Another tip is don't give babies raw honey, but I eat it almost every day.
#62 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Yeah, because the risk of severe problems or death from botulism are much much higher in babies.

You? You'll probably just puke and s*&^ your brains out for a day or two.

#92 lol you have no idea how detached from reality your views are.

Why?

#62 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You sound like a yokel dumbs*&^ who will get smoked the moment real s*&^ starts.

In any case, your flavor of ignorant stupidity is starting to control our country, so we'll see real quick how it goes.

Don't worry, we'll be here to rub your face in it every chance we get.

Seriously, do you have any idea of how rigorous the efforts are for containment, decontamination and protection are for a virus like Ebola?

I interviewed for a job at a facility with a BSL IV level lab. Was told flat out that if I took the job I would be contractually obligated to have at least one project at BSL IV. So I asked questions about the responses/procedures for a suspected exposure and was given a tour of the facility.

Let's just say it's extremely rigorous.

For this, you're talking about a lab that's in a gated facility, inside an isolated security controlled building that required turning in cell phones and going through metal detectors for entry and then had three concentric inner rings with the lab facilities being the inner most. Each ring required badging in at locked doors, lab entry required showering/scrubbing (changing into scrubs) in and then showering out before leaving while wearing isolation suits connected to outside air sources for breathing while in the lab. When exiting, there was required simultaneous gas and shower decon of the isolation suits so you could then shower out and change back in to street clothes.

The engineering floor for air handling and decontamination and waste water handling/decontamination was incredible.

For a suspected exposure? There was (is? could have changed by now) a dedicated isolation ward within the inner most level of the facility where you would be isolated and treatment initiated while you waited for transport to the major regional medical center. There was a contract with said medical center where they would convert a wing of the ICU into an isolation ward for your arrival and treatment within 24 hours of notification of a suspected exposure. When they were ready, you would be loaded into a sealed pod with full life support (obviously...) so you could be safely loaded on to a gurney for ambulance transport to the medical center and then safely transferred into the now closed isolation wing where you would be treated and either survive or die.

But sure. It wouldn't at all be disruptive it ever got here and there's no worry anyway because you're more likely to catch HIV at a truck stop...

No large Ebola outbreaks have ever occurred in a developed country, and it's extremely unlikely to happen.

Ummmmm yeah, because it's not endemic in a developed country and the normal level of monitoring in the past meant we immediately knew if travelers from a specific region could potentially be infected.

Your confidence is unwarranted given the crumbling of public health in the US and our withdrawal from WHO.

There were a number of cases when people traveled from West Africa during the massive epidemic in 2014-2016, but they were contained almost immediately, preventing any widespread community transmission.

Because. There. Was. A. Rational. Level. Of. Monitoring.

You're applying old norms that no longer exist. Even the competency here has dropped massively thanks to the Orange Chomo.

There's no way it's going to be as widespread as an airborne disease.

Probably not, no, for multiple reasons. But it doesn't have to be as widespread to be a problem.

But hey, keep trying to score points on the internet. There are at least two trolls who are grateful to you for that.

#29 | Posted by sentinel

I couldn't care less about points. You came out swinging accusing another poster of posting misinformation while posting less than accurate information yourself on a topic you have no relevant qualifications to speak so confidently about.

Both.

LOL stupidest post of the year.

I love how "progressives" are jumping on the TrUmP tRiNsZ in the race to the bottom thinking it will make them win.

Good luck with that.

You do realize you're advocating for demagoguery, authoritarianism and flat out selling out the very people who voted for you, right?

How f*&^ing desperate are you? Hope you sell your soul for more than 9 pieces of silver, sport.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut

Seriously, how f*&^ing stupid is this worthless piece of lying s*&^?

Democrats were never very proud of their country.

F*&^ off, s*&^bag.

Which is odd, even under Obama, they were less patriotic than Republicans.

Republican "patriotism" isn't real patriotism. It's jingoism.

Only a piece of s*&^ fake "c-c-conservative" would make that statement with a straight face.

How does a party of Coalition, with the extremes barely in agreement about anything, Compete with a Cult in Lockstep with "Dear Leader" no matter how much he Changes the Game mid stream?

Simply.

Embrace the coalition nature and recognize it's essence is the lack of one sized fits all nature of the constituencies.

The reason MAGA is such a cult is because of the relative homogeneity of the right. Go to any random rural s*&^hole in the US and you'll find a solid 60-70% of what you experience is consistent from s*&^hole to s*&^hole.

Hell, you even have rural dips*&^s in states like NY hanging Confederate flags...

Who else but Democrats are going to stop Trump, MAGA and the GOP in 2026????

Regale us, smart boi.

#76 | Posted by A_Friend

These idiots wouldn't know pragmatism if it smacked 'em in the taint.

Mamdani is proving the out races can pay to make our lives better.

Meanwhile. People like you keep telling everyone not to expect anything from our taxes and to shut up and vote for democrats.

#75 | Posted by ClownShack

Mamdani proved a Dem matched to their constituents will win.

Meanwhile, they're proving nothing broadly because it's an N of 1 and nobody outside of NYC is benefiting from his win. Don't be a typical "progressive" who desperately interprets every win as a major impact of your ideas, that is the exact reason the Dems never hold power.

The rest of your post is just a straw man pile of s*&^.

I'm not arguing anything, dumbass. The CDC says 47% of foodborne illnesses and subsequent deaths come from eating fruits and vegetables. Care to expound? Nearly half of all this ---- stems from crops and not one of you raetards have an issue with it. you really are retarded.

#57 | Posted by lfthndthrds

LOL you are arguing it, dumbf*&^.

Anyway, it's 46% of foodborne illness but it's only something like 15% of deaths.

Poultry is something like 23% of foodborne illness but 40% of deaths.

Why? Because it all depends on what the contaminants are. Veggies are most commonly contaminated with Norovirus. Poultry and dairy most commonly contaminated with bacterial agents like Salmonella, Campylobacter and E coli.

You're treating all foodborne illness as a monolith.

Because you're little brain can't quite figure out what nuance means.

------- retarded as your pDh

#54 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You're so far out of your depth you don't even know how far out you are.

My last comment and maybe this will be third times a charm - you are saying this s*&^ on a thread literally about increased illness caused by raw milk but act as if you're the one in the know and arguing a rational position.

That's it. If you can't see how lacking in awareness you then you're beyond help.

Keep voting for democrats who do nothing because their corporate owners won't let them.

Mamdani is putting the DNC to shame.

#69 | Posted by ClownShack

Mamdani wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell in some districts. There ZERO reason to nominate someone like him there.

Your problem is you want your "progressive" s*&^ everywhere even if it's a losing proposition.

But here's reality for you, not all districts are the same no matter how much you sneer at the Dems in those districts for not being pure enough.

#66 WTF is that supposed to mean?

#67 | Posted by A_Friend

It means stop paying attention to reality where people are most concerned with things that directly affect their lives like cost of living, energy, jobs, inflation, out of control government...

Basically, the average person's life is falling apart before their eyes but not pushing anti-Israel to the top of the list because clownshart thinks it belongs there means you're Republican lite.

Like the DNC's obsession with Russia funding the GOP?

Absurd, right?

#63 | Posted by ClownShack

Totally the same thing.

Back channel pay for play vs out in the open, tracked lobbying. Sure.

Idiot.

Keep flailing. You might hit on a correct statement eventually.

Kinda like cleaning the cow udders before milking her, right?

#51 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

End consumer washing a handful of veggies before eating vs producer trying to go as fast as possible.

Sure. Same thing. Completely comparable.

Again, you are arguing about something being "possible" in a f*^%ing thread about that possible failing and making people sick.

But call others terarded ...

You do realize fruits and vegetables are responsible for 46% of foodborne illness, right?

Are you clowns running around telling people to avoid eating apples?

#44 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Nice whatabout.

They're also told to thoroughly wash and rinse produce before eating.

But sure, lets act like occasionally contaminated vegetables are the same as a product coming from a source directly below an orifice that regularly releases about a gallon of liquid s*&^...

You're making my point about not needing that shtty shot.

#45 | Posted by lfthndthrds

It was always about not knowing where one fell on the risk spectrum, sport.

The shot was great, actually, please don't Dunning-Kruger another topic to death.

It makes you both look like idiots.

It's being used in response to you because your post sounds like you're an idiot.

America will keep losing until Democrats start putting the needs of working class Americans first.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack

Which is exactly why this AIPAC/Israel obsession is absurd.

Because...wait for it...issues directly effecting voters are bigger drivers of voting habits!

Do you realize how much egg is on your face with this line? LOL

He's also arguing with a guy who kept his family safe through that whole debacle and never took that schhty shot.

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Kept "safe"? How?

You've all all but guaranteed to have had it. The odds were in your favor that you would survive it or not have significant long term effects.

So congrats, I guess? You achieved the statistically likely outcome! Yay!

And quit being an ass about it just because some of us know how to procure good raw milk.

#36 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Sure, when you stop acting like your podunk anecdote actually informs national level public health decision making based on centuries of medical science that solved actual problems.

You said that all through COVID.

You sound as stupid now as you did then.

I doubled down on accurate information.

1-10 virions as an infectious dose is highly contagious.

Spread is pretty well understood, but full lifecycle, especially in the wild, is not.

If not controlled rapidly and properly, it could represent a bigger problem than COVID. That doesn't necessarily mean more dead, but economically, politically and socially the disruption could be much greater than COVID.