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I’m not posting it and that was never my intent, as I clearly pointed out. However, you just conceded it existed, only because you have been caught out, and various other members don’t even need to collaboratively triangulate perceptions behind the scenes in order to be on to you. The only point proven here is that you were posing at being dumbfounded, a signature manipulative move. You are simply too impulsive to be good at this. My sense is that you are deluded enough to think you are always a few steps ahead of everybody else when, in fact, you lamely limp along. You can have the last word if you must. What typically would be a superficial and fragile self-indulgence for most may be of tremendous psychological value to you.

You are a LOT. You’re not sure, as you put it, but you do know, because post drafts do show up here the second you tap ‘submit reply’, and more than one of us read the original tirade. I won’t be put in the paradoxical bind of deciding whether to post a shot of it because there’s but one douchebaggy mover and shaker in this whole affair, and it was your prerogative to amend an initially far more inflammatory passage. But now your fabricated befuddlement corroborates that you are little more than a manipulator, in case there was ever any doubt, albeit not a master manipulator. Hey everybody, there’s cake to mark the departure of the manipulative douchebaggy multiple-handle persona! Maybe once he gets a slice he’ll actually follow through on his threat to move on … at least until the next telltale incarnation.

In spite of you having toned it down within the edit window … and who knows? you might edit further before time’s up … this reads more as a thinly veiled complaint, disingenuous, than a true request for site tips within the public domain.

Good points, @Slvkguy BTW, though, if the guesst’s post is removed I am not sure if it will disappear from the expandable quotation of it.

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Oh I really liked this film, and could relate to some of it experientially, obviously on the ‘nancy’ side of things and in terms of navigating boundaries, not really client repression. Can’t say much more without plot-spoiling. I must catch up with Peaky Blinders where DM is listed in the cast of Seasons 5 & 6. I think I left off at the end of 2 or 3, will have to look at the episode synopses to determine where to jump back in.

It’s on Amazon Prime, in Canada anyway, included in the annual subscription. I just downloaded it. I don’t think we get Hulu up here but certain Hulu productions land in Prime or sometimes our Crave channels, which seem conjoined to HBO and Starz. I’ll never sort it out. But if I want to search a production up here I use an app called JustWatch; it seems to automatically outline production access for Canada specifically.

I believe there are two ways but each is a request made to board admin. You can report an offensive post, for example, and admin may delete it. Or you may decide you want to remove your own post perhaps after the 1 hour edit window. Similarly you make a request. Each post has a distinctive URL that you can pull up whether it’s yours or another’s. If you press and hold the 3 dots you will open a few options (eg, see attached screen shot of your very own post here at the end of my post). If you choose copy and paste you can attach the post’s URL, as I do with yours here … https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/37921-deleted-posts/#elControls_335512_menu I think that is simply what you do, making a request to admin, and copy/paste the URL that they can make vanish. Apologies if I’ve got this wrong.

Good point. I received primary Yellow Fever vaccination at 65, weighing the risks and benefits. It was also a lot easier to interface with a nurse and be in and out quickly. One can pursue a Certificate of Contraindication as an alternative, but that seems to involve jumping through a lot more hoops and likely a physician evaluation. I had still been waiting for the province to assign me a primary care physician through the provincial health care system. Eventually enrolled in a fee-for-service practice. I had also recovered from a sobering fluke bout of dengue acquired in Rio 2 years previously. The risks are also not literally, say, 10-fold comparing age 59 and age 60. They are stratified across three broad age categories with a theoretical gradient of adverse event susceptibility. The differentials are summarized in this document. Unfortunately PDF version not available. The link may open in the relevant scrolled position: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-4-active-vaccines/page-25-yellow-fever-vaccine.html#p4c24a10c

The PAHO has declared an emergency alert even if the WHO does not decide such a similar status next week. Now wondering if my upcoming Montreal-Brazil direct flight will be grounded due to epicentre status. I doubt my Imvamune certification will be worth the paper it is stamped on because it will take forever to line up these types of contingencies. It is apparently likely travel restrictions will ensue from a WHO ‘emergency of international concern’ designation. Interesting comparative tidbit: Quebec province has reported at least 20,000 new SARS-CoV-2 cases over the same period, likely an undercount, and 225 deaths.

