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Skills10:
My brother. lol.

He is the inventor of the testing criteria for corona virus and HIV.

So it is ok for us to ignore his opinions on the subject matter but we can use his PCR test method for testing for corona virus and HIV?

he is not the only one with this opinion by the way.

I've provided you all the proof to the contrary.

I will not be caught dead pushing this baseless debate any further.

Skills10:
Watch the video my brother. The first person being interviewed is Dr Kary Mulis. HE INVENTED THE TESTING CRITERIA(RT PCR).

I think he knows a thing or two on the subject matter.

This is one of a thousand research papers on the subject.

Sometimes you need to research the things you hear on the Internet.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp038194

Skills10:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaMZ4NyNCwI

The first person in that video is Dr Kary Mulis. He is the inventor of the testing criteria(RT PCR) used for corona viruses testing and HIV a times.

So, you're just regurgitating his point of view then.
Interesting how you'll ignore the overwhelming evidence that proves the causality of AIDS to focus on the one voice who says otherwise. Well done to you

Skills10:
lol. I 100% agree with you. Do not get me wrong. people should be able to find out if the usual narrative is true.

i am not undermining HIV or AIDS. I am saying that findings show that some had AIDS without having HIV.

The inventor of the testing criteria asked for the evidence and scientific document to back up the claims that HIV causes AIDs. He found none. He began to question every narrative about the subject. everything i have said, can be verified online and videos. i wont post the links here. i want us to verify them.
How did people who never had HIV get AIDs then?

We are educated. we went to school. knowledge should go beyond the university days. A lot of people stop reading after leaving school. They belief hook line and sinker all that CNN says about corona viruses. Is it just a mere coincidence that John Hopkins University, the institution giving the official figures of number of infections and deaths from covid19 were the ones who simulated event201?

Any doctor or nurse will be rolling over laughing at this.

What is AIDS? May be you need to start from there.
The condition known as AIDS is a constellation of other diseases, which have existed since time. Any condition that causes immune compromise will cause an AIDS-like condition. If you receive a transplant, then you'll be on lifelong immune suppressive treatment and thus can develop a condition like AIDS. If you're born with congenital disorders like Severe Combined Immune Disorder, similar AIDS like condition can develop. The term AIDS however refers to the particular development of this condition in the setting of HIV infection.
Oesophageal candidiasis is not new. Nephropathy is not new. Kaposi Sarcoma is not new. Yet these are all AIDS defining illnesses.
I don't know if you understand me up to this point, or I lost you in the technicalities.

Skills10:
Ok.

There are some things i cant say here.

But i will just ask you a few questions (Since you know so much on the subject matter)

What do you have to say about gain of function research being done on Ebola, HIV and corona viruses? to what end?
What about Genetic Engineering? Do viruses jump naturally from animals to Humans?
Any reason why the inventor of the testing criteria(RT-PCR) said that he found no evidence to support the claims that HIV causes AIDS.
Is there a gold standard for corona virus.
Is the corona virus isolated from the genetic material
Any explanation for the false positives and negatives
Is there a link between corona virus and HIV.
Is the fictituous event201 that was a simulation of corona virus last year october just a mere coincidence.


we are learning. you can educate me on the above.

You are creating your own confusion by conflating many generic, unrelated issues.
Come down to specifics and I'll be happy to discuss with you

Skills10:
No offence.

You can give contrary evidence.

If you dont understand where i am coming from on this subject, then no qualms.

My brother, you've given no evidence whatsoever.
In 2020, you're still doubting if untreated HIV is the cause of AIDS.
Why not volunteer to work in Infectious diseases in any hospital near you and then you can see first hand, what AIDS really is and how much misinformation contributes to that sad state of affairs.

Skills10:
Lies. HIV does not cause AIDS. findings show that the probability of getting HIV from an HIV positive person is 1 out of 1000. That is they would have sex 1000 times before HIV is transmitted between them.

Typical case of "a little learning is a dangerous thing"

What you typed, does it make any sense to you?

Sadly he thinks he's helping, but all people take away from this is a further entrenching of mental health stereotypes. Is this the face of depression or anxiety, or bipolar?

