Dairy Fat is Good for You

Progress on the writing front this week isn't not worth mentioning. The good news is that I got a small SSD drive to take some of the pressure off my hard drive. I've moved some of my most frequently used programs to it and deleted others. I really need to build a new computer, but after seeing some of the prices out there, I see the chip shortage in real terms now.

There's good news on the "pandemic" front. Covid cluster outbreaks could signal pandemic is nearing end. This is in line with the typical duration of a pandemic, which is two to three years. If it follows the normal pattern, it should be over between by the end of this year and the end of next year. 2020, 2021 and 2222 are almost three full years. One sign that the pandemic is ending is that the world government has shifted attention from Covid to "climate change". One of the vaccine companies stated this week that the pandemic would be over in a year if everyone took their vaccine. Right. It's ending anyway. Perhaps they saw the story about the cluster outbreaks and were trying to get ahead of it. They'll probably try to take credit for the end of the pandemic, too.

There's even more good news. Dairy Fat from Milk, Butter, and Cheese Could Boost Your Heart Health. A quote from the article, "We found those with the highest levels actually had the lowest risk of CVD." CVD in this context means cardiovascular disease. The article explains the way old studies were done, relying on the memories of test subjects' food intake, versus the modern way of taking measurements from the blood to get actual data. Nearly all my life, I've "known" that milk and cheese were bad for me. Now, I finally know better. Pizza could be a health food.

Have a great weekend.

The Fear Campaign

First the billionaire space race. Now maybe a billionaire longevity race

I've seen an avalanche of scare tactic headlines regarding Covid-19, such as the nurse who coldly, callously tells patients, "It's too late," as they lay dying and begging for a vaccine. I decided to copy all the ones I saw this week. Here's a list of them. These are only the ones I ran across. I'm sure there were more I didn't see. The hateful tone has calmed down a lot compared to the last few weeks when there was an all-out push to scare people into getting a vaccine. The main component to these is using fear and/or abusing/shaming the unvaccinated. Whatever happened to my body my choice? I can't do anything about the formatting problems. I need to dump Blogger.

I don't have a link to the story, but an Israeli scientist(?) or politician was caught in a hot mic moment telling someone else that Covid passports have nothing to do with science. They're to force people to get vaccinated.

Saturday 

Doctor says 'death is imminent' for a woman on a hospital bed in Michigan who refused the COVID-19 vaccine 'adamantly' 

2 unvaccinated parents left 7 children behind after dying within hours of each other from COVID-19

Sunday

A customer who refused to wear a mask in a Wells Fargo bank waited in the parking lot to violently ambush the manager at the end of his shift, report says

Delta variant: Unvaccinated and vaccinated people 'are not in the same ballpark' of risk, doctor explains

Unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die of COVID-19, CDC studies show: Latest updates

 ‘It Took Her So Fast’: 4-Year-Old Texas Preschooler Dies of COVID Within Hours of First Symptoms

 

 Monday

California couple dies of covid, leaving five kids behind. Their newborn is three weeks old.

 Veronica Wolski, QAnon supporter at center of ivermectin firestorm, dies of COVID-related pneumonia at Chicago hospital

 Texas Embalmer Shares Nightmare COVID Experiences: 'Unlike Anything I've Seen Before'

  3 Things You Should Say to Someone Who’s Hesitant About the COVID Vaccine (& One Thing You’re Better Off Keeping to Yourself)

 Ky. school endures death of 2nd staffer from coronavirus. 2 more hospitalized

Tuesday

Canada's ‘hospitals are building barricades’: COVID-19 pandemic reaches ugly heights with anti-vaxx protests

Howard Stern Slams Joe Rogan for Taking Ivermectin and ‘Sh–head’ Anti-Vaxxers

The Covid spike in highly vaccinated Israel holds grim omens for other economies

Fauci warns of possible ‘monster’ variant of COVID if pandemic isn’t stamped out with vaccinations

Israel’s Top COVID Truther Claimed COVID That Killed Him Was ‘Poison’ Attack

Letters to the Editor: I've tried reasoning with very smart anti-vaxxers. It's pointless

Woman had life-saving surgery pushed back because Tennessee's hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients

NC school board member who once voted against masks requests prayers after getting COVID

He almost died of COVID. Now Ky. airline pilot spreads the word on vaccine.

