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01/09/23 12:24 AM

#6761

Dick Storey

A Helena, MT, man, recently seen driving a septic-tank-pump truck, displayed this bumper sticker: ” Caution: hauling political promises.”

01/09/23 12:56 AM

#6762

W Leggett

CONNIE AN EVERYONE ELSE, I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

ALSO, I HAVE A Patriot Power Generator 1800. SOLAR POWER, ALSO I CAN PLUG IT INTO ELECTION WALL PLUG MY HOUSE TO CHARGE IT UP. I HAVE USED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. CHECK THEM OUT. LOTS OF GREAT ITEMS FROM THEM (P.S. I AM A VIP CUSTOMER)

HALF OF A CAR. I HAD TO LOOK AT THIS PHOTO SEVERAL TIMES

01/09/23 01:27 PM

#6763

Cheryl Corazzi (Essex)

What devastation. Glad you are save. The weatherman says it will continue for days. Stay safe.

01/09/23 05:22 PM

#6764

Nova Guynes

Bill - Be safe, that looks like a lot of damage. It looks like when we get a huricane

01/10/23 11:34 AM

#6765

W Leggett

LIGHTNINGS AN THUNDER SOMETIME IN THE AM TWO REAL BIG ONES, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME, IT HAPPENED.

HOUSE IS STILL STANDING. NO DOWN TREES ETC. STILL HAVE ELECTRICITY. BETTER THAN A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AROUND MY AREA.

HAVE A FRESH CUP OF COFFEE 🍵 MAKE THAT 3 🍵.

01/10/23 05:40 PM

#6766

Cheryl Corazzi (Essex)

Aren't you suppose evacuate, Bill?

01/10/23 05:51 PM

#6767

Marie Gaines (Harris)

I SEE SOME OF THE SIMILAR IMAGES ON TV, BUT TO KNOW THAT I KNOW SOMEONE REALLY IN THEM MAKES ME EVEN MORE TERRIFIED FOR YOU AND FAMILY

WILL KEEP WATCHING AND PRAYING FOR YOU ALL

01/10/23 11:16 PM

#6768

W Leggett

Cheryl Corazzi (Essex)

Aren't you supposed to evacuate, Bill? NO

MY HOME IS ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND I LIVE ON A HILL. WALTER RUNS DOWNHILL TO THE NORTH ON ONE SIDE. AND THE OTHER WAY TO THE WEST.

IT'S THE LOWLAND THAT HAS THE PROBLEM. ALSO, MY HOUSE IS SIX FEET ABOVE STREET LEVEL.

THE PROBLEM IS ALL THE RAIN AT ONE TIME. WITH MORE STILL COMING.

01/11/23 02:28 AM

#6769

W Leggett

SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA HAS HAD ITS YEARLY RAIN AVERAGE RAINFALL, IN JUST THIS STORM, SO FAR 15 INCHES. WITH MORE RAIN TO BECOMING.

01/11/23 08:16 AM

#6770

Connie Schuerman (Von Dielingen)

Prayers for all our classmates in CA ! Wow that's a lot of rain and flooding !!

01/11/23 11:26 PM

#6771

W Leggett

when you open the web link make sure the sound is on.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/powerful-atmospheric-river-drenches-california/story?id=96307479

https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/storms-force-evacuations-96302244

01/12/23 03:10 PM

#6772

Donald Ervin

Thank you Connie for the prayers and your request for other to do the same. Calif. is taking a beating and it means alot to know that you are thinking of us. XOD

01/12/23 04:25 PM

#6773

Dick Storey

We all are pulling for you in CA. When might the destruction, misery and desolation end? Soon we hope, at least the threat of more.

And now Alabama has been hit with severe, damaging weather, including, it seems, Montgomery where Bill Williams lives. Hope you and yours are OK Cowboy!!

01/12/23 04:47 PM

#6774

Dick Storey

Different topic:

Rising cases of COVID-19 from the XBB.1.5 variant

Source--Mayo Clinic news network (e-form). 1/12/2023

This new variant, XBB.1.5, spreads much more easily and is almost twice as likely to spread compared to the previous variants. More than 40% of the COVID-19 infections in the U.S. are now due to this new variant. Symptoms of infection remain similar to previous strains of COVID-19.

