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 Politics › Re: Increase In Wages, Reversal Of PMS Pump Price: TUC Lists Demands To FG by Bevista: 10:55pm On Jun 04, 2023 |
If you have a major infection and there's a general consensus that it is best for you to go through surgery to remove the infection, will the doctor not provide you with anesthesia and other pre-surgery care before the surgery? You will still be provided with after-surgery care for some time. All these is done to help you deal with the pains of the surgery. Regardless of how necessary and urgent the surgery is, if the proper patient care (before and after) is not administered, you risk unintended consequences that could worsen the patient's condition. No doctor does surgery first and give anesthesia after. This post is not about surgery! 73 Likes 9 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Labour Strike: Omokri Puts Nlc President, Ajaero To Tasks Over His Romance With by Bevista: 11:14pm On Jun 03, 2023 |
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| Romance › Re: Reality Every Guy Need To Know ( STRICTLY REDPILL) ... by Bevista: 3:26pm On Jan 20, 2022 |
African26:I have read a lot of insightful stuff on this thread. But this, right here, ranks at the very top. 10 Likes |
| Politics › Re: 4 Ways Joe Biden As United States President Will Affect Nigeria by Bevista: 12:26pm On Nov 06, 2020 |
porka:Thank goodness you brought this up. Many folks have no clue about the economic effects a Biden presidency will have on Nigeria. Their twin bash of PANDEMIC and CLIMATE CHANGE will have devastating consequences on the country. |
| Family › Re: America Is Not As Many People Think by Bevista: 12:14pm On Nov 05, 2020 |
Are you having a laugh? I could comment on each of the points you raised to show the folly of your review, but I won't bother. --- Just one question buddy - What are you still doing there? Why not come back to Nigeria to "enjoy" the "abundant blessings" yourself? 10 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Trump To VETO Bill Gates Puppet Pick For WTO by Bevista: 10:30am On Oct 30, 2020 |
Op, from your moniker, I'm assuming you've seen the documentary "We're Living in 12 Monkeys". |
| Politics › Re: Soldiers Used Blank Ammunition In Lekki Shooting – Sani Usman by Bevista: 9:53pm On Oct 29, 2020 |
SmartyPants:Didn't they say earlier that they were invited by LASG? |
| Politics › Re: Soldiers Used Blank Ammunition In Lekki Shooting – Sani Usman by Bevista: 3:43pm On Oct 29, 2020 |
First, they said - WE WERE NOT THERE. Then, later, they said - WE WERE THERE, BUT WE DIDN'T SHOOT. Now, it's - WE SHOT, BUT WE ONLY SHOT BLANK AMMOS --- Next, we'll hear - WE SHOT LIVE AMMOS, BUT WE ONLY SHOT THEM IN THE AIR. 122 Likes 10 Shares |
| Politics › Re: How True Is This About Their Salaries by Bevista: 9:11am On Oct 27, 2020 |
Something fundamentally wrong with that list. Looks too ridiculous to be true. -- They cannot receive vehicle and furniture allowance every year, let alone every month. And N1. 2m for newspaper allowance? Come on. 1 Like |
| Crime › Re: Endsars:we Buys Our Uniform Ourselves.. Nigeria Police by Bevista: 5:52pm On Oct 15, 2020*. Modified: 8:54pm On Oct 15, 2020 |
Surely, there are deeper structural issues that need addressing across they entire spectrum of the Nigerian society. #ENDSARS is just one of our typical ways of trying to deal with the symptoms rather than attend to the disease itself. Yes, SARS is in the spotlight atm (and rightly so), but if we were to xray other segments of the society, we'd find an equal amount of rot and abuse of office. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Prophet Ufuoma Bernard: "No More Tithing In My Church, Daddy Freeze Is Right" by Bevista: 3:58pm On Sep 20, 2020 |
CodeTemplar:physically, I meant. |
| Business › Re: Bill Gates Sr Is Dead. Microsoft Co-Founder, Bill Gates' Father Dies by Bevista: 6:53am On Sep 16, 2020 |
Eugenist 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Atiku: If We Truly Deregulated, Shouldn’t Fuel Price Drop? by Bevista: 3:18pm On Sep 08, 2020*. Modified: 4:37pm On Sep 08, 2020 |
GamalNasser:Naira will always depreciate whenever there's a fall in oil prices, except we can have alternative means of earning USD outside oil. As per the point Atiku raised, government may argue that the reason why current pump prices is not lower than what was obtainable in 2019 is because the 2019 price was subsidized and the current one is not. Dunno if that's a valid argument or not. 14 Likes 3 Shares |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 7:16am On Jul 26, 2020*. Modified: 8:33am On Jul 26, 2020 |
youngRx:Since when did you start showing such empathy for those that lost a loved one? We've seen mass graves in Benue, Kaduna, Kogi, Borno etc resulting from the atrocities of Herdsmen & Boko Haram. Are those lives less valuable than those taken by Covid-19? Where was the national response? Where was the persistent media coverage? 1 Like |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 8:19pm On Jul 25, 2020 |
That's Anthony Fauci (middle), the slowpoke that keeps telling everyone to wear a face mask and keep a 2m social distance. Of course, he doesn't believe in that crap. 3 Likes
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| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 8:15pm On Jul 25, 2020 |
Activist001:It's so "dangerous" yet 98% of people who contract it have recovered without any known medication. Go figure! 1 Like |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 8:01pm On Jul 25, 2020 |
Kenn55:I agree completely that all preventable deaths should be prevented. But why are you lot so desperate to prevent only Covid-19 deaths? The government allows Boko Haram and Herdsmen to slaughter 1000s of citizens every year. More than 100k maternal mortalities every year, more than 50k road accident deaths every year, I can go on and on. Malnutrition and poor access to proper medical care kills millions every year. Does these other lives not matter? The globalists, through their media propaganda machines, have succeeded in brainwashing you lot to think that covid-19 is the worst thing to befall humanity. A virus with a 98% recovery rate and less than 0.2% case fatality rate. I repeat, if this is about public health and saving lives, the government has more important issues to worry about. |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 7:46pm On Jul 25, 2020 |
