Medjock

Well thankfully it's not my life career. But whether I'm an escort, doctor, bag person at the grocery store, or whatever, I'm a human being. Why anyone would start a thread to discredit or belittle someone without a single shred of proof is just mind boggling. Grow up all of you

Yes i guess i got caught up in my emotions when i first read the thread. It was late at night and I was PISSED. Not one person who posted took the time to message me to clarify what i meant in my ad. And you are 100% right about the limitations. As you can tell from most of my posts, I type a lot. Trying to fit everything into 1200 characters is not my forte. So i had to make it short and to the point. As far as a website, i have zero idea how to do that. I suppose I could look into it. It's never crossed my mind that so many of you were thinking this but never said anything. I've had numerous people message me about it and thought everyone would do that if they had questions. That is definitely my mistake. Thank you for pointing this out to me

You make perfect sense. As I read the posts attacking him, and those by him, my impression is that there is room for criticism on both sides of the debate. However, he is the provider and the focus, so it doesn't serve him well to get into spats with other posters regardless of whether those posters are excessive in their criticisms. If he felt the need to clarify, he should leave it at that and not engage the personality of an opposing poster.
 
I agree about the limits of RM as a venue for clear expression. More broadly, communicating online, even through posts on forums such as this one, have their limits. Tone, personality, openness or rigidity, etc, are all less clear in print than live/in person/on the phone. That said, to avoid painting oneself in an unfavorable light, the limits of the media have to be taken into account. More measured language that is less susceptible to negative interpretations is warranted.

Hey guys, it's hotmedpro. I'm reading all of your posts and I'm kind of laughing. I will go over all of your concerns since you guys think you know it all. One, yes I did just finish my doctorate in Pharmacy. My graduation ceremony was supposed to be in May but it's cancelled (yes I'm annoyed by that but I'm interviewing for MD programs so I'm finding solace in the fact that ill have that graduation ceremony when i finish med school) Two, the WHO says there's no evidence that antibodies provide immunity from reinfection but it doesn't say that there's evidence showing it doesn't. Many countries are contemplating providing immunity cards, and the WHO is being overly cautious. At this point right now, the virus is mutating slower than the seasonal flu which is great especially for vaccines and for antibody immunity. Antibodies are made specifically for a virus, like a lock and key. But when a virus mutates, the key (antibody) doesn't fit in the lock (virus) anymore. That is one of the reasons why creating a vaccine for HIV has been impossible to do; It mutates too rapidly but that's a different story. As far as the stories of reinfection occurring in other countries, many things could have caused that, one of them (and most likely) is human error. Earlier testing kits (and even some now) were shown to be extremely unreliable. That can be explained by the sensitivity of the tests and/or classic mix ups in the labs (it happens). There are several different tests available and each of them looked for specific genetic material from the virus, so if the sample collected from the patient didn't have enough genetic material (someone who recently became infected) or if it was collected wrong, the test would read negative. Also some of the earlier testing kits only had two sets of probes to detect the virus and now have three. Probes are used to detect coronavirus RNA sequences in RT-PCR tests and show up fluorescent if positive. These probes influence the sensitivity of the tests. There were also some kits that gave positive readings with just water in a negative control experiment. The test manufactured by Roche has a sensitivity of 95% meaning that 5% of infected people could be missed by their test. I know first hand that patients from my hospital were coming up negative according to in-house labs, but were actually positive when sent out to the CDC for testing. So what that means is, someone could have been negative but showed up "positive" on the test, then "recovered", went home and became "reinfected" but in reality, it was their first infection. Or the patient could have truly been positive, came up "negative" when retested on a faulty test but was actually still positive, went home and got worse, and came back "reinfected" but in reality, they were positive the entire time. Another reason for possible positive results after recovering is that the tests are picking up traces of virus that are dead which happened to be the case with some patients in South Korea after a doctor tried to incubate the virus but wasn't able to. Is there a chance that people can became reinfected? Sure there is. Everyone's immune system is different. Some people might not produce a heavy antibody response to the infection. That's fair to say. But I'm happy to provide anyone with my antibody test results. I will be getting that done soon. Again, the WHO is being super overly cautious about this and i totally understand that. Lives are at stake. But everything I have read so far points to a stable, slowly mutating virus. And as someone pointed out already, you don't have to hire me. It doesn't bother me one bit. I just wanted you guys to understand why I put that in my ad. It has nothing to do with wanting to make money, and it certainly isn't because I don't care about people's lives. Anyway, be safe out there.

