It also suggests what we already know: the vaccine doesn't prevent infection. It just mitigates the clinical effects of infection. Which makes it worthwhile, since everyone is guaranteed to be repeatedly exposed to COVID 19. Trying to hide from it is ridiculous...like trying to hide from air. It's ...

I am sure the hospital's justification is that they want people to get vaccinated and for the hesitant, any one bad story a physician might share with them could scare them into not getting it. Or it could be that they just want the money from the vaccinations. Or that they are being required as pa...

... providing fake news Look, I'm on your side. I found an article featuring data that indicated Chicago Expressway shootings doubled from 2019 to 2020. As we both know, Trump tweeted alot about this back in 2020. He didn't end up sending in the National Guard because the Dem IL governor didn't wan...

@Moda Your definition of a 'small uptick' in crime? Chicago Expressway Shootings More Than Double in 2021 Compared to This Time Last Year Exactly. Why, take a look at this: Chicago area expressway shootings more than doubled in 2020 – and still climbing CHICAGO — The recent spike in Chicago gun vio...

Here is an interesting story I would love your opinions on. But seriously, am I wrong to be upset about this "reading policy"? How does forcing a kid to read (outside of classwork obviously) instill a love of reading? Isn't this more social engineering than education? They have decided th...

Interesting how STILL no one who admits to voting for Biden has responded to MangoMan. Actually, if you look above, you'll see that moda0306 - an admitted Biden voter - responded to MangoMan Monday night, and MangoMan gratefully acknowledged his reponse earlier Tuesday morning (Biden voter Cortopas...

I admit that I am mystified as to Maddy's reaction to me. Us girls need to stick together! I've looked at some of Maddy's historical posts, and I completely agree with her: 1. You can't trust people, especially liberals. 2. They're out to get us -- so smoke 'em out. 3. COVID is a complete fabricati...

As we all know: 1. Donald Trump is the greatest president in U.S. history. 2. Donald Trump is the most Christian man in, oh... 2021 years. 3. He is the greatest anti-war president in history. etc. I'll take your word for it, if I recall correctly, you have a PhD or some advanced degree in military ...

I admit that I am mystified as to Maddy's reaction to me. Us girls need to stick together! I've looked at some of Maddy's historical posts, and I completely agree with her: 1. You can't trust people, especially liberals. 2. They're out to get us -- so smoke 'em out. 3. COVID is a complete fabricatio...

The best forum on the internet doesn't need drama queens.

Why would anyone believe Fred Reed about anything? Because he's blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. It was originally an injury in Vietnam, subsequently fucked up by a doctor working for the Veterans Administration. So he has a lot of experience with things FUBAR. Sure, but doesn't the...

Fred Reed, on the other hand, says it was unintended but completely predictable..... https://www.unz.com/freed/despair-in-the-empire-of-graveyards/ Why would anyone believe Fred Reed about anything? I'm embarrassed that anyone on this forum of long-time Republicans / anarchists / Trump voters would...

Untrue assumptions? 1. That I have patients. Not that kind of doctor. Rarely interact with patients, and don't manage any. OK, fine. 2. That advocating for less than conventional points of view within the medical system can produce change. I know that for a fact because (unrelated to covid/vaccines...

I don't know about you, but if I was in a job where I strongly believed my colleagues were doing something that was detrimental to the well-being of my customers / the population at large, I would find a way to actively -- not passively -- resist. You are making lots of untrue assumptions. What ass...

Gosh darn it, another poster where if this isn’t satirical writing, well…. ::) Satire? Was this post satire? No, but after being threatened with the loss of not only their jobs but their licenses for giving out "misinformation"--meaning any information that runs counter to the government-...

Do nurses get kickbacks from the pharma industry? Doctors take kickbacks for injecting themselves with deadly poison? No, but after being threatened with the loss of not only their jobs but their licenses for giving out "misinformation"--meaning any information that runs counter to the go...

vnatale wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:02 am I was also convinced that it was "Tomfoolery" adopting another personna.

Could be!

US pop = approx 330M 29% of US pop = approx 95M Alleged covid deaths = approx 600k (includes car accident victims, people falling off ladders, term ill from cancer and heart disease and basically anyone who died who tested positive for at least the first couple months of the ordeal). 95M divided by...

The definition of "family or close friend" is definitely hard to pin down; the number only appears to be reasonable if just about EVERYBODY that a person knows is counted as family or close friend. It also seems reasonable to me that the circle of family could be quite large. Before I cut...

KayFaybe, your math is solid. There isn't a "Bayesian" or "Monte Carlo" improvement to be made. I would say it's likely to be the upper bound of the actual number, because Covid deaths aren't distributed evenly through the population, which is an underlying assumption of your an...

tomfoolery wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:50 am

KayFaybe wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:06 pm Xan,

Would you please retitle this thread to: Reasons why this thread proves Zombies are real

I second the motion. A great idea from a new poster.

I did not write this. Could you please provide a correct attribution?

Thanks!

KayFaybe, You poor, poor newbie. Expecting a fact based rebuttal, how quaint. How dare you bring mathematics to this thread? The insouciance! As a more experienced board veteran I need to correct one error. This is not the best forum on the internet. It is the best forum on the internet filled with...

ta wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:59 pm I'm not
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nor do I know

This was enough for me. You are now on ignore (as if your icon wasn't enough).

Seriously, the math is getting so woke here, "29% knowing a family member or close friend" is now "16.5% knowing someone". But this isn't explaining anything. This is just declaring. I thought someone like you *surely* would be able to tell me why the calculations I did were wok...

FWIW, if I lower the "knows" number from 290 to 100 (it seems possible that someone might have 100 close friends or family members), the math still works out to saying there is a 0.165 chance that a person knows someone who died from COVID. It is still in the same ballpark as the survey n...