Sure the "they" you referred to who are shutting it down are not the all-powerful rivals school board mods?
He just said earlier in thread to shut it down
He is a liar talking out both ends
Sure the "they" you referred to who are shutting it down are not the all-powerful rivals school board mods?
You realize the leanings of all the folks who run this site and who shut down all COVID discussion don't you?
Well said. And if you notice, many of the folks who have been such vocal critics of masks, vaccines and such are the same people who give me grief regularly on my weather threads, which are filled with caveats and discussion of uncertainties, because in weather, in particular, the uncertainties are much greater than most other sciences, where it's generally much easier to measure cause and effect or at least infer it if well-controlled studies are done.Okay, I wondered if I'd misunderstood because it didn't sound like you.
I agree science has been politicized. But science and scientists have also been unfairly attacked for a long time now.
Used to be that scientists expressed most stuff with a great deal of equivocation and uncertainty, because reality rarely supports certainty. I mean, there have always been the folks with IQs off the charts who cannot communicate, but there weren't trotted out in front of people often.
So anyway, people with agendas (i.e. politicians, funded by special interests) starting publicly attacking scientists who were soft and easily attacked targets because, to less intelligent folks and/or folks without the requisite educational and experiential background, certainty always sounds more right than uncertainty. And ~99.999 percent of people listening can only judge a scientific presentation by how it sounds, due to the lack of foundation for meaningfully deep understanding (i.e. the "you don't have the math for it" problem that occurs while explaining most scientific stuff to lay people).
Simple human nature dictated what happened next. Scientists started responding to the attacks, as we humans usually do when attacked, by adapting and being more belligerent, more certain-sounding, and burying their ever-present uncertainty in the metaphorical fine print. They fought back, essentially.
Which is pretty understandable to me. I would do the same thing if I were them. It's extremely frustrating to try to discuss a subject replete with immense complexity and nuance with people who cannot be bothered to consider complexity and nuance. And since most scientific subjects are complex and heavily nuanced, well... you get the point.
It's a vicious catch-22. If scientists express stuff to the public in appropriately cautious and qualified and nuanced ways, nobody will listen to them. And we'll be fvcked. If they instead overstate stuff, people will listen at first, but then, because scientific knowledge is forever evolving, people will eventually claim they lied or were idiots because they spoke with too much certainty. And we'll be fvcked.
This won't resolve itself until people get over their intense aversion to anything expressed in appropriately complex and uncertain terms. Which means probably never. So, yeah. We're fvcked. 😀
Well said. And if you notice, many of the folks who have been such vocal critics of masks, vaccines and such are the same people who give me grief regularly on my weather threads, which are filled with caveats and discussion of uncertainties, because in weather, in particular, the uncertainties are much greater than most other sciences, where it's generally much easier to measure cause and effect or at least infer it if well-controlled studies are done.
For example, the COVID vaccine clinical trials had a far, far greater degree of certainty about the outcomes (safety and efficacy) because it's pretty damn easy to measure infection, hospitalization and death vs. getting the vaccine or a placebo. There's never any "control" experiment in meteorology where one can control most or even some of the variables and see the effects in one set of outcomes vs. another, in the real world - the best they can do is the ensemble forecasts of models where they run little "experiments" varying the inputs to see what outcomes the various simulations have - and that's still a highly uncertain outcome no matter what.
On the other hand, it was far, far harder to garner any similar level of confidence in masks vs. vaccines because, by definition, it's unethical to test mask effectiveness in humans by exposing some to the virus and some to a placebo, plus the variables of exposure are much more complex (how much virus was the other person shedding? for how long? how close was the contact? what was the airflow like? how well was the person wearing the mask? and so on) than did someone get the vaccine or the placebo which is fully binary. I get the confusion at times over masks and mask protection data, given those uncertainties and subtleties. I've never understood, though the inability to see the extraordinary safety/efficacy of the vaccines, even if the protection waned, as many thought they would, and boosters are now best (especially with omicron). Far less uncertainty and nuance involved with the vaccines vs. the masks and the effiacy of masks, while having variability and uncertainty is still far more "certain" than any weather forecast.
You're making way too much sense tonight - great posts. Fortunately, this thread will be deleted soon, so there will be no proof for our friends that I ever complimented you on anything. You might want to take a screen shot, lol.I feel like you've posted a massive straw-man there.
Because I don't think anybody on this forum, nor anything I've read from CDC or WHO or on any respected medical organization's website, claims that science is perfect, or that vaccines would be perfect one-time lifetime cures for COVID-19 and it evolving variants.
And, despite the inherent imperfections with science (as with all human endeavors), what do we have that is better than the preponderance of continually growing scientific research? What source of facts is there for us to fall back upon in the absence of science? Shall we dispense with science and instead rely on voodoo and consult with fortune tellers?
