Rodrigo Suarez

My cat ripped up the Bible and used it to lee on.
I wasN’t one bit distressed

My cat recommends the Bible to all of you. ?
 
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https://rent.men/Victor_Jokers
 
Seems too good to be true.
 
Any info?

Have you ever considered the possibility that a client might cancel because of your outlook, your insistence on a deposit, or your insistence on a cancellation fee if the client cannot keep an appointment?
 
When a client contacts an escort for the first time and the escort comes off insisting on advance deposits or more, many clients simply move on to another provider.

Dream on. Scheduling and canceling are part of doing business. Do you pay the client if you cancel?

Pic #6 belongs to SkylerTheTwink, advertising in LA too:
 
https://rentmen.eu/SkylerTheTWINK
 
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Does Skyler have two ads? w/ face and w/o face? Or is it someone else? ?

If the towel is a true indicator, he could probably "spike" your "end zone."

That is a bit extreme. I think not confirming an appointment unless a deposit is receive seems more reasonable. I guess you will weed out most if not all the flakes, but I wonder how many non-flakes you'll miss out on because they don't want to send a deposit just to start the conversation. I doubt you're putting the deposit in escrow ?
 
I'm not a provider, so I don't know your experiences. But just from a non-flake client's perspective, not sure if that's a good look to potentials.

His pics belong to an Argentinian model currently in Mexico not DC. Beware.
 
https://rentmen.eu/Danielstrongfit
 
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Rusty Stevens has an expired ad in RMen.
 
https://rent.men/rusty_stevens
 
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Rusty Stevens has an expired ad in RMen.
 
https://rent.men/rusty_stevens
 
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I wish it was fear mongering, but it isn't.
 
Even if certain flu strains are more lethal than covid, that is just one part of the data we need to consider. It does not suggest that covid is less dangerous overall. Keep in mind that many people who survive covid have long-lasting and serious consequences. How often does treating the flu require ventillator intervention, amputation, paralysis rehabilitation, et cetera? Many who survive covid are not only physically compromised afterwards, but also seriously traumatized.
 
The scientific understanding about covid is continuing to evolve, but nothing I have seen suggests it should be taken lightly. In the very off chance that the majority of the scientific community is wrong about covid, protecting ourselves and others at this time by avoiding massage and other unnecessary social interaction is little more than an inconvenience for most people. But given that the scientific understanding is much more likely to be correct, protecting ourselves and others by avoiding massage and unnecessary social interaction will undoubtedly save lives and help bring an end to the pandemic.

For anyone on the "the flu kills more people" turnip cart: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-covid-19-isnt-the-flu

Sorry, bud- but that attitude is part of the problem. While YOUR outcome may be OK, what about the various sundry people you spread it to? What about the mom with kids you infect at the grocery store? What about your own parents or grandparents? What about your best friend? Sure- you may only get sick, others will die and that will be directly caused by your behavior and laissez-faire attitude.
 
Grow the fuck up.

Oh dear, please tell you me you were not implying that it was ok for you to not worry about getting it again. Long term protective immunity has not been demonstrated, while there are many reports of reinfection or relapse. @musclvr did a great job of explaining that not everyone develops neutralizing antibodies, which are the antibodies that can render the virus non-infectious. Only about 10% of people who've had COVID-19 become what they call "elite neutralizer" See below screen cap from this presentation:
 
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Basically, they tested blood collected from >350 patients who recovered from COVID-19 in NY for the presence of neutralizing antibodies. As you can see above, the neutralizing capabilities of over 300 patients were so low (in the red line) it may not have been protective, while elite neutralizers have clearly developed protective immunity that actually reduced rates of infection in a cell culture model. Patients in the non-elite group did develop antibodies, but not necessarily neutralizing or protective. This is basically to show you that you really cannot believe you would be protected simply because you have previously been infected. Also, most of the evidence now suggests that even these neutralizing antibodies wane over time, sometime falling below putative protective levels within a few months.
 
From my opinion, the vaccines are not going to be silver bullets. Experience from SARS-CoV and other CoV suggested that it is not going to be easy.
 
Another point I'd like to make is when I see people say "I have tested negative, and so did my provider" I do worry about the type of testing done on them. There are a ton of tests out there that have been approved through Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA. Do you know what that means? The EUA tests are not as well vetted/tested and the manufacturers do not have to submit extensive data on test performance in order to be able to start selling their tests. The FDA website has all the package inserts for these tests, and if you read some of them you'd be surprised how little is known about the performance of some of these tests. Basically, right now there are 3 types of tests you can get:
 
1. Molecular tests: These are tests that detect the presence of viral RNA. They are generally considered more sensitive than other types of test. If you got your test done in a hospital or a large reference lab and you had to wait a few days, there's a good chance that they used a molecular test. Again, not all molecular tests were made equal. Do you remember the Abbott ID NOW that the POTUS was a poster child for a few months ago where he got tested with this instrument? Although it is a molecular test, the technology they use for amplification of signal to indicate the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA is significantly inferior to other methods like PCR. It is so bad that they had to change the package insert to say something along the line of "if you test negative on this test you should get tested again with another molecular method". It's silly, but that's the truth.
2. Antigen tests: These are mostly rapid tests performed at health fairs, some field testing units, or smaller clinics. The advantages of these tests is that they are fast and not terribly expensive, and they are considered "waived" tests that are low-complexity and can be performed anywhere. However, the sensitivity is so appallingly low that, again, if you test negative on these tests you need to get retested with a molecular test.
3. Antibody tests: These are blood tests that would detect if you have developed IgM and/or IgG antibodies agains SARS-CoV-2. Literally, all we know now is that if you're positive for IgM, or IgM, or both, you've been infected in the past. Typically, for other infectious diseases the presence of IgM indicates a recent infection while IgG indicates past infections. Unfortunately, in COVID-19 IgM and IgG antibodies come up almost simultaneously so there is no use trying to distinguish between the two. The clinical utility of these antibody tests has not yet been established. Our lab performs the testing, but provides no interpretation because we simply do not know what it means!
 
