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Prostate cancer expert explains how one wrong PSA test can harm a man’s life​


The committee decided that the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is not accurate enough to justify inviting otherwise healthy men to be checked with it.
 

Prostate cancer expert explains how one wrong PSA test can harm a man’s life​


The committee decided that the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is not accurate enough to justify inviting otherwise healthy men to be checked with it.

I had a PSA test a couple of years ago. They send you a letter telling you how to prepare. For three days before the test you have to abstain from sex or wanking, strenuous activity and drinking alcohol. That's 90% of the male population ruled out of testing for life.
 
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The only thing my son has had jab wise was the covid jab, he had no choice as he works down the docks!! 🤷‍♂️
According to ya pro vaxers, no one was forced to take the jab...
He had a choice.. motherfucking pieces of shit.. I was denied access to my b , who lived in a different city at the time, unless I got jabbed. Even with all the evidence available then and what has come to light since, not even an apology has been made . The smug pro vaxers refuse to accept that they have fucked over millions...
 
According to ya pro vaxers, no one was forced to take the jab...
He had a choice.. motherfucking pieces of shit.. I was denied access to my b , who lived in a different city at the time, unless I got jabbed. Even with all the evidence available then and what has come to light since, not even an apology has been made . The smug pro vaxers refuse to accept that they have fucked over millions...
I had a choice and I took two AZ jabs. But only because I was looking after my 95 year old mother at the time and if I'd caught it and then she'd caught it and died, which she certainly would have, I'd have blamed myself and wouldn't have been able to live with it. It was only after the event that I realised what a scam it was and didn't have any more. I refused a flu jab this autumn when my surgery rang me up to offer one.
 
I had a choice and I took two AZ jabs. But only because I was looking after my 95 year old mother at the time and if I'd caught it and then she'd caught it and died, which she certainly would have, I'd have blamed myself and wouldn't have been able to live with it. It was only after the event that I realised what a scam it was and didn't have any more. I refused a flu jab this autumn when my surgery rang me up to offer one.
You certainly weren't alone in being duped into believing you were doing the right thing.
The tactics used to make people take the poison was/is, in my mind, criminal.
I'd like to see all those involved brought to justice but on the flip side I'm well aware that most that were pushing the agenda, were doing so out of fear and naivety. It just so disappointing that people i used to think rational and intelligent would blindly follow without seeing the situation for what it really was.
It was a confusing time , made more so by the ultimatums that were forced upon us, but it doesn't make the actions of friends and family that bought into the madness any more palatable.
 
You certainly weren't alone in being duped into believing you were doing the right thing.
The tactics used to make people take the poison was/is, in my mind, criminal.
I'd like to see all those involved brought to justice but on the flip side I'm well aware that most that were pushing the agenda, were doing so out of fear and naivety. It just so disappointing that people i used to think rational and intelligent would blindly follow without seeing the situation for what it really was.
It was a confusing time , made more so by the ultimatums that were forced upon us, but it doesn't make the actions of friends and family that bought into the madness any more palatable.
I was sceptical at the time and didn't walk into it blindly. I certainly didn't buy into the propaganda and If it wasn't for my mother I wouldn't have taken any at all. She died anyway in 2020 but not from or with covid. The Dr went out of his way to assure me that she was covid-free and her cuase of death was simply "the frailty of old age". If cause if death on her certificate was covid I'd have wondered for the rest of my life, even after the thruth came out about the con, whether I was in some way responsible for shortening her life.

The fuckers wouldn't even let us hold a proper funeral for her. We were only allowed a limit congregation of immediate family in the church, we weren't allowed to sit next to each other and we couldn't sing hymns. Luckily my Dad had been a professional organist and a friend of his who is a sound engineer had extensive recordings of him playing the organ with a professional choir, so he set up concert standard sound equipment in the church and mum departed this life to the sound of her husband playing the organ and a professional choir singing her favourite hymns. If we'd had 200 people in the church we couldn't have matched that. So in the end we gave two finger to the regime and didn't let them spoil it for her.
 