There are no multiple versions of science. Science is what it is and nothing more. Science is a method, it is not a result. People who say, look, a scientist was wrong so science is invalid and never to be trusted, are grossly misunderstanding and misstating what science is.
I know of no better method available to us, no methodology as deeply rooted in rigorous verification and repudiation of invalid facts, as science.
Sure, scientific conclusions are proven wrong all the time.
By science.
If anybody here has a better, less imperfect, approach than science for working towards the truth of thing in our universe, then by all means, let's hear it.
I constantly see the discussion taking place everywhere all the time.You haven't been paying attention. The party in power and MSM does it every day.
Given that the vaccines never 100% prevented infection with the original strain (95% efficacy at best), why would anyone have ever said that? Wallensky said, "Our data from the CDC today suggests that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick, and that it's not just in the clinical trials, but it's also in real-world data" and then discussed there were only 3 breakthrough cases, so clearly she didn't say what you said above. She probably could have phrased it a bit better, though - she has done that a few times, which I agree has muddled things at times, although "horrific" is a serious overstatement IMO. .They said if you get the vaccine you wont get Covid..Biden and Walensky...vaccinated people cant transmit the virus .Fauci may have used different words about stopping
Messaging has been horrific
Good thing Trump wasn't her coach, as he might have given her bleach to gargle with.How about the radio host today on 101.5 who coaches 8 year old girsl basketball. A girl was crying uncontrollable. When the coach asked whats wrong the girl said I drank from someone elses water bottle and I'm going to get covid, can I go to the bathroom and wash my mouth out? This psychological damage will do more harm than covid to kids.
Good thing Trump wasn't her coach, as he might have given her bleach to gargle with.
Easy solution. Don't listen to Fauci, or Wen, or anybody else. Just listen to me. I won't steer you wrong. 😀They said if you get the vaccine you wont get Covid..Biden and Walensky...vaccinated people cant transmit the virus .Fauci may have used different words about stopping
Messaging has been horrific
Wow, 6 pages and no lock or deletion yet. On the whole, I actually think this has been one of the better discussions on the topic on this board. Maybe they'll let it stay up...
He did say to inject it. But Numb3ers was making a joke.Facts matter and you are complete fake news posting disinformation but hardly surprising
Fact-check: Did Trump tell people to drink bleach to kill the coronavirus?
This piece was originally published on PolitiFact.com on June 11, 2020 Joe Biden : On COVID-19, Donald Trump said...www.google.com
There are three quarters of a million new cases per day in the US and 2000 deaths a day. There are 20,000 hospitalizations a day. Even if only half of those are directly due to COVID and not coincidental, that's 10,000 new hospitalizations a day due to COVID. What numbers do you need in order to say, "Well, yeah, maybe people ought to get vaccinated and maybe wear a mask in indoor crowded settings."?Half of hospitalizations listed as covid are incidencental..remember that when they hype fear
Nearly half of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Massachusetts are ‘incidental’ cases, new state data show - The Boston Globe
New state data show 51 percent of COVID hospitalizations in Massachusetts on Tuesday were patients who were seriously ill from the virus, while 49 percent of patients were admitted for other reasons but happened to test positive upon admission.www.bostonglobe.com
"And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful."No he didn't..read exactly what he said
Its the same nonsense your ilk pulled saying he didnt condem white supremacists
This is only marginally more coherent than the quote I just posted above. What is it about anti-vaxxers and being barely able to write the English language?Late to the party…
It’s not a “vaccine”….stop the BS.
The jab doesn’t prevent getting covid
The jab doesn’t prevent people from spreading covid.
The all in approach to “vaccinating away” covid is a failed approach.
Now knowing the above, how does it make any sense to fathom forcing any vax mandates?
Folks talk about deaths and misinformation??? Why did Fauci and the propaganda machine suppress any discussion of early treatment??? Yes, ivermectin and hydroxy…Tragically thousands of people died unnecessarily because of the guy only pushing experimental vax even before vax was available. What happened to science?
“Trusted” News Initiative spreading misinformation and censoring. What happened to open dialogue and debate?
#s , would like your honest feedback with facts on the Rogan Dr. McCullough and Robert Malone interviews.
Tragedy of how many lives were lost because of the suppression of not allowing doctors to treat early. I would call it criminal.
There are three quarters of a million new cases per day in the US and 2000 deaths a day. There are 20,000 hospitalizations a day. Even if only half of those are directly due to COVID and not coincidental, that's 10,000 new hospitalizations a day due to COVID. What numbers do you need in order to say, "Well, yeah, maybe people ought to get vaccinated and maybe wear a mask in indoor crowded settings."?
"And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful."
Hmm yes, much better.