Abatemtem:Stop trying to be clever by half. More tests will only increase the number of cases but will not increase the number of deaths. And let's not even start with the acclaimed Covid-19 deaths cos if comorbifity issues are addressed, the real number of Covid-19 deaths will go down significantly. 1 Like |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 1:55am On Jul 23, 2020 |
Kenn55:You probably missed my point. I was in no way trying to trivialize the Covid-19 deaths. My point is - why are you so interested in stopping those 1000 Covid-19 deaths but show absolutely no concern whatsoever for the 60k road accident deaths? The reality is - the only reason you rank Covid-19 deaths higher is because the media wants you to...not because it is truly more important. They even tell you to wear a face mask just to create a mass consciousness. You happily wear that nonsense despite the obvious health implications of breathing recycled Co2. Go read about Respiratory Acidosis. 3 Likes |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 8:40pm On Jul 22, 2020 |
justwise:I thought so. Instead of regurgitating the drivel propagated to you by mainstream media, maybe you can actually do some thinking of your own. 4 Likes |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 8:33pm On Jul 22, 2020 |
justwise:In spite of your "highly contagious" C-19 virus, I've just shown you that I'm 100 times more likely to die from road accident than die from the stupid media hysteria virus. If I must wear a face mask to protect you and others, then you must drive at 10km/hr speed limit to protect me and others. Or don't you care about the lives of others anymore? 3 Likes |
| Travel › Re: by Bevista: 8:00pm On Jul 22, 2020 |
justwise:According to official figures on the WHO website, road accident kills over 60k per year in Nigeria. Last time I checked, total number of deaths from Covid-19 is less than 1k. If it's about public health and saving lives, should the government not be more concerned about road accidents? Also, as some of those accidents are a result of irresponsible behaviors (like over speeding), should the government not enforce a 15km/hr speed limit on all highways, so that irresponsible drivers like you (who like to do over 100km/hr) will not cost the lives of other innocent road users? Go figure! 9 Likes |
| Family › Re: Guidelines For Unemployed Husbands With Working Wives by Bevista: 9:30am On May 23, 2020 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: China Replies Trump Over Threat To Cut Off Ties by Bevista: 4:52pm On May 15, 2020 |
Esseite:Quoted for reference. Deep insight. |
| Health › Dr Russell Blaylock: Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy by Bevista(op): 7:57pm On May 13, 2020 |
Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, but they also create serious health risks to the wearer. The bottom line is that if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask. --- With the advent of the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a number of medical practices that have little or no scientific support as regards reducing the spread of this infection. One of these measures is the wearing of facial masks, either a surgical-type mask, bandana or N95 respirator mask. When this pandemic began and we knew little about the virus itself or its epidemiologic behavior, it was assumed that it would behave, in terms of spread among communities, like other respiratory viruses. Little has presented itself after intense study of this virus and its behavior to change this perception. This is somewhat of an unusual virus in that for the vast majority of people infected by the virus, one experiences either no illness (asymptomatic) or very little sickness. Only a very small number of people are at risk of a potentially serious outcome from the infection—mainly those with underlying serious medical conditions in conjunction with advanced age and frailty, those with immune compromising conditions and nursing home patients near the end of their lives. There is growing evidence that the treatment protocol issued to treating doctors by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly intubation and use of a ventilator (respirator), may have contributed significantly to the high death rate in these select individuals. As for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a recent careful examination of the literature, in which 17 of the best studies were analyzed, concluded that, “ None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.” Keep in mind, no studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission. It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history. Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask for prevention, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia, all the way to serious life-threatening complications. There is a difference between the N95 respirator mask and the surgical mask (cloth or paper mask) in terms of side effects. The N95 mask, which filters out 95% of particles with a median diameter >0.3 µm2 , because it impairs respiratory exchange (breathing) to a greater degree than a soft mask, and is more often associated with headaches. In one such study, researchers surveyed 212 healthcare workers (47 males and 165 females) asking about presence of headaches with N95 mask use, duration of the headaches, type of headaches and if the person had preexisting headaches. They found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death. A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask. Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance. Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung. While most agree that the N95 mask can cause significant hypoxia and hypercapnia, another study of surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as well. In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons using an oximeter. They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as well as at the end of surgeries. The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels (pa02) significantly. The longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels. The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. . This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome. People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers. Repeated episodes of hypoxia has been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases. There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number. It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain. In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain. It is evident from this review that there