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C and D responses would appear to me to be pure speculation as the vaccine has only only be available for less then two months and there has not been sufficient time to test their efficacy through mass testing. That will take at least up to a year like the Covid vaccines.

I thought I had addressed this in previous posts. Not much data. Only a study done in 1988. May offer some protection. Better get the vaccine as a booster. Even if effective, the new vaccine doesn't offer 100 percent protection. Might reduce severity of disease if contracted despite vaccinations in past. Hey I'm just a layman. Not a medical expert. I just read a lot. Take no info off TV. Sir BillyBob seems to be more expert. But can be tough to get through the medical- scientific jargon he uses.

My life has been a little hectic since Aug first and forgot to look.

I imagine some could never learn.

I just read an article in the NYT that clarified the 85 percent figure of protection against Monkeypox in people who had smallpox vaccinations in childhood. It was data derived from a small population during a Monkeypox outbreak in 1988. The article went on to say that for many aspects of the current outbreak, we are operating in a data free zone. Consideration is being given to delaying the second dose because of shortages, something New York and some other places have already decided, and also cutting the dosage by one fifth and administering the shot between the levels of skin rather than under it. Again data are not clearly available to show these are as effective as two full doses for those never having had any smallpox vaccine in their lives, which is the case for most under 50.

I won't be going as I think it could become a super spreader event for Monkeypox. From my sampling of escorts in Montreal recently, not all have been vaccinated and seemed unconcerned. And a lot of Toronto and other escorts also attend this event annually and are doing so again.

My understanding is that there has been no study done whether vaccines for smallpox in childhood confer any lasting protection against Monkeypox , which is a less virulent form of smallpox. The vaccine I received several weeks ago is used for smallpox since there is no specific one for Monkeypox, as I understand. I used the term booster because I have already had two smallpox vaccines and there may be some residual effect in my body. Interestingly, the first innoculation at 7 was from the vaccine which was scratched on the shoulder and left a mark. At 18 I got a different vaccine which I believe was similar to the formulation used today, a shot in the arm. I have the card from that vaccination and the one from three weeks ago.

I read the recipe instructions and while the concoction sounds delicious, it calls for adding salt three times during the various steps of mixing the ingredients. Way too much for me. I find this the case with these kinds of dishes ordered at restaurants, where the salt is larded on. Too bad because I can't tolerate it for health reasons.

The Biden Administration today called Monkeypox a national health emergency. With 7000 confirmed cases and Canada having around 700 I am wondering when Canada will follow suit. The vaccination response has been better here in Canada though and gay men who want one can get it easily and readily, no questions asked besides your basic stats. There seem to be many more hoops and restrictions in many parts of the US altho in some cases people are already booking second shots. A hit and miss situation it appears to an outsider, which maybe the emergency declaration is meant to address.

That's tough to watch. I recognize him as an escort on RM from several years ago named Silver Steel, I think. In our gay community we are all walking on eggshells, which I somehow foresaw on May 18th when I started this thread. I haven't been able to avoid the anxiety as I continue to hire, albeit with some new protocols in place. I will only hire someone who has been vaccinated, which thankfully has been easier in the major cities in Canada. I look out for any skin lesions and only have sex with the lights on. But the anxiety remains, even though I had two vaccines when I was young and a booster 4 weeks ago. We just need to keep trucking.

Drunken to excess, alcohol is a poison. In moderation I have no issues with it.

He has an odd line in his ad. "Versatile-bottom if it matters."

Maybe blanket burn.😜

Shouldn't this thread be under Mens Health?

Its interesting that after I first checked his ad he looked at my profile on RM and then when I checked again to see if the bad reviews were gone he looked at my profile again, twice in the same day. When I just looked again at his ad he had blocked me. Lol. And I was defending him. Such gratitude.😒

You asserted in your previous post that the photos were stolen. Do you still stand by that, given the negative reviews have been taken off the site?

That's a bit steep for Toronto. Good luck to him.

I'm confused by this thread. I just checked his ad and I am a premium client and in Canada so I can read the comments left by reviewers. He has one review, a 5 star and rave comments, including the Love icon. What gives?

I would argue that the difference between my parent's generation and today is that the solid middle class then entailed a single earner family that could afford a nice house in a good neighbourhood, one or two cars replaced every three or five years, a vacation home and private clubs for sports or other activities. Today all these things require both parents working.

I'm currently reading Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley by Gavin Watt (2002). Its a detailed account of the St. Leger expedition in 1777 which tried to put down the American Revolution in that part of upper New York State that was largely inhabited by Indians and intrepid settlers who had experienced the French Indian War two decades earlier. Here in Eastern Canada where I live we are still dealing with the fallout of those conflicts as many Mohawks who aligned themselves with the British eventually migrated north to Canada to escape retribution from the victorious American rebels or Patriots, depending on your viewpoint.

Thanks for clarifying that. I thought incompatible was going to be a hatchet job.

This I can attest to. 40 years ago I was living on Europe and I met this very tall Norwegian who had an incredible grower. It had all this loose skin when it was flaccid but when fully erect was 11x8. A true monster. So he also had huge feet, I think size 15 in Canadian sizes. He told me he had a hard time getting nice shoes. So I bought him a pair when I was back home on a visit and gave them to him. He repaid the favour by fucking me silly.

I read the obit this morning in Toronto's Globe & Mail. It seems he had a fairly decent life after recovering from his early success as a child star and the almost inevitable letdown immediately following that in his 20's. He appears to have kept his good looks late into life. That indicates he did not fall into a life of dissipation consumed by drugs and or alcohol.

Reading the LA Blade article it is clear that MPX will spread like wildfire in LA. Reminds me of how HIV spread in the gay community in the early 1980's, to which I was a witness in San Francisco and elsewhere.

I consult RM regularly and am a premium client. I sometimes read negative reviews which are followed up with a reply from the provider. The replies that stand out and win my sympathy are those that explain the situation in a non-inflamatory way and give the other side of the story. Then potential clients are left to judge for themselves. To me its the best way to handle this if RM is unwilling to remove the review. Your many 5 star reviews will speak for themselves.