Here is my old man mask free ... he said the young should not be expected to protect the old at the expense of their own lives ... the other picture is me and him August 20th 2020 the last time we spent the day on the water ... all he wanted was to get back windsurfing and padelboarding and this was a brief restbite from pancreatic cancer ... the only stupid Guinnesss giving hom covid was the utter useless Guinnesss running the hospitals which he survived... sadly he was gone within 6 months .. it's nearly 5 years and i still miss him every day .... a lot of people let their government deprive them of this precious time with dying relatives... I would never forgive myself for that so i fully understand the taking of the jab to keep things as normal as possible.
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The recent headlines, though, have blurred reality; the latest data shows that the “superflu” isn’t that super after all.
Official Statistics, out today, reports that “Influenza activity is stabilising in most indicators and is circulating at medium levels.” Additionally, “Emergency department (ED) attendances for influenza-like-illness (ILI) decreased.”
Moreover, attendances for acute respiratory infections, acute bronchiolitis or bronchitis, influenza-like illnesses, and pneumonia are all on the decline.

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As of December 16, 2025, the influenza positivity rate was 20.7%, a decrease from 21.0% the previous week.
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In week 50, the RSV positivity rate remained stable at an average of 10.9%, compared to 11.0% the previous week.
On December 14th, the latest data show 2,932 patients occupying hospital beds labelled as “flu.” This number has increased by 151 patients, or 5%, compared to the previous week’s total of 2,781 occupied beds. On four of the days, bed occupancy dipped, indicating a slowdown.

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What are we to make of today’s headline in the Telegraph that Flu surge piles pressure on hospitals?
Apparently, the “flu” now encompasses norovirus! So, what will be included next?

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We now know that references to record levels only compare to data from 2021. Additionally, some hospitals significantly contribute to the issue; for example, University Hospitals Birmingham was the busiest trust for influenza, with 240 patients occupying beds (or 251 if critical care beds are included).
We also know that what you don’t read in the papers is what matters: A&E diverts are down from 21 on the 7th December to 3 on the 14th December.
More importantly, we have learned that those in charge often struggle to read or interpret the data, which can lead to misinformation. Their messaging only exacerbates the media’s fear and panic.
If the NHS operated like a business, the board and shareholders would demand accountability. Heads would roll, and significant changes would be necessary to ensure the healthcare system is effective. At a minimum, it should be able to manage predictable seasonal increases in activity.
 
The recent headlines, though, have blurred reality; the latest data shows that the “superflu” isn’t that super after all.
Official Statistics, out today, reports that “Influenza activity is stabilising in most indicators and is circulating at medium levels.” Additionally, “Emergency department (ED) attendances for influenza-like-illness (ILI) decreased.”
Moreover, attendances for acute respiratory infections, acute bronchiolitis or bronchitis, influenza-like illnesses, and pneumonia are all on the decline.


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As of December 16, 2025, the influenza positivity rate was 20.7%, a decrease from 21.0% the previous week.

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In week 50, the RSV positivity rate remained stable at an average of 10.9%, compared to 11.0% the previous week.
On December 14th, the latest data show 2,932 patients occupying hospital beds labelled as “flu.” This number has increased by 151 patients, or 5%, compared to the previous week’s total of 2,781 occupied beds. On four of the days, bed occupancy dipped, indicating a slowdown.


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What are we to make of today’s headline in the Telegraph that Flu surge piles pressure on hospitals?
Apparently, the “flu” now encompasses norovirus! So, what will be included next?



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We now know that references to record levels only compare to data from 2021. Additionally, some hospitals significantly contribute to the issue; for example, University Hospitals Birmingham was the busiest trust for influenza, with 240 patients occupying beds (or 251 if critical care beds are included).
We also know that what you don’t read in the papers is what matters: A&E diverts are down from 21 on the 7th December to 3 on the 14th December.
More importantly, we have learned that those in charge often struggle to read or interpret the data, which can lead to misinformation. Their messaging only exacerbates the media’s fear and panic.
If the NHS operated like a business, the board and shareholders would demand accountability. Heads would roll, and significant changes would be necessary to ensure the healthcare system is effective. At a minimum, it should be able to manage predictable seasonal increases in activity.
Why does anyone suffering with flu get sent to hospital? Except those with the most serious underlying conditions, who should be isolated anyway, flu on its own is an illness that should be treated at home. Putting a flu patient in a hospital ward is the best way the spread the virus around the whole building, and transmit it to people who are already plenty ill enough without it.

