Lonnie

Wonderful...you'll have a unique angle and insight being there for 3 months. Look forward to it!

Let's go Redbirds! 😀

Sorry and Thanks for the correction Riobard... I thought the antibody studies were from the older vaccine for smallpox not the Jynneos for smallpox. Although older versions of the vaccine have been tested thoroughly in people, there has never been a large, clinical study to measure JYNNEOS's ability to protect against a monkeypox infection in people – or to stop transmission of the virus. What is known about the vaccine, in terms of its efficacy against monkeypox, comes from studies in macaques, and immunological studies in people, which demonstrated the vaccine triggers the production of monkeypox antibodies in people's blood. "So we know that the vaccine does stimulate the immune system and people produce antibodies when they receive the vaccine," Titanji says, "but we don't have a clinical data in humans to actually tell us, 'Okay, that immune response translates to this level of protection against getting infected with monkeypox or reducing the severity of monkeypox disease if you do get infected.' "

Hi Riobard, I thought you were one of the lucky ones and got the"simian" vaccine early in this outbreak. Are you unsure of its effectiveness? If I remember right and you did get the vaccine...were there any side effects?

In macaques(monkeys) not humans. There have been no human tests yet reported.

Hi Epi, Not to scare you away but with 3 months in Rio...a trip report would be greatly appreciated. Have a wonderful time...how can you not...it's Rio! Green with envy, Lonnie

Sorry I Don't have the video: 😀 Aussie Footy Players Celebrate, Perform Sex Act In The Middle Of Crowded Pub Two Australian rules football players from a suburban Melbourne club are in trouble after mobile video footage emerged of them performing a sex act in the middle of a crowded pub. The incident has led to the Glen Waverly Football Netball Club promising action against the two players and the other team members involved in the alleged incident. “The Committee has been made aware of an incident which has occurred during the post season celebrations of some of our senior playing group,” the Glen Waverly Football Netball Club committee said in a statement. “Whilst this occurred away from the Club and was not a Club sanctioned event, we are extremely saddened and disappointed in the behaviour shown by people who should know better. The Club is taking immediate action to address the serious breach of our culture and values that has occurred within this incident,” the committee said. Player Celebrate Loss The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday after the club’s final game of Eastern League’s Division 3 season, where they finished last and were demoted to Division 4. The last place did not dampen the spirit of the players as they celebrated at a bar, with other patrons present. The Daily Mail reported that the raucous group indulged in some heavy drinking, smashed glasses inside and outside the pub, vaped indoors, stole drinks from the bar, danced on tables and trashed the venue property. In other words they were being ideal players. In the midst of their inebriated celebrations, one player lost a bet that required the loser to perform oral sex on the winner. The two players did not waste any time – the winner dropped his shorts and helpfully held up his shirt, the loser dropped to his knees, held up his thumbs and performed oral sex, while other teammates cheered them on. All this happened in the middle of the pub, as other patrons looked on, with some quick to get their mobiles out to record the action. Players Will Be Disciplined And Educated: Club Not surprisingly, mobile video footage of the celebrations and the sex act started doing the rounds, inviting censure from the club. “The individuals involved, along with the broader playing group will be both disciplined and educated and if need be, counselled in the type of conduct expected by members of our Club, along with the physical & emotional impact this has had on the families involved, club members, players and the wider community,” the club said. “There is no further comment at this time, and we request that the well-being of those involved be respected as they deal with the impact, from the incident,” added the club.

It's terrible...terrible I tell ya! Somethings got to be done.

I'm too cheap to see their new house ...how nice is it? Do they have a pool?

One of my favorite recorded blow jobs discovered last year at gayforfans.com...both hot guys. https://gayforfans.com/video/giving-my-boyfriend-a-blowjob-on-the-boat-saltyboysxxx/

It's called a tuli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuli_(rite)

We are about to reward Japan with inflated dollars worth much less...I believe they recently woke up to this game and stopped buying our debt. "A trillion here and a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking real money"...to paraphrase Everett Dirkson.

Sorry to read that JKane...I love almost everything Tilda Swinton has done and was looking forward to this.

you are right vinapu...don't rule out the unexpected.

Maybe...but I think it will be a couple presidencies in the future.