I brought up all of these because when people say "I have been tested", they really need to know what kind of test was done. YOU NEED TO ASK! Was it a sensitive molecular test? Or did you just go a tent and got an antigen test? Or did you get an antibody test which is largely useless? The media tend to oversimplify the nuances of clinical testing and this results in the the public thinking they know better than lab professionals.
 
@big dale wrote really nice key points on the infection and transmission that really help some of us understand the epidemiology of the disease. Great job!
 
Just adding another terrifying news I heard today. A report from Belgium demonstrated a few strains of SARS-CoV-2 that had a mutation in the E gene, which is used as a target of detection for one of the biggest automated tests out there and this mutation led to the assay not being able to detect the presence of the virus. This is one of the first reports of mutations that could result in false negative results, and I imagine we will hear more and more about other variants that can escape detection by different platforms of diagnostic tests. Fun times.

Ugh. And here we go again. @big dale, @kenomora, @MisterMike, others and I should just start linking to a factsheet. I really like Big Dale's response in this thread. I don't have much to add editorially but a lot to add science-wise.
 
Just because you've recovered from Covid, don't assume you have long-term immunity. We don't know enough yet. Antibody responses wane over time and the neutralizing antibody response in a person may disappear. Not everybody develops a neutralizing antibody response. We don't know enough yet about T-cell responses because they are harder to assess. That individuals still get recurrent colds caused by related-coronaviruses* probably means that immunity is not perpetual (unlike for example, measles or smallpox). Maybe a large percentage of us carry pre-existing T-cell responses against SARS-CoV-2 from cross-reactivity with other coronaviruses but that may only ameliorate the severity rather than prevent infections. You may be asymptomatic or feel just a little "not-normal" but you're still spewing virus.
 
*Have you ever had one of those colds that felt like you just couldn't shake it? Regular cold symptoms for a week or so and then residual congestion, dizziness, lethargy, and cloudy-headedness that went on for a month or more? You went into work because you had to but just felt like crap and getting through the workday took every ounce of energy out of you? That was probably a coronavirus.
 
The vaccine data are being overly-hyped by the lay press, not to mention some of the medical journals and the orange-potato in the White House. Today's CanSino vaccine data look bad. The AstraZeneca/Oxford are only just a little better. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are both unproven modalities, and Moderna may have some associated adverse events that may be serious in an older population (SAEs in the technical parlance). We don't know how long immunity will last. Early data are that people >55 years in age mounted lowered immune responses, as should be expected. Chances are good that the first vaccines are going to be partially protective, rushed through approval for Trump's election campaign, and, I'd bet, elicit some life-threatening SAEs in older and/or co-morbid (immune compromised - HIV, autoimmune disease -, hypertensive etc.) populations. Then there are manufacturing and supply chain issues. So don't expect a magic bullet in January 2021 and unless you're a frontline healthcare worker in a major population center, don't expect anything.
 
Therapeutic/prophylactic antibodies are super-expensive to make and will probably be reserved for acute interventions. And most companies are pursuing a strategy that might ameliorate symptoms but could evolutionarily select for escaper mutants that could be worse (just like the early monovalent anti-HIV drugs selected for resistant viruses - and why PREP as a get-out-of-jail-free card for promiscuous unprotected anal sex still scares me just a little bit).
 
As a species this virus and us are just getting started at ~6 months into the pandemic. It is rapidly evolving and adapting... hello D614G. The US has really blown it. Do your part. If you do decide to take a risk behavior like a massage or more, be prepared for the consequences and then stf away from other people for 2 weeks.
 
Anything else is fucking magical thinking, ignorance or utter selfishness.

Pics belong to a Spanish model currently in Spain not LA.
 
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https://eroticcomagazine.com/2020/04/24/pedro-gonzalez-sergio-diaz-rullo-by-joan-crisol-for-modus-vivendi/

Pics belong to a Spanish model currently in Spain not LA.
 
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https://eroticcomagazine.com/2020/04/24/pedro-gonzalez-sergio-diaz-rullo-by-joan-crisol-for-modus-vivendi/

too funny.....in the Rentmen interview attached to his ad, he goes on & on about his son & how important the kid is to him & because of his porn videos he “lost” the kid & now needs to earn money to get the kid back....(& another hard luck tale of woe about a car being stolen).....anyway in the interview, one of the usual questions “name 5 things you can’t live without”.....the kid ain’t mentioned.....out of sight, mostly out of mind, I guess

Spencer Laval ?
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Quentin Gainz ?
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Ryan Bones ?
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Nikol Monak ?
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Spencer Laval ?
https://ibb.co/XtD8tGv
 
Quentin Gainz ?
https://postimg.cc/nCK6Z7BW
 
Ryan Bones ?
https://ibb.co/VTXVYRt
 
Nikol Monak ?
https://ibb.co/BjGVv5H

Spencer Laval ?
https://ibb.co/XtD8tGv
 
Quentin Gainz ?
https://postimg.cc/nCK6Z7BW
 
Ryan Bones ?
https://ibb.co/VTXVYRt
 
Nikol Monak ?
https://ibb.co/BjGVv5H

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I think it's unwise to ever send your photo to a stranger under these circumstances.
 
Who knows why they want it or how they might use it.
 
And the idea they might want to screen their clients in this manner is obnoxious to say the least. When they pay me, I'll send them a picture.