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Medic Kane

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  1. Damned old people. *slides out of room using walker.
  2. I did not realize it, but I must also have been here that whole time. I honestly thought it was older....
  3. And just let a couple people you know that your appreciate, respect, love, are proud of (whatever applies). IRL or your internet peeps. It's been a frankly shit few weeks/months, I have a lot of patients who were actively trying to die, and more that a few that have, sometimes while in my care. Last week messed me up pretty bad, had a 17 y/o get crushed by a car, ejected, yada yaya. Wear Seatbelts people. Wouldn't have thought it would have bothered me, and in and of itself, it shouldn't have. I've done this a long time, and generally speaking it doesn't. Maybe it is because I am getting old and have 5 kids, although none of driving age. Maybe it is all the general stress of stupidly sick people all the time. The Stout Cask aged Jamason comes recommended btw, even though I found Church was more helpful. That said, you just never know. So say something.
  4. the Father of Girl in my college English class had Polio. He had to be one of the Last people in America.
  5. Yep. BTW, getting PunkBuster was.....a bit of a hassle. I'd suggest we toss the PB files in the DL section.
  6. I'm in. At level 1. 😞 Fing steam. All those perks..... Maybe it is time to make it a HC CTF server.....I didn't see any of them.......and that is where I met you all.... WE can call it Beginner. OR Abner's.....
  7. me I think? Can't be much past that....I know I was a regular on the servers then.....Dropped off when we lost the HC CTF server.😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢 Who wants to play TDM 😢 😢 . Still check in from time to time, just to see if we got a CTF server back up. 🕵️‍♂️ Even I'd have to buy a different COD. I do miss those guys. No the ET guys, they always seemed weird 😛 The internet on the Polish military post I;m on is.....challenged...by the number of users. When I get back Stateside I''ll be back 🙂. During late night hours EST, with three boys and a girl time isn't something I've got a ton of, no matter how much I try. Might even go back to college, become a nurse.
  8. Honestly we are most likely under vaccinating, both in America and Europe. We use to believe vaccinating conferred life long immunity/resistance. Numerous studies show this belief is wrong, especially when we are talking about vaccines that use a "Dead" virus, which is most of them. I'll use the example of polio, as that is a vaccine that has both a dead and live version, although most vaccines never had, or no longer have a live version produced. Never the less, the widespread belief of life long immunity is commonly held, even within the medical community. After all, there are only a couple 100rd cases of measles seen every year in America, and those usually among vaccinated populations. Most Doctors/Nurses/Paramedics likely have never seen a case, I know I have not in 16 years in EMS, including a year spent in Iraq, where such diseases were far more common then in the States. The advantage of a dead virus is there is zero chance you can catch say "polio" from the vaccine. Dead virus cells are injected, your bodies immune system responds and builds anti-bodies to the virus the same as if it was alive, and if you ever encounter it, is far less likely you'll contract the disease. We know however, that the IPV vaccine (dead, injected) is less effective then the OPV (alive, oral). Dead Vaccines have far fewer side effects. The advantages of a live (weakened), or related [in the case of small pox vaccines, you actually are given cow pox]) is that it confers a stronger immunity, that studies slow lasts longer and may actually be life long. It can also spread in the wild the same way that disease would normally spreads, so for example, some middle eastern countries had a polio outbreak a few years ago. Israeli switched from the safer IPV to the OPV because they felt that with Polio spreading, the lower level of protection provided by IPV was not acceptable. Disadvantages of live viruses are higher incidence of side effects, in the case of OPV that includes a small chance of crippling mobility similar to wild polio. The US Military response was to require an IPV booster shot for all soldiers, even if they had it as a child. IMO: This should become the standard for all vaccines, with boosters being given for MMR the same way we do for Tetanus, every 10 years, with a booster given if you are exposed after 5 years. That said, there are some vaccines I do not allow my children to have. HPV, because properly safe sexual practices make it unnecessary. Chicken Pox (varicella is the name of the vaccine) because it is not a fatal disease, just unpleasant, in children. Additionally, studies in Japan have shown it is effective for only a couple years, and it is really only commonly given in the US and Canada, with many European counties not including it in their list of routine vaccinations. Catching it as a late teen, or adult can be fatal, and for males can lead to sterility. It would be better for my children to catch it when young, and if I happen to find out someone's kid has it, my boys will be spending time at their house so they can join in the fun, just as my mother did for me and my sister. I have high hopes for this, as the Amish community in my areas tends to vaccinate only when there is a high risk (such as missionary work) or an outbreak of something serious, which doesn't include chicken pox in their opinion. *My father never caught chickenpox as a child, despite all four of his sisters having it. He did not come home for about a month. interestingly my sister caught chicken poxs badly, I never got a spot, despite being locked in a room with my neighbors boys for several days, and then some kids from Church a week or so later. As an adult I had bloodwork drawn to show immunity, required for my job, and I had a positive varicella titer. I suspect my father would have had one as well, and we the male line of my family just happens to have a mild reaction to chicken pox).
  9. Warsaw is a lovely City. One of the most amazing things to me is how the Poles rebuilt. Often buildings would be leveled to the basement, or even below. They didn't just build new buildings, they recreated the buildings that used to be in that spot. Often gluing pieces together like a puzzle, rather then carving/casting replacement architectural elements. They also deliberately left bullet impacts in concrete/stone, rather then patching them. And they are exactly zero percent politically correct. When you take tours they are very clear the Russians / soviets were communist Aholes who left the Poles out to dry and then raped their country. They make it clear that the Germans were murderous Nazis. Unlike the rest of europe that wants to sweep the whole thing under the rug, (like how enthusiastically the French and Norwegians were to help round up the Jews), the Polish are very frank and uncensored. It is easy to find English speaking tour guides, and even in the poorest parts of Poland (the far east) where most adults do not yet understand English, you can get by just fine with hand gestures and cash. In any urban area English speaking is Common. It is a very easy country for Americans to get around in, and feel comfortable in (very patriotic, & proud of who they are and what they've done, very pro-American). If you want to learn more about WWII, sleep in or tour Teutonic Castles (including the largest in the world), it is worth vacationing here.
  10. Currently I'm deployed to poland........
  11. And Old heads still around? How is everybody? anyway, saw This review for COD Modern Warfare remastered and it caught me eye. "The story is the same as the original CoD 4, but the graphics have amazing detail now. Also, Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself." Outside of that catchy review, the game looks pretty damned good.
  12. Other than my EDC 1911, I lost all my guns in a tragic boating accident in Lake Raystown.
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