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[edindetroit]

Now that smoking inside is outlawed, it's weird that think that it was standard to have a smoking section in a restaurant and there would be a haze over that section.

I went to a restaurant and requested non-smoking. When they sat me down it was a booth right next to a smoking booth. I got up and left. Seriously how did they think that was a good idea and they had a part of the restaurant that separated from the rest. Why didn't they use that? I don't know.

[froot loops]

There is a restaurant we went to all the time that used to have a heavy non-smoker section. One visit I put my jacket on the the coat rack and it took forever to get the smoke smell out of it.

[-Deborah-]

My high school had a smoking area for the students. My first few office jobs all let us smoke at our desk. It's such an odd thing to think of now.

Froot, I'm sorry you lost your Dad at such a young age. Scary he still wound up with lung cancer after quitting so many years earlier.

[Forsh]

Now that smoking inside is outlawed, it's weird that think that it was standard to have a smoking section in a restaurant and there would be a haze over that section.

Memories of disgust

[Tom]

My dad used to smoke with his brothers in our not so well-ventilated basement. Sometimes when you went downstairs, it was like a fog down there.

[froot loops]

Thanks Deb, it was crazy how fast it happened.

[edindetroit]

North Carolina police chief placed on unpaid leave for telling officers about 'clinic' to obtain Covid-19 vaccination cards without getting the shots

(CNN)A North Carolina police chief has been placed on unpaid leave and probation for telling officers about a "clinic" that would issue them a Covid-19 vaccination card without actually receiving the shot, local officials said.

T.J. Smith -- the police chief of Oakboro Town, North Carolina -- violated policies including, fraud, willful acts that endanger the property of others and serving a conflicting interest when he allegedly told officers about the scheme, according to a letter addressed to him from Town Administrator Doug Burgess.

The alleged violations stem from "detrimental personal conduct including notifying law enforcement officers to attend a 'clinic' where they would be able to obtain proof of COVID 19 vaccination cards without being vaccinated," the letter said.

The vaccine fraud accusations come as the Omicron variant is spreading rapidly both in the US and worldwide. Full vaccination as well as boosters provide the best protection against the highly contagious variant that has been alarming health officials amid the holiday season.

Dr. Mandy Cohen, the secretary of the state's Department of Health and Human Services, said earlier this week that North Carolina could see as many as 10,000 Covid-19 cases a day at the peak in January.

The one-page letter -- signed by Burgess and released Tuesday -- says Smith was ordered to go on unpaid leave for two weeks and probation for six months beginning December 21. Smith has the right to appeal, the letter states.

The disciplinary measures came after the town hired Blue Chameleon Investigations to conduct an independent probe into the matter, and the decision was made based on the findings, Burgess told CNN.

Smith, in a statement to the local newspaper, said in part: "To make a long story short, in retrospect, I made a mistake."

Smith told the Stanly News & Press that a friend called and told him about a mobile vaccination clinic.

"After I got off the phone with that friend, I called two other officers (not in my department) and passed on information about what was described as a 'self-vaccination' clinic," he says in a portion of the statement. "I got one phone call, hung up and made two others. I didn't sit back and digest the information, ruminate on it, or otherwise give it much thought. I just passed it on."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/12/23/us/north-carolina-police-chief-disciplined-vaccine-fraud/index.html

[Futureshock]

Now that smoking inside is outlawed, it's weird that think that it was standard to have a smoking section in a restaurant and there would be a haze over that section.

Dude, we used to have HUGE smoke eaters over parts of bigger offices and they worked. Briefly. And then it was cloud city and the non-smokers were catching it. I could leave them like that so I made all of us smokers take it outside.

I also had a time with making people wear seat belts too. I heard a lot of, "I have to get out of my vehicle too much to put ion every time." "It's a hasle and it's my right to not wear a seat belt if I don't want to." Now, try and operate your car without a belt and you'll feel really out of place.

[Futureshock]

106 NFL players placed on COVID-19 reserve Monday, bringing total to 505 this month

Posted by Charean Williams on December 27, 2021, 10:17 PM EST

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The 49ers placed punter Mitch Wishnowsky on the COVID-19 reserve list Monday. This was significant because it was the team’s first player to go on the COVID-19 reserve list since July 28.

The 49ers have had only three players on the COVID-19 reserve list since training camp began.

They are alone.

The NFL saw 106 players placed on the COVID-19 reserve list Monday, which includes two late positive tests from Saturday and eight from Sunday. All 106 tested positive. They include 22 practice squad players and eight on injured reserve.

Markus Golden, Mike Evans, Josh Reynolds, Bud Dupree, Julio Jones, Matthew Judon, Ja'whaun Bentley, Chris Harris and Nasir Adderley were among the big names to go on the list.

That brings the total this month to 505, with 461 coming since Dec. 13, according to Howard Balzer of allcardinals.com.

[Futureshock]

NFL, NFLPA move to adopt new CDC isolation recommendations

Posted by Mike Florio on December 27, 2021, 7:54 PM EST

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When it comes to the pandemic, the NFL and NFL Players Association have one overriding objective. To get the games in.

In that regard, the league and the union received a belated Christmas gift on Monday. The CDC has reduced the isolation time for individuals who have tested positive from 10 days to five. Per multiple reports, the NFL and NFLPA could soon implement that change in its own protocols.

This would mean, based on the current protocols, that unvaccinated persons who test positive will be gone for five days, not 10. It also would mean that vaccinated players who test positive can return after five days, even if they don’t test negative.

That’s a huge boost for the league as management and labor try to get all games in, through the end of the postseason. By getting players back sooner, it’s more likely that games will be played.

[Futureshock]

Notes: NFL makes changes to COVID protocol, reduces quarantine to 5 days


Following the lead of the CDC, the NFL relaxed its COVID protocols due to the more mild Omicron variant.

