“Dan Hardy is an English former mixed martial artist who fought in the welterweight division. He signed a contract with the UFC in 2008 and was known as “The Outlaw.” In 2010, he fought Georges St-Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship but lost via decision. Later in his career, he moved into commentary before a dispute with the UFC resulted in their parting ways. Hardy now commentates on MMA for his own YouTube channel, Full Reptile”
“Dilbert creator Scott Adams, member of MENSA and famed atheist, decided it was important to tell his audience to get away from black people. If you think that’s bad, wait until you see what I dug up from years ago. He’s been pushing a far right extremist narrative for a long time now. During the 2020 presidential campaign, he took advantage of religious people’s fears and superstitions, despite the fact that he’s openly atheist. Does it get more depraved than this?
Honestly I haven’t even scratched the surface of how awful this guy truly is. He “self-identified as black” for years, and only stopped doing so because he felt he was “part of a hate group.” That’s right. He didn’t stop identifying as black because he’s a fully white man. He stopped because he decided an entire category of humans, who no one can decide to join or not join, was a hate group.
I’m honestly ashamed that we share any overlapping views, but it is important to point out the popular atheists who are also extremely wrong and dangerous. He doesn’t get a pass just because he happens to agree with me on the God issue. He also doesn’t really ACT like an atheist. I don’t mean atheists are a monolith who all must agree on everything. I mean the thing that makes an atheist- a lack of belief in all gods. This guy, seemingly unashamedly, went on a rant about demons and how there were an awful lot of demonic coincidences surrounding Joe Biden.
I’ve never once considered pointing out that someone was demonic or possessed or claiming someone was worshiping Satan. Because I DON’T BELIEVE IN THOSE THINGS. It would be like a fundamentalist coming up to you and saying they felt Krishna was really influencing you lately. You’d understandably have some questions.
Ultimately it’s up to each of us to self-identify our own beliefs and feelings and we all just have to kind of take people at their word. It’s a lot like gender and sexuality. We can’t know what’s happening inside someone’s brain so we have to give them the benefit of the doubt and basic respect. But with this guy I’m tempted to speculate.”
“Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave talk about the conversation between podcaster Joe Rogan and comedian Russel Brand criticizing Bill Gates inserting himself in public health matters. #joerogan #billgates #russelbrand
According to the CDC, all COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States are effective at preventing COVID-19. Getting sick with COVID-19 can offer some protection from future illness, sometimes called “natural immunity,” but the level of protection people get from having COVID-19 may vary depending on how mild or severe their illness was, the time since their infection, and their age.
Getting a COVID-19 vaccination is also a safer way to build protection than getting sick with COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccination helps protect you by creating an antibody response without you having to experience sickness. Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, particularly people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Getting sick with COVID-19 can cause severe illness or death, and we can’t reliably predict who will have mild or severe illness. If you get sick, you can spread COVID-19 to others. You can also continue to have long-term health issues after COVID-19 infection.
While COVID-19 vaccines are effective, studies have shown some declines in vaccine effectiveness against infections over time, especially when the Delta variant was circulating widely.
The mRNA vaccines do not contain any live virus. Instead, they work by teaching our cells to make a harmless piece of a “spike protein,” which is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19. After making the protein piece, cells display it on their surface. Our immune system then recognizes that it does not belong there and responds to get rid of it. When an immune response begins, antibodies are produced, creating the same response that happens in a natural infection.
In contrast to mRNA vaccines, many other vaccines use a piece of, or weakened version of, the germ that the vaccine protects against. This is how the measles and flu vaccines work. When a weakened or small part of the virus is introduced to your body, you make antibodies to help protect against future infection.
Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot either 6 months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series, or 2 months after their initial Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine. People ages 16–17 may get a booster dose of Pfizer at least 6 months after their initial series of vaccines.
The CDC says A person is fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving all recommended doses in the primary series of their COVID-19 vaccination. A person is up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination if they have received all recommended doses in the primary series and one booster when eligible.
Getting a second booster is not necessary to be considered up to date at this time. A study by The Cleveland Clinic found that both previous infection and vaccination provide substantial protection against COVID-19. Vaccination of previously infected individuals does not provide additional protection against COVID-19 for several months, but after that provides significant protection at least against symptomatic COVID-19
According to the CDC mRNA vaccines do not contain any live virus. Instead, they work by teaching our cells to make a harmless piece of a “spike protein,” which is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19. After making the protein piece, cells display it on their surface. Our immune system then recognizes that it does not belong there and responds to get rid of it. When an immune response begins, antibodies are produced, creating the same response that happens in a natural infection.
In contrast to mRNA vaccines, many other vaccines use a piece of, or weakened version of, the germ that the vaccine protects against. This is how the measles and flu vaccines work. When a weakened or small part of the virus is introduced to your body, you make antibodies to help protect against future infection.
Both messenger RNA (mRNA) and viral vector COVID-19 vaccines work by delivering instructions (genetic material) to our cells to start building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
After the body produces an immune response, it discards all the vaccine ingredients just as it would discard any information that cells no longer need. This process is a part of normal body functioning.
The genetic material delivered by mRNA vaccines never enters the nucleus of your cells, which is where your DNA is kept. Viral vector COVID-19 vaccines deliver genetic material to the cell nucleus to allow our cells to build protection against COVID-19. However, the vector virus does not have the machinery needed to integrate its genetic material into our DNA, so it cannot alter our DNA.”
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