I sympathize with anyone who has concerns. It turns out this is completely untrue. When shown that this is untrue, the result shouldn't be to dig in f...
Vaccination is not only about one's own body, as has been repeated multiple times. Similar arguments about "freedom" were you used about smoking laws,...
@"Srap Tasmaner" I'll keep repeating it for others' sake, since this guy is mentally blocked from hearing it: The question is about laypeople. Given n...
And you, if you keep it up, will likely (and rightly) be banned from this site. It's almost a certainty you're a returning member, so I'd say "banned ...
Can the moderators please remove this person's posts from my thread? He's contributing nothing and he's basically spamming. Thank you. @"Banno"@"Hanov...
No. That's a 1% chance of it being spotted by an individual. If you want to formulate it to fit what you're trying to say, you'd say the following: 1 ...
I never once said a group of people is more likely to be right than one single individual. But you know that already, and are just arguing for some ot...
There is, as demonstrated over and over again. This is why consensus is important and, within science, taken very seriously indeed. This is exactly wh...
True, one of many. But I'd say the main one. There's studies on this. 18% of men say they will never get the shot. 46% of Republicans have not yet bee...
I stopped reading around this point. I’m not going over it again. If you are legitimately struggling with a truism, I wish you well in working that ou...
No. Stating FACTS. Those two sets of facts, above, are exactly that. They’re beyond question, unless you’re questioning the accuracy of the statistics...
I'll jog your memory. I referred you to the NY Times global map of vaccination rates and death rates. This followed. So now you're saying that accusin...
So you're suggesting, without evidence, that vaccination rate numbers are wrong -- or that hospitalization rates/death rates are wrong, or both. It's ...
Take a look at the world map displayed every day in the NY Times. Look at COVID hotspots. You’ll find the US around the same levels as Cuba and Mongol...
No, what’s needed is for people to listen to the overwhelming medical consensus, get vaccinated, and follow protocol. It’s worked elsewhere, it can wo...
No. What’s been studied so far suggests less effectiveness after 6-8 months. There’s discussion about need for boosters. This is not the same as weari...
Which, if true for the same timeline, would have — without question — reduced hospitalizations and death, and might have reached herd immunity. That i...
That what isn’t true? Again, we don’t know what number we need for herd immunity— but, as I mentioned, if we had a polio-level rate when that vaccine ...
But not as possible as 60%. No one knows when herd immunity is reached— there’s no exact number, but clearly the more the better. Regrettably, if we h...
I'm reminded of one of my favorite educators, Carl Sagan: “We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on sc...
I'm posting this here as well. To moderators: this is my third time posting this. If this violates rules for "spamming" or whatever, my apologies. Giv...
Posted in another thread, but I think it's worth a read here as well. For those truly interested, and not simply trying to dig in and defend an ignora...
For those truly interested, and not simply trying to dig in and defend an ignorant position, here's an excellent summary by Dr. Suppinger: http://www....
Seconded. Don't say you weren't warned. If you're interested in a serious medical ethicist, check out Dr. Arthur Caplan: https://www.wbur.org/hereandn...
:lol: Coming from you, this really means a lot. I'm devastated. You keep up the good fight of defending quackery because it goes "against the mainstre...
No, it isn't incorrect. Given what you're said prior, this is the correct conclusion. Wormy people like you want to try to hide your very obvious prej...
Yeah, because we’re all convinced you two care about scientists being abused. If you are, then it’s funny you should exclude the more glaring example:...
Tell that to physicists. Agreed. But outside an explanatory theory, like in the sciences, we can define words however we want. Common usage doesn’t he...
:rofl: Actually had me laughing. I appreciate it. Remind your friends never to gamble with you. Roulette: "I'll place my money on GREEN -- seems likel...
:lol: So you'd also go with the 3 martial artists over the 97. In other words, you're an imbecile (apologies for the accuracy). Fair enough. Stick wit...
It’s unbelievable how often this mistake occurs. I’ve written about it elsewhere: The mind/body problem is meaningless, unless we know what "body" is....
Yes, but calculating the exact odds aren’t the issue. Why? Because with incomplete information— in this case limited to 2 against 1 — we have a choice...
Worth repeating for those genuinely curious — and interested in the facts (upon which we base our ethical decisions). All these factors have to be con...
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