By Jeremy Reisman December 28

[dpatnod]

Biggest reveal of the pandemic @ 81 seconds. Ha.

[Futureshock]

MVD (Most Valuable De-Wormer)

NFL declines to comment on the Hub Arkush/Aaron Rodgers MVP voting situation

Posted by Mike Florio on January 5, 2022, 10:27 AM EST

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Hub Arkush, one of only 50 people who hold ballots for the annual Associated Press NFL awards, admitted on Tuesday that he won’t vote for Aaron Rodgers for MVP, not because of Rodgers’s performance but because of personal considerations. It remains to be seen whether the AP will strip Arkush of his vote; the annual voting process begins next week.

The NFL has a role in this, too. Roughly a decade ago, the league made the AP awards the official basis for the NFL Honors ceremony, a made-for-TV event that amplifies the significance of these awards. The league, however, has nothing to say about Arkush’s admission that he won’t vote for Rodgers due to irrelevant factors.

“This is one of the annual Associated Press awards,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy told PFT via email. “It is announced during the NFL Honors show but the league does not select the voters or oversee any element of the process so it’s not appropriate for us to comment.”

While the league shouldn’t be micromanaging the process, it’s fair and appropriate for the league to generally desire that the voting will be handled responsibly and fairly. Too much is riding on these awards, which include MVP, comeback player of the year, offensive and defensive player of the year, offensive and defensive rookie of the year, and coach of the year. The 50 AP voters also determine the All-Pro team.

The process has plenty of flaws. Many of the awards aren’t defined. What does comeback player mean? What does it mean to be “most valuable”?

Also, if the AP is going to use only 50 votes (with one vote only per award, not a first-, second-, and third-place option), the list needs to consist of the 50 people best suited to make the assessments, without regard to business or political realities that necessarily corrupt the process. I’ve seen the list. Not everyone on the list should be on the list.

Starting with the guy who has said the quiet thing out loud, that he won’t be voting for the true MVP out of spite.

[Futureshock]

A guy I work with (his wife retired earlier last year) was defiant that it was just another form of the flu and he and his wife and family weren't going to get vaccinated because it was all political, blah, blah, blah. Well. Well he lost his father and his mom doesn't look like she will make it either. He is on a ventilator in the hospital, clinging to life.

Dammit man this thing isn't a fricking joke. This is serious crap.

By now you know all the reasons and science. Please evaluate this WITH YOUR DOCTOR

[jaadam4]

I’m curious as to what everyone thinks about what’s happening with Dr Robert Malone. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s the Chief Architect of mRNA platform technology.



The Chief Architect of mRNA platform technology is blowing the whistle on the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. And if he is correct, we are all in grave danger – and 16,000 of his fellow scientists agree with him.

"I think I may be the only one that has been involved deeply in the development of this tech that doesn't have a financial stake in it..." explained Dr. Robert Malone in an interview with podcast personality Joe Rogan.

"(I'm speaking out) because what's happening is not right. It's destroying my profession; it's destroying the practice of medicine worldwide; it's destroying public health in medicine. I am a vaccinologist. I spent 30 years developing vaccines...I am personally offended by watching my discipline get destroyed for no good reason at all..."


However, those with a sizeable financial stake are the critics who would like to see Dr. Robert Malone shut up and disappear. These financial interests include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the largest stakeholder in Johnson and Johnson, a leading vaccine manufacturer.

With an endowment of 13 billion, RWJF, like the Gates Foundation, was founded as a charitable health organization. However, this "charity" was designed to further the interests of "public health," as seen through the eyes of its benefactor, none other than J&J. RWJF owns over two million shares of J&J stock.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Zuckerberg Chan Initiative generously funded an article by The Atlanticthat attempted to cast Dr. Malone as a spreader of "vaccine misinformation."

"It was a political retaliation intended to take me off the map," Malone said.

Perhaps The Atlantic meant that in the same way a mathematician might use numerical sleight of hand or in the way a chemist might conjure up fake elements. Pardon the sarcasm, but you would never catch an accomplished scientist throwing his field under the bus, nor would you ever see a vaccinologist spread "vaccine misinformation," much less the world's pioneer of mRNA transfection.

Although I can't be sure, maybe in another era, if paid enough, The Atlantic might also claim that Einstein spread misinformation when he spoke out against developing a nuclear bomb, essentially a product of his own discovery E=MC².

Perhaps because of their marching orders to destroy Malone's reputation, The Atlantic attempted to cast doubt on Malone being the inventor of mRNA vaccine technology. However, just as Professor Albert Einstein did not actually design a nuclear bomb, but remains the Father of the Nuclear Age, Malone did not actually design the COVID-19 vaccines but remains the Father of the mRNA Vaccine Platform Technology.

For anyone who may doubt this, look no further than any serious scientist researching mRNA. You will notice most pay homage to Robert Malone in their reference section. For example, after a five-minute PubMed search, I found a review article published in the journal Gene about mRNA transfection. Although Malone published his groundbreaking mRNA discovery in 1989 while at the Salk Institute, his work remains heavily referenced decades later, even to this day.

The article in Gene, published in 2015, states, "The method of transferring in vitro transcribed mRNA into mammalian cells was first suggested in (the) late 1980s by (Malone et al., 1989).”

Within a few more minutes, I checked more articles, and another published in 2020 in the journal Cells references the same Malone 1989 study as reference number 14 in the following link below:

Siewert CD, Haas H, Cornet V, et al. Hybrid Biopolymer and Lipid Nanoparticles with Improved Transfection Efficacy for mRNA. Cells. 2020;9(9):2034. Published 2020 Sep 5. doi:10.3390/cells9092034