Very narrow minded, if you ask me.

WoundedLamb:
Did the video take place in Switzerland? If so, I have to first admit I didn't know that. Did he express his opinion on Trump? If so, everyone has an opinion on Trump given the American world power status. I think what matters here would be the mannerisms. The lady was a client and should be treated with utmost respect. But then again, she said he kept on apologising afterwards. Do you still think the video was necessary? Would you do the video if you were the lady?

The American ladies were visiting Switzerland and this Uber driver straight up jumped into denigrating America and Trump. If you listen carefully, the lady is defending America, not so much Trump.
Because we are disillusioned with our country Nigeria, we can not claim to know how we would react if in this lady's shoes.

WoundedLamb:
If you live outside Nigeria and you feel you shouldn't have an opinion on the politics of where you live because you're Nigerian regardless of the fact that government policies affect as you as much as they affect everyone else, that's fine. I don't know how you guys view foreigners in Nigeria but North America is full of foreigners and allowing those from some countries to contribute to political discussions while those from other countries are hushed is outrightly biased. Y'all can go around with your Nigerian tag and feeling less than everyone else but that doesn't justify the biase. This guy pays his tax as much as everyone else and you really think he shouldn't have any say on government decisions? Or were you thinking they'd take less tax from him cause his country is poor? Do they consider your country or origin when assimilating your talents? So if, for instance, Trump bans Uber and the guy loses his job, he shouldn't have an opinion about that cause he's Nigerian? I honestly don't know how people see things in Africa.

But the guy is a Nigerian living in Switzerland and educating Americans about their president. I hope you see why the lady is mad.

DerideGull:
Passion, you are as funny as hell with the waiting plank. If you do not have the average intellect to understand black or white as in the case of race does not have biological attribute therefore no value in science, I cannot continue the silly debate. The science I know stated the Sickle call disease is prevalent in Sub-Sahara African region as Leukemia is prevalent in Northern European region. Only a fraudulent scientist will label a chromosomal result test as black or white.

You see, because of the deficiencies of the system you're espousing, you can't answer a simple question.

The sentence I gave you is a comparison. How you've narrowed it down to Subsaharan Africa is beyond me as though sickle cell disease is not prevalent among black people in America, UK, Europe, as compared to the white population.

You know you tried to answer my question but couldn't because the system you're suggesting has limitations. A noble person will admit these limitations, but, instead you resort to questioning my intellect in order to detract the discussion to your forte, which is name-calling.
I wasnt born yesterday Mr DerideGull.

DerideGull:
Based on the post above, who do you call black? Race in the instance of Black and White is a social construct. In fact, I call it idiotic social construct because it does not have biological value. There are Africans who could pass as the silly White yet are Africans not black. Human race includes Indians, Malaysians, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos and Koreans which are denoted as Asians including people from Middle east. You are the one making the silly denotation. Every person who migrated to America is American not what you called Black and White in your figment of imagination. I have maintained either you called them European-Americans or African-Americans but black or white. I do not get plank of your silly argument. Do you prefer Black and White or African-American or European-American? Before you goof off with identification shenanigan, there are two continent of America.

I'm talking practicalities now.
Restate this fact in light of your superior understanding :
"Sickle call disease is more prevalent in black populations than in white populations"

I'll wait, although I suspect I'll be waiting a long time

DerideGull:
I guess it takes one clown to recognize another. Anyway, my African brothers and sisters seemed to sheepishly ride with names given to them by European. It is funny you brought the Sickle call disease to the discussion. Thank goodness Chromosomal tests are not carried out under the auspices of Black or White. Lymphoma disease is not common among Africans.

