Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Pandemic, endemic at this point, we are splitting hairs. The fact is, even if it's endemic, why get sick? I don't get the flu vaccine because I'm afraid of death or hospitalization. I get it because being sick sucks, and the vaccine is safe and effective at preventing infections and severe illness. Have you gotten the shingles vaccine? What about one of the pneumonia vaccines? The shingles vaccine is a recombinant DNA vaccine, and it uses an attenuated virus or bacterial strain to deliver the infectious agent that protection from is desired. When they first came out, they were pretty controversial. We use them all the time now. Get the shot, man. There is no good reason not to get it anymore.

What part of "No thank you" did you not understand? I will trust in the natural immunity afforded by having had it for the time being as from what I have read is far more effective than the vaccine. For that matter 2 life long friends died in the last week with covid and both had gotten the jab.....1 did have health issues that contributed to it (comorbidities I think it is called) but the other was healthy as a could be till covid hit him. 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

While I'm sorry to hear that about your friends, do you know when they got vaccinated and when they got sick? Depending on the vaccine they got, it takes up to a month before it kicks in so while they may have been vaccinated, if they got sick sometime within a month after getting it, it may not have been long enough.

Both got their jabs several months ago.....and both died within 2 to 3 weeks of contracting it.

I have too many unanswered questions to be comfortable with taking this "vaccine" as of yet.....the least of which is not is why is it being called a "vaccine"? It is most definitely not a vaccine. It does not contain the virus or any part of the virus, it is experimental gene based therapy of which large scale trials are not scheduled to be complete until 2023.

Anyone questioning it is being given negative labels such as anti-vaxer or conspiracy theorists and brow beat for having their concerns. 

There is plenty of evidence of negative reactions to the "vaccine" out there....albeit small in comparison to the whole it is still real and definable....I am not a big fan of the "greater good" philosophy. Of more concern though is we simply do not know the potential long term effects of the vaccine and anyone stating we do is flat out lying....

There is a 24 hr 7 day a week propaganda push out there from the political and media arena....that doesnt promote trust for me. 

Why were governments putting in orders for PCR tests as long ago as 2017? Why are there registered patents on the "jab" that pre-date the discovery of this variant of the flu? Why is the same experimental "vaccine" being touted as cure for more than one variant of covid? How does that stack up against the recommendation of a different flu vaccine every year as the previous year's vaccine is ineffective against the new variant of the flu?

Lockdowns for a virus that has a undisputed 99.7% recovery rate? Really?

No doubt most of you will ridicule this post but I could not care less.....

The list of questions that concern me keeps going but as long as they remain unanswered I will choose to trust in the natural immunity afforded me by already having contracted it and recovered. Sorry if my perspective offends you but it is "my" perspective and I am entitled to it. 

All that said when/if the time comes there is sufficient evidence that this form of gene therapy being touted as a vaccine is safe and effective for all I will happily line up for my dose.....we are not there yet.

Originally Posted by James Brown

Greg:

I would not, and never have ridiculed one of your posts.  At least I don't think so and if I did I was having a very bad day.  We disagree on a lot of the content in your post (I agree with some content), but you posted without changing the subject, lying, name calling and other things that draw ridicule.  

Jim

Then it is probably safe to assume my "most of you" statement didnt include you

Originally Posted by Steven Moore

I am a republican and once again I find your post offensive.

I just consider the source and roll on......lol

Originally Posted by Thomas Mastrocinque

Anyone know how to get in touch with an AM admin or moderator.  I need help investigating why I'm not receiving messages in my Inbox. Sometimes they arrive in my personal email (very weird), and sometimes I do not receive messages at all.  I looked all over for a "contact us" link to inform AM but I do not see any way of contacting them - hence this post. 

Thanks everyone. 

Tommy

It is [email protected] and I bet you didnt look at the TOS when you were looking for it.

As for your inbox if you are talking about the private inbox on the site and you are talking about notifications for responses to an ad then I think it defaults to your registered email address not the inbox.....I didnt look just now but I think I recall that being a configurable option on your account since the software upgrade some months back....or I may be thinking about Cloudy Nights. Have a look at your settings under the "My Account" settings.

Originally Posted by Peter Bilotta

Wondering that myself - I marked an ad SOLD today, and the buyer backed out. I would sure like to restore it like we used to be able to than create a new duplicate ad.

Had a problem with that a while back with someone unsolding after they sold something to keep the buyer from being able to leave the bad feedback the seller deserved. Pretty sure it was cured by turning off the ability to unsold an add.

Originally Posted by Doug Peterson

I suspected something like that! If so that is a good enough reason.

Are we sure that the sold or unsold status affects leaving feedback?

100% verified

Originally Posted by Thomas Mastrocinque

What is TOS?

 The terms of service for using the site.....ie the rules. Top option on the left side of the page just beneath the "about astromart" label.

Hi Thomas....

Had a couple minutes so I looked and it would appear the only option for receiving classified notifications is via email.....I entered a test ad as well and there was no option to get private mail instead on the site so I guess I was thinking about on cloudy nights.

so what kind of incoming messages are you talking about? Ad responses or PM's from other members not related to ads?