The argument you made was... Since you've now admitted that it being their choice is irrelevant we can assume you've relented. So? Yes. Sounds daft to...
What a ridiculous thing to say. There's not a scientists in the world you could get to back up that statement. There's just been a massive disagreemen...
Yep. Nothing whatsoever to do with the argument you were attempting though, which was that someone who took a risk to their health that they had been ...
And yet with potential vaccine passports and restrictions on travel and social venues linked to vaccination status, plus the clear media representatio...
Some people like riding fast bikes, some people like being free of prophylactic medication. Have you some argument as to why one is a reasonable prefe...
I agree for adults (to the 'general' question), but the evidence is not anywhere near so clear for children. There's been strong disagreement among th...
Indeed. Only, 'in general' doesn't apply to the moral argument. An individual need not consider their own actions as if they knew nothing of their cir...
I wasn't aware of that, no. But as you were aware, it may have behoved you to make a more reasonable assessment of the general tenor of vaccine-hesita...
Yes, but I don't think that's relevant, I'd be just speculating. The point is already made - you scanning a few posts is clearly sufficient for you to...
The majority of vaccine hesitancy is among those educated to PhD level. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.20.21260795v1.full-text Until ...
The principles I just laid out. Either reward is related to work or it isn't. If it is, then we'd not have a problem because the gap between rich and ...
What an unusual claim. Carrying on though... So do you not do anything the medical system has told you is a risk? Never smoke, drink, eat red meat, ex...
Oh I wasn't suggesting you did, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough. It was related to you point about it being more likely than not the the vaccinated...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33320052/ Same here. Less infected and infectious than whom? Less infected and infectious than the unvaccinated in gen...
Good. I wouldn't have any reason to want you to do otherwise. But here (again), we're not discussing how you reached your decision since no-one has ra...
In what scientific peer-reviewed journal is the conclusion that everyone ought to distance, mask, vax reached? What methodology would such an experime...
But you've now three times failed to provide the details of what that 'weight of professional opinion' actually says on the matter. So how do you know...
That's not the issue here. Your decision to take the vaccine is not in question. Your response to those who decided otherwise is. Why would you judge ...
To the actual question, which I realise I didn't address...poor health is, as we've discussed, difficult to discern the cause of, but without doubt it...
I think so, yes. I don't think much morality has ever been based on short-term gains, I mean, Epicureanism suffices for that. Morality, typically, has...
The problem here is a definition of 'work'. Is getting out of bed sufficient? It's certainly some work. To supply benefits in any way to those who 'wo...
Another issue which cropped up in a discussion I had with colleagues yesterday regarding the possibility of mandatory vaccines, slightly related to th...
Rather off topic, but as far as I can see, 'truth' is a human term which can only be understood of propositions already conceptualised (and so constru...
Vaccines don't prevent you from being infected, nor from carrying the virus, they help you to clear the virus and so limit the chances of needing hosp...
No. My 'position' has nothing to do with the term 'anti-vaccine', it just happens to have arisen in a thread of that title (threads are like that some...
As I said. It's a term I've heard applied in those cases, yes. I think the thread would have been a lot shorter and considerably less interesting if i...
Language users I suppose. I've heard some of the academics I've cited called anti-vaxxers. If you want to talk only about some particular homogeneous ...
I didn't criticise it. You and I have surely crossed swords sufficiently often for you to know that I hold a view of belief that is completely opposed...
We're all somewhat guilty of seeking data to support pet theories, yes. The difference here is that I'm not trying to tell you that your strategy is w...
Are you disagreeing with my claim about what the studies covered? You know how science works right? If you want to test for something you must measure...
One of the strategies which evidence shows absolves both those duties. There needn't be a single answer. No, but we can do so by broad cohort. It's a ...
Gosh. It's been quite long... The question seemed to be about whether anti-vaccination sentiment was right. Anti-vaccination sentiment is not homogene...
I'm a consultant in psychology, I advise (among other clients) long-term risk analysts. They usually have a team of academics from all sorts of fields...
It's interesting how you both have to create this alternative narrative for what's going on here. I've presented perfectly coherent arguments backed u...
More dubious than rejecting it without citing any evidence from anywhere? How? This argument seems to be lacking any structure. How does the fact that...
Evidence? Evidence? I've not made any claims about MS, it's a very minor comorbidity. Yes, it's the usual point that seems pretty much universal aroun...
The CDC are guessing? If anything I underestimated. 80% preventable heart disease, obviously almost 100% preventable obesity. Those two alone make up ...
You don't (not using that data) The data linking preventative care with lower rates of comorbidity is huge. I can present a sample, but I'm assuming t...
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