Evolving COVID-19 variants (populations of variants—sic)

The virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly changing and has been mutating since it first appeared three years ago. Mutations of viruses are a normal process and are expected to happen.

"This new variant makes the virus easily attached to our respiratory mucosa. It is able to attach to the nose and throat cells much better compared to the previous variants," says Dr. Raj Palraj (of Mayo Clinic) "This means the virus is able to infect more people and transmit more easily."

How XBB.1.5 transmits more easily

Dr. Palraj explains how that happens.

"The COVID-19 virus attaches to our throat or the nose cells through a protein called a spike protein. And as the virus mutates, there are certain changes in the spike protein that make it easy to attach to our cells. That's why we think this is more likely to infect more people and transmit more easily. But the good news is there is no indication so far that this new variant causes more severe disease," he says.

Symptoms of infection remain similar to previous strains of COVID-19 infection: cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever and muscle ache.

Dr. Palraj says, while the variant in current circulation is very new, vaccination remains an important tool against severe illness.

"What we know from the previous variant cycles is that the COVID-19 booster shot helps reduce the risk of severe pneumonia, reduces the risk of getting hospitalized and reduces the risk of death," he says. "We may not be able to prevent infection, but the odds of getting a severe disease is greatly reduced by the vaccination."

Along with vaccination, other tools to fight variants and infections include:

Masking.
Self-testing.
Staying home if you have suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
Avoid contact with people who have suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
Practice good hand hygiene.

[When a virus population replicates ( multiplies; grows; spreads) it often naturally forms mutations (with transformed/altered genes) at variable rates: some mutations can lead to new variants that may be less virulent (contagious; infectious; even lethal), more virulent or cause no change in virulence of the viral population (some mutations, if tranmitted, may damage or even extinguish a population). The key: slow, even stop, the spread. Note: some vial populations are more stable than Covid 19 and form few, if any, mutations that alter the characteristics of the population (measles e.g.). This can explain why a few vaccinations are only needed once. RS comments.]

01/13/23 03:04 PM

#6775

Nova Guynes

Dick - I think I will continue being careful around people and staying away from large groups of people. When the vaccine is fully tested or enough people have gotten the vaccine, I may get it then. I am not good at test so I will let others be the test subjects. It seems there are new variants every few months. I believe everyone has to make their own decisions if they want all the vaccines or not.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve new COVID-19 booster shots this week — before the vaccines are tested on humans, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal.

The new boosters are similar to the COVID vaccines currently available in the US with minor modifications that protect recipients from the latest version of the Omicron variant.

Instead of waiting for data from testing in humans, the agency will use data from trials in mice — as well as the real-world evidence of the safety of currently available COVID vaccines and test results from earlier iterations of boosters targeting older strains — to evaluate the newest boosters, FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said.

01/13/23 03:51 PM

#6776

Dick Storey

Hello Nova,

I like skepticism and caution. For me, both are an outcome of my upregulated biology genes. Drives my wife crazy. Among other things.

A primary problem with individuals not getting vaccinated, if they are able to do that, is the potential for increased spread of the virus. And, of course, ending up sick enough to be hospitalized when the vaccine has been shown to help prevent that unfortunate, even dangerous consequence. But yes, of course the decision is yours to make.

Mice have been used in such studies for ages. Why? Mouse metabolism is quite similar to human--as strange as that sounds--and results have been shown to be reliable when extrapolated to humans. Mice are relatively easy to use in a study: They multiply like crazy, grow fast, are inexpensive to feed and maintain and require little space. Monkeys are probably better for trials but researchers catch hell for using them, from a number of legitimate angles, so labs shy away from simians. Rightly, I’d say.

Even small changes in the vaccine formula would indeed be better if tested on humans. But, the experts must have decided the pace of variant formation vs. the time human trials take, done properly, justifies the current strategy. At least that seems to be the case. Human trials are not without controversy on their own of course. For example, if you had a choice,would you want the placebo or the test material? How many subjects do you need in a trial to be statistically confident in the resulting data? How long do you run the trials--weeks, months, years? And so on.

Science is not just a collection of data and conclusions but, most importantly, is a process to generate good, reproducible data and sound conclusions that lead to more experiments/trials and revised, updated conclusions. The covid studies can serve as exhibit A but, as we all know, this process of medical science was often poorly understood by the press and caused anxiety and frustration, even fear, for many people. Scientists do upright, important work but all too often do not communicate effectively with the public.

