dying

As of May 1, 23,430 people are estimated to have died out of a total population of 8,398,748 in New York City. This corresponds to a 0.28% crude mortality rate to date, or 279 deaths per 100,000 population, or 1 death every 358 people. Note that the Crude Mortality Rate will continue to increase as more infections and deaths occur (see notes under the paragraph "Herd Immunity" below for details).

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/

Using patient data from China, public health officials initially estimated that 80% of COVID-19 cases are either asymptomatic or have mild disease.

A group of researchers analyzed data from China and found that the overall mortality rate of COVID-19 was 1.38%. But if they adjusted for cases that likely went unaccounted for due to their mild or asymptomatic nature, the overall mortality rate decreased to around 0.66%, they reported on March 30 in journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/we-could-be-vastly-overestimating-the-death-rate-for-covid-19-heres-why/

Coronavirus death rate may be lower than previously thought

The death rate from COVID-19 is likely around 0.66%, if counting the mild or asymptomatic cases, according to a new study https://www.livescience.com/death-rate-lower-than-estimates.html

Nearly All NYC-Area COVID-19 Hospitalizations Had Comorbidities

A new study published April 22 in the Journal of the American Medical Association characterizes the symptoms, comorbidities, and clinical outcomes of 5,700 patients hospitalized because of COVID-19 in the New York area. The authors found that 94 percent of the patients had a chronic health problem, and 88 percent had two or more. The three most prevalent conditions were hypertension (56.6 percent), obesity (41.7 percent), and diabetes (33.8 percent).

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/nearly-all-nyc-area-covid-19-hospitalizations-had-comorbidities-67476

Just today, from an ER System senior Exec in Texas: Senior Executive at Texas ER Chain Reveals Real Reason For Spike in Coronavirus Cases Published June 30, 2020 at 12:03pm

JB Neiman, a Managing Partner and General Counsel of a Texas-based company that owns 13 free-standing clinics in the state of Texas said "More testing kits means they are able to test a broader group of patients." "What is driving people to the ER? The executive breaks that down: Roughly half have been told by their employer to get a test — if they have a sneeze or a cough, their employer tells them to go home and get tested. The other half just want to know if they have COVID (some have mild symptoms and some have no symptoms." Discharge planners are being pressured to put COVID as primary diagnosis because it pays significantly better, according to JB Neiman. Neiman concluded:

“What we are seeing at our facilities is more of a positive story…You have more people who are testing positive with minimal symptoms.

This means the fatality rate is significantly less than commonly reported.”

And we can keep going and going on this, why do I have to spoonfeed you?

Zahn · 2020-07-03T22:23:31+00:00

You're long on ad hominems, and short on cogent arguments. One of us is certainly low Iq. Take the cyanide pill, kid.

Zahn · 2020-07-03T21:09:17+00:00

Found the Reddit provocateur.

Zahn · 2020-06-01T20:18:31+00:00

Trust Us (™)

Zahn · 2020-05-29T20:36:24+00:00

Low effort being an "opinion" as a post. Politicos politick, this is by definition how they are and how the world works. It would be more correct to extend your statement to 99% of politicians.

Zahn · 2020-05-29T19:51:33+00:00

Don't over exert yourself with a low effort post.

Zahn · 2020-05-28T23:41:35+00:00

I think this is a good idea to create balanced information. IF the platform has reached a certain size, ie...Facebook, Twitter etc. The problem is that with their overreaching bias, they are wrongfully influencing normies with their disinformation campaigns to affect national sentiment.

The precedent here is: back when railroad barons ruled the west, many towns popped up that were on the railroad corporations property. These barons weren't always very fair in their dealings with employees and the public. Inevitably the people that lived in these towns became very vocal about mistreatment. Whereupon, the corporation booted and banned them from their towns.

A court ruling on the case determined that once a town reached a certain size, even though it was owned by a corporation, was at that point considered public domain. And that constitutional rights, such as freedom of speech, could not be abrogated. The parallel here with Twitter is very similar.

Zahn · 2020-04-28T06:16:51+00:00

Oh come on now, could you be any less of an obvious shit stirring drama queen? Jason's views tend to be reasonable and moderate. You however aren't providing proof of your accusations, stirring the pot....and well..acting like an actual shill.

Zahn · 2020-04-19T20:02:48+00:00

Not a very good rebuttal, you're regurgitating personal opinion.

How many people do you personally know who have died from it?

Zahn · 2020-04-19T19:27:16+00:00

You're a better DNC shill than the last one they sent but you're pretty easy to see through. Soooo soft and squishy. You're going to get eaten for lunch around here.

Zahn · 2020-04-18T23:10:37+00:00

Present a well thought out rebuttal, Red, if you disagree with his statement or continue to prove you have the intelligence of an 8 year old thinking emojis are a replacement for genuine debate.

Zahn

This means the fatality rate is significantly less than commonly reported.”