What is wrong? The statement that "suspending or firing someone for not being vaccinated is illegal." That's wrong. It's being done right now, and has...
This is a point I try to keep reminding people of over and over -- and NOT to stick it to Republicans or conservatives, but to encourage them to chang...
This is completely wrong. Ask United Airlines, who did exactly that. I'm very leery of the amount of power corporations have. They employ millions of ...
"Enthusiasm"? I'd say more frustration. Hatred and contempt, maybe -- but that, to me, isn't entirely incomprehensible either when people are refusing...
Speaking of stupid arguments. No one is forcing companies to mandate vaccines. Ask United Airlines and Tyson. Many of these companies had this policy ...
Fantastic. The technology is progressing all the time, and I’m hopeful about some of it. But whether it’ll be enough is a question. Would have been gr...
(1) There is a consensus of experts about vaccines, which is what was being discussed. (2) They're safe, they're effective, and they slow the spread o...
A nice pop-culture view of science, with a shallow nod to the fact/value dichotomy. An excellent question. They're related. You may "not believe" in "...
No, it doesn’t. You’re nothing. And you’ll never be convinced anyway. The only reason you’re interested in any of this is because of misinformation. I...
I’m in favor of individual choice, yes. Same with smoking. If people want to smoke, or reject the vaccine, that’s their choice. But you have no right ...
Things are really heating up now. The progressives seem to be standing their ground, which is a great thing to see. How long will it last? Will the De...
Another standard tactic of those holding unfalsiable claims: simply dismiss the evidence and the data. Try to undermine the sources of the data, the d...
That’s not how consensus is reached. Overwhelming consensus, given the scientific process, is pretty rare. When it is reached, a layman can be far mor...
I don’t think anyone, anywhere, is arguing in favor of forced vaccinations. You have the right to smoke as well — no one is forcing that on you. But w...
These are simple facts. You can look them up yourself. If we accept the Israeli data, as we should, we should accept the data of the rest of the world...
But not in the US, or UK. In the US, infections, hospitalizations and deaths are overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated. And breakthrough infections, w...
I wasn't deliberately being provocative with the title of this thread. I consider those mentioned completely wrong. Those who prefer to get infected a...
The choice is simple: take the vaccine, which is safe, effective, and helps slow the spread. Not just for yourself, but for the community at large -- ...
Or recommendations against vaccinations. Remember, importantly, that despite all these citations about side effects, death, ineffectiveness (the Israe...
So you're just deliberately being provocative, right? I thought for a minute that was the case, and this was satire -- but you've now gone on several ...
To those continuing to fight against the vaccines: Your questions and demands for evidence will always outweigh whatever can be given, and will shift ...
We have vaccines that are safe, effective, and slow the spread of the virus. We also have a large number of people being fed misinformation by social ...
You mean THE Israel study -- the one you keep clinging to and pinning your hopes on, which has not been peer reviewed, and with which there are other ...
Point me to one country where they have free markets. Capitalism does not create markets. You can have markets in any system. You had markets in ancie...
I'd like to offer two points. First, it's true that the profit motive is a very basic aspect of capitalism. But making a profit, and markets generally...
It makes perfect sense. The fact that you struggle with truisms doesn’t mean they don’t make sense. Yes, we all know this has been politicized. We als...
This reminds of the claims made about Trump voters. I think it’s mostly true that we should be polite to one another, but to make blatantly bad choice...
143 strokes out of 10 million shots for the Pfizer vaccine, last I checked. Which is much better than the strokes caused by COVID infection — and stil...
No, there aren’t. What was being discussed in the conversation you quoted me from was an example given — one — of a death. Side effects would be a dif...
What's not about "faction"? Fine, let's leave labels aside. Do we agree that our government should do something about climate change, as the science c...
How you got this out of what I said, I have no idea. But I have no real beef with you generally. My point was simply that it can be rational to trust ...
Among the anti-vaxxer crowd. Or just plain staunchly ignorant. You're too stupid to understand, I realize, but it's not about fear -- and it's not abo...
Fine. But this analysis is fluff. Do we really prefer climate deniers who want to "make coal great again," claiming it's a "Chinese hoax," or do we wa...
There's a very easy way to check this, you know. I'm not sure where you're struggling. You asked why society (governments, powers that be) hasn't deal...
You people really just don't understand, do you? This is not an individual thing. This is a collective thing. Community -- you've heard of that word, ...
And not even then. When concentrations of wealth and power want something, they get it. This has been studied very well by Thomas Ferguson and others ...
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