I'm not a geneticist but yes I believe RNA can be spliced. but i don't know what that would look like in terms of combining a retrovirus and coronavirus. But if that virus used reverse transcriptase or integrase to multiply, we already have medications that inhibit them. For example, Prep for example (truvada or descovy) is the combination of two NRTIs (nucleotide/nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor) and tivicay or Isentress are two integrase inhibitors that are used, in combination with other HIV meds, to treat hiv or prevent it in the event of exposure when patient is not on PrEP. Those medications inhibit the virus from replicating. But this is just theoretical. Again I'm not a geneticist. I don't know anything about that stuff haha

My people skills are shit because you attacked my character and my intelligence behind my back and then in return I defended myself. hmm ok. whatever you say sir. have a good one. bye

Hey guys, it's hotmedpro. I'm reading all of your posts and I'm kind of laughing. I will go over all of your concerns since you guys think you know it all. One, yes I did just finish my doctorate in Pharmacy. My graduation ceremony was supposed to be in May but it's cancelled (yes I'm annoyed by that but I'm interviewing for MD programs so I'm finding solace in the fact that ill have that graduation ceremony when i finish med school) Two, the WHO says there's no evidence that antibodies provide immunity from reinfection but it doesn't say that there's evidence showing it doesn't. Many countries are contemplating providing immunity cards, and the WHO is being overly cautious. At this point right now, the virus is mutating slower than the seasonal flu which is great especially for vaccines and for antibody immunity. Antibodies are made specifically for a virus, like a lock and key. But when a virus mutates, the key (antibody) doesn't fit in the lock (virus) anymore. That is one of the reasons why creating a vaccine for HIV has been impossible to do; It mutates too rapidly but that's a different story. As far as the stories of reinfection occurring in other countries, many things could have caused that, one of them (and most likely) is human error. Earlier testing kits (and even some now) were shown to be extremely unreliable. That can be explained by the sensitivity of the tests and/or classic mix ups in the labs (it happens). There are several different tests available and each of them looked for specific genetic material from the virus, so if the sample collected from the patient didn't have enough genetic material (someone who recently became infected) or if it was collected wrong, the test would read negative. Also some of the earlier testing kits only had two sets of probes to detect the virus and now have three. Probes are used to detect coronavirus RNA sequences in RT-PCR tests and show up fluorescent if positive. These probes influence the sensitivity of the tests. There were also some kits that gave positive readings with just water in a negative control experiment. The test manufactured by Roche has a sensitivity of 95% meaning that 5% of infected people could be missed by their test. I know first hand that patients from my hospital were coming up negative according to in-house labs, but were actually positive when sent out to the CDC for testing. So what that means is, someone could have been negative but showed up "positive" on the test, then "recovered", went home and became "reinfected" but in reality, it was their first infection. Or the patient could have truly been positive, came up "negative" when retested on a faulty test but was actually still positive, went home and got worse, and came back "reinfected" but in reality, they were positive the entire time. Another reason for possible positive results after recovering is that the tests are picking up traces of virus that are dead which happened to be the case with some patients in South Korea after a doctor tried to incubate the virus but wasn't able to. Is there a chance that people can became reinfected? Sure there is. Everyone's immune system is different. Some people might not produce a heavy antibody response to the infection. That's fair to say. But I'm happy to provide anyone with my antibody test results. I will be getting that done soon. Again, the WHO is being super overly cautious about this and i totally understand that. Lives are at stake. But everything I have read so far points to a stable, slowly mutating virus. And as someone pointed out already, you don't have to hire me. It doesn't bother me one bit. I just wanted you guys to understand why I put that in my ad. It has nothing to do with wanting to make money, and it certainly isn't because I don't care about people's lives. Anyway, be safe out there.

