blockcipher

8 ms·

151.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Honestly I don't think it's that they identify as entrepreneurs or business owners, I think it's just that they identify as progressives, and there is an incredibly prominent pro-censorship current in modern progressive ideol
152.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
I mean it’s an implicit negotiation of sorts. If you can routinely leave work early and not get penalized for it, you’ve basically “negotiated” that arrangement. This all comes back to the fact that everyone should be protective of their ti
153.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
JFYI comments like these are very likely to trigger flame wars and the like
154.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
I think most people would have expected it to. Whether that's a reasonable expectation or not is up for debate. But yeah, many if not most people in the US were convinced that COVID was a threat so severe that it warranted completely u
155.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
[meta: this was supposed to be a quick response and then I ended up getting real longwinded] Glad you got some value out of my comment! Thanks for the feedback on my tone. In particular the references to specific examples was very helpful t
156.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Thanks for that context. I learned a bit about something new :)
157.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Fun fact: the trial you referenced failed to show any benefit of COVID vaccination in reducing all-cause mortality in the population they studied: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.28.21261159v... &g
158.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
I think this is very unlikely to significantly explain what we’ve seen. It’s much more likely just the natural result of artificial immunity waning much more rapidly than naturally acquired. As well as the fact that natural immunity involv
159.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Just out of curiosity- they used to be a christian scientist and now they’re not and go by xe/zir style pronouns? That’s quite a journey if so. As for J&J, yes it’s generally the fact that it’s one and done so it feels less risky t
160.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Sunlight exposure causes nitric oxide release (which itself will have downstream effects on neurotransmitters). That's probably what you're feeling if I had to guess. FWIW the best way to get a feeling for what serotonin feels lik
161.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
I don't think the article touched on it, but an interesting point is that dopamine is not just the reward but also the anticipation / prediction of reward. And there's some interesting literature basically showing that the re
162.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Your priors are messed up then. BTW the feeling of being sick is literally the feeling of your immune system doing its thing. No immune response = no sickness symptoms (until huge swaths of your body have been destroyed by the pathogen)
163.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
It’s definitely theoretically possible but having been pretty involved in the scene I’ve only ever seen LSD, shrooms, and other classic psychs bring out psychosis/schizophrenia in people who were probably going to develop it anyway (or
164.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Something like 10% of MDMA is converted to MDA on average (this varies heavily based on genetics) so it’s not super surprising. I totally agree it’s not talked about nearly enough though. I haven’t had visual hallucinations (assuming we’re
165.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Even with pure MDMA a lot of the time 100mg - while an amazing time - isn’t really the “fun dose”. Ideal for me is 250 across a night (maybe 125 then 75 then 50) if it’s like a full on music festival. In a mellower context (camping or a hou
166.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Just out of curiosity, did you get COVID first and then decided to get the vaccine later on? Or was it the other way around? I'm guessing the former - I've had friends who had COVID and their doctors still advised them to get the
167.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
The study you linked does not prove what you think it does. Check out the inclusion criteria: > Inclusion criteria were a first COVID-19 diagnosis during the April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021 time period, with an outpatient visit 1 month to
168.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
The efficacy is “recovering” because the vaccinated are acquiring natural immunity. The way you / sailorrooscout present it obscures that simple fact.
169.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
What happens if they don’t pay the fees?
170.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough. It’s being used in places like Biden’s federal mandate that will (when they announce the actual OSHA rule) slap private companies with massive fees if they have unvaccinated employees
171.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> Israel has some great data on the combination of various number of doses and natural immunity, and the combo is very strong. https://pastebin.com/8yR3y5NA The best study on this actually found no significant difference
172.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Sorry, where are you getting that quote? I couldn't find your quote on the page. Anyway, that quote doesn't disprove the points I made whatsoever. The number needed to treat is enormous, and there's no detectable benefit on e
173.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> Sure it does. You will get COVID. You'll either be vaccinated at the time or you won't be. That may be true, but it's another non-sequitur. You need to show that the acute and long-term risks of me receiving the moderna
174.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Well personally I'm an ancap so I consider all laws/executive orders to be implicitly (and often explicitly) backed by the police power of the state. You can say that the government requiring employees to be vaccinated isn't
175.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
Oh dear. I really don't care what Fox News does. It is very sad to me that this passes as an argument for you. I don't care to speculate on the motivations of a giant corporation. It's also not even true that Fox is "ant
176.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> Your risk from the vaccine is lower than your risk from Covid You don't have the necessary information about my demographic and medical history to be able to make this claim. The following statement of yours is a non-sequitur beca
177.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> Why people choose to deviate from a very clear dominating strategy is simply not necessary for me to understand or research. It's very important for you to understand if you hope to impact the behavior of people who don't sha
178.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> Because we know for sure that Covid infection causes significant long term damage in at least 10% of cases. Where are you getting your information? Your mayoclinic link doesn't make this 10% claim, nor did you provide any citatio
179.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> 99.2% I would use 99.7% as a fairly conservative number, frankly: https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/99/1/20-265892.pdf Anyway, the other point is that that number is the overall IFR. If, like me,
180.
by __blockcipher__ 5y ago
> Across the entire spectrum you're at less risk from the vaccine than you are from the disease. You don't know me or my medical history, so you can't make that statement honestly. I am in a population where I am at border

More ›

