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Yeah, long-term ETF/index investing is about tracking over 5-10+ years.

New variant called Delta Plus has been found. It's Delta with the spike protein mutation from the SA strain, and is believed to be even more transmissible: Explainer: What is the Delta variant of coronavirus with K417N mutation? WWW.REUTERS.COM India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing.

I loved Beast Wars/Beasties, so this is cool...but I doubt they will live up to the cartoon. Sounds like the Predacons will all be reptillian. No! We need dinosaur and insects, too!

It's okay...it's just so janky compared to something like Apex.

Um, @SaysWho?, please speak to the Global Weather Council and have them stop this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/22/heat-wave-pacific-northwest-historic/

lol that ship has a hat, how cute.

It's socialist and terrorist and communist, is what it is!

* health insurance

A coronavirus outbreak hit a Florida government building. Two people are dead but a vaccinated employee wasn't infected WWW.CNN.COM Two people are dead and four of their coworkers were hospitalized after a Covid-19 outbreak swept through a government building in Manatee County, Florida. Only person who didn't end up in hospital was the sole person vaccinated in the office.

Absolutely. I'm just a layperson, but from what I've read, J&J is effectively similar to getting the first shot of AZ or mRNA, in terms of protection. Better to just get a second, mRNA shot.

Are you in the GTA? Toronto seems to be the giant outlier in Canada, where people 18-29 are one of the most vaccinated (something like 85%?). In my province, 18-29 are the least vaccinated (53%). Even the 12-17 age group has passed them (55%) despite having only been eligible the last few weeks. SK breakdown (at least one dose) 80+ — 92% 70-79 — 92% 60-69 — 86% 50-59 — 74% 40-49 — 68% 30-39 — 58% 18-29 — 53% 12-17 — 55% So overall we are 70% for 18+, and 69% for 12+. Sure that's better than most of the world, but it's not great.

I think the issue is that we have no proof that plaque causes the harm, or that removing it will help. Many drugs work and we don't fully understand why, and that's good enough to get them approved. But this drug should work (theoretically) but doesn't, so it's not good enough to be approved. A good comparison would be between Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D. We know that people with MS have reduced VitD levels. Is it caused by MS? Or is it a symptom of having MS? Many people, despite any evidence to the former, take huge amounts of D3, hoping it will help their MS. At least in the case of D3 it is cheap, readily available, and in reality, everyone probably needs more VitD than they get. But there is no evidence it works, even though we know low levels are associated with MS. The only thing that matters is results, and if this drug can't show that it's helpful at all (and in fact, has strong side effects), then it should never be approved. It's like, here is the entire thing distilled in terms of how it should be: Drug Company: This drug removes plaque. People: That's awesome! Does removing plaque improve Alzheimer's? Drug Company: No FDA: DENIED Hopefully insurance companies and governments deny coverage for this. Unfortunately, that will likely mean people pay out of pocket in Mexico and Russia (or the US) to get their own private supply that does nothing, but still bankrupts them.

Exactly. People in Canada don't move to different places to have access to certain schools. There are private schools, but they are quite rare. In my city of 275k, there are only two school boards. One has a student population of around 12,000, the other around 24,000 (Catholic and Public). Both are funded by the government, and both have the same curriculum (except that the Catholic division also has a few Catholic rituals/classes). But I would guess around 50-60% of the Catholic division students are not Catholic (since you can attend any division, being publicly funded). So when you have school divisions of 30-80 schools each, things are pretty evened out. Teachers are constantly rotated after a few years to ensure the inner-city schools don't end up with the bad apples, etc. Not saying education or access to it is perfect (it's very bad on Indigenous reserves), but for most of Canada it is not comparable to the US in how it exists.

Overall this drug is a massive failure for the health world (and patients), but it's the pinnacle of success for American medicine. Unlimited profit for something that does nothing. It might as well be Goop or shooting steam and rocks up people's buttholes for $50,000.

I think that there is already a giant market that is desperate for treatment. It's not like putting out a bad drug is going to increase demand for a good one (imo).

lol boo hoo

Loop back into English. "Variant Carlos."

Trump Reportedly Considered Sending Covid-Infected American Tourists To Guantanamo WWW.FORBES.COM According to a new book from Washington Post journalists, the former president mulled the idea as a way of keeping the U.S.’s Covid-19 numbers down.

Definitely some vaccine preference here, which is stupid. People want Pfizer, even though Moderna is identical. I'm waiting outside a walk-in clinic right now (wife is getting her second dose) and they just told the line that it's not Pfizer (as reported on the site), it's Moderna today. Some people were upset, but I convinced them to stay. In Canada you can get any vaccine for your second shot (interchangeable) since the method of action is the same and studies show it's safe.

I'm not agreeing with the NP article (that the lockdowns and restrictions all need to end), but just happy that the pandemic deaths have lowered so much. Still need some rules in place a while longer until most have their full protection.

I believe this will be the case in the fall/winter--we will see fourth waves in deep red states. The deaths won't be as high as the second wave of Xmas 2020, but it won't really be seen in blue states. More conservatives will die to own the libs.