Pete Buttigieg Opens Up About Twins' Birth, Health Issues for 1st Time The secretary and his husband, Chasten, had previously avoided going into specifics. In a new piece written on his Medium account, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg details how he became a father. Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, first announced they were first set to become fathers in August 2021. The news came after the pair had previously explained their adoption struggles. In early September, the two announced the birth of their first children, Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg. Now they have confirmed that the children were adopted. "It was what they call a 'surprise' adoption scenario — a mother had given birth that day and wanted to arrange adoption," Pete writes in a new Medium post. The piece was written by both Pete and Chasten but in Pete's voice. "The agency explained that there were some sensitive circumstances and potential health complications for us to weigh, but also that we would need to quickly decide whether we were prepared to travel to the rural hospital and begin the process. And one more thing to consider: it was twins!" Hours later, the two men were holding the children, who were born premature, in their arms. "Health issues meant nearly two anxious weeks in the hospital before we were discharged, but the day finally came," Pete writes. According to the post, Penelope developed "severe reflux, terrifying us when she would stop breathing and turn purple in a matter of seconds." It had been previously announced that Joseph, who they nicknamed Gus, developed a respiratory infection as well. Now the Buttigieg family has revealed it was RSV and the entire family — including Pete and Chasten — soon got it. By October, we had started to feel more confident and comfortable with all the routines (and the surprises) of parenting. Then one day, the kids got a cold. Soon it was a cough. Then Penelope started to have trouble breathing. Over FaceTime, our doctor expressed concern about the way her belly was retracting under her ribs as she worked to take in air. Chasten drove her to the Emergency Room while I stayed home with Gus. His skin took on a mottled look, and by the next day he was admitted to the hospital too. Just as we had during our first days with them, we again learned to live out of a hospital room, this time in Traverse City. We would take turns shuttling supplies from home and sleeping by the kids’ side, and I would try not to distract the nurses when the phone rang with a work call. While most of the family recovered, Gus's condition reached "critical" with the child being intubated. He was transferred to a children's hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he and the family stayed for days. Pete wrote that he was reminded of his father, "whose last days played out on a ventilator in an ICU room like this as he lost his battle with lung cancer." As this was all going on, he often still had to work. Gus stabilized after a week. The children, now 1 year old, are both currently healthy. As much of this was going on, the Buttigiegs were under attack by Republicans. Some accused Pete of not doing enough to fight the supply chain breakdowns and going on parental leave — much of which was spent in hospitals, according to this new information. The Buttigiegs have not publicly responded to the lion's share of those attacks, which have often stemmed from homophobia, suggesting that two men should not be parenting children together.

Thanks Riobard. We can all fully trust whatever the CDC says.

Thanks Mavica for the Monkeypox links... anyone know how long do you remain contagious?

It's horrible and please someone make it stop! Issue of the day: 'Woke' row as new play portrays Joan of Arc as non-binary Maureen Sugden 12 August 2022·3-min read 'I, Joan' has sparked a 'woke' row for presenting Joan of Arc as non-binary A PEASANT girl who became a military leader in medieval France, Joan of Arc's name has been remembered down through the centuries. Now a new production at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre portrays the historic warrior as non-binary. Joan of Arc? Born around 1412, during the Hundred Years' War - between the kingdoms of France and England - Joan of Arc's family were peasant farmers. As a teenager, she spoke of experiencing visions which she said continued throughout her life, of Saint Margaret, Saint Michael and Saint Catherine, with the otherworldly experiences telling her at one point to ‘save France’ and lead her country to victory in the conflict. She did so? Despite having no military training, Joan cropped her hair and wore men’s clothes to travel across the country and demand the right from French crown prince, Charles of Valois, to lead a French army in the 1429 Siege of Orleans. Dressed in white armour and riding a white horse, her charge proved victorious. However? The following year, she was captured and faced a raft of charges - including witchcraft and dressing like a man - and at just 19, she was burned at the stake. Her efforts at the siege and beyond saw her quickly become an adored national hero and the patron saint of France. Now? Shakespeare's Globe in London, the complex which houses a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre which opened in 1599 and where William Shakespeare wrote his plays, is staging a new production, “I, Joan”, which features Joan as “a legendary leader who in this production, uses the pronouns ‘they/them". The play opens on August 25 in the open-air Globe Theatre. The theatre's artistic director, Michelle Terry, said: "We are not the first to present Joan in this way and we will not be the last. Regarding the use of pronouns, ‘they’ to refer to a singular person has been traced by the Oxford English Dictionary to as early as 1375, years before Joan was even born. Regardless, theatres do not deal with ‘historical reality’. Theatres produce plays, and in plays, anything can be possible.” What’s the response been? Reaction online includes one tweet saying, “Leave this female icon alone!” and another adding: “They are violating history. Enough with this stupid wokeness.” But the theatre disagrees? Terry adds: “For centuries, Joan has been a cultural icon portrayed in countless plays, books, films, etc. History has provided countless and wonderful examples of Joan portrayed as a woman. This production is simply offering the possibility of another point of view. That is the role of theatre: to simply ask the question ‘imagine if?’.” And its author stands by it? In a video interview available on YouTube about “I, Joan”, the writer, Charlie Josephine, said of the production: “It's going to be this big sweaty, queer, revolution, rebellion, festival of like joy. It's a big story, on a big stage, Joan of Arc was this incredible historical figure. Joan was this working class, young person, who was transgressing gender at a time when it as really dangerous and that just felt instantly relatable to me. I was assigned female at birth. I'm non-binary, I'm from a working class background. I've often felt like I've had something to say and haven't been given permission to say it.”

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Do you know when Monkeypox has run its course... how long you remain contagious?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuli_(rite)

I didn't forget you Christian!