If you wanna have a rational discussion, I'm more than happy to indulge you.
That said, why have you abandoned the disease I picked for you to talk about lymphoma instead. Lol.
Anyways, black does not equal African. The Siddis of India, the Orang Aslis of Malaysia and Philippines, the entire West Indians etc etc are not Africans . Because you share a black skin with someone does not make them African. There are many many Indians who are as dark skinned as some East Africans. Does that make them Africans?
The Europeans who migrated to America are Americans today, not Europeans. But the Africans who migrated to America remain Africans in your warped mind. You need to wrap your head around these facts first

DerideGull:
You will never score more than one digit in intellectual quotient test. Chromosomal abnormality test does not have colors within. Africans regardless if you were born in Europe, Asia or America seem to be associated with Sickle. There is also a disorder preocular with people of European descent and not common among Africans. Now only a material dunce will attempt to equate Africa to "Black".

All this verbal diarrhoea and yet you can't accomplish the simple task set for you. You're a clown!

DerideGull:
The bigger fool is the moronic dingbat who describes human beings with hue. What a dunce.

I can see you're desperate to draw anyone into this your humdrum argument.

You think the only reason why racial categorisation exists is to fuel bias.

Once you get rid of this categorisation, how will you restate the following statement of fact :

_ Sickle call disease is more prevalent in black populations than in white populations

planetx:
I know this people very well, trust me she would never have talked to a white uber driver with this venomous tirade even if the driver insulted her mother and called her a nigga.

Shut up man.
This is literally the problem, 'I know', presuming people's beliefs and actions before they've done or said anything to you .
You know fck all. You don't know this woman, so quit that yeye habit of labeling people you've never met. You're no different to the Uber driver, presuming she would join him in denigrating her country for his own gratification.

This was refreshing to watch.
In recent times, Nigerians have taken an unusual interest in American politics, often holding passionate, polarised views, and daring to 'educate' Americans about their country and its politics.
This oversabi trend needs to stop. Fix Nigeria first before you advise America on how to be great again.

The stupid Nigerian uber driver could not even mind his business and act professional. Always be wary of discussing religion and politics. I hope the disgraced Uber driver will now get small sense

Meanwhile the Uber drivers cohort are in the comments section forming yeye American politics pundits on Nairaland.

Emaprince:
Exactly the way I feels.

As in, I can't imagine my self waking up...then dress up just for the purpose of going to a photo studio to snap some pics. Only women does that. And its understandable cos those ones are only about beauty and attention.

Even consciously posing for the camera dey hard me. I love candid pics or even rough ones. All these pics with filter is too gay for a man

This is the opinion of people with neither wealth nor fame.

@OP

I have just one question
You said "A larger percentage of NIGERIANS are brown skin which is 100% fact."
What colour are the remainder of that percentage?

Rgade:
T junction-amorji Nike- Emene road.
Milliken hill.
Pedestrian Bridges collapsing while still under construction.
Etc

Anyone reading would be more interested in etc to take you seriously lol

tubolancer:
The ubiquitous Easterners have dominated their markets over there that gave rise to the hullabaloo. They should learn from the Ibos jare,the secret of their business, not this hate,hate things. Can they fight with the Lebanese or the Chinese like this?

Why is it always about domination with you lot. I'm sure that is the root of the problem, always overstating your relevance, constantly announcing you've dominated the scene, then the local population gets threatened and activate antagonist laws, then you start moaning and whining.
How many Chinese or Lebanese go about stating how they've dominated the scene. Please shut your mouth whilst you're dominating, that's what the Chinese and Lebanese do.
Sheeesh!

Saxobeat:
I had sex with a positive lady twice and it was unprotected. She doesn't joke with her medication she takes it daily at the appropriate time since she was declared positive. Am scared to my bones right now. Before her appointment with her doctor was at interval of 3 months which was changed to 6 months. Should I be worried The meds she take is in a blue container.

Amazinglyqueer
Rossycee
Sheblayze
Naslow08

Have an open discussion with her in the first instance. If she's been open about her status, you can be open about your concerns. If she's undetectable, then there's absolutely nothing to be worried about. A test may give you reassurance but it's not needed if she's undetectable. In that case, she simply cannot transmit the virus.

Warning : long interesting read



Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary “bush” refineries hidden deep in the creeks and swamps of the Niger delta is less polluting than the highly toxic diesel and petrol that Europe exports to Nigeria, new laboratory analysis has found.