My beloved uncle is in the ICU with Covid — and I’ve changed my mind on vaccines

 

Wednesday

Our School Board Refused To Mandate Masks. Now Things Are Bad. Really Bad.

A pregnant woman hospitalized with covid miscarried her baby. Her husband regrets that they weren't vaccinated.

 

Thursday

Mum who nearly died of COVID vaccine side effects vows to let daughter have jab

Unvaxxed Teen Councilman Who Attacked Mask Mandates Now Battling ‘Terrible’ COVID Pneumonia

Her father died from COVID-19. Now she's grappling with her family's church supporting religious exemptions from the vaccine.

‘The situation is dire’: Idaho activates crisis standards statewide over COVID-19

Kentucky bride-to-be who was concerned about COVID vaccine dies of virus at age 29

GOP lawmaker in New Hampshire becomes a Democrat, saying anti-mask 'extremists' pushed him out

Friday

France suspends 3,000 health staff as Europe targets vaccine refusal

 Right-Wing Activist Laura Loomer Has ‘Brutal’ Case of COVID After Claiming It’s No Worse Than Food Poisoning

 2 fringe doctors created the myth that ivermectin is a 'miracle cure' for COVID-19 - whipping up false hope that could have deadly consequences

 U.S. passes grim milestone as 1 person in every 500 has now died of COVID, as a debate about the need for booster shots heats up

 Column: Why do unvaccinated people in Florida — land of predictable tragedies — keep dying from COVID-19?

 Another COVID Orphan, Another Dead ‘Hero,’ and Now More States Forced to Ration Care

 Hawaii has first confirmed maternal death due to COVID-19

 

So.

Have a great weekend.

Slow Week

I didn't see it myself, but I heard about the kerfuffle regarding the mainstream media trying to brand ivermectin as "horse de-wormer". That's disinformation. Ivermectin can be used for horses, but it's not a strictly horse medicine. Ivermectin has been used to treat over 4 billion people since 1981. The FDA approved its use in the U.S. in 1987. The guys who invented it received a Nobel prize because it's helped so many people with various problem such as head lice, etc. The mainstream media is against any non-vaccine treatment, which is baffling. As long as it works, does it matter which treatment is used? Don't they care about people? Why does the answer always have to be a vaccine? Why are they playing politics with people's lives?

Israelis scientist says Covid-19 could be treated for under $1/day. "Double-blind study shows ivermectin reduces disease's duration and infectiousness * FDA and WHO caution against use" "Nearly 72% of volunteers treated with ivermectin tested negative for the virus by day six."

When almost 72% test negative for Covid after 6 days, that's a great treatment. It sounds a lot like a cure for certain people. The article has more information about the type of patients being treated.

I'm not an anti-vaxxer. If people want to get vaccinated, that's their business. There's enough information out there for them to make that decision, although sifting between rabid anti-vaxxers and dishonest, vaccine-only media outlets is tricky.

It was a bad week on the writing front. No Man's Sky had a major update and put out an Expedition, too. It was kind of a perfect storm.

Have a great weekend.

The Writing Part

This week saw the end of preparing for finishing book 3 and the beginning of getting to the writing part. I've been going through the part that's already been written and reached the end of that last night. The next step is to take my notes and such and get the rough draft finished. I'm estimating that'll take at least a month. That assumes a word count of 2,000 words per day and that nothing gets in the way.

Tropical Storm Ida passed through this week. The lights blinked a couple of times, but the power didn't go out like it did for the last tropical storm the other day. It turns out the Ryobi 300W power source I linked last week will not power my computer. I found a video in which a guy hooked up a 174W blender, and it took two starts for it to run. When certain items power up, they use a surge of electricity. I'm pretty sure my PC would blow 300W away. However, I did find an APC backup with extra battery pack that should run it for a while if the power went out. Sadly, it's well over $300. Normal backups start below $100, although they're for shutting a computer down safely not running it during an outage.

I'm thinking about getting that Ryobi power supply anyway. The power goes out for large storms on a regular basis. Even if I couldn't run the computer, I'd still have light to read by and cell phone charging and perhaps enough juice for an old 24" television. It would also let me use my Ryobi battery and keep it active.

Have a great weekend.