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- Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:19 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
I'll have to go looking again for Peru data. I didn't find much. There's so much chaff about Peru shows ivermectin helps versus Peru shows nothing of that sort that it will take a lot of reading to find the data. I did stumble across this and this , both fairly recent papers to show up on the suppo...
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:54 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
This is an interesting presentation on the physiology of the CoVid virus and how ivermectin works to stifle it. Indeed. I see he's a proponent of masking. Several of the trials studies he cites indicate treatment with ivermectin can lower the death rate to about 1/8. The vaccines in general are 1/1...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Japanese Medical Association endorses the use of ivermectin[/url] That report goes back to TrialSiteNews, which I've come across and seems to have headlines that don't accurately depict the underlying story, but I don't have a subscription so can't take a look. Regardless, it's reporting only the T...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:41 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
... Covid in Bangladesh... they have had about 5% of our death rate from Covid... but the only thing I find out about their method... I find 8% as the official rate, but I'll note India's official rate is 15% of the US yet researchers there have concluded the actual death rate is about 10 times hig...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:12 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
I absolutely realize that there is a lack of statistical punch to what I'm observing... And I absolutely realize that your observations shouldn't be discarded. I'm quite aware that advances in medicine are often made by one doctor's hunch, such as the fellow who showed that common ulcers can be tre...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Oh, you wound me greatly!
Troll? More like devil's advocate.
Troll? More like devil's advocate.
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
I'll start off saying I'm not against doctors going off label. Actually, I thought they were permitted to, but one of your earlier posts in this thread says otherwise. Aren't certain classes of pharmacies permitted to go off label? Obvious questions come to mind. Are the two halves of the sample set...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:07 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
That would be quite good, if true, and nearly as good as the vaccines. Has he presented his findings to the FDA? Published in Lancet or the like? Has no one followed in his steps? Has he asked private organizations, such as the one funding the U MN trial on ivermectin, to fund trials of his cocktail...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:45 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Some would have you believe it will prevent 100% of deaths from the infection. I doubt that. My guess is it might help some recover quicker but that many people will still progress to hospitalization and death. Of course, that's true for 10% of the people vaccinated. Will ivermectin do better than 1...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Which countries and which states in India are those? The last article I read on India (Wall St Jnl, 7/21, "India’s Covid-19 Death Toll Is Likely in the Millions, Study Finds") quoted Indian researchers as saying the death toll there is about 10 times the official numbers. Much of the rural...
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My grail gun from Colorado gun show
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2677
Re: My grail gun from Colorado gun show
Very nice.
I do like Ballards. Romano was to make me a new one, but I'm not sure he will get to it. I may have to start looking at the old ones again. There's a dual firing pin 32 about 50 miles from here in not bad shape...
I do like Ballards. Romano was to make me a new one, but I'm not sure he will get to it. I may have to start looking at the old ones again. There's a dual firing pin 32 about 50 miles from here in not bad shape...
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:35 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
They announced that a year ago. Expected completion 2023… I didn't find anything earlier than 4 months ago from MUSC, and that's the date in their listing at ClinicalTrials.gov. Data collection on some of the drugs under consideration began 3 months ago, and ivermectin in particular began just week...
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:53 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
... censor any information about treatment, and try to use the force of government to threaten and punish those who say anything positive about fluvoxamine, cyproheptadine, ivermectin, or hydroxychloroquine. The censorship is mostly in the main stream press. Both NIH.gov and ClinicalTrials.gov have...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
That number may well be correct, but why would it confuse you? The vaccinated are mostly in the older population. Before the vaccine, their risk of death was about 100 times that of a young adult. With the vaccine, it's down to only 10 times as likely to die as an unvaccinated young adult, but that ...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:17 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
If you think it’s appropriate to challenge them thusly with SARS-CoV-2 that’s murder and I’ve got no further time for you. You can bring your charge of murder to the authorities in the UK. They have been doing challenge studies with covid for months now. Of course, the fact there are no bodies so f...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:50 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
The same thing they did with the vaccines. Half the people, selected at random, get the drug under test and have get salt water. It's really the only way to know if the drug has an effect.
