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It makes it very hard to agree on a policy when you can't even agree about where you are.
No shit Sherlock!!
Masks reduce the probability of transmission. That’s all. They do not come close to eliminating transmission.
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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Agree. The media is driving the divide and as a country, we are allowing it by believing there's a "side" or a noble cause that is above unbiased, honest reporting. Again, if we thought it was difficult to get everyone moving in the same direction in this country - which it is - the reporting during COVID just made it that much more difficult.Again almost all the coverage of the the Prez was confrontational and took the opposite position of whatever he said.
HCQ? Crazy talk. Dangerous.
Lab leak? Crazy talk. Dangerous
Him getting advice from Fauci who thought this would go away? T's fault. Apparently shouldn't listen to what is told to him by experts, and so on.
And so on.
We would be much better off if we had an actual non partisan press. The next best thing would be for instance is that when you read the NY Times, you UNDERSTAND that you are essentially reading Dem talking points. And the same goes for almost any other news outlet left or right. Understand they are not non partisan. Unfortunately most of our press leans very far to one side of the spectrum.
That’s exactly what I mean. You went straight to the totalitarian state argument.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.
To be honest with regard to T it began with their Russian hoax.Agree. The media is driving the divide and as a country, we are allowing it by believing there's a "side" or a noble cause that is above unbiased, honest reporting. Again, if we thought it was difficult to get everyone moving in the same direction in this country - which it is - the reporting during COVID just made it that much more difficult.
So they say. Let's revisit that statement in 6-12 months. I'm done talking about the mask and the vax. Please, go down the rabbit hole about the evil, evil treatment of kids, especially in the foster care system. Just wait, horrible and evil is understatement.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.
Who is saying that? Carnival is a non-monopoly, private entity. They can do as they choose as long as it's not discriminatory, or a violation of HIPAA. I happen to think its terrible business policy and suspect health policy to require vaccines. I'm not totally convinced either that the best way to address the issue is for DeSantis to legislate against vaccine passports.If vaccines are required for my Carnival cruise, then I must be living in one of President Xi’s gulags.