I didn't give you a thumbs down but i don't see any evidence to back that claim up.
1) They are completely two different types of viruses. HIV is a retrovirus meaning it uses reverse transcriptase to make copies of itself. Coronaviruses do not. HIV also uses an enzyme called integrase to insert it's viral DNA into the host cell's DNA. Coronavirus does not. Those are the main things that distinguish retroviruses from other types of viruses. So unless COVID-19 has reverse transcriptase or integrase (which it doesn't), it's not a likely theory.
 
2) People are recovering, meaning there is no more virus in them. With HIV, viral load increases and is extremely high when the patient is first infected and then drops to a set point after a few weeks or months. The body can not get rid of the infection
 
3) This coronavirus is genetically similar to SARS-1. They both bind to ACE2 receptors to gain entry to cells. whereas HIV enters its host cell by attaching the envelope glycoproteins to CD4 molecules.

No i get exactly what is going on. And every scientist has said that data points to a stable, if not, slowly mutating, virus. As far as duration of immunity, that i do not have the answer to and that is ultimately why the WHO is being overly cautious. I will be getting my antibody test done this week. However, I want everyone here to know that at some point, they will be exposed to this virus. The point of social distancing isn't to kill the virus completely; that would be unrealistic. the point is to slow the rate of transmission so our hospitals aren't over run. So don't act like I'm going around trying to kill people or get them sick. You have the option of hiring me or not. That is your choice. Either way, at some point, you will probably contract COVID. I'm not saying that to be a dick or to mock the severity of the situation. It's just the truth and many of you are not fully comprehending it.

I didn't give you a thumbs down but i don't see any evidence to back that claim up.
1) They are completely two different types of viruses. HIV is a retrovirus meaning it uses reverse transcriptase to make copies of itself. Coronaviruses do not. HIV also uses an enzyme called integrase to insert it's viral DNA into the host cell's DNA. Coronavirus does not. Those are the main things that distinguish retroviruses from other types of viruses. So unless COVID-19 has reverse transcriptase or integrase (which it doesn't), it's not a likely theory.
 
2) People are recovering, meaning there is no more virus in them. With HIV, viral load increases and is extremely high when the patient is first infected and then drops to a set point after a few weeks or months. The body can not get rid of the infection
 
3) This coronavirus is genetically similar to SARS-1. They both bind to ACE2 receptors to gain entry to cells. whereas HIV enters its host cell by attaching the envelope glycoproteins to CD4 molecules.

No i get exactly what is going on. And every scientist has said that data points to a stable, if not, slowly mutating, virus. As far as duration of immunity, that i do not have the answer to and that is ultimately why the WHO is being overly cautious. I will be getting my antibody test done this week. However, I want everyone here to know that at some point, they will be exposed to this virus. The point of social distancing isn't to kill the virus completely; that would be unrealistic. the point is to slow the rate of transmission so our hospitals aren't over run. So don't act like I'm going around trying to kill people or get them sick. You have the option of hiring me or not. That is your choice. Either way, at some point, you will probably contract COVID. I'm not saying that to be a dick or to mock the severity of the situation. It's just the truth and many of you are not fully comprehending it.

thank you. hope to see you in the future.