If you have an International Certificate version for Yellow Fever vaccination it likely states 10-year expiry or ‘lifetime’. Not too long ago the World Health Council adopted a resolution such that no booster for folks in this category is obligated to enter any country; 10-year status is equivalent to lifetime. That said, many countries vaccinate to control spread domestically, not to facilitate travel of their citizens to nations with entry requirements. They may get fractionated doses that suffice as long as uptake is widespread, and receive a domestic certificate, and may need or get boosters, etc. It’s complicated and variable though this aspect is not relevant to Board members here unless they get Yellow Fever vaccination in a country with less than the international certification standard.

Phew. Enjoy Colombia. If your old passport is affixed to the vaxx certificate or immunization booklet by masking tape or staples it should still be adequate. [Teasing] If you meant that your new passport number is not the same as your old one (odd though, I think) and is not written on the certificate, you probably know to make sure your signature is on and matches in 3 locations: both passports and the certificate. Word to the wise, a certificate of vaccination to enter Colombia must be International version, not a Domestic version such as may be issued in Brazil. I suspect that if the inoculation was obtained in Colombia and if Colombia issued a Domestic version, that certificate would suffice. Saving grace was cleverly getting the YF vaxx there in this case. [I also probably erred about transiting through Panama on a flight out of Colombia. I don’t think the chances of being required to show it to go through Tocumen are greater than for flights from Brazil through Panama, wherein I have never been asked to produce it. Copa Airlines users may want to check.]

Weren’t you a minor?!

Good catch; I hope it’s been done and is moot. Though there may be worse things than São Paulo Pride Weekend. Or needing to fill an accommodations gap of a few weeks in Brazil rather than losing more than the Colombia return flight and possibly leaving money on the table for Cali and Bogotá accommodations. This is an example of where attention to detail in posting is important. The revision had mentioned “ditching Colombia” and moving up Brazil, increasing Brazil to two months, when it appears the original itinerary holds with Colombia (Cali?) this Saturday and then back to Brazil July4-Aug10. Otherwise, Brazil 2 months additively would not be met by a stay merely from May25 to now. This revision would have necessitated Yellow Fever inoculation no later than June7 if done in Brazil. One of us may have caught it earlier, had it been clear. But “ditching” is not the same as tacking on more weeks elsewhere at the front end. Foreign nationals can access it in Brazil though it could be a crapshoot requiring CPF, and an internationally recognized regimen, as opposed to an apparent domestic version that does not yield the yellow-coloured certificate or may be exclusively digital and inadequate for boarding to Colombia. Since there are only 4(?) origin countries I am pretty sure I would have missed this detail myself had I planned some years ago a trip to Brazil that included Colombia immediately subsequent to Brazil. I fly from Colombia through Panama this year and expect I may be asked to produce it for the first time ever, though I believe it’s not needed for less than 6 hours airside at Tocumen or perhaps just remaining airside even longer and not entering the country through airport border control.

Apologies. Imnavex (same vaccine but European name) above should read Imvamune.

Routine vaccination ended in Canada in 1972, and discretionary vaccination for travel or other purposes ended in 1980.

More accurate in terms of taxonomy, less colloquial in the disease vernacular, perhaps more neutral, draws on Latin roots; eg “coronavirus” due to the spike halo effect presentation of that virus … not ‘crown’ virus, not Wuhan virus. Jackasses on media accompanying the name with images of children in Africa. SIV is not ‘monkey immunodeficiency virus’. Actually, by rights, it should be named Human something-or-other Pox so the faster getting some distance from the inappropriate nomenclature the better.

New case incidence is slowly edging up in Montreal, considered a/the North American epicentre of Simian Smallpox (seemingly the province’s preferred term). It was officially announced that all cis-/trans- gender men in or visiting the city can receive the Imnavex vaccine. Apart from the walk-in clinic above, additional sites here and likely in Quebec province (eg, getting inoculated sufficiently ahead of coming to Montreal) will open up. The booking portal, ClicSanté, for COVID vaccination, has added Imvamune, perhaps because scheduling demand will call for a balance of queue waiting and first-book-first-serve. I have no idea how easy it is to register in the booking portal. Frankly, I do not think you need to register an account or log in, as you can pick a slot and you will fill in the requested info and be sent a confirmation by email or SMS. You will need to enter a local postal code; that is simply to list available sites by distance, not for purposes of corroborating a home address zip code. Perhaps enter your accommodations code, or just enter the code for Hyatt Place that has a soft opening today. In any case, COVID vaccinations here were/are accessed by appointment or by walk-in, so my sense is that there is no need to book online. But you can view the time slots regularly prior to making an actual booking in case you want to plan a very brief trip and get a sense of openings within your planned window, and perhaps obtain a guaranteed appointment. The portal’s address for the clinic I attended is #955 but I think it should be #965 (as in the flyer) unless they happen to adjacent public health offices.

