@loki said in Seroprevalence for select countries: Waiting on that vaccine is going to cause an extra million+ in deaths in the US alone? That’s someone’s dissertation on safety and the cost of it. I think my post wasn't clear. I'm talking about the number of deaths we would have had sans vaccine, if it just ripped through the population until ~70% had become infected (70% a typical number thrown around for what it takes to reach herd immunity. With the vaccine we won't come anywhere near that.

@loki said in Teachers at posh NYC school release 8-page anti-racism manifesto, sparks uproar: report: The Dalton School is selling admissions to Ivy League schools. I don’t see how this will hurt. From the Daily Mail: ‘Parents who don't buy in - and there are many - learn to keep their mouths shut. Nod and smile. Because Yale,' wrote Johnston.

Nonsense, if Jolly moved an inch into Alabama he’d paint ROLL TIDE on the side of his house. lo.

@george-k said in Physicians’ Complicity in Criminalizing Communities: @lufins-dad said in Physicians’ Complicity in Criminalizing Communities: The author is an OBGYN from DC M.D., M.P.H. https://www.jamilaperrittmd.com/abou " Her work is grounded in Reproductive Justice principles." I haven’t looked, but I bet she went to Howard.

@george-k said in Valentina: To my ear, seemed rushed, and not musical. I disagree. It's a terrific interpretation. Maybe different than the "mainstream" interpretation. But that's what makes it interesting. Who needs yet another recording that sounds like 20 other recordings out there? I think the slightly "machine-like" sound in some places is not an accident. It reminded me a lot of Prokofiev's Toccata. For instance, compare the part that starts around 3:30 with the beginning of Prokofiev's piece. Link to video I wouldn't be surprised if Prokofiev was inspired by that sonata. In any case, I found it an interesting new angle on that staple of piano sonatas.

Interesting as he always is.

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@doctor-phibes said in Covid mortality risk calculator: It's not just about mortality, it's also about other long term health factors. There's also no mention of the risk of giving it to others who are at higher risk, which is probably most people's main concern, or at least ought to be. Perfect reply.

@george-k said in Check out his hair: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/instagram-is-using-false-fact-checking Our "fact-checking" betters. I subscribed awhile back. Really enjoy his perspective.

I agree with Jay. Very refreshing. https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1340497726593781760?s=21

@george-k said in Historic Russian hack uncovered: He decried Republicans' numerous legal challenges of the election results as an "unprecedented assault on our democracy" and called for solidarity across the partisan divide. I think we have a remarkable amount of that. Lots of Republicans are horrified at what Trump is doing. Even many that are outwardly going along with it.

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You will note I seldom speak of actually going to a game. There’s a reason for that.

But that isn't what he said any more than Trump told people to inject bleach... What he did say is that Pfizer is trying to protect themselves from being held liable for any potential side effects. That's an issue worth debating, IMO.

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@mik said in ‘It Must Have Been Stolen’: You continually present your position as the obviously reasonable one. Other folks can look at the same set of facts you do and come to a different conclusion without resorting to faith. I can “kind of” understand it. Maybe it is like that famous Indian folk tale, about the four blind guys who are stationed at different parts of an elephant, and asked to describe what they are feeling. One guy is standing by the leg and says that he is like standing by a tree One guy is standing by the trunk, and says that he is like by a snake Etc Based on the information they have available, they are sure they are correct and others are wrong. Summary from Wikipedia The parable of the blind men and an elephant originated in the ancient Indian subcontinent, from where it has been widely diffused. It is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their limited experience and their descriptions of the elephant are different from each other. In some versions, they come to suspect that the other person is dishonest and they come to blows. The moral of the parable is that humans have a tendency to claim absolute truth based on their limited, subjective experience as they ignore other people's limited, subjective experiences which may be equally true