To that: I'll bet you have heard enough from the science nerd in MT.

01/13/23 08:21 PM

#6777

W Leggett

DICK'S STORY IS, A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE YOU WROTE.

TESTING ON HUMANS'. THINK BACK TO THE YEAR 1940 HISTORY. WW2 GERMAN. HITLER, ALL THE TESTING HE HAD DONE ON HUMANS'.

YES, IT WOULD BE OK, ONLY UNDER A VOLUNTEER BASIC.

01/14/23 12:11 AM

#6778

Marie Gaines (Harris)

MAY HAVE MESSED UP WITH COMPUTER, BUT I WAS WRITING THAT I LOVE THE POSTS! AND I AM LEARNING SO MUCH, SO KEEP THEM COMING! AND STAY WARM AND HEALTHY!

AGAIN, KEEP THE POSTS COMING!

01/14/23 12:15 AM

#6779

W Leggett

THIS WAS POSTED ON RHS 1965 MEMBER

New Medicare Part “G” Explained

Say you are an older senior citizen and can no longer take care of yourself and need Long-Term Care, but the government says there is no Nursing Home care available for you. So, what do you do? You opt for Medicare Part G.

The plan gives anyone 75 or older a gun (Part G) and one bullet. You are allowed to shoot one worthless politician. This means you will be sent to prison for the rest of your life where you will receive three meals a day, a roof over your head, central heating and air conditioning, cable TV, a library, and all the health care you need. Need new teeth? No problem. Need glasses? That’s great. Need a hearing aid, new hip, knees, kidney, lungs, sex change, or heart? They are all covered!

As an, added bonus, your kids can come and visit you at least as often as they do now!

And, who will be paying for all of this? The same government that just told you they can’t afford for you to go into a nursing home.

And you will get rid of a useless politician while you are at it. And now, because you are a prisoner, you don't have to pay any more income taxes!

Is this a great country or what?

You're welcome. Now that you have solved your senior Long-Term Care problem, enjoy the rest of your week!

01/14/23 02:10 PM

#6780

Randy Richardson (Richardson)

My wife Sue and I tested Positive Tues. a week ago. For me, its been tranparent, masking up and still throwing Disc golf. Sue felt worse that I, but not anything scary. She went the magic elixer route with the crappy tasting Pills and feels good now. I'm guessing the shots and the weakend virus are the reason for the light illness. It may spread easier with a new varient, but not as mean as it used to be.

Great discussions and please do keep um coming

RANDY & SUE, YOU BOTH NEED TO SLEEP IN DIFFERENT BEDROOMS FOR TWO WEEKS.

THIS WAY, YOU WON'T GIVE EACH OTHER THE VIRUS OVER AN OVER.

01/14/23 04:44 PM

#6781

Marie Gaines (Harris)

RANDY, SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOU AND WIFE, BUT SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE BOTH DOING OK! KEEP US POSTED ON PROGRESS!

I AM TOO ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING, SO NO SHOTS OF ANYKIND FOR ME, NOT EVEN THE NORMAL VACCINES, PNEUMONIA, ETC. AND I HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, NO HUMAN CONTACT. EVEN MY FOOD IS LEFT OUT MY DOOR, AND I JUST REACH OUT AND BRING IT INSIDE.

I AM READY WHEN GOD IS READY! STILL PRAYING FOR YOU AND US ALL!

01/14/23 05:52 PM

#6782

Connie Schuerman (Von Dielingen)

Hey there Randy - HUBBA HUBBA ! So good hearing that both you & Sue are fine after getting Covid .... Glen & I have been very blessed not to have gotten It. As we have friends that have really been ill and are still having long term symptoms.... blood clots & pacemakers ! We're hearing that this new variant isn't too bad but we know several people taking paxlovid ........

01/15/23 12:12 AM

#6783

W Leggett

01/15/23 09:36 AM

#6784

Randy Richardson (Richardson)

HUBBA HUBBA and thanks Connie and Bill...taking better care now, Sue is clear, but i still test hot. Not felling bad, just a cough but will try not to use the Med. BItter taste lass all day Sue said.

Still can throw....not any better though.

01/15/23 08:46 PM

#6785

Dick Storey

Randy--glad you two are doing better. Damn virus anyway!

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