Hey guys, it's hotmedpro. I'm reading all of your posts and I'm kind of laughing. I will go over all of your concerns since you guys think you know it all. One, yes I did just finish my doctorate in Pharmacy. My graduation ceremony was supposed to be in May but it's cancelled (yes I'm annoyed by that but I'm interviewing for MD programs so I'm finding solace in the fact that ill have that graduation ceremony when i finish med school) Two, the WHO says there's no evidence that antibodies provide immunity from reinfection but it doesn't say that there's evidence showing it doesn't. Many countries are contemplating providing immunity cards, and the WHO is being overly cautious. At this point right now, the virus is mutating slower than the seasonal flu which is great especially for vaccines and for antibody immunity. Antibodies are made specifically for a virus, like a lock and key. But when a virus mutates, the key (antibody) doesn't fit in the lock (virus) anymore. That is one of the reasons why creating a vaccine for HIV has been impossible to do; It mutates too rapidly but that's a different story. As far as the stories of reinfection occurring in other countries, many things could have caused that, one of them (and most likely) is human error. Earlier testing kits (and even some now) were shown to be extremely unreliable. That can be explained by the sensitivity of the tests and/or classic mix ups in the labs (it happens). There are several different tests available and each of them looked for specific genetic material from the virus, so if the sample collected from the patient didn't have enough genetic material (someone who recently became infected) or if it was collected wrong, the test would read negative. Also some of the earlier testing kits only had two sets of probes to detect the virus and now have three. Probes are used to detect coronavirus RNA sequences in RT-PCR tests and show up fluorescent if positive. These probes influence the sensitivity of the tests. There were also some kits that gave positive readings with just water in a negative control experiment. The test manufactured by Roche has a sensitivity of 95% meaning that 5% of infected people could be missed by their test. I know first hand that patients from my hospital were coming up negative according to in-house labs, but were actually positive when sent out to the CDC for testing. So what that means is, someone could have been negative but showed up "positive" on the test, then "recovered", went home and became "reinfected" but in reality, it was their first infection. Or the patient could have truly been positive, came up "negative" when retested on a faulty test but was actually still positive, went home and got worse, and came back "reinfected" but in reality, they were positive the entire time. Another reason for possible positive results after recovering is that the tests are picking up traces of virus that are dead which happened to be the case with some patients in South Korea after a doctor tried to incubate the virus but wasn't able to. Is there a chance that people can became reinfected? Sure there is. Everyone's immune system is different. Some people might not produce a heavy antibody response to the infection. That's fair to say. But I'm happy to provide anyone with my antibody test results. I will be getting that done soon. Again, the WHO is being super overly cautious about this and i totally understand that. Lives are at stake. But everything I have read so far points to a stable, slowly mutating virus. And as someone pointed out already, you don't have to hire me. It doesn't bother me one bit. I just wanted you guys to understand why I put that in my ad. It has nothing to do with wanting to make money, and it certainly isn't because I don't care about people's lives. Anyway, be safe out there.

Feel free to read my post on this thread. I'm very educated sir. Maybe you're the one that needs to be educated.

haha yes. I'm not very organized. My ADHD gets the best of me most days. But that's what cleaning services are for. Just didn't happen to be done on that day

trying to survive? I'm doing just fine but thank you. I escorted so i didn't have to take out student loans. I'm not homeless or poor. Jeez. lol feel sorry for someone else. i don't need pity.

Feel free to read my post in response to this thread. Instead of talking shit without any proof, take a second to ask for it. It's hysterical that you never asked me a single question but you think you know everything about me. Hmm who's the dumb one now?

Or maybe i was in the middle of doing something and couldnt give more in depth responses? Feel free to block me but don't say I don't care about what is happening in the world. you don't know me and you don't know what is happening in my life. That's rude and uncalled for.

No i get exactly what is going on. And every scientist has said that data points to a stable, if not, slowly mutating, virus. As far as duration of immunity, that i do not have the answer to and that is ultimately why the WHO is being overly cautious. I will be getting my antibody test done this week. However, I want everyone here to know that at some point, they will be exposed to this virus. The point of social distancing isn't to kill the virus completely; that would be unrealistic. the point is to slow the rate of transmission so our hospitals aren't over run. So don't act like I'm going around trying to kill people or get them sick. You have the option of hiring me or not. That is your choice. Either way, at some point, you will probably contract COVID. I'm not saying that to be a dick or to mock the severity of the situation. It's just the truth and many of you are not fully comprehending it.

I didn't give you a thumbs down but i don't see any evidence to back that claim up.
1) They are completely two different types of viruses. HIV is a retrovirus meaning it uses reverse transcriptase to make copies of itself. Coronaviruses do not. HIV also uses an enzyme called integrase to insert it's viral DNA into the host cell's DNA. Coronavirus does not. Those are the main things that distinguish retroviruses from other types of viruses. So unless COVID-19 has reverse transcriptase or integrase (which it doesn't), it's not a likely theory.
 
2) People are recovering, meaning there is no more virus in them. With HIV, viral load increases and is extremely high when the patient is first infected and then drops to a set point after a few weeks or months. The body can not get rid of the infection
 
3) This coronavirus is genetically similar to SARS-1. They both bind to ACE2 receptors to gain entry to cells. whereas HIV enters its host cell by attaching the envelope glycoproteins to CD4 molecules.