Ok. How do you feel about the quote in general?Yep the phony narrative exposed..couldn't even make it by the fact check
Why you are unable to write more clearly.Flouxy: What exactly do you not understand?
Lay off the drugs.To be clear, this is not a vaccine (the definition was changed in the middle of this 2 year brainwashing).
I can't imagine why..It was allowed to roll out under emergency authorization,
Compelling cause and effect story here.was still experimental…no way to know all side effects. Yet, mandates put in place to get jabbed because brainwashing message was only anyone unvaccinated were going to spread covid.
I dunno, I haven't wasted my time watching that shit.Stick to the facts and discuss. Really interested in any feedback (specifics) on the 2 Rogan interviews with McCullough and Malone
No clue what this means., and your view on the “Trusted” News Initiative.
Ok. How do you feel about the quote in general?
Your post doesn't make any sense. I didn't say anything about Omicron. But yes, you can get Omicron even if masked; it's just much less likely, and the risk of being hospitalized if you do get it is much less. These are the facts. We are essentially witnessing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Here are the numbers for seniors who are fully vaxxed versus not vaxxed: unvaxxed are 50 times more likely to be hospitalizedIf you are vaccinated why would you be hospitalized from Omicron?...ie masks
"And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside"He was asking a question much like he always does throwing things out there. The ultraviolet stuff actually has been studied
He didnt say bleach or lysol and never told people to inject..it was disinformation
Imagine the media and biden making this a talking point during a raging pandemic
You got a link on that "this isn't a vaccine" claim? Vaccines stimulate the body to fight off infection. That is what these vaccines do. Not all vaccines are 100% effective; that's why they do studies to test the efficacy rate.Flouxy: What exactly do you not understand? Maybe it’s a vaxed brain fog issue.
Not anti-vaxer, have had plenty of vaxes. To be clear, this is not a vaccine (the definition was changed in the middle of this 2 year brainwashing). People were duped. It was allowed to roll out under emergency authorization, was still experimental…no way to know all side effects. Yet, mandates put in place to get jabbed because brainwashing message was only the unvaccinated were going to get and spread covid.
I just had delta. Have immunity, don’t need a jab (science).
Stick to the facts and discuss. Really interested in any feedback (specifics) on the 2 Rogan interviews with McCullough and Malone, and your view on the “Trusted” News Initiative.
@fluoxetine seems very bitter that since covid came around, the beginning of his name was never heard of again. Guy is a brainwashed spineless jellyfish.He was asking a question much like he always does throwing things out there. The ultraviolet stuff actually has been studied
He didnt say bleach or lysol and never told people to inject..it was disinformation
Imagine the media and biden making this a talking point during a raging pandemic
And it seems that a few Chinese doctors who were discussing it back in February 2020 haven’t been seen sincehttps://www.science.org/content/art...s-say-unlikely-sars-cov-2-originated-lab-leak
Pretty balanced article from Science which leans toward this not being a lab leak but a leak not being out of the question. But pretty damning stuff nonetheless.
"China has been pushing the theory that the virus came from another country—maybe brought in on frozen food, or, according to baseless propaganda, concocted at a U.S. military lab. “It’s comical,” Worobey says. “The big picture here is China is doing everything it can to push the narrative that this pandemic started outside of China.” He suspects that while rejecting the lab-leak theory, the Chinese government is also unenthusiastic about pursuing a natural origin, fearing that proof would expose China to further blame for a pandemic even if the discovery exonerated Chinese scientists. “I think at some point they thought, here’s the strategy: We try to muddy the waters,” he says."
Why would you argue with someone if you thought they were right? Not the brightest one, are you?You guys are arguing with a guy who has been wrong over and over and over again on this topic. Did numbers seriously say cloth masks worked? Lol delusional.
Yup, please get back to your Youtoobz.Flouxy has nothing. Waste of time, totally brainwashed.
Yes... I'm.. bitter.. because people don't talk about the flu? What?@fluoxetine seems very bitter that since covid came around, the beginning of his name was never heard of again. Guy is a brainwashed spineless jellyfish.
Except that he did. Try this from his press conference:No he didn't..read exactly what he said
Its the same nonsense your ilk pulled saying he didnt condem white supremacists
Also, who the hell are you? You haven't made a substantive post in over a year. Your last four posts, which is the entirety of your posting in the past year, are:@fluoxetine seems very bitter that since covid came around, the beginning of his name was never heard of again. Guy is a brainwashed spineless jellyfish.
You come across as a person that has no ability to debate a topic without getting frustrated and shutting down when you realize you are debating someone with superior intellect then your own. You sound like a bumbling fool this entire thread.Why would you argue with someone if you thought they were right? Not the brightest one, are you?
Yup, please get back to your Youtoobz.
Yes... I'm.. bitter.. because people don't talk about the flu? What?