Shell, Exxon, Chevron and other major oil companies extract and export up to 2m barrels a day of high quality, low sulphur “Bonny Light” crude from the Niger delta. But very little of this oil is refined in the country because its four state-owned refineries are dysfunctional or have closed.

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Instead, international dealers export to Nigeria around 900,000 tonnes a year of low-grade, “dirty” fuel, made in Dutch, Belgian and other European refineries, and hundreds of small-scale artisanal refineries produce large quantities of illegal fuel from oil stolen from the network of oil pipelines that criss-cross the Niger delta.

The net result, says international resource watchdog group Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) in a new report, is that Nigeria has some of the worst air pollution in the world, with dense clouds of choking soot hanging over gridlocked cities leading to a rise in serious health conditions as well as damaged vehicles.

Illegal refineries and pollution among the waterways in Rivers State, Nigeria.
Illegal refineries and pollution among the waterways in Rivers State, Nigeria. Photograph: Staff/Reuters
The extreme toxicity of the “official” fuel exported from Europe surprised researchers who took samples of diesel sold in government-licensed filling stations in Port Harcourt and Lagos. They found that on average the fuel exceeded EU pollution limits by as much as 204 times, and by 43 times the level for gasoline.

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Laboratory analysis also showed that the black market fuel was highly polluting but of a higher quality than the imported diesel and gasoline. The average “unofficial” diesel tested exceeded the level of EU sulphur standards 152 times, and 40 times the level for gasoline.

“Our research suggests that Nigeria is having dirty fuel dumped on it that cannot be sold to other countries with higher and better implemented standards. The situation is so bad that the average diesels sampled are of an even lower quality that that produced by artisanal refining camps in the creeks of the Niger delta,” said Florence Kayemba, SDN programme manager.

With more than 11m, mostly old, cars imported from Europe and Japan on the roads, and hundreds of thousands of inefficient generators used by households and businesses for electricity, Nigeria ranks fourth in the world for deaths caused by air pollution. It has been estimated that 114,000 people die prematurely from air pollution each year.

The air quality in cities like Port Harcourt, Aba, Onitsha and Kaduna has reached crisis levels of pollution in recent years, and there is mounting evidence of rising asthma, lung, heart and respiratory diseases.

A firefighter works to put out the fire from a ruptured oil pipeline near Lagos.
A firefighter works to put out the fire from a ruptured oil pipeline near Lagos. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
More than half of developing countries, mainly in Africa and Latin America, still use high-sulphur fuels which have long been illegal to burn in western countries. In Nigeria the practice is encouraged by an opaque fuel subsidy system that keeps prices relatively low at the pumps, but is widely thought to fuel corruption. Refineries in Europe are allowed to make the fuel if countries agree to accept it.

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The SDN report, part-funded by the UK Foreign Office’s anti-corruption conflict, stability and security fund, calculates that around half the air pollution in Port Harcourt, a city of more than 3 million people, comes from the burning of official and unofficial fuel. The rest comes from nearby gas flaring, other industries, and the burning of rubbish.


'This place used to be green': the brutal impact of oil in the Niger Delta
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Levels of particulate matter in Port Harcourt and Lagos, says SDN, are 20% worse than Delhi in India, the most polluted capital city in the world, where emergency levels of photochemical smogs are common. In 2016, the River Niger port city of Onitsha was said by the World Health Organization to be the world’s most polluted city, the concentration of PM10s – soot particles – was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre; compared with the WHO safe limit of 66.

“The Niger delta already suffers environmental, health and livelihood impacts from decades of oil spill pollution, gas flaring and artisanal refining. This research indicates that it not only experiences the repercussions of producing crude oil, but also in the consumption of dirty official and unofficial fuels,” said the report.

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According to industry sources which track legal and illegal oil cargo movements – who asked to remain anonymous – around 80% of Nigeria’s petroleum products come from the Netherlands and Belgium. The two countries have some of Europe’s largest refineries.

“This is even more concerning at a time when Nigeria is facing an outbreak of coronavirus. High levels of pollution and pre-existing respiratory and other health conditions may increase the risk that Covid-19 poses to the health of the population,” said Matthew Halstead of Noctis, which conducted the laboratory research.

