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Meant to post this here: Very good editorial in the NY Times, worth quoting at length. It goes on, and worth a read. Says it all quite nicely, I think...

Very good editorial in the NY Times, worth quoting at length. It goes on, and worth a read. Says it all quite nicely, I think. https://www.nytimes.com...

I would have done the same, but my clients are mostly high risk, and so they were encouraging all staff as well. It does matter when it effects other ...

Yeah -- at what point do we say "enough is enough, this case is settled"? When the vaccines were first rolled out, I was one of the first ones in line...

If most of those attributes are true, then there's no point in doing so in the first place. I don't assume every anti-vaxxer is irrational, however. M...

It was goodwill. Effective at changing minds? Surely. If I have to engage in endless debate while the planet burns around me, in the name of goodwill,...

So doctors and the overwhelming medical consensus become “state officials” now. Got it. So you took a vaccine shot because your state official told yo...

There was backlash before as well. So what does it matter. :yawn: More diagnoses. I’m not doing that. I do not. Nothing to do with authoritarianism.

Helping with what? They are to blame, bringing everyone down with them, and patience is rightfully wearing thin. Goodwill doesn’t last forever.

Basically, yes. Suddenly it’s all about empathy, contempt, and how generally mean we are. Patience and empathy have their limits. If you don’t listen ...

So you’re indirectly answering my question: it’s not worth engaging with people who are actively harming others, the planet, etc. Why? Because having ...

Quite the opposite. I have— they haven’t. Which is exactly what the question pertains to. If anyone wants to enter a discussion in good faith and a sp...

It worked wonders for Chamberlain. :roll:

Sorry, but NOS is a medical expert, with years of experience with epidemics and infectious diseases and, more importantly, has a simple, handy-dandy p...

On 9/11, some perspective: American death toll on 9/11: 2,977 American death toll in Afghanistan war: 2,461 American death toll from COVID: 3,260 That...

Imagine struggling with “health and safety” as an interest. This is what modern “libertarianism” does, folks. Take a good look. Yes, there is such a t...

Saint Reagan didn’t say it, so it isn’t true.

:lol: That’s one interest of many. Who says it isn’t? Nevermind. You’re right: the interests of society are death and destruction.

Doctor isn’t government. Government is the problem, remember. Saint Reagan said so.

Lol. No, to the overwhelming medical consensus. You listen to your doctor, but not doctor(s). Because you’re too blinded by anti-politics. Repeat the ...

Right. Just like those who want to take a paintball into the supermarket and shoot everyone in there. Or those who want to smoke indoors. Sorry—you’re...

No, society is composed of atoms. Atoms are composed of neutrons, protons, and electrons…etc. There are different concepts and analyses brought into p...

No where does WHAT state? The constitution? No where does “it” state that people must obey traffic lights. I view this as against my individual rights...

So goes the old, tired, long refuted Thatcher bullshit. The coronavirus is a good example of exactly how individual “interests” are often completely c...

Devaluing the Nazis is a bad thing, according to new agey, pseudo-Buddhistic bullshit. Dehumanizing is arguably bad; devaluing groups is perfectly nor...

Yes. Also, some more good news: Harvard University, after 9 years of student activism, has finally divested their 42 billion dollar endowment from fos...

No it isn’t.

There’s a golden mean here. We don’t want to be close minded, and we don’t want to be so open minded that we fall for any charlatan out there. Dissent...

No it isn’t.

Flat-Earthers, Holocaust deniers, climate change deniers, and all the rest also say this -- and often. Credentials have nothing to do with being smart...

There's a very real correlation, yes. The group that denies the vaccines in the highest percentage is white, male, Republican. Not a surprise. https:/...

Yes indeed -- thank you for that. Since he has demonstrated, over and over, that he doesn't have a clue what "begging the question" even means, there'...

From the Times: “Social media and news reports are full of stories about Covid deniers dying in hospitals. Many of those stories seem to be in good fa...

5.4 billion shots given around the world. 177 million Americans fully vaccinated. Vaccines shown to be safe and effective. School and workplace vaccin...

Consider it: you’re an imbecile.

Yes, but not while on here of course. Anti-vaxxer. So here's a good example of a dead end. Don’t bother, Joe.

:up:

Yes, I read what experts say. You ignore what they say, because you’re an anti-vaxxer and, as demonstrated here, an otherwise complete buffoon. Enjoy.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/is-the-covid19-vaccine-safe For anyone serious, who have legitimate questio...

I find this to be a bizarre response, but in a good way. There's a good argument for that -- at least for schools and workplaces. I think vaccine veri...

:up: For you, yes it is. Feel free not to. If one imagines them as young children, then that helps a little. We wouldn't treat children this way becau...

Yes, well said. I have no idea what you're referring to by the 9th of November, but fair enough. Yes -- I don't mean to imply they're the same, really...

Many have claimed to have sighted him -- so the chances he exists are significant.

You seem to be taking this personally. That’s a dead giveaway.

Says the anti-vaxxer. :lol: Go look for Big Foot while you’re at it, genius.

Depends on what that means, of course. I accept it as a fact, and willing to fight against those who wish to destroy the world, even if it’s through t...

Nope. Facts- which you deny, as all anti-vaxxers do. Very common. ____ From the CDC: Over 369 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in the...

Yes, that’s a very significant problem actually. Not just for me, but the future of the planet. I take neither for granted.

No— one isn’t entitled to their own facts. 1 in 5 billion isn’t significant and isn’t a reasonable position to deny a vaccine, your “beliefs” aside. A...

No— the government is always bad and individuals are all that exist. So says the Church of Rand and its followers. Except when it’s something they app...