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originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Well, again you show your ignorance...
Claiming these drugs are "untested", or "experimental" is just ludicrous and parroted many times by your ilk on this site..
These vaccines went through EXACTLY the same testing process as every other drug/vaccine in human history..
The only difference being, these tests were carried out in parralell, not in series, hence the speed with which they came to market..
When you continue to make these previously refuted claims your other arguments are brought into question..
Get your facts right, then we can discuss these points like adults...
PA
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Original OP's post makes sense...
I've always known that contracting COVID is more dangerous than taking the vaccine's, it's common sense when you look at the statistics with an open mind...
This is what the OP was attempting to demonstrate..
If you can't see this then nothing I can say will change your mind...
You see, the difference between you and me is my opininons change when presented with reliable evidence... I was originally skeptical of the vaccines, but once I understood the data I understood that the risk associated with catching COVID was far greater...
Again, if you can't see this then you are beyond reasonable debate... I don't know how many more times people need to point this out to you personally before you start to grasp it.. I've seen people explain this to you many times... And yet to continue to persist with your little soundbites and copy and pasted resposnses saying the same thing..
Clearly you are committed to a certain route and are not open to alternative arguments... Which is sad...
This is not a good look on a site such as this which encourages debate and sharing of information....
PA
There could be no comparison between vaccines and viruses. Vaccines are compared to vaccines and viruses to viruses.
You have repeatedly made this claim and it is simply and obviously wrong.
Comparing the outcomes of the vaccines and the virus is fundamental to risk benefit analysis.
If you still can't understand this then perhaps you are not in a position to be judging anyone's understanding of the data.
originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Well, again you show your ignorance...
Claiming these drugs are "untested", or "experimental" is just ludicrous and parroted many times by your ilk on this site..
These vaccines went through EXACTLY the same testing process as every other drug/vaccine in human history..
The only difference being, these tests were carried out in parralell, not in series, hence the speed with which they came to market..
When you continue to make these previously refuted claims your other arguments are brought into question..
Get your facts right, then we can discuss these points like adults...
PA
I don't need to do the math to show me that 1:109733 is vastly lower than the already low 1% fatality rate among COVID-19 patients.
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Provide sources to refute my claims. You see you can't so you just do what you always do, deflect and insult.
It's actually the other way around. Provide sources to support your claims. You need to qualify your claims first just as everyone else does. The burden of proof and evidence is on the claimant. Even if you don't have proof you should have some evidence for claiming that Covid-19 is a virus and especially a chimeric one.
Answer me this - Is Covid-19 not a virus? If so what is it?
No, it is not a virus. COVID-19 is a clinical disease diagnosis, which I already told you. It is caused by any one of a number of the variants of SARS-COV-2.
COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a disease caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2
CDC.gov
It is literally in the first sentence at the CDC page on the topic. It can now be said without hyperbole that during every prior discussion you had defending vaccines you didn't know the first thing about COVID-19.
Then answer me this, why is Paxlovid - an anti-viral medication - prescribed for Covid-19 if it is not a virus?
“I think it is the beginning of a ‘game-changer,’” says Scott Roberts, MD, a Yale Medicine infectious diseases specialist. “It's really our first efficacious oral antiviral pill for this virus. It shows clear benefit, and it really can prevent hospitalization and death in people who are at high risk.”
www.yalemedicine.org...
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Original OP's post makes sense...
I've always known that contracting COVID is more dangerous than taking the vaccine's, it's common sense when you look at the statistics with an open mind...
This is what the OP was attempting to demonstrate..
If you can't see this then nothing I can say will change your mind...
You see, the difference between you and me is my opininons change when presented with reliable evidence... I was originally skeptical of the vaccines, but once I understood the data I understood that the risk associated with catching COVID was far greater...
Again, if you can't see this then you are beyond reasonable debate... I don't know how many more times people need to point this out to you personally before you start to grasp it.. I've seen people explain this to you many times... And yet to continue to persist with your little soundbites and copy and pasted resposnses saying the same thing..
