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Very interesting and promising study in Israel that suggests the commonly available anti-cholesterol drug fenofibrate may significantly improve outcomes for COVID patients. Apparently COVID actually tells our lung and other cells to stop burning fat as fuel and it's these fat cells that get built up in lungs, liver and other tissues and cause (in part anyway) the debilitating damage that COVID does to the body. The drug basically reverses this process, allows cells to burn the lipids and "downgrades COVID to a common cold," according to the main doctor doing the study. This study was done on human tissues outside of the body and not actually in any human trials, but the outcomes were so positive that they are going to begin human trials soon. The other nice thing about using fenofibrate is like remdesivir and other existing drugs, it's already been proven to be generally safe. So it doesn't need to go through the long process that a COVID vaccine or new medication would. If the human trials prove effective, it could be used as a treatment in a matter of couple months or so. The doctor doing the study was very optimistic saying his observations of the effect of this drug on human cells was like, "when the plug is removed from the bathtub." Still have to see if the drug works in actual human beings with COVID, but if it works as well as it did in the human lung cells, this really could be a game changer in COVID treatment.

It really depends on the guy and I do think that what Gymowner says has some truth about traveling vs. local escorts. Traveling escorts are going to have to maximize the clients they see per day in order to make sure they can pay the significant costs of travel: Hotel, food, local transport, etc. So they are likely going to have 2-3 clients a day and in that case you might want to go for earlier in the day if you want them to be the most fresh and ready. A local escort really depends. Some are probably more morning wood horny types but others are more into meeting at night. A local escort doesn't have as much pressure to make money to cover costs, so they might only see 2-3 clients a week or even fewer. But often local guys also have relationships or hookups in addition to their clients. I think it's best to ask them and see what their preferences are. But i've truly had escorts meeting me in the morning to late at night and they've almost always been ready to go.

I agree..I think the positivity rate and the overall number of tests is very important. That's why 2 percent of 15,000 or 20,000 tests a day is a really good sign there isn't much community transmission happening. The CDC says under five percent with decent testing is a good sign generally that the disease is not spreading much in an area. That's why Florida is concerning. They are averaging 18 percent positivity and doing 50,000+ tests a day. That's a sign that COVID is spreading fairly widely in the many areas.

I don't disagree that NYC is doing pretty well now and the risk would be low, but that doesn't matter to other countries that restrict people who travel from other countries. For example, Australia (where Rogan is from) has a 14-day mandatory quarantine for anyone who travels to that country. Probably Rogan is stuck in Europe actually.

I'd be very surprised if very many international escorts come to the US anytime soon. With COVID and the fact that many countries have quarantines, it just wouldn't be worth it.

And actually escorts are often more honest/accessible as well. One escort I was with let me know that he tested positive for chamydia when he got home and did his regular tests. He was very forthcoming with the details of where the infection occurred, how many partners he had before and after me and all that so I could make sure I was tested properly. He even checked up with me a couple days later to see how my tests came back. The reality is that a regular escort that you've built a good relationship with often cares more about his client's health than some random Grindr hookup.

I don't think it's about emotional ploys. It's that in many places, they are literally running out of hospital beds and ventilators. This is already happening in Texas. It's close to happening in parts of California. Many areas are not flattening the curve, they are breaking it and our hospital systems are becoming overloaded again just like in NYC. Policymakers like Newsom in California and Abbott in Texas (although much too late for him) are simply doing what the data suggests and putting in measures to flatten the curve of this pandemic or risk overloading the medical system in a way that puts both COVID and non-COVID patients in danger of not getting the care they need. And just like it did in NYC, this will cause more deaths.

I now definitely watch out for FinDom as part of escort ads. I met with a guy like that in Denver for just a regular session and he really tried to turn it into a FinDom thing. At first it seems benign but then quickly becomes pushy and annoying. I won't be seeing him again.

I heard that..so sad because NYC has been doing so well recently..really hope all those returning from the Hamptons quarantine themselves for 2-weeks.

