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Let’s duplicate the weather radio broadcasts on the AM bands and leave the commercial stuff on the internet/podcasts in order to maximize safety, then. I’m sure the folks lobbying …

So flu vaccine mandates are still allowed?

>mortality of common comparisons like Influenza way higher Source? I see 188 pediatric deaths from flu in the 2017-2018 season, and 464 for covid over 1.5 years. https://www.cdc.go…

This is precisely correct, especially wrt the cost/benefit. The antibody tests won't tell you when you were infected, with which variant, or how much viral dose, on top of their im…

I think it's also important to note that there was no change in physical distancing seen in indoor environments (mosques) - maybe due to the fact that it's obviously easier to spre…

With three out of those four states having vaccination rates that are now above average, how can you be sure that an independent safety review didn't have the opposite effect?

In some cases (e.g. Jews, Amish) the lines between race/religion/national origin become pretty blurry. I agree that it's the most ambiguous of the classes, though.

It's technically true that you could find some way to dye your skin a different colour, but I don't think most people would find that to be a realistic solution to anything.

Yes, because the difference is that they are essentially immutable personal traits. The parent was presenting this scenario as an equivalent one and I don't think they are.

Having a certain political opinion is not a protected class in the US

I’m curious, what would the mechanism be for this to not be true?

Alternatively, face masks are this much more effective at blocking much-larger virus particles.

>Depending on age and condition the risk to an individual can vary from one in ten million to under one in a hundred You're off by several orders of magnitude here. See "current be…

I'm not sure those states are good examples when their governors were happy to impose restrictions on private businesses and remove their freedom of choice wrt proof of vaccination…

Having an already-high baseline risk before adding covid is a reason to be more cautious, not less. The point is that this particular vector is so trivially preventable.

quarantine is definitely more expensive than $0, unless their time is worthless

>"persistent or significant incapacity" does not include "a sick day" It does, actually. From the UI Medcom link: "symptoms that preclude patient from attending work, school or per…

>The fact that a confirmed natural infection confers immunity equal to or greater than the vaccines is well established at this point. There are something like 80 documented reinfe…

Page 9, “A persistent or significant incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions” VAERS forms sometimes have more wording for that category…

That 0.4% category includes simply taking a sick day from work/school. I would hardly call that life-threatening. You are also using the word “reaction” when it’s not clear that th…

Norovirus was also decimated last year, and it doesn't infect the same organs/cells as respiratory viruses: https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/reporting/norostat/data.html

Can you explain how you would reconcile this with what the Economist is reporting then?

It's valuing the hard statistics in the article over people asking other people how they are feeling, not cherrypicking. Trying to convince people that suicidal ideation and attemp…

I would say that this is "surprising" because the AMA (and many other mental health groups) were predicting a huge increase in suicides, which never happened. Later on, the "people…

"By now"? Where is the evidence that SARS-CoV2 has decreased its severity through mutation?