The SDN report substantiates allegations made in a 2016 Public Eye investigation and a Dutch government report in 2018, that European refineries and commodity brokers were blending crude oil with benzene and other carcinogenic chemicals to create fuels hundreds of times over European pollution limits for the weakly-regulated African market. This was said to be causing significant particulate pollution, damage to vehicles, and adverse health impacts for local populations.

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Nigeria, along with Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Benin promised in 2017 to stop the imports of “Africa quality” oil products as part of a UN environment programme initiative. But while Ghana has acted, reducing sulphur from 3,000 to 50 parts per million, Nigeria has argued that it needs more time to adapt.

Traffic as people attempt to rush out of Abuja, Nigeria.
Traffic as people attempt to rush out of Abuja, Nigeria. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
However, the recent collapse in oil prices because of Covid-19 means that imported fuel no longer needs to be subsidised and should no longer be a barrier to Nigeria adopting higher standards.

Illegal artisanal refineries are said by SDN to be growing fast in number and scale, now producing 5-20% of all the gasoline and diesel consumed in Nigeria from the estimated 175,000 barrels of crude oil stolen each year.

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The bush refineries are highly dangerous and frequently explode, adding to air, water and soil pollution in the mangrove swamps. But they are an important source of income for communities.

According to SDG, if Nigeria insisted on diesel imports that complied to the country’s intended fuel sulphur standards, particulate emissions could be reduced by 50%, greatly improving pollution and reducing health costs. It recommends that Nigeria enforces its proposed sulphur standards as soon as possible and considers engaging with artisanal oil refiners in future.

• This article was amended on 1 July 2020. An earlier version incorrectly said in the final paragraph that particulate emissions could be reduced “by 500%”, rather than 50%.


Pictures are of Lagos and Onitsha

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/01/petrol-sold-to-nigeria-from-europe-dirtier-than-black-market-bush-fuel

Edusouls:
Europe are just racists, they included India that has half a million cases and they themselves cursed with the virus with almost 200,000 deaths and still the second wave is surging in their place, Nigeria that fares far much better than all of them are excluded, is time we take our own destiny in our own hands

How are they racist when there's over a dozen African/Caribbean nations on that list? Or is it racism cos it doesn't favour you?. Please let's not misuse that word racism. In case you don't know, the countries in that list are all experiencing consistent fall in the number of new infections. Is that the case in Nigeria?

Rgade:
That's how it usually goes.The west manufactures a new disease,soon enough it spreads to Africa. Then they control the disease in their own countries, Africa struggles to control it too, but fails.
Before long, the disease naturalizes in Africa and assumes an African identity. And then the west begin their subtle discrimination of Africa, while throwing handouts and intervention funds at us every now and then.
It's happened several times before, that's how all these so called "tropical diseases" came about.

By 'West' do you mean China? China is not part of the West please . Let's not conflate issues in order to justify our typical blame culture. Everything we get wrong is someone else's fault.

olaric:
The WHO now trying to stay relevant after countries around the world seem to have moved ahead by taken their destinies in their own hands. Come to think of it, why three-ply masks? Even a single-ply mask reduces your ability to breathe well.

So you want a mask that is comfortable and effective against coronavirus? Well then, invent one and stop moaning!

In spite of the limited information you've provided, can I ask you a simple question. Have you returned to the pharmacy to raise your concerns? I guess not. You're already misjudging the situation based on your past experiences. The reasonable thing to do is to return to the pharmacy and ask for an explanation. But please go with an open mind, a belligerent stance will not help, and will merely lead the staff to get verbally confrontational. This is my experience cos we generally are no good at resolving conflicts, we are always seeking reasons to escalate. You wanting to go to court over a medication that caused absolutely no harm is a case in point.

Anyway, the antifungal you were given is likely formulated for adult use. Tons of medications in Nigeria have no infant formulation, hence Nigerian doctors and pharmacists try innovative measures like breaking up adult dose antibiotics for children. This leads to imprecise doses of course, but what are the other options in a country that doesn't prioritise health . Don't take my word for it though. Return to the pharmacy / doctor and ask for an explanation.