OK … man, is this getting complicated. Quebec’s departure seems to pertain to offering Imvamune beyond occupational exposure risk. Quebec, in fact, may be stratifying the PrEP category according to single dose if previously vaccinated against Smallpox but immunocompetent (my situation as in attached screenshot) VERSUS prime-boost 28-day interval for immunocompromised irrespective of Smallpox vaccination history, all otherwise in accordance with the national recommendations. Prospective visitors should read the Guidance I linked in order to judge whether two visits are recommended. My sense is that the 2nd dose would not be withheld and that recipients have the prerogative of 2 upcoming doses. This could also be an important decision for immunocompetent but never having had Smallpox inoculation, though the national guidance plunks this into occupational exposure. The question is: does Quebec similarly recommend the two doses for (typically younger) Vaccinia-naïve that are behaviourally susceptible to infection viz MSM risk, etc. I think so. Sorry it’s not clearer yet. There is insufficient research about multiple dosing for the never vaccinated should an Orthopox pandemic emerge. The 28-day interval is possibly arbitrary anyway because it takes very complex research design to alter duration and recruit enough subjects for each research trial arm.

I have ascertained that Montreal’s Monkeypox vaccination clinic in The (Gay) Village has a broad, welcoming ‘open door’ policy. Anyone generally meeting the exposure risk criteria qualifies for the Imvamune (aka Jynneos, Imnavex) dose. You do not need to necessarily strictly check one or more of the eligibility boxes. You can simply indicate belonging to the/a higher risk group. You do not need to be a Quebec resident or Canadian. **Foreign nationals are eligible.** I used my Quebec provincial health insurance card but it was for identification, not eligibility or cost coverage. Here are the steps as well as some attached images and a link to the just released Canadian guidance. I had thought of skipping the 28-day boost dose they had instructed me to pursue when I received the prime dose last week, because I had childhood Vaccinia inoculation, but the current recommendation turns out to be the single dose anyway. Good news for those going out of their way to come here. BUT I just thoroughly read the national guidelines and the fly in the ointment is that Quebec’s procedure is actually a departure. So I did not ask at the site today if they had formally lifted the 2nd dose! I assumed they had. The whole plan does not knit together completely yet. I myself will not get the 2nd dose even if offered. I may try to ascertain the actual Quebec province guidance at a later date. If you are particularly observant in reading the national guidance you will notice that the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP for MPOXX) category is indicated for immunocompromised and other select sub-populations. You may wonder if this poses a contradiction. However, Quebec is taking a more liberal approach and basing eligibility on behavioural susceptibility viz MSM settings. I myself am not immunocompromised. —->> Welcome guard on the sidewalk, ascertaining you are there for the Monkeypox vaccination. Through entrance door to hand sanitation and a site-issue surgical mask, even if you have your own face covering. No COVID vaccination proof requested. A few steps to a site nurse to briefly go over your understanding of the disease and vaccination, more to address concerns and questions than anything else. You may be asked about risk grouping but nothing particularly intrusive. They also want to ensure you currently have no symptoms of having recently acquiring MPOXX infection as the vaccine is contraindicated depending on specific exposure incubation timelines. Ushered into an elevator to the open-concept dispensing area. Directed to a registration desk requiring ID (ideally passport if without Quebec REGIE health card). The full name of your father and your mother (maiden, I presume) is added to your name and birthdate in the registration system. This is to triangulate ID for safety/tracking purposes in case a popular name (eg, John Smith) and dob is duplicated due to volume. This is also the standard for COVID vaccination in Quebec. Your address and phone contact is also entered. Perhaps your Montreal lodgings suffices as phone contact is likely more paramount. Your ID sticker is fixed to a requisition as is common for any lab procedure. You are directed to another gatekeeper to confirm your identity is correctly delineated on the requisition. Then directed to the health professional administering the subcutaneous jab. I was miffed that she did not let the alcohol swabbing dry before the jab, as it can compromise the integrity of the active pharmaceutical ingredients, but perhaps this is more relevant for the earlier generation smallpox scarification procedure where the dozens of miniscule punctures would be picking up alcohol traces on the way into your dermis. Anyway, I forgot to stall in the unlikely event of an impatient more irascible type of person administering the dose. She had several minutes between each victim so no need to rush. That same person gives you a paper slip record, or enters the info in your immunization booklet if you have one, or both versions on request. Nothing digital. Finally the usual 15-minute sitting in a chair in the unlikely event of immediate reactogenicity. ~~~~~~~ The immunity sufficiency buildup is a few weeks. If you are in earnest about prophylaxis, a visit to the strip clubs likely defeats the purpose. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/guidance-imvamune-monkeypox.html

