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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 10:15 last edited by
    #1

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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      Mik
      wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 11:26 last edited by
      #2

      Yeah, I’m seeing it too. Once again the conversation is all about rights and completely ignores responsibilities.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        George K
        wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 11:29 last edited by
        #3

        It gets better crazier:

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          Loki
          wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 11:42 last edited by
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          Things must be getting better if we are debating the musings of the long end of the curve. So many people I’ve never heard of. People I respected when I was growing up used to say, who wrote this before they would read it.

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            Mik
            wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 12:06 last edited by
            #5

            So now Candace starts acting like a politician. Swell.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • G George K
              29 Apr 2020, 11:29

              It gets better crazier:

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 12:25 last edited by Doctor Phibes
              #6

              @George-K said in This is all we need:

              It gets better crazier:

              If you look at all of this silly woman's Tweets, she thinks Covid is all a big con. Basically, she's got more opinions than brain cells, so she's perfect for Twitter.

              I was only joking

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              • L Loki
                29 Apr 2020, 11:42

                Things must be getting better if we are debating the musings of the long end of the curve. So many people I’ve never heard of. People I respected when I was growing up used to say, who wrote this before they would read it.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 13:06 last edited by
                #7

                @Loki

                It doesn’t matter what we think of them. It’s the number of people that adopt this particular behavior pattern that matters.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 13:12 last edited by
                  #8

                  They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • M Mik
                    29 Apr 2020, 13:12

                    They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 13:26 last edited by
                    #9

                    @Mik said in This is all we need:

                    They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                    (No, I didn't look at her tweets)

                    What I find surprising is that Owens has always struck me as being intelligent and well-spoken. I guess one can be intelligent and stupid at the same time. Now, she's just another anti-vax nutter.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      Mik
                      wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 13:34 last edited by
                      #10

                      Yeah, I though the same thing. But now that she's running for office she's playing to the base. And I do mean base.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        Klaus
                        wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 13:35 last edited by Klaus
                        #11

                        I haven't looked at her other tweets either, but I have also seen some crazy other stuff from her, so I wouldn't be surprised if her tweet is meant to be taken literally, but there is some merit to the argument that an extremely rushed development and testing would lead to a potentially rather dangerous vaccine, simply because risks haven't been properly tested for. Every vaccine requires a good analysis of the risk/reward ratio. For many people, the COVID-19 risk isn't very high (compared to, say, measles or smallpox), hence it would be necessary to do a lot of analysis of its risks before recommending it for general use.

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                        • G George K
                          29 Apr 2020, 13:26

                          @Mik said in This is all we need:

                          They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                          (No, I didn't look at her tweets)

                          What I find surprising is that Owens has always struck me as being intelligent and well-spoken. I guess one can be intelligent and stupid at the same time. Now, she's just another anti-vax nutter.

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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 14:16 last edited by
                          #12

                          @George-K said in This is all we need:

                          @Mik said in This is all we need:

                          They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                          (No, I didn't look at her tweets)

                          What I find surprising is that Owens has always struck me as being intelligent and well-spoken. I guess one can be intelligent and stupid at the same time. Now, she's just another anti-vax nutter.

                          As far as I can tell, she's a political activist who's now decided to run for office.

                          Whatever happened to people getting actual jobs?

                          I was only joking

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 14:35 last edited by jon-nyc
                            #13

                            Klaus - I don’t think she’s adopted the attitude out of safety concerns, I think it’s more about ‘owning the libs’. Or something like that.

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                            • M Mik
                              29 Apr 2020, 13:12

                              They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

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                              Horace
                              wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 14:42 last edited by
                              #14

                              @Mik said in This is all we need:

                              They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                              If these sorts of folk ruin the whole containment plan, then the plan sucked.

                              Education is extremely important.

                              J 1 Reply Last reply 29 Apr 2020, 17:07
                              • J jon-nyc
                                29 Apr 2020, 14:35

                                Klaus - I don’t think she’s adopted the attitude out of safety concerns, I think it’s more about ‘owning the libs’. Or something like that.

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                                Klaus
                                wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 14:47 last edited by Klaus
                                #15

                                @jon-nyc said in This is all we need:

                                Klaus - I don’t think she’s adopted the attitude out of safety concerns, I think it’s more about ‘owning the libs’. Or something like that.

                                That may very well be true. But I observe that the vaccine discussions have become so polarized due to the "anti-vax" idiots that it has become difficult to have a real discussion about benefits and risks of vaccines. There are risks to vaccines (e.g., allergies), and for some vaccines the risks are in many cases more severe than the potential gain (such as for tubercolosis vaccines). That doesn't change the fact that the standard set of vaccines that children get these days are a blessing and a "no-brainer". But it would be a bad idea to proclaim that every vaccine is good and has no side-effects worth mentioning.

                                Over here, the Thalidomide/birth defect scandal is still very much in the public memory. There are good reasons for the long and expensive process to get a drug approved.

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 14:54 last edited by
                                  #16

                                  Yeah, our main law requiring manufacturers to prove safety came out of the thalidomide scandal. And it was much smaller here.

                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  • KlausK Klaus
                                    29 Apr 2020, 14:47

                                    @jon-nyc said in This is all we need:

                                    Klaus - I don’t think she’s adopted the attitude out of safety concerns, I think it’s more about ‘owning the libs’. Or something like that.

                                    That may very well be true. But I observe that the vaccine discussions have become so polarized due to the "anti-vax" idiots that it has become difficult to have a real discussion about benefits and risks of vaccines. There are risks to vaccines (e.g., allergies), and for some vaccines the risks are in many cases more severe than the potential gain (such as for tubercolosis vaccines). That doesn't change the fact that the standard set of vaccines that children get these days are a blessing and a "no-brainer". But it would be a bad idea to proclaim that every vaccine is good and has no side-effects worth mentioning.

                                    Over here, the Thalidomide/birth defect scandal is still very much in the public memory. There are good reasons for the long and expensive process to get a drug approved.

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                                    LuFins Dad
                                    wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 15:42 last edited by
                                    #17

                                    @Klaus at this point it doesn’t matter. Mob rule. I’m confident the vaccine will be made mandatory here.

                                    The Brad

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                                      Copper
                                      wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 15:59 last edited by
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                                      I'm confident that party lines will be maintained.

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                                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad
                                        29 Apr 2020, 15:42

                                        @Klaus at this point it doesn’t matter. Mob rule. I’m confident the vaccine will be made mandatory here.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 17:06 last edited by
                                        #19

                                        @LuFins-Dad said in This is all we need:

                                        @Klaus at this point it doesn’t matter. Mob rule. I’m confident the vaccine will be made mandatory here.

                                        I wouldn’t think so - maybe just for certain professions.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                        • H Horace
                                          29 Apr 2020, 14:42

                                          @Mik said in This is all we need:

                                          They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                                          If these sorts of folk ruin the whole containment plan, then the plan sucked.

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 29 Apr 2020, 17:07 last edited by
                                          #20

                                          @Horace said in This is all we need:

                                          @Mik said in This is all we need:

                                          They are going to flush every sacrifice that has been made right down the toilet.

                                          If these sorts of folk ruin the whole containment plan, then the plan sucked.

                                          It’s possible that all non-coercive plans suck, at least for this particular culture.

                                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                          -Cormac McCarthy

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