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Yeah, no argument - just examples of how the original purpose of journalism is basically dead.Just like virtually all the shit that gets linked here, on both putative "sides". It gets clicks.
Yeah, no argument - just examples of how the original purpose of journalism is basically dead.Just like virtually all the shit that gets linked here, on both putative "sides". It gets clicks.
Journalism and integrity are not dead. A journalism major near and dear to my heart just turned down a job at OAN, lol!Yeah, no argument - just examples of how the original purpose of journalism is basically dead.
Why do I have the feeling your friends and in this case your journalism friend couldn't spell CAT if they were spotted the c and the t.Journalism and integrity are not dead. A journalism major near and dear to my heart just turned down a job at OAN, lol!
Lord Tony is running the show. Think think think. He also worked with Jeffrey on Science Experiments and we know he and Bill are besties and they make shots together. I think I think I think ordinally Libs are waking up and that is a good sign so this BS can go to the next phase. We need 80% on the side of America first. I spoke to one of dear liberal pals and he is now in the light. He called me to say I was right for once. His pride was think but now he has two ears to listen.a critique of Fauci. "Science cannot be above questioning". For Covidians the Science TM is the holy book, and Fauci is their pope.
Everything so far is consistent with a variant thatHere's the fresh new hell for today. Over 90% (some reports are saying everyone but 1) of the 62 passengers on the flight from South Africa to Amsterdam (14 of which had the omicron) were vaccinated. if representative:
1. there's no point to vaccine mandates
2. Dutch authorities are considering a vaccine + testing requirement to board a plane.
3. Biden hinted at that on monday too even for domestic flights (never made sense to me why we require testing for international flights but not domestic ones) in the US
4. People and the airline industry will really hate this one....but hey it's what kids in Lausd are doing weekly.
Dutch say 14 air passengers from S. Africa with Omicron were vaccinated
Dutch health authorities on Thursday said most of the 62 people who tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving on two flights from South Africa last week had been vaccinated, lending weight to a call for pre-flight testing regardless of vaccination status.www.reuters.com
The point of science is that its questioned and tested all the time.a critique of Fauci. "Science cannot be above questioning". For Covidians the Science TM is the holy book, and Fauci is their pope.
Everything so far is consistent with a variant that
-spreads like wildfire among unvaccinated people,
-spreads decently from unvaccinated to vaccinated,
-spreads poorly from vaccinated to vaccinated.
If the above three are all true, you have a disease which spreads primarily through unvaccinated people.
In that case, a vaccination + testing requirement for flights would slow it down. Kind of amazing that we don’t do this already.
Everything so far is consistent with a variant that
-spreads like wildfire among unvaccinated people,
-spreads decently from unvaccinated to vaccinated,
-spreads poorly from vaccinated to vaccinated.
If the above three are all true, you have a disease which spreads primarily through unvaccinated people.
In that case, a vaccination + testing requirement for flights would slow it down. Kind of amazing that we don’t do this already.
And so that is a complete guess on your part.Everything so far is consistent with a variant that
-spreads like wildfire among unvaccinated people,
-spreads decently from unvaccinated to vaccinated,
-spreads poorly from vaccinated to vaccinated.
If the above three are all true, you have a disease which spreads primarily through unvaccinated people.
Everything so far is consistent with a variant that
-spreads like wildfire among unvaccinated people,
-spreads decently from unvaccinated to vaccinated,
-spreads poorly from vaccinated to vaccinated.
If the above three are all true, you have a disease which spreads primarily through unvaccinated people.
In that case, a vaccination + testing requirement for flights would slow it down. Kind of amazing that we don’t do this already.
1). Why vax+test instead of test only?As Hound notes, particularly with the omicron, you don't know that. What we do know is that the efficacy against disease declines with time, substantially. We don't know the impact of boosters yet, and we don't know what the impact on transmissibility is, and we don't know how the omicron changes that. So your third pillar is an unknown: it might not be poor but it might be "descent" as well.
That would point to, under your formulation, that the vaccination variable of your vaccination + testing requirement is superfluous. Yet, I point out, and as you are amazed as you yourself write, "we don't do this already" and we didn't do it, for domestic flights, pre-vaccination. So what's changed?
we have a little bit better understanding about transmissibility on airplanes. The airfilters on the newer jets are really good. If someone is sick several rows behind you, it probably won't sweep up towards you. But if someone is sick seated elbow to elbow right next to you or behind you, your N95 on a 6+ hour flight isn't going to stop it.
but some experts, despite the airline propaganda, understood this in March 2020. So why didn't they require it? Why are you amazed? Simple: the public won't tolerate it, particularly a blue check demographic the modern business person that needs to fly. ironically, when the airplanes were empty, you might have been able to get away with it for a few months. But that pharma rep that is flying from city to city isn't going to tolerate some 40+ tests a year without lashing out. It's political and (like school closures) there will be a price to be paid, particularly if, as expected and increasingly demanded by the public (rightly or wrong) it does nothing to "end this" (as Joe Biden rightly or wrong, promised).
1). Why vax+test instead of test only?
Incubation period and false negatives. Some covid positive people will be on the flight, even if you test.
If vax to vax transmission is lower than other transmission, then adding a vax requirement for flights reduces total transmission as a result of the flight.
2) Pharma reps will lash out at 40 tests a year?
I’m not sure how many Pharma reps you know. The Pharma employees I know are already being tested 52 times a year just to come into the office. These are people who have a stack of BinaxNOW tests by the front door, just in case they need one. You could ask them to take 3 tests per flight and they wouldn’t blink.