Bad and worse and better and best are all subjective words, but the media in the articles I posted are sharing that there are more cases of COVID-19 now in the United States overall and in many specific states than there ever had been since the beginning of the pandemic. And as Honcho points out, we are in many places running out of ICU beds, ventilators and other medical supplies needed to help people with severe cases, which again as he points out can (and already has) lead to more people dying for the disease. More links (All articles within the last three days from credible news sites): ICU beds reach new low in Texas as COVID cases pass 250,000 mark ICU beds, ventilators in use hit new records as Arizona reports 1,357 new COVID-19 cases Florida’s Covid-19 Deaths Might Rival New York's

Yes, the numbers now are actually much worse both in the United States generally and in specific states. These are all articles published in mainstream, credible news sites in the last three days. In many parts of the country, COVID cases are the worst they have ever been. However, COVID cases are truly stabilizing or declining in other places like NYC. For first time, U.S. records more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases in single day Florida shatters US record for new single-day Covid-19 cases Coronavirus case averages reach record highs in more than a third of U.S. states as deaths climb

Everyone is making very good points about the first amendment. Just out of curiosity, I decided to look up photos of LA BLM protests. Truly most people were wearing masks in the photos I found. width=581pxhttps://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/93586e0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6720x4480+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2F1a%2F0ecff8d5465a8c4771b96335dcc1%2Fla-photos-1staff-557633-me-0614-refuseracism-protest-01-cmh.JPG[/img] width=547pxhttps://www.dailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LDN-L-PROTEST-BLM-0515_16-1.jpg?w=620[/img] width=568pxhttps://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/TWCNews/blm-6-17-20_jpg[/img] width=533pxhttps://www.dailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LDN-L-PROTEST-LA-HOLLYWOOD-0602-11-1.jpg[/img]

Huh..that's interesting. I don't really know if it's much more than rumor-mongering though.

The study is a real study that uses epidemic data and cell-phone tracking and sophisticated mathematical modeling. It is a pre-print but has been submitted for peer-review. The study was written by five respected health economist professors. You can see it here. I think their conclusions that the protests in many large cities caused many non-protestors to stay home makes a lot of sense. I mean in Denver, downtown and Capitol Hill were basically ghost towns except for the protestors. People didn't want to go out because they feared violence. And the cell-phone tracking data shows that while obviously the protestors were out protesting, many more people stayed in, containing the COVID pandemic overall. I don't necessarily disagree with your assessments. I too still don't think it's a great idea to have large gatherings of any kind, but you also have to be open to the evidence that in the case of the recent BLM protests, there is evidence that they did not increase COVID-19 transmission. Whether that would be true now that the virus has spread more widely, I am not sure.

I haven't had the pleasure of meeting them, but Tyler and Ace seem like really sweet guys. Hope to be able to meet them sometime soon.

There is evidence that the protests did not contribute to a rise in cases. A study done in more than 300 cities compared cities with large protests to "control" cities without large protests and found that there was no increase in COVID in the cities with protests. Partially the study shows that generally people stayed home in cities with protests in part to avoid potential violence. This was confirmed using cell-phone tracking data. So even though there were obviously large groups outdoors protesting, even more people stayed home to avoid the protests and the overall effect was no increase in COVID cases. And while the study doesn't show this, there is probably some truth to the virus not being able to as easily spread outdoors and with many people wearing masks. I went out to one day of protests in Denver and was pretty amazed by the mask-wearing and social distancing I saw. I would say at least 75-80 percent of people wore masks and the protest went down a major city street so people generally were able to keep a bit of distance from each other.

I just looked at his profile because he is coming to Denver...man it's rough. He actually advertises: "I’m a very well known adult film star that made international news in 2015 because of a White House National Security scandal involving Obama etc" What in the hell kind of escort advertises that they outed a high-profile client? And his star rating is 2.33...I don't think I've ever seen one so low, especially on Rent.Men which totally inflates their ratings. Also apparently he has a blog where just posts nutso conspiracy theories. Strange dude..one that I will definitely be staying away from.

