So far the most compelling argument I’ve heard is from Ben Shapiro: fauci like Robert’s is an institutionalist...he’ll take the path of least resistance to protect the institution
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Interesting studies out in Mexico and Uttar Pradesh. Ivermectin significantly reduces chances of people being hospitalized if infected. Faucis reluctance to look at repurposed meds (whether due to the pressure to reject trumps stance on hdq or his relationship with the vaccine cos and the bargain struck for warp speed) probably killed people.
Further the fauci email dumps show he was clearly warned by respected experts and colleagues about the possibility that what was lab released was gain of function and that China was lying about the early success of containment measures.
BTW Grace, Iran's largest warship just sank. News reports ((who shall we believe?)) are saying that one of the fellas on the ship was smoking a joint down below the deck and it started a fire or something like that. Dams are overflowing in China too. Watch for the $$$$ dam to break and then it will get scary. "Do not fear, God is hear." Listen with your ears what your brain is saying. Don;t listen to your heart. It's deceitful and beyond repair. Trust me. Listen to your brain Gracie. I believe God will help us at the last last minute. Fear has to do with punishment and control. Perfect love drives fear out! DR. F dam just broke. I'm interested to see how one of my best pals react to all these emails. He respects Dr. F and I never did. I didnt trust him or his best pal Billy boy who was also best pals with Jeffrey and we all know who he worked for. This is and was always about Good vs Evil. Dr. Evil is real Grace and it's not Dr. F
So you have read them all?
Desert Hound
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You don't work your entire career in gov, advance and not be an institutionalist. He would never have gotten to his position otherwise.
Desert Hound
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Ever notice that your default position is basically the gov position or the status quo?
Desert Hound
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"A little more than a year after Governor Gavin Newsom instituted the lockdowns, nearly a third of California restaurants have closed permanently."
I guess takeout didn't sustain them eh @dad4 ?
"According to The Associated Press, California’s lockdowns have left the food industry battered and bruised in the Golden State. Prior to the pandemic, up to 76,000 eating and drinking establishments employed up to 1.8 million people. Those numbers dropped precipitously as the lockdowns continued throughout 2020 and into 2021. Though the state has eased restrictions over the past few weeks, about two-third of the industry’s employees lost their jobs at least temporarily and employment remains a quarter below what had existed prior to the pandemic."
These are people/biz that didn't get a paycheck from the gov to sit at home in the basement wearing a mask by the way.
I guess takeout didn't sustain them eh @dad4 ?
"According to The Associated Press, California’s lockdowns have left the food industry battered and bruised in the Golden State. Prior to the pandemic, up to 76,000 eating and drinking establishments employed up to 1.8 million people. Those numbers dropped precipitously as the lockdowns continued throughout 2020 and into 2021. Though the state has eased restrictions over the past few weeks, about two-third of the industry’s employees lost their jobs at least temporarily and employment remains a quarter below what had existed prior to the pandemic."
These are people/biz that didn't get a paycheck from the gov to sit at home in the basement wearing a mask by the way.
That was a question, not a position statement.
I find it interesting, but not surprising, that you would find Ben Shapiro "compelling".
Desert Hound
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Yep and your questions always takes the point of view of the status quo or the gov position interestingly enough.
Without knowing the proportion of restaurants that would fail in any "normal" year, it is hard to judge the significance of that fact. This helped a little, but didn't directly address the question --
2019 Small Business Failure Rate: Startup Statistics by Industry | NBC&S
2019 was a great year for some small businesses, but not for others. Learn everything you need to know about the 2019 small business failure rate.
www.national.biz
That's an opinion without supporting data.
My original post on this line of thought was from the guardian. Interesting too?
I think his default position is more to nitpick other's arguments instead of providing any substantive evidence of his own.
Fact checker.
As for not providing substantive evidence, I just posted a link to a study of the rate of small business failures.
Yeah he thinks it makes him look clever. He's taken pride of bragging about doing the same in other forums in the past. Sad.
Bragging?
You haven't answered my question about Fauci's emails, so I will assume the answer is "no". Therefore you are relying on someone else's opinions about them. Is it fair to ask who that is? Is t Ben Shapiro?
He seems to take the "throw the baby out with the bath water" approach, if he can disparage the author or the source, or chip away at some immaterial element of the story then he's "won" the debate.
Comparing covid era restaurant closures against trend lines is just good analysis. I have no idea how the comparison works out, but it is absolutely a good way to look at the question.
What you did in the above post was to ignore the argument and instead attack the person. Again.