Nope. We can't even agree about questions of fact.Because everybody agrees about what is right for "us"
Speaking of teachers unions..(TW note: In case you can't see the key in the graph below, the orange line on the top is 65 and over, the blue line is the overall number, and that dashed line at the bottom that barely registers at all is the terrible apocalypse of hospitalizations among the 12-17 age group that is supposed to make their vaccinations urgent.)
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"Something in this MMWR study that is worth mentioning, though: almost HALF (172 out of 376) of 'COVID' hospitalizations in this age group were likely there for something other than COVID -- further supporting the claim that child COVID hospitalization numbers are inflated.
"Additionally, of the 172 children admitted to the hospital, but not for COVID, over 44% were there for psychiatric care. This seems like a pretty alarming number, but we'd need to see what the baseline is for psychiatric admissions of adolescents.
"It's becoming increasingly obvious the CDC is not an unbiased, agenda-free scientific organization. Just a month ago it was found they let teachers unions influence school reopening guidance. Their reputation rightfully continues to quickly deteriorate."
It makes it very hard to agree on a policy when you can't even agree about where you are.
Masks reduce the probability of transmission. That’s all. They do not come close to eliminating transmission.
That ought to set Greta on fire.So my folks dropped off kiddo today. They noted that traffic seemed really worse in LA than pre pandemic. It's funny but we were having a conversation the other day about it on the way to soccer practice too. Am I just not remembering how bad traffic was prepandemic? Or is it worse because people aren't using public transportation and car pools?
Look up gasoline sale info. For CA, it is riding, but still a bit below where it was pre-pandemic. ( 4.5 Million gallons per day. )So my folks dropped off kiddo today. They noted that traffic seemed really worse in LA than pre pandemic. It's funny but we were having a conversation the other day about it on the way to soccer practice too. Am I just not remembering how bad traffic was prepandemic? Or is it worse because people aren't using public transportation and car pools?
Even beyond agreement on facts, there are very wide ranges of risk tolerance. The "risk" that I feel is often missed, is the risk associated with unfettered power. History tells us what happens in those situations. It's why I am reluctant to force individuals to do something I think is right - such as get a COVID vaccine.Nope. We can't even agree about questions of fact.
Do masks work? Is disease growth exponential? How dangerous is covid? The answers depend on your political party.
It makes it very hard to agree on a policy when you can't even agree about where you are.
It is easy to overuse the “risk of unfettered power” argument. Once people started using it to compare cloth masks to the Gestapo, I stopped paying any attention to it.Even beyond agreement on facts, there are very wide ranges of risk tolerance. The "risk" that I feel is often missed, is the risk associated with unfettered power. History tells us what happens in those situations. It's why I am reluctant to force individuals to do something I think is right - such as get a COVID vaccine.
So what you’re saying, is if you were at risk you should stay quarantined or sheltered from those that are not at risk? Sounds very familiar.It is easy to overuse the “risk of unfettered power” argument. Once people started using it to compare cloth masks to the Gestapo, I stopped paying any attention to it.
There are legitimate overuse of power arguments. But asking unvaccinated people to avoid high risk locations is not one of them.
It's also easy to slide down the slippery slope of "forcing people to do what is good for them". It's what the Chinese government does. It's what is done in North Korea. Asking is fine. That's different than forcing. Have they even gotten to the point where they are requiring the armed forces to get the vaccine? Unless your end goal is to truly split the country into two, forcing, excluding, and dividing is not a path to take. Don't let fear drive your decisions. Follow the science. If you are vaccinated, you are good.It is easy to overuse the “risk of unfettered power” argument. Once people started using it to compare cloth masks to the Gestapo, I stopped paying any attention to it.
There are legitimate overuse of power arguments. But asking unvaccinated people to avoid high risk locations is not one of them.
That's what the media wants you to believe, that its dependent on your political party. I'm far from convinced of that that is the case. Most people are far more nuanced than that and most normal people don't wear their political party on their sleeve. My friends are pretty much split evenly as to the party they vote for. Even my "liberal" friends were comfortable socializing without mask at our neighborhood outdoor functions during the pandemic. In my old neighborhood, which is overwhelming liberal, that never happened. I believe in part, that they were afraid of straying from the narrative and being marginalized for not wearing a mask. They even wore masks in their Facebook posts.Do masks work? Is disease growth exponential? How dangerous is covid? The answers depend on your political party.
Again almost all the coverage of the the Prez was confrontational and took the opposite position of whatever he said.TDS and the need to prove orange man bad about everything might very well have turned out to have killed people......
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