Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Friday, August 19, 2022
Arbys
I was hungry, so I decided to go to Arbys drive through with some old coupons. My local Arbys will take expired coupons. I was going to get three Turkey bacon wraps, but they were out of Turkey and the only wrap available was buffalo chicken which I did not want. The cashier told me that the delivery truck failed to arrive. It looked like the lobby may have been closed.
So I used an old couple to get two bacon Swiss chicken sandwiches for $5. The newer coupons are $6 and I think that they have a special at that price anyway. I doubled the order and got 4 sandwiches.
I didn't see anyone at the Arbys except the cashier, who disappeared while my sandwiches were being made. I would be very disappointed if she was the only one working there and she had to make my sandwiches. The service was very slow by fast food standards and there was a long line of cars behind me.
I see this as a sign of the economy not doing well and maybe the restaurant or chain having financial difficulties. It is hard to understand since Arbys is usually busy.
However, I have to give the Arbys chain credit, because I ate one sandwich and it was very tasty. They know how to make good sandwiches.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
So I used an old couple to get two bacon Swiss chicken sandwiches for $5. The newer coupons are $6 and I think that they have a special at that price anyway. I doubled the order and got 4 sandwiches.
I didn't see anyone at the Arbys except the cashier, who disappeared while my sandwiches were being made. I would be very disappointed if she was the only one working there and she had to make my sandwiches. The service was very slow by fast food standards and there was a long line of cars behind me.
I see this as a sign of the economy not doing well and maybe the restaurant or chain having financial difficulties. It is hard to understand since Arbys is usually busy.
However, I have to give the Arbys chain credit, because I ate one sandwich and it was very tasty. They know how to make good sandwiches.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Stop Being Socially Awkward: 11 Behaviors That Make You Look Weird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVJ5z_BrRCE
I imagine that autistic people would have trouble mastering the skills that are perceived as normal.
I don't think that I am autistic, but I have a loner personality. I value interaction with people, but maybe less than average. I value time alone. I think that the reason for this is that I am "internally stimulated." I have a very active mind. Some people naturally need more external stimulation.
Monday, August 15, 2022
My Text today to some Greenwood Chess Members
"I'm glad that some of the people who felt sick last week are now feeling better.
Tomorrow I go to the cancer center with my 82 year old immunocompromised mother.
Due to the recent outbreak of COVID-like symptoms among chess club attendees, I've decided to not attend the chess club tonight. I'll be back next week.
Best wishes,
John Coffey"
Tomorrow I go to the cancer center with my 82 year old immunocompromised mother.
Due to the recent outbreak of COVID-like symptoms among chess club attendees, I've decided to not attend the chess club tonight. I'll be back next week.
Best wishes,
John Coffey"
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Fwd: Possible COVID exposure
FYI
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From: John Coffey
From: John Coffey
Thank you for supporting the Greenwood Chess Club.
On Monday someone attended the Greenwood Chess Club who was symptomatic and later tested positive for COVID-19. If you attended the chess club on Monday, I suggest taking an in-home test. I tested myself and the test came out negative. However, I quarantined this week just in case.
You can get free tests from the government. They take several weeks to get delivered. https://www.covid.gov/tests
Drug stores also sell COVID-19 tests.
I feel like I should not have to say this again, but please do not come to the Greenwood Chess Club if you are feeling sick or if you have symptoms.
There is much misinformation being spread about COVID, so I will address some of these issues here:
1. The pandemic is over.
It used to be that measles was the most infectious disease on record, but the Omicron variant has surpassed measles. In early November of last year, we had barely heard of the Omicron variant, but by late January of this year, it had caused a major surge in the United States.
https://fortune.com/2022/07/09/is-covid-omicron-more-transmissible-infectious-than-measles-ba4-ba5/
2. Cloth masks don't work.
People who attack mask usage always say that cloth masks don't work, which is true. However, they ignore that other types of masks are at least partially effective at preventing the spread of COVID.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html
"Wearing an N95/KN95 respirator (aOR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.05–0.64) or wearing a surgical mask (aOR = 0.34; 95% CI = 0.13–0.90) was associated with lower adjusted odds of a positive test result compared with not wearing a mask (Table 3). Wearing a cloth mask (aOR = 0.44; 95% CI = 0.17–1.17) was associated with lower adjusted odds of a positive test compared with never wearing a face covering but was not statistically significant."
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm
3. Vaccines don't prevent the spread of COVID.
As the virus has evolved, it reportedly has been more likely to have a vaccine breakthrough infection.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/why-measure-effectiveness/breakthrough-cases.html
"Raw data shows the risk of breakthrough cases is very small for vaccinated people, potentially 1 in 5,000.
