Polishprince
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I thought I remembered it being a small landslide victory for Reagan. Jimmy had become unpopular down here.Part of the start of the globalization when steel was being dumped here by the Japanese and others? Jimmy was about the unluckiest president in memory. Elected as backlash after running as an outsider going to cleanup Washington after the Nixon/Ford years. Both parties treated him like and outsider. The Saudi oil cartels treated him like a bitch, causing long lines at gas station due to turning off the oil, leading to the 55mph speed limit. The military even let him down on breaking our hostages out. Not much went right. Reagan ran in 80 and it wasn't even close.Wow. I didn't remember the Reagan years being that bad, but I was down here or on active duty.That sounds horrible. The only time I have ever milked blood for money was in Memphis, back in the 70s to get enough money for a concert ticket to see Jethro Tull. Tickets were cheap back then. Remember being weak and woozy at the show, but could have been from the other things I was doing that night. Good Times! Great show!I take my Fire tablet, plus they have a bank of flat screens to watch. There are places in town where they buy and pay, but I donate at Lifeline.It was less than 2 hrs but slower than just giving blood.Nope. Still time consuming.So like 35 years ago?We don't but gun to your head, yes, since I have donated plasma to help those who are sick.LOLI don't ask and they don't tell. Having had COVID-19 is kind of like a "war story", "I was there", "this ain't not shit" kind of thing. Many if not most of us have been in areas of low infection, done distancing and avoidance, used good sanitation, and taken precautions (don't even want to get into that aids thing you mentioned), so the vast majority have not had it, only the unwary few, which didn't turn out well for a hundred thousand or so in this country. It is people like you in your late 30s that give other thirty-somethings confidence, they won't die of some disease that others (mostly older) have died from. Why, if I met you, I would shake your hand, er, uh, if we were both wearing gloves.They ask because they are ignorant. Do you ask those who recovered from the flu 7 weeks ago, how they feel? Ignorance is not bliss.Not different. Basic health, although trump doesn't understand that kind of thing. Glad you have recovered. You are a statistic. I am not. Hope the aids thing is working out. Glad you know the difference between Covid-19 and leprosy. Don't be offended if people ask you how you are feeling, after they find out or you tell them you have recovered from it. They just care that you are OK, though they probably haven't read your message board stuff. I read all your stuff and I am still glad you are over it. I do some eye rolling, myself.Its different. He is not cutting anyone open. He doesn't have the disease so he cannot spread it. If this was pre COVID no one would care and now we have gone over the top. I recovered in early April and people still ask me how I feel? WTF? This isn't AIDS. It is a cold but the media brainwashed us. When people ask me now, I tell them this isn't leprosy and they get all offended and then I roll my eyes and walk away. I no longer tolerate ignorance and believing what the lying media tells you as facts.Sorry Zog. Didn't see your post. What does tested daily have to do with it? If a doctor was tested and not found to have some kind of infection, would you let him in a clean room/ operating room to cut on you mother or kid or even observe without mask and gloves, picking up stuff, picking his nose with swabs laying around. Did you take health?He is tested daily and is negative. Leftist narrative and you fell for it. Tsk tsk tsk, White.He is such an unthinking jerk. Great picture. Ought to be a campaign ad.What a selfish bastard. I'd suggest that they send him the bill - But his check would likely bounce
A medical swab manufacturer was forced to discard coronavirus testing swabs following Donald Trump‘s visit to its Maine facility, according to USA Today.While workers in lab coats and personal protective equipment worked on the factory floor during the president’s visit to Puritan Medical Products on Friday, Mr Trump — who did not wear a mask — walked through the facility and visited with workers.Puritan’s marketing manager for the company told USA Today that the factory was in “limited” operation during the president’s tour and “swabs produced during that time will be discarded”.
Factory discards Covid-19 test swabs after Trump visit
President tours Puritan Medical Products in Maine as administration accelerates testing production to speed up 'reopening'www.independent.co.uk
Media has scared the country? Don't need gloves, I am immune. If you're A+ you can have some plasma. I just don't get it but I see your POV.
We don't know if you are "immune" or not at present.
After recovering from COVID-19, are you immune?
Much is unknown about the coronavirus, but scientists expect infection to induce some level of immunity. Here's what we know.www.livescience.com
COVID-19 and Postinfection Immunity
This Viewpoint describes what is currently known about the immune response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), highlights important gaps in knowledge, and identifies opportunities for future research.jamanetwork.com
WHO officials say it's unclear whether recovered coronavirus patients are immune to second infection
"With regards to recovery and then reinfection, I believe we do not have the answers to that. That is an unknown," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's emergencies program, said at a press conference Monday.www.cnbc.com
I did plasma as well, many times up until the time I was around 50.
Nah, 12 but that was funny. I gave blood here in Oregon a couple months ago and they did offer that opportunity after testing my blood.
It was time consuming, although that process may be quicker now - IDK
Thanks, it wasn't THAT bad. A couple of hours, but they had a real comfy recliner in what was more like a man cave than a medical facility with great movies to pick from.
The time frame for plasma donation really varies from donor to donor. With some people it comes right out quickly, others not so much.
Traditionally, they pay donors for this service because of the long time, and they pay in cash. The ideal place for a plasma donation lab is next to a liquor store and across the street from a soup kitchen. Being adjacent to a public library is useful too, as donors can read the magazines while they are waiting.
The last time I signed up for Unemployment checks, back in 1982, the employment counselor wanted to give me a referral to apply for a job as a plasma donor. The job market was pretty weak in the Mahoning Valley that year. The only other job the gal had to refer to me was a test subject for new pharmaceuticals.
Those were the best local jobs available in 1982 when Youngstown had a 24.9% official unemployment rate. A lot of my contemporaries left town in that epoch.
It had nothing to do with President Reagan, the steel collapse started with Mr. Peanut
In January 1980, Jimmy Carter led Reagan in the polls by 30 points. And BTW, that was considerably AFTER the ayatoilet embarrassed him by taking the hostages. Until the last week, it was considered to be a "tossup".
That was the first time I every voted. To make it interesting , I made a wager in the bar I was hanging out back then.
Worked out great, the states were falling like dominoes on TV- really made me appreciate politics
It did turn out to be a landslide, but it was close for a while.
