Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19
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Aw, c'mon, man! C'mon!
Read the thread. But...
From the RWEC:
He campaigns on medical freedom and often says he won’t participate in enriching Big Pharma. Where does he think that antibody infusion comes from?
If West wants to reject the COVID-19 vaccine, that’s his choice. Other conservatives do, as well as some in the Democrat Party, like a disproportionately large percentage of African-Americans. Being vaccinated gives people a chance to avoid hospitalization and more severe cases of COVID-19. If West wants to boast about having antibodies now to fight COVID-19 he can but he also received an infusion to supply those antibodies to his system, which not every non-vaccinated person will have access to.
I will defend (though not respect) his choice. It's totally up to him (other than the possibility of infecting others, of course), but this kind of rhetoric is just plain stupid and ignorant.
wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 00:18 last edited by@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I will defend (though not respect) his choice. It's totally up to him (other than the possibility of infecting others, of course), but this kind of rhetoric is just plain stupid and ignorant.
Whenever politicians start talking about 'Big Pharma' you know that any chance of sensible debate is gone.
Presumably, he's a defender of 'Small Pharma'? Does he support the rights of people to cook up stuff in their garage?
What about 'Intermediate Pharma', I wonder? A couple of guys who discovered something in the kitchen, and then get a patent?
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@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
And, he's not affecting anyone else.
Not getting vaccinated does affect others if the ICU's become filled and other people's treatment is affected, and the medical centers are swamped.
wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 00:55 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
And, he's not affecting anyone else.
Not getting vaccinated does affect others if the ICU's become filled and other people's treatment is affected, and the medical centers are swamped.
Exactly!!
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@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I will defend (though not respect) his choice. It's totally up to him (other than the possibility of infecting others, of course), but this kind of rhetoric is just plain stupid and ignorant.
Whenever politicians start talking about 'Big Pharma' you know that any chance of sensible debate is gone.
Presumably, he's a defender of 'Small Pharma'? Does he support the rights of people to cook up stuff in their garage?
What about 'Intermediate Pharma', I wonder? A couple of guys who discovered something in the kitchen, and then get a patent?
wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 01:00 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I will defend (though not respect) his choice. It's totally up to him (other than the possibility of infecting others, of course), but this kind of rhetoric is just plain stupid and ignorant.
Whenever politicians start talking about 'Big Pharma' you know that any chance of sensible debate is gone.
Presumably, he's a defender of 'Small Pharma'? Does he support the rights of people to cook up stuff in their garage?
What about 'Intermediate Pharma', I wonder? A couple of guys who discovered something in the kitchen, and then get a patent?
Guy's a total doucheswab, yeah, but I do hope he gets better.
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@doctor-phibes said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I will defend (though not respect) his choice. It's totally up to him (other than the possibility of infecting others, of course), but this kind of rhetoric is just plain stupid and ignorant.
Whenever politicians start talking about 'Big Pharma' you know that any chance of sensible debate is gone.
Presumably, he's a defender of 'Small Pharma'? Does he support the rights of people to cook up stuff in their garage?
What about 'Intermediate Pharma', I wonder? A couple of guys who discovered something in the kitchen, and then get a patent?
Guy's a total doucheswab, yeah, but I do hope he gets better.
wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 02:28 last edited by@aqua-letifer said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@doctor-phibes said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@george-k said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I will defend (though not respect) his choice. It's totally up to him (other than the possibility of infecting others, of course), but this kind of rhetoric is just plain stupid and ignorant.
Whenever politicians start talking about 'Big Pharma' you know that any chance of sensible debate is gone.
Presumably, he's a defender of 'Small Pharma'? Does he support the rights of people to cook up stuff in their garage?
What about 'Intermediate Pharma', I wonder? A couple of guys who discovered something in the kitchen, and then get a patent?
Guy's a total doucheswab, yeah, but I do hope he gets better.
I don't want him to die or anything, but you'd think getting sick would maybe have knocked some sense into him. Apparently not.
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wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 04:37 last edited by jon-nyc 10 Nov 2021, 11:22
How is the startup Moderna “big pharma” but the multi-billion dollar Regeneron not?
Probably a failure of my own imagination
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How is the startup Moderna “big pharma” but the multi-billion dollar Regeneron not?
Probably a failure of my own imagination
wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 13:16 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
How is the startup Moderna “big pharma” but the multi-billion dollar Regeneron not?
Probably a failure of my own imagination
It's all about imperial vs. metric:
1 West = 0.7 Flynn's.
And that's science!
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wrote on 11 Oct 2021, 17:09 last edited by
I would bet e everything in my pocket the those of you throwing darts at Allen West have never once listened to what the man actually has to say. You're responding exactly like trained monkeys.
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wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 09:11 last edited by
I’m responding to his actual words as posted by George.
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How is the startup Moderna “big pharma” but the multi-billion dollar Regeneron not?
Probably a failure of my own imagination
wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 11:52 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
How is the startup Moderna “big pharma” but the multi-billion dollar Regeneron not?
Probably a failure of my own imagination
Snort. From the RWEC:
West’s opinion would be easier to digest if he weren’t also promoting folk remedies alongside legit antivirals, though, and if he hadn’t argued yesterday, incoherently, that he prefers antibody treatments to the vaccine because vaccine sales benefit Big Pharma. Who does he think is making the antibody treatments, Santa’s elves?
I’m also trying to parse the logic of believing the vaccines are “dangerous” while calling for them to be given to illegal immigrants.
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wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 11:56 last edited by Doctor Phibes 10 Dec 2021, 11:57
Can somebody pass the bananas?
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wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 12:34 last edited by
To his credit, though, he didn't put Spike Protein in scare-quotes.
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Can somebody pass the bananas?
wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 13:13 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
Can somebody pass the bananas?
racist
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I would bet e everything in my pocket the those of you throwing darts at Allen West have never once listened to what the man actually has to say. You're responding exactly like trained monkeys.
wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 16:37 last edited by@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I would bet e everything in my pocket the those of you throwing darts at Allen West have never once listened to what the man actually has to say.
You'd lose your money. I met the man once when I was on the National Mall (downtown DC). I was manning a water station for a running group and he was out for his morning jog. I offered him some water but he said he doesn't believe in dihydrogen monoxide.
(That is a true story, except for the last sentence)
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@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I would bet e everything in my pocket the those of you throwing darts at Allen West have never once listened to what the man actually has to say.
You'd lose your money. I met the man once when I was on the National Mall (downtown DC). I was manning a water station for a running group and he was out for his morning jog. I offered him some water but he said he doesn't believe in dihydrogen monoxide.
(That is a true story, except for the last sentence)
wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 16:57 last edited by@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I would bet e everything in my pocket the those of you throwing darts at Allen West have never once listened to what the man actually has to say.
You'd lose your money. I met the man once when I was on the National Mall (downtown DC). I was manning a water station for a running group and he was out for his morning jog. I offered him some water but he said he doesn't believe in dihydrogen monoxide.
(That is a true story, except for the last sentence)
What does that have to do with listening to Allen West?
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@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
I would bet e everything in my pocket the those of you throwing darts at Allen West have never once listened to what the man actually has to say.
You'd lose your money. I met the man once when I was on the National Mall (downtown DC). I was manning a water station for a running group and he was out for his morning jog. I offered him some water but he said he doesn't believe in dihydrogen monoxide.
(That is a true story, except for the last sentence)
What does that have to do with listening to Allen West?
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wrote on 12 Oct 2021, 20:36 last edited by
@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@jolly I talked to him. I listened to him talk to me. Thus, I won Larry's bet.
Much in the same way you "won" about the election - by cheating. You know damned well what I meant, and you know damned well I wasn't talking about a brief chat about the weather.
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@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@jolly I talked to him. I listened to him talk to me. Thus, I won Larry's bet.
Much in the same way you "won" about the election - by cheating. You know damned well what I meant, and you know damned well I wasn't talking about a brief chat about the weather.
wrote on 13 Oct 2021, 11:40 last edited by@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@jolly I talked to him. I listened to him talk to me. Thus, I won Larry's bet.
Much in the same way you "won" about the election - by cheating. You know damned well what I meant, and you know damned well I wasn't talking about a brief chat about the weather.
We actually talked about politics. I believe this was in 2011 and he was on the radar as a potential GOP candidate. BTW I didn't "win" the election, the candidate I voted for lost fair and square, as did yours.
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@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@jolly I talked to him. I listened to him talk to me. Thus, I won Larry's bet.
Much in the same way you "won" about the election - by cheating. You know damned well what I meant, and you know damned well I wasn't talking about a brief chat about the weather.
We actually talked about politics. I believe this was in 2011 and he was on the radar as a potential GOP candidate. BTW I didn't "win" the election, the candidate I voted for lost fair and square, as did yours.
wrote on 13 Oct 2021, 15:11 last edited by@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@larry said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@89th said in Allen West, running for Texas Governor, unvaccinated, and has COVID-19:
@jolly I talked to him. I listened to him talk to me. Thus, I won Larry's bet.
Much in the same way you "won" about the election - by cheating. You know damned well what I meant, and you know damned well I wasn't talking about a brief chat about the weather.
We actually talked about politics. I believe this was in 2011 and he was on the radar as a potential GOP candidate. BTW I didn't "win" the election, the candidate I voted for lost fair and square, as did yours.
Pretending to be dumb won't help you.