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I can respect that. And you're right, the irresponsible are indeed partly to blame for the conditions we find ourselves within. I was pleasantly surpr...

Again untrue I simply asked her. Carrying someone’s groceries does not entail me violating any “rule”. But I’m sure you would need a government to tel...

That’s the key to the successes of places like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. They remember the SARS outbreak and took it seriously. They never for...

That’s untrue, I kept my distance. But it’s fantasies like yours which result in the knee-jerk measures we now find ourselves in.

I suspect there is a little more to it than simply not acting quickly enough. There are environmental, demographic, healthcare and other situational f...

Is it not possible that people can go about their regular lives while still taking proactive measures to limit the spread of the virus? Personally I r...

The “unpartisan media” is a contradiction in terms. What I do not listen to is the Chicken Little approach to all this. Already the CDC is telling us ...

A step in the right direction, in my opinion. I think a sort of juggling act between lockdown and tentatively opening the economy is the reasonable ap...

So was I. I can take a dig, and perhaps it is even deserved. Where I live the cases are rare-ish. So I don't think we should completely throw our huma...

I don't have a cold enough heart to abandon the elderly during this time. I suspect it's quite easy for you; you've probably been doing it your entire...

Yesterday I saw what to me was an appalling sight. An elderly woman was walking in the rain with groceries, while able-bodied people were crossing the...

If you have to say you are you usually ain't. That's something you have to prove. Unfortunately I have yet to be sold on anything you've ever tried to...

I was only taking the piss. I assumed you were doing the same.

I keep to myself because your fellow travellers are violent and have a tendency to sucker punch and spit on others.

And you’d be still spinning counterfactual fantasies about parallel universes where Hillary won the 2016 election.

A red herring. I was merely sourcing the quote.

From a new report co-authored by Dr. Fauci for the New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

Dr. Birx of the Coronavirus task force and the Center for Disease Control said in the daily press briefing: “The predictions of the models don't match...

The thing is the draconian measures you advocate are already in place: liberties suspended, movement restricted, economies ruined. The rule of law has...

He’s arguing he’s willing to take a chance with his own health and survival, and he, like anyone else, can take proactive steps to do just that. This ...

That’s just untrue. No one has ever said nor implied such an idea, and such a dangerous straw man is an incitement to violence. The argument is that w...

By definition there is no such thing as "non-existence".

I can almost guarantee that most antitrumpist news has been curated for them by the gatekeepers of their respective bubbles, whether on twitter or red...

I enjoyed that one analogy: “Should it turn out that the epidemic wanes before long, there will be a queue of people wanting to take credit for this. ...

According to Trump the measures regarding the European bans and the UK exemptions were recommended to him by “a group of professionals”. Trump later b...

Not too much info, but Interesting approach out of the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/uk-coronavirus-mass-home-testing-to-be-made-a...

Someone educated beyond his intelligence. I forget who said that.

We can discern the answer simply by looking in a mirror. I think the problem of whether the self is an illusion is that it is always argued from the p...

Somehow I doubt that is going to happen. She’s already been accused of working with the Russians, so that kind of implies where this will go.

The accusation is he pushed her against a wall, kissed her and penetrated her with his fingers.

Lol you have a way with words, Tim, I’ll give you that. Trumpian, even.

Bernie fans might rejoice because these allegations of sexual assault and rape could spell the end for Biden should they get enough traction. https://...

Very true. I’m considering the policies of lawmakers and politicians. I think the Hippocratic oath suffices where medical practice is concerned.

I’m more of a “let justice reign even though the heavens fall” kind of guy. I think it’s unfair to give a lower priority to those who have arguably pa...

Quoting the doctor: “No one is getting kicked out, but we’re offering criteria of priority. These choices are made in normal times, but what’s not nor...

We’re talking about governance, which is inherently political.

Fair enough. It will be interesting to see, when this is all over, how well the various systems grappled with this situation.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/facebook-posts/italys-overwhelmed-hospitals-are-treating-elderly-/ I understand the utilitarian argu...

Could a healthcare system every be universal if they cannot care for their patrons universally? Italy has universal coverage, or at least that’s what ...

I’ve already looked.

Perhaps you can provide an example of a model that has gotten it right, given that it is so objective.

I cannot disagree with that.

The problem is you cannot predict the future.

In Italy utilitarian principles are applied to the triage, and the elderly are given low priority because they are less likely to survive. That’s an u...

The problem with the trolly problem is not the trolly, but the track. A train track assumes a fixed route and fixed destination. I think those who app...

There is good news on the testing front. According to Dr. Birx at the CDC, the US has done more tests in 8 days than South Korea has done in 8 weeks. ...

Prince Charles tests positive For Novel Coronavirus. I really hope the queen is safe.

There is a National day of prayer every year, the first Thursday of May, and the President is required by law to issue a proclamation for it. It is, i...

It’s not a bailout. They’re loans. As far as I am aware the only part that is being forgiven is the wages.

That was actually funny.