Flu is easy to distinguish from a common cold. I've just had it. It comes suddenly out of nowhere, flattens you for about a week to ten days, and disappears as abruptly as it came. It's nothing like a cold. There's bugger all you can do about it except manage your fever, stay hydrated, warm and nourished and sit it out. Flu diagnoses should be given by GPs and pharmacists. There is no reason for flu patients to go anywhere near hospitals, whether for diagnosis or treatment. Unless of course the intention is to pile pressure on the NHS so the pitch can be rolled for more strikes, more wage demands and more cash funnelled into the black hole.
 
At this point, any money sent to the UKG or local government for that matter, in the form of taxes or anything whatsoever, should be considered as funding corruption and criminality.

You aren't paying for a society to be administered by a government acting with your consent - you are funding grift, terrorism and anarcho-tyranny. The mafia on steroids.

The tiny fraction of funding and spending associated with genuine public works or the public good, is relatively unimportant. In the current political climate, saying "Ah, but we need roads, we need the welfare safety net, we need a national defence..." is moot and in any event wrong-headed, the same way as praising Mussolini for making the trains run on time is wrong-headed.

It's like dating a partner with Borderline Personality Disorder - under our current political system, the loving you get ain't worth the fucking you get.
Ask me how I know :)
 
Why does anyone suffering with flu get sent to hospital? Except those with the most serious underlying conditions, who should be isolated anyway, flu on its own is an illness that should be treated at home. Putting a flu patient in a hospital ward is the best way the spread the virus around the whole building, and transmit it to people who are already plenty ill enough without it.

Flu is easy to distinguish from a common cold. I've just had it. It comes suddenly out of nowhere, flattens you for about a week to ten days, and disappears as abruptly as it came. It's nothing like a cold. There's bugger all you can do about it except manage your fever, stay hydrated, warm and nourished and sit it out. Flu diagnoses should be given by GPs and pharmacists. There is no reason for flu patients to go anywhere near hospitals, whether for diagnosis or treatment. Unless of course the intention is to pile pressure on the NHS so the pitch can be rolled for more strikes, more wage demands and more cash funnelled into the black hole.

It's almost as if they want people to get it

Like sending elderly people with convid diagnosis from hospitals into nursing homes. Honestly, if you think about it, that's exactly what you'd do to get the numbers up; but they know what they're doing I suppose.



Oh yes, thay know what they''re doing alright.
 
At this point, any money sent to the UKG or local government for that matter, in the form of taxes or anything whatsoever, should be considered as funding corruption and criminality.

You aren't paying for a society to be administered by a government acting with your consent - you are funding grift, terrorism and anarcho-tyranny. The mafia on steroids.

The tiny fraction of funding and spending associated with genuine public works or the public good, is relatively unimportant. In the current political climate, saying "Ah, but we need roads, we need the welfare safety net, we need a national defence..." is moot and in any event wrong-headed, the same way as praising Mussolini for making the trains run on time is wrong-headed.

It's like dating a partner with Borderline Personality Disorder - under our current political system, the loving you get ain't worth the fucking you get.
Ask me how I know :)

How do you know? :p
 
At this point, any money sent to the UKG or local government for that matter, in the form of taxes or anything whatsoever, should be considered as funding corruption and criminality.

You aren't paying for a society to be administered by a government acting with your consent - you are funding grift, terrorism and anarcho-tyranny. The mafia on steroids.

The tiny fraction of funding and spending associated with genuine public works or the public good, is relatively unimportant. In the current political climate, saying "Ah, but we need roads, we need the welfare safety net, we need a national defence..." is moot and in any event wrong-headed, the same way as praising Mussolini for making the trains run on time is wrong-headed.

It's like dating a partner with Borderline Personality Disorder - under our current political system, the loving you get ain't worth the fucking you get.
Ask me how I know :)
I think you need to rephrase that loz ... im more than happy to take a fucking with my loving 👀
 
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