You make some good points. Obviously, if you're really worried about getting COVID or passing it on to others (like a vulnerable family member), then definitely do not hire until there is a vaccine at least. That said, NYC is reopening for good reasons: Their actual numbers are looking good across the board and there does not appear to be widespread community transmission. But yeah, like Suffolk County where Fire Island is located is actually seeing a slight uptick so what Tonyko said could be really true. So you have to assess the risk in your own life.

I think that the density of NYC could actually be an advantage to hiring now. One clinic in Queens had 68 percent of its patients' tests come back with COVID antibodies. Because NYC was hit so bad, so early, there quite likely has been some herd immunity happening in that area, meaning that actually COVID probably can't spread as easily in that area as many others. And actually where COVID is spreading like wildfire right now is in areas that are really not that dense: Florida, Texas, Arizona, etc. The other metrics in NYC are looking pretty good in my opinion: Declining cases (averaging less than 300 a day when two-weeks ago it was more than 300 a day), lots of tests (often around 15,000-20,000 tests a day), low positive rate (only around 2 percent) and high antibody positive rates in many areas (another Brooklyn clinic showed 56% antibody positivity). This shows to me an area that has already been widely exposed to COVID, which probably means they have some herd immunity and can not spread it easily around. There is not significant evidence of widespread community transmission and the government has been doing a good job of quarantining people visiting from other areas. And though visiting with one escort obviously has some risks, in my opinion it's not as high-risk as you think. Probably a single visit to crowded indoor bar or party is significantly higher risk than one visit with an escort, especially if you're otherwise keeping good habits of social-distancing and mask wearing everywhere else. Ask those good questions of the escort before you visit and assume he will answer truthfully. Otherwise, don't feel too bad about hiring.

I also think like this is the reason for the forums and reviews. There are negative reviews on there for this exact reason. Chances are if it's like a PNP guy who can't get hard, there will be many guys who have had similar experiences.

On the flipside, I'd also expect to pay whatever was agreed upon for that hour even if you don't quite get the experience you wanted. Good escorts will discount if they have erectile dysfunction or whatever, but you shouldn't demand they do so in my opinion. You can always say, "Well this is unfortunate because I was hoping that I could bottom tonight." And he should offer a discount on his time, but again this isn't a guarantee and you shouldn't get mad at him or demand a discount. Just know that maybe he isn't the best one to hire for next time. And the reality is that this does happen to even really good professionals. I have a regular who had a hard time once partially because he had just done a long mountain-biking trip and that can actually temporarily cause ED. He offered a discount and ended up actually giving me a great fisting/fingering session anyway so I didn't really mind too much. It happens and if you have a good escort, he'll make sure your wants are taken care of in one way or another.

These kinds of books are right up my alley too. If you have some recommendations for specific titles, I'd love to hear them.

I'm reading a popular science book called, "Darwin Comes to Town" by Menno Schilthuizen, a Dutch evolutionary biologist. It's all about how various species have evolved to live and even thrive in dense urban environments.

I don't think they are connected or related in any way. I think some escorts make enough money that they can often afford to stay in school longer. I also think they believe by advertising their education, they might attract wealthier clients that might be interested in longer, more expensive sessions where there is dinner conversation or trips to the opera or whatever. In HotMedPro, his responses in a previous thread led me to believe that he truly has the education he states. I usually take escorts' ads at face-value that they say they are what they are. At least until I learn otherwise.

Yeah it's best practice to not pay upfront. And most professional escorts know and expect this. Technically, this is where it can even be legally problematic, because you are paying before you spend any time with the individual so it can appear that you are paying for sex instead of providing a donation for the person's time. I appreciated this being explained by a real great professional on my first session when I tried to pay him before we did anything. Anyone that asks up front, you should just politely say, "Sorry, but I am not comfortable doing that and have not done that in any previous situations like this." It usually happens only when the guy is new at the business.