is insufficient evidence that wearing a mask of any kind can have a significant impact in preventing the spread of this virus. The fact that this virus is a relatively benign infection for the vast majority of the population and that most of the at-risk group also survive, from an infectious disease and epidemiological standpoint, by letting the virus spread through the healthier population we will reach a herd immunity level rather quickly that will end this pandemic quickly and prevent a return next winter. During this time, we need to protect the at-risk population by avoiding close contact, boosting their immunity with compounds that boost cellular immunity and in general, care for them. One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, as these studiesAs for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a recent careful examination of the literature, in which 17 of the best studies were analyzed, concluded that, “ None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.” Keep in mind, no studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission. It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask. When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected. The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history. Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask for prevention, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods? Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia, all the way to serious life-threatening complications. There is a difference between the N95 respirator mask and the surgical mask (cloth or paper mask) in terms of side effects. The N95 mask, which filters out 95% of particles with a median diameter >0.3 µm2 , because it impairs respiratory exchange (breathing) to a greater degree than a soft mask, and is more often associated with headaches. In one such study, researchers surveyed 212 healthcare workers (47 males and 165 females) asking about presence of headaches with N95 mask use, duration of the headaches, type of headaches and if the person had preexisting headaches. They found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death. A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask. Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance. Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung. While most agree that the N95 mask can cause significant hypoxia and hypercapnia, another study of surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as well. In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons using an oximeter. They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as well as at the end of surgeries. The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels (pa02) significantly. The longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels. The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome. People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers. Repeated episodes of hypoxia has been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases. There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number. It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain. In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain. It is evident from this review that there is insufficient evidence that wearing a mask of any kind can have a significant impact in preventing the spread of this virus. The fact that this virus is a relatively benign infection for the vast majority of the population and that most of the at-risk group also survive, from an infectious disease and epidemiological standpoint, by letting the virus spread through the healthier population we will reach a herd immunity level rather quickly that will end this pandemic quickly and prevent a return next winter. During this time, we need to protect the at-risk population by avoiding close contact, boosting their immunity with compounds that boost cellular immunity and in general, care for them. --- One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, as these studies suggest that is the wise choice to make. suggest that is the wise choice to make. https://www.technocracy.news/blaylock-face-masks-pose-serious-risks-to-the-healthy/
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| Health › Re: COVID-19: Nigeria Imports Shipment Of Madagascar's Drugs For Testing by Bevista: 6:38am On May 11, 2020 |
jidamsel43:The herbal solution is from Artemisia plant. That plant has been known to treat malaria much better than western chemo-drugs. Unfortunately, the WHO has refused to recognize the plant, probably because it stands in the way of big pharma businesses. 78 Likes 7 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Adegboruwa: Wike Has No Legal Authority To Confiscate Citizens Properties by Bevista: 10:58pm On May 09, 2020 |
WaffenSS:I see. Thanks. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Adegboruwa: Wike Has No Legal Authority To Confiscate Citizens Properties by Bevista: 5:56pm On May 09, 2020 |
WaffenSS:Ok, thanks for the correction. It's the context that matters, though. The State abusing the rights of citizens under the guise of "public good". 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Adegboruwa: Wike Has No Legal Authority To Confiscate Citizens Properties by Bevista: 1:47pm On May 09, 2020*. Modified: 5:12pm On May 09, 2020 |
"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" — Albert Camus. 15 Likes 2 Shares
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| Health › Re: Bill Gates' Plan To Vaccinate The World by Bevista: 12:34pm On May 09, 2020 |
nylen1234:What you posted is the Part 2. The Part 1 was titled "How Bill Gates Monopolized Global Health". Part 3 should be out next week. |
| Health › Re: Bill Gates' Plan To Vaccinate The World by Bevista: 10:32am On May 09, 2020 |
Thanks for this. Been looking forward to the part 2 of this report. |
| Politics › Re: PDP Rejects N108 Per Litre Depot Petrol Price by Bevista: 12:12pm On May 08, 2020*. Modified: 7:52pm On May 08, 2020 |
While not in any way justifying the N108 ex-depo price, it is my view that N60 - N70 as suggested by the PDP may not be realistic. The problem is when people think that a 50% crash in oil price should translate to a corresponding 50% crash in pump price. PDP of all people should know better. It is estimated that crude oil only accounts for 40% - 60% of total refining cost. There are other costs like personnel, overhead, shipping, security, insurance, demurrage, taxes, etc. Most of these costs are still either constant or gone higher. 1 Like 1 Share |