It’s also tempting to soap up one’s anus, even without douching, and if there’s a handheld shower nozzle let the local water really get in there. I try to avoid that temptation when travelling, instead buying large cheaper bottled water and transferring it to manageable bottles, using a funnel, for ample rinsing when needed. Sometimes the self-cleaning oven feature is an adequate substitute for brillo pad scouring. I also use Cetaphil skin cleanser for that area. I don’t douche unless I fail the small dildo equivalent insert-and-detect because douching often stimulates my sigmoid colon and a messy bowel movement ensues that often otherwise would have been delayed until well after anal intercourse. This usually involves, paradoxically, douching repeatedly in one sitting to clean up the mess that the douche precipitated. Then there may be wet leakage for hours later due to overhydrating the rectum and the colon area leading up to the rectal stage. One issue is, of course, analingus readiness. Being the recipient of analingus is generally off the table but isn’t a big deal for me. I experientially know what I’m missing, meh, and all partners are trade whose own arousal FWIW in a transactional context is not predicated on sampling that tart.

Netherlands’ BNO News has ceased tracking in non-endemic nations. Our World in Data is tracking it. New case incidence has been levelling out for now.

To add to my report of 10 entries recently, pretty much post COVID incidence height and all maskless, the more occupied window of time, FWIW as weekdays were actually never busy, was about 18:00-20:00. I showed up at 16:00-17:00 a few times and it was draggy for an hour or more. Mid-evening very subdued. I would assume the escorts are not coming in for lunchtime business unless they can come and go on a ‘split-shift’ basis without too much inconvenience. By word of mouth I heard that there may be an influx very late at night particularly when locals finish partying, I assume on nights where getting up early the next morning is less obligatory. As the escorts seem to have emptied out by 20:00-21:00 I assume it is another split-shift concept or perhaps a different cohort of providers in and after the wee hours. For some unclear reason, on my 2nd weekend visits there was an uptick in occupants compared to the 1st weekend. The weather was exactly the same, pleasantly sunny, the entire time in Barcelona. Some escorts came in with an early season sunburn. —— I am now one of a select few officially inoculated against SPOXX/MPOXX with Bavarian Nordic’s Modified Vaccinia-Ankara. Not sure how much cachet this adds to one’s Grindr health status. LOL. (obviously not amused if it surges again though overtly manifest spread seems somewhat in abeyance)

Dunno … 4 heads MOUNT Rushmore page 27 one national passport format; 4 MOUNTed police page 27 the other. Def a connection there, if not a convincing explanation.

Even with the ad sites, my first try earlier this year in Brazil, in fact I think my first attempt since started visiting in 2015 other than a few reaching outs quickly truncated in March 2020, yielded a crackpot or miffed before his morning coffee probably not from a cracked pot. Before this end piece in the dialogue there had been one brief text from me, redacted for anonymity. I had complimented his appearance, indicated my primary language, and requested a brief outline of his compensation expectations. To his credit, conveying from the outset that he was an asshole was appreciated. I likely won’t matriculate to Grindr. And to the recent question regarding reviews similar to the other site, I would never grouse or warn about a Brazilian provider unless I wanted it to get back to him. LOL