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A downvote, too, is not meant as a "disagree" button, but for comments hindering a productive discussion.
I can assure you almost all of them are flame-bait.
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Pill is 89% Effective in Phase 2/3 Study
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> The race to vaccinate enough people is frankly impossible considering how politically charged it became. Fucking Republicans. Please take your politically charged discourse elsewhere. This isn't the right place for mudslinging like this.
It brings me no pleasure in addressing this reality. Many conservatives are fine people, but the damage done by Republican media outlets is undeniable and it stifles advancement to the detriment of all.
This is why my comment was really about praising the potential of a good therapeutic. Political ideologies fade when all you can think about is survival, in contrast to preventative care which requires forethought.
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I'm not sure the taxpayers will pay for that if you are unvaccinated. This pill is for "high-risk patients who took the antiviral within three days of symptom onset". The vaccination even seems to be a bit more effective than this pill?
But I am not vaccinated for health reasons. When are we going to start differentiating? Were I not a freelancer, I would have lost my job because I am not vaccinated, for health reasons. It is a pretty shitty thing to do to people.
At least where I live, if you cannot get vaccinated for health reasons you will be considered as if you were vaccinated.
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But I am not vaccinated for health reasons. When are we going to start differentiating? Were I not a freelancer, I would have lost my job because I am not vaccinated, for health reasons. It is a pretty shitty thing to do to people.
I'm sorry if this is inappropriate but what health reasons prevent you from getting vaccinated?
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>Good luck! I look forward to your references to peer-reviewed, reproduced, double-blind studies upending decades of well established medical science. Why is my burden of proof higher than yours? I at least linked one study in my sibling comment. I haven't seen that from anyone, studying anything, in years. Around 2018 there were actually a ton of articles and discussions right here on HN about the reproducibility pr…
Oh no don't try to throw in "reproducibility crisis" here. The fact that some studies in some areas are hard to reproduce (which is not news to anyone) does not suddenly mean that we should go back to cheap armchair philosophy as the main source of "knowledge". This is the equivalent of saying that the fossil record is slightly incomplete therefore Christian creationism. "Science" in general is one of those things th…
>The reproducibility crisis is real and affects more than "some studies in some areas".
>"Peer review" rarely means more than "JSTOR search for something that supports my claim, quick skim for obvious errors, cite and publish"
>"Science" is only "accurate by definition" when it's done correctly. Buying scientists is cheaper than buying politicians, in practice.
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> Fucking Republicans As a vaccinated, boosted republican, this attitude isn't helping. Yeah, there are a bunch of idiotic republican politicians out there. But there are also a lot of idiotic democrat politicians out there who aren't making COVID policy decisions based on science and evidence, but based on their ideological side: outdoor mask mandates, travel bans, blocking people's access to their own private prope…
That's a false equivalency. Republicans have been far, far worse. They have been anti-science across the board on all kinds of policy. Donald Trump is absolute low point in American history. The guy who said vaccines cause autism, pushed unproven and dangerous treatments, pressured scientists to change their recommendations, called climate change a hoax, wanted to nuke a hurricane and rake a forest. He owns the party right now. I can respect political differences but I can't respect being a republican in 2021. The party is fundamentally irrational and has abandoned reasoned policy discussions. And there a measurable real world consequences measured in death rates for red states.
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There are a large number of blacks and young people who are not vaccinated. This is a bipartisan thing.
Actually, political affiliation is the strongest demographic predictor for Covid-19 vaccine refusal. Check the actual stats. Unfortunately a lot of GOP leaning media sources including top rated Fox News opinion hosts have been spreading FUD about the vaccine for a year. People listen to their trusted news hosts and media sources…
I have checked the stats. Blacks and Hispanics have a much higher rates per capita of not being vaccinated than whites. It just so happens that whites are the largest race which results in significant numbers of unvaccinated whites.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...
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> Can’t wait for the follow on months of real data disproving their terrible study.
Can you please elaborate on exactly which study are you referring to and your reasoning to accuse it of being "terrible"?
Meanwhile, we've endured at least two strains which are significantly different than the original 2019 Wuhan strain, and thanks to the vaccine the mortality risk has dropped to residual levels.
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Maybe I'm misinformed, but as I understood it, COVID-19 is the disease brought upon by SARS-Cov-2 infection. That line on its own doesn't suggest it prevents infection, it suggests it prevents the COVID-19 disease (i.e 90% chance of being left with a asymptomatic infection).
It's a technical distinction lost on the public. Maybe that's a bad thing, but it is what it is.
I mean, if you're not noticing infection but noticing only the disease, it makes perfect sense to the public.