Additionally, the risk of being hospitalized from COVID-19 after vaccination is extremely small, at about 5 in 100,000.
A new study found people who were not vaccinated were five times as likely to get COVID-19 compared to people who were fully vaccinated."
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-is-your-actual-risk-of-getting-covid-19-if-youre-vaccinated
"COVID 19 vaccines are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and even dying."
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/vaccine-benefits.html
"Booster Shots of COVID-19 Vaccines Effective Against Omicron Subvariant"
https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/booster-shots-covid-19-vaccines-effective-against-omicron-subvariant#:~:text=A%20small%20study%20has%20found,and%20its%20most%20common%20subvariant.
"Research shows that spike proteins (here) remain stuck to the cell surface around the injection site and do not travel to other parts of the body via the bloodstream, they added. The 1% of the vaccine that does reach the bloodstream is destroyed by liver enzymes."
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
On Monday someone attended the Greenwood Chess Club who was symptomatic and later tested positive for COVID-19. If you attended the chess club on Monday, I suggest taking an in-home test. I tested myself and the test came out negative. However, I quarantined this week just in case.
You can get free tests from the government. They take several weeks to get delivered. https://www.covid.gov/tests
Drug stores also sell COVID-19 tests.
I feel like I should not have to say this again, but please do not come to the Greenwood Chess Club if you are feeling sick or if you have symptoms.
There is much misinformation being spread about COVID, so I will address some of these issues here:
1. The pandemic is over.
It has been my observation that most people are acting as if there is no pandemic.
However, hundreds of people are dying daily.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hundreds-americans-dying-covid-day-signs-latest-surge/story?id=88203012
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hundreds-americans-dying-covid-day-signs-latest-surge/story?id=88203012
One out of every 310 Americans has died from the disease. I lost a cousin to COVID. David Prowse (Darth Vader), Chloris Leachman, and Herman Cain died from the disease.
It used to be that measles was the most infectious disease on record, but the Omicron variant has surpassed measles. In early November of last year, we had barely heard of the Omicron variant, but by late January of this year, it had caused a major surge in the United States.
https://fortune.com/2022/07/09/is-covid-omicron-more-transmissible-infectious-than-measles-ba4-ba5/
2. Cloth masks don't work.
People who attack mask usage always say that cloth masks don't work, which is true. However, they ignore that other types of masks are at least partially effective at preventing the spread of COVID.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html
"Wearing an N95/KN95 respirator (aOR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.05–0.64) or wearing a surgical mask (aOR = 0.34; 95% CI = 0.13–0.90) was associated with lower adjusted odds of a positive test result compared with not wearing a mask (Table 3). Wearing a cloth mask (aOR = 0.44; 95% CI = 0.17–1.17) was associated with lower adjusted odds of a positive test compared with never wearing a face covering but was not statistically significant."
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm
3. Vaccines don't prevent the spread of COVID.
As the virus has evolved, it reportedly has been more likely to have a vaccine breakthrough infection.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/why-measure-effectiveness/breakthrough-cases.html
"Raw data shows the risk of breakthrough cases is very small for vaccinated people, potentially 1 in 5,000.
Additionally, the risk of being hospitalized from COVID-19 after vaccination is extremely small, at about 5 in 100,000.
A new study found people who were not vaccinated were five times as likely to get COVID-19 compared to people who were fully vaccinated."
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-is-your-actual-risk-of-getting-covid-19-if-youre-vaccinated
"COVID 19 vaccines are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and even dying."
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/vaccine-benefits.html
"Booster Shots of COVID-19 Vaccines Effective Against Omicron Subvariant"
https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/booster-shots-covid-19-vaccines-effective-against-omicron-subvariant#:~:text=A%20small%20study%20has%20found,and%20its%20most%20common%20subvariant.
I personally have stayed up to date with the booster shots and I have not yet caught the disease.
4. The vaccines are experimental.
5. The vaccines rewrite your DNA.
The only known case of this was outside the human body in a petri dish with just liver cells.
However, the actual vaccines work primarily at the injection site.
The vast majority of viruses rewrite your DNA in some of your cells. Your immune system finds these cells and destroys them. This is a much bigger issue with the disease than it is with the vaccines.
6. The spike protein is toxic.
First of all, you are going to get much more spike proteins with the disease than you are going to get with the vaccines.
Second, the vaccine spike protein was deliberately made different to prevent insertion into cells.
COVID-19 can have serious long-term consequences. COVID can damage your organs. COVID can cause 2% brain shrinkage, which is normally 0.1 to 0.2% per year in adults.
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Best wishes,
John Coffey
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Found this photo on Google
As a teenager, I used to go to Mill Race Park a great deal. It is just off the southwest corner of Columbus, Indiana.
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