Mikie

You've heard of vaccinations for schools, haven't you? Where was the outrage about this? Where is the outrage for flu shots among healthcare workers? ...

People aren't allowed to smoke indoors either. I don't consider that a bad thing. It affects other people. Likewise -- if you decide not to be vaccina...

You have a right to refuse a vaccine, you don't have a right to infect others. I'll repeat this as many times as necessary.

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:lol: Touché. I suppose not in that context.

The usual conservative canard. Anything good for poor people or working people = handouts, dependence, entitlement, a failure of entrepreneurship. Big...

You don’t know what you’re talking about. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Winning the NBA is an event. An event which numerous people have a...

Laughing at your utter predictability? Yes, that's a perpetual thing.

Incidence proportion -- which is nearly the same thing as prevalence, though not identical -- is stated as risk. This is what I was talking about. If ...

They’re both odds — namely your odds of getting a stroke or your odds of dying. That’s the risk — which you deny. Try reading that yourself— it’s an e...

Yes, and if we knew all the factors of anything we could also make predictions. But that’s a fantasy. As I said before. If that’s what’s are restricti...

That’s your opinion. Also not a fact.

:lol: I’m shocked.

True -- shouldn't have put the % sign.

The data we've "got" can be filtered into many subsets and controlled for many variables indeed -- with nearly infinite variation. The choice of varia...

And whatever you think is "proper" or "actually" risk-based is irrelevant. There are many levels to assessing risk. Since you can always gather more i...

:lol: Oh, so because I'm mean you feel it necessary to raise a stupid argument. Got it. Well done. No kidding. No, the probability of something happen...

There is no such law -- and there doesn't need to be. Just as there doesn't need to be a law that people have to wear green hats -- yet a company can ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/climate/climate-threats-federal-government.html From The NY Times. It’s a list from a number of government departme...

That’s an excellent idea. It all matters.

Firing someone for not being vaccinated, here in the US, is completely legal — both in wording and in reason. That’s now the third time it’s been expl...

:lol: That last one is based on a book, called "Lolita." All his movies were based on books -- none of them original to him. Kubrick was fantastic. Ku...

No. You didn’t say approval rating among independents, you said approval rating. If he’s behind with independents, that’s not a huge surprise.

Yeah, I find it very disingenuous to claim that it’s simply more fun to argue. I don’t see that done on less politicized issues. It’s always the polit...

:yawn: Understanding that 150 out of 10 million is a low risk doesn’t warrant the term “expert,” true. I have supported them with real data. I cited t...

I don’t see this. The policies they’re proposing are very popular indeed. By next year, I think the economy will be doing fine. I don’t see much evide...

Fine, but what are you basing this on, exactly? It's not only the progressives -- these are policies that Biden supports and that most of the Democrat...

You think a coin flip? You may be right -- but I hope you're wrong. Maybe I'm too hopeful. I think it's far more likely it'll be a watered down bill. ...

Then narrow the data, restricting for your specific criteria -- your age, your ethnicity, your sex, etc. The data is available for this. But the natio...

Ask yourself if that's really my position after writing this several posts earlier: :chin:

So you empathize more with anti-vaxxers and their concerns than those who are suffering and dying from COVID. Figured as much. Which is why you're a c...

Absolutely. :100: Thank you for writing this. It seems as though people just want to argue for argument's sake. That's fine -- but not when we have li...

Apparently you don't. Yes, an example of what "MY numbers" would be. You gave me statistics for lung cancer in smokers, divided into males and females...

True. But that's why I stressed the United Airlines and the United States, which was the topic to begin with.

No, it's not a truism. As I already pointed out -- it's completely wrong. So I'll re-post:

That kind of sounds contemptuous. If you want to talk about the philosophy of science, we can. Until then, let's not pretend anything you've just said...

Great -- but that's not what you were asking for, when discussing "MY numbers." If this counts as the kind of number you want, fine -- then simply div...

You can divide the statistics up in all kinds of ways. You can choose a parameter: the specific airline through time. How much time? A decade? The las...

"Anyone's numbers"? What would that look like, exactly? Give me an example. Yes, we use statistics to calculate risk when engaging in an activity. Tha...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: What a buffoon.

Very well written, with sources. The response: So again, let's remind ourselves that it isn't about "debating" people who have become as dogmatic as c...

I've given the numbers. They should indeed be relevant to you -- as they should be to everyone. What you're now trying to argue is some ridiculous not...

Because your doctor could give a more customized treatment plan and "risk profile" for you, given that he or she presumably has more information about...

Perhaps that’s something to discuss with your doctor. Risk profiles for individuals are different in some cases, yes. But the same could be argued for...

I get the feeling that Baker is arguing for the sake of argument. But I see absolutely no substance to it— just the appearance of disagreement and con...

Fine— and people should get vaccinated for the same reasons. It’s simply irrational not to, at this point.

Because you brought up the fact that people are having strokes. So while you may not make this argument yourself (as I would assume, given you’re vacc...

And again: this is completely wrong. Last month, before Biden's announcement, many companies had implemented COVID vaccine mandates. Especially after ...

Yes, it's what you're arguing against close to 100% of the time. Which is the only thing left for you. I'm not sure if you're capable of reading, but ...

If one is making the argument that there are people having strokes and dying because of the vaccine, and that this is a reason for not taking the vacc...