Clearly you are committed to a certain route and are not open to alternative arguments... Which is sad...
This is not a good look on a site such as this which encourages debate and sharing of information....
PA
There could be no comparison between vaccines and viruses. Vaccines are compared to vaccines and viruses to viruses.
You have repeatedly made this claim and it is simply and obviously wrong.
Comparing the outcomes of the vaccines and the virus is fundamental to risk benefit analysis.
If you still can't understand this then perhaps you are not in a position to be judging anyone's understanding of the data.
Your arguments have been refuted several times in the past and you are very late in this conversation for once more. It seems the entire vaccine apologist team has been very upset with the failed attempts by your fellow vaccine apologist who tried to debunk whatever he was trying to debunk and he couldn't even provide a single correct statistic. All numbers, statistics, and analysis are wrong.
I think you should be more concerned with the attempt by another member to present Covid-19 as a virus and especially as a chimeric virus...I am sure you know the difference between the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. The other member doesn't seem to get it.
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Original OP's post makes sense...
I've always known that contracting COVID is more dangerous than taking the vaccine's, it's common sense when you look at the statistics with an open mind...
This is what the OP was attempting to demonstrate..
If you can't see this then nothing I can say will change your mind...
You see, the difference between you and me is my opininons change when presented with reliable evidence... I was originally skeptical of the vaccines, but once I understood the data I understood that the risk associated with catching COVID was far greater...
Again, if you can't see this then you are beyond reasonable debate... I don't know how many more times people need to point this out to you personally before you start to grasp it.. I've seen people explain this to you many times... And yet to continue to persist with your little soundbites and copy and pasted resposnses saying the same thing..
Clearly you are committed to a certain route and are not open to alternative arguments... Which is sad...
This is not a good look on a site such as this which encourages debate and sharing of information....
PA
There could be no comparison between vaccines and viruses. Vaccines are compared to vaccines and viruses to viruses.
You have repeatedly made this claim and it is simply and obviously wrong.
Comparing the outcomes of the vaccines and the virus is fundamental to risk benefit analysis.
If you still can't understand this then perhaps you are not in a position to be judging anyone's understanding of the data.
Your arguments have been refuted several times in the past and you are very late in this conversation for once more. It seems the entire vaccine apologist team has been very upset with the failed attempts by your fellow vaccine apologist who tried to debunk whatever he was trying to debunk and he couldn't even provide a single correct statistic. All numbers, statistics, and analysis are wrong.
I think you should be more concerned with the attempt by another member to present Covid-19 as a virus and especially as a chimeric virus...I am sure you know the difference between the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. The other member doesn't seem to get it.
You do understand there is a difference between you having an opinion and refuting arguments?
You also understand that someone having a different opinion to you doesn't make them a 'vaccine apologist' or whatever other meaningless term you wish to use (ad nasuem).
And in this specific Instance no my arguments have not been refuted by the simple fact that your position is ludicrous. Of course the outcome of the virus and vaccine are compared.
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: ScepticScot
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Original OP's post makes sense...
I've always known that contracting COVID is more dangerous than taking the vaccine's, it's common sense when you look at the statistics with an open mind...
This is what the OP was attempting to demonstrate..
If you can't see this then nothing I can say will change your mind...
You see, the difference between you and me is my opininons change when presented with reliable evidence... I was originally skeptical of the vaccines, but once I understood the data I understood that the risk associated with catching COVID was far greater...
Again, if you can't see this then you are beyond reasonable debate... I don't know how many more times people need to point this out to you personally before you start to grasp it.. I've seen people explain this to you many times... And yet to continue to persist with your little soundbites and copy and pasted resposnses saying the same thing..
Clearly you are committed to a certain route and are not open to alternative arguments... Which is sad...
This is not a good look on a site such as this which encourages debate and sharing of information....
PA
There could be no comparison between vaccines and viruses. Vaccines are compared to vaccines and viruses to viruses.
You have repeatedly made this claim and it is simply and obviously wrong.
Comparing the outcomes of the vaccines and the virus is fundamental to risk benefit analysis.
If you still can't understand this then perhaps you are not in a position to be judging anyone's understanding of the data.
Your arguments have been refuted several times in the past and you are very late in this conversation for once more. It seems the entire vaccine apologist team has been very upset with the failed attempts by your fellow vaccine apologist who tried to debunk whatever he was trying to debunk and he couldn't even provide a single correct statistic. All numbers, statistics, and analysis are wrong.
I think you should be more concerned with the attempt by another member to present Covid-19 as a virus and especially as a chimeric virus...I am sure you know the difference between the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. The other member doesn't seem to get it.
You do understand there is a difference between you having an opinion and refuting arguments?
You also understand that someone having a different opinion to you doesn't make them a 'vaccine apologist' or whatever other meaningless term you wish to use (ad nasuem).
And in this specific Instance no my arguments have not been refuted by the simple fact that your position is ludicrous. Of course the outcome of the virus and vaccine are compared.
Your arguments have been refuted several times as they rely on vaccine apologetics and denialism of reality just as all other other arguments by vaccine apologists made in this thread and in many other threads.
From the 'mysterious and new' account they came to debunk whatever he/she wanted to debunk and couldn't even provide a single correct number, statistic, and logical piece of analysis...
To the latest arguments made by another member who insists that Covid-19 is a virus. The argument becomes even more interesting as this virus has emerged from the combination of SARS-CoV-2 with another virus to become... Covid-19!
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Don't be obtuse.
I was talking about your argument, not the OP's.
More denialism of reality, I'm afraid.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Provide sources to refute my claims. You see you can't so you just do what you always do, deflect and insult.
It's actually the other way around. Provide sources to support your claims. You need to qualify your claims first just as everyone else does. The burden of proof and evidence is on the claimant. Even if you don't have proof you should have some evidence for claiming that Covid-19 is a virus and especially a chimeric one.
Answer me this - Is Covid-19 not a virus? If so what is it?
No, it is not a virus. COVID-19 is a clinical disease diagnosis, which I already told you. It is caused by any one of a number of the variants of SARS-COV-2.
COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a disease caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2
CDC.gov
It is literally in the first sentence at the CDC page on the topic. It can now be said without hyperbole that during every prior discussion you had defending vaccines you didn't know the first thing about COVID-19.
Then answer me this, why is Paxlovid - an anti-viral medication - prescribed for Covid-19 if it is not a virus?
“I think it is the beginning of a ‘game-changer,’” says Scott Roberts, MD, a Yale Medicine infectious diseases specialist. “It's really our first efficacious oral antiviral pill for this virus. It shows clear benefit, and it really can prevent hospitalization and death in people who are at high risk.”
www.yalemedicine.org...
I can't reduce the explanation any further than the statement I already linked from the CDC. I can only further illustrate the distinction using other examples.
COVID-19 is a disease. It is precipitated by having an infection with SARS-COV-2 variants resulting in a clinical criteria being met.
Much like chicken pox is a disease, which caused by varicella-zoster. Like smallpox is a disease, which is caused by variola virus. Like genital warts is a disease, which is caused by human papillomavirus. Like AIDS is a syndrome, caused by human immunodeficiency virus.
I cannot help that it is used colloquially in an incorrect way. It doesn't benefit pharmaceutical companies to correct ignorance in the masses. People on TV and giving statements to the press are not paid to educate your or correct your erroneous beliefs, nor use terminology in an technically accurate way. They are paid to make you believe whatever causes you to do what the people paying them want. In the case of COVID almost every single entity involved, from the NIH to the press to the many straw authors of studies, are compensated by the pharmaceutical lobby.
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Again, you come out with the "untested" argument despite the fact that this claim has been refuted and debunked many times over and you have been shown to be wrong.