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
One can find on the NIH site many of the small tests from overseas for ivermectin. The official NIH position, about a half year old, is that none of these tests are definitive. The bureaucrats will not be moving until a large, well controlled test is done. The closest one I've found, a recent one in...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:30 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Unfortunately, while preferable, trying to acquire that "broad immunity" has proven fatal to many. While the exact target protein may no longer be found much in the wild, it's close enough to prep the immune system to mount a quick enough defense against delta to greatly reduce the risk of...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:29 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
We're not talking about the same replication. Yes, one's cells produce copies of the spike protein off the mRNA inserted as the vaccine. With the actual virus, the cell is tricked into making new copies of the entire virus (not just the spike), so that the virus can go on to infect new cells and be ...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:00 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
None of the 3 RNA vaccines in the US replicate. The infection from these vaccines is limited to what is injected. Covid makes new copies of itself to infect more cells and to spread to other people.
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:08 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
... dies due to some other illness, but also happens to have positive CoVid antibodies, they will have their death attributed to CoVid... No doubt true, but European newspapers have for over a year been asking that question and have been tracking total deaths for each country and comparing them to ...
- Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
- Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:30 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
It appears less than 50% effective at several endpoints. I just looked for recent results from Israel, who seem to be keeping the best data. Yes, it's less than 50% effective with regards to an infection with symptoms, but with regards to keeping you out of the hospital and the morgue, it's still 9...
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:01 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
if you read this abstract slowly and carefully... You might want to read both Classen's paper and his reference 5. Classen claims that for Moderna, 1 in 5 people who get the shot suffer "grade 3... requires medical intervention" reactions. Do you really believe this could have been kept s...
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 12:32 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Data coming out of Great Britain and Israel is breaking down the effectiveness narrative of the vaccines. What I’ve seen are numbers such as reduces chance of death or serious illness by a factor of 10? That knocks covid down to the level of seasonal flu. COVID jabs, prohibition of Ivermectin are p...
- Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:45 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Papers on ivermectin for Covid keep appearing in the NIH on-line library. I searched today (Bing, not Google) for the topic: ivermectin covid studies , and found many recent articles at NIH and elsewhere. The results are generally positive, but statistically it's no miracle cure. The biggest control...
- Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 33 WCF "stuff"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2461
Re: 33 WCF "stuff"
Good information, thank you. I've always thought the 33 was a well designed cartridge for the '86.
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request for Paco
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2672
Re: Prayer Request for Paco
Good luck, Paco. I've had pneumonia develop after flu like infections twice in the last 5 years.
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Sig 277 Fury at 80,000 PSI
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2186
Re: The Sig 277 Fury at 80,000 PSI
80 ksi and a 16” barrel sounds as if the concussion will be rather unpleasant.
- Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More J Frame stuff.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 693
Re: More J Frame stuff.
In my large hands, a 442 is a 10’ handgun, but a friend was a very good shot with mine. Technique and a better hand fit was it. I suspect I’ll own a J again some day.
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My primitive bear
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2495
Re: My primitive bear
Congratulations, on multiple jobs well done. I’ve never tried to make my own bow, only thought about it and looked at a book or two on the subject—bad habit of mine. The light English style bow I had cracked as my technique changed and I could draw a few more inches. I was never especially good at i...
- Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:18 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
There was an opinion piece this week in the Wall Street Journal in favor of ivermectin. Interesting were the results they chose to cite. The numbers they give place it far below the vaccines in terms of preventing infection, but suggest it's very good at stopping an existing infection. They say seve...
- Tue Jul 27, 2021 12:11 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Ivermectin Musings....
- Replies: 262
- Views: 362409
Re: Ivermectin Musings....
Tuesday's Wall Street Journal has a front page article titled "Covid Treatment Options Remain Elusive, Despite Months of Effort and Rising Delta Cases." It mentions ivermectin: Government-funded researchers in the U.S. and U.K. recently began large studies of ivermectin—an antiparasitic pi...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Think might have found a hunting load for my .44 mag
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1226
Re: Think might have found a hunting load for my .44 mag
We’ve had nice results, and clean cases, with N110 in the ballistic twin of the 44 Rem, namely the 357.
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loving my life
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1008
Re: Loving my life
I agree. A wife and three kids is a nice combination.
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best gunsmithing screw drivers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1714
Re: Best gunsmithing screw drivers
I have the large Weaver set. The quality is not the best; several bits are poorly ground. However, it's gotten job done so far. I'd buy a Brownell's set were I to do it over again.
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers Needed
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2849
Re: Prayers Needed
Having a young one yet at home, it is all the more saddening to hear.
- Fri May 14, 2021 12:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .44-40 BP reloading
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4390
Re: .44-40 BP reloading
Thank you.
- Thu May 13, 2021 9:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .44-40 BP reloading
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4390
Re: .44-40 BP reloading
I, for one, would be interested in learning more about that load.Carlsen Highway wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 11:46 pmI have a very accurate load with jacketed bullets and BP
- Fri May 07, 2021 12:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The new '73 is a keeper!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2226
Re: The new '73 is a keeper!
Uberti’s change to the firing pin is not visible on the outside. Miroku added a firing pin safety which shows both at the back of the pin and as a screw on the top of the receiver above the pin. Neither the 66 nor the 73 from Miroku have a tang safety.
- Thu May 06, 2021 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The new '73 is a keeper!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2226
Re: The new '73 is a keeper!
What's left of Winchester had Miroku make 1866 pattern rifles for a number of years. They are out of production now. Uberti still makes such rifles, of course. On Uberti's factory site you'll find listed the available chamberings for their various rifles. For the 1873 they list ".32/20 – 38SP. ...
- Mon May 03, 2021 10:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 33 WCF original Loads
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4133
Re: 33 WCF original Loads
Spiffy. Thank you. I recall reading modern ammo might be loaded with special blends. On that card the powders were all standard commercial offerings.
- Mon May 03, 2021 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 33 WCF original Loads
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4133
Re: 33 WCF original Loads
Your opening post was clear. My comments were directed to those who were not aware of the “original“ factory levels.coyote nose wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 11:19 am... this code matching what the card they kept on file said the load was.
I’ve never seen a Winchester factory card and am curious to see one of yours.
- Mon May 03, 2021 10:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 33 WCF original Loads
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4133
Re: 33 WCF original Loads
With Remington all I have looked at have used a disc type powder that looks like either Sharpshooter or Lightning. All of the Winchesters I have examined have used an IMR type stick powder, with weights as low as 38 GN to as high as 48 GN... While later loads were 200 gr at 2200 fps, the early load...
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If you don't believe in God...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1517
Re: If you don't believe in God...
... and pretty soon you have insects and reptiles and birds and mammals and so on. I'm not religious, but even that part of the theory of evolution--let alone how DNA based life got started at all--seems a stretch. The larger multi-cellular organisms of the sort we see today appear in the geologic ...
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: flat earth...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1793
Re: flat earth...
Even if you're using the .org address, you also have to use https:// access. It will promptly forget you if you try http:// access. It want's the secure link.
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass -- "Whipped Cream"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2961
Re: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass -- "Whipped Cream"
My dad had an Alpert LP which I liked. As a teen, I checked out from the library their copy of Whipped Cream. I rather liked that cover.
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3477
Re: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
It's hard to imagine you'd miss that mess when you changed the ejector spring, but it seems the best explanation. Even if the steel is soft, there's nothing about the base of a cartridge that should cause that. Since the bolt face is a mess already, you might take a bit of soft steel, such as a comm...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin website updated
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2138
Re: Marlin website updated
Ruger has announced Marlin won't be in production until late this year and are "reviewing the product designs, and determining the best manufacturing process for each component part." I for one hope they notice the shape of the trigger guard on the Remlin 1894 is all wrong.
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handgun shooters as we age.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6602
Re: Handgun shooters as we age.
Younger, I quickly set aside magnum this or that. The slap and blast wasn’t worth it. My Model 12 firing light, target WC loads is my only handgun today. The 357 is now a fine rifle round, not a revolver round. My next rifle will likely use 44-40. My “heavy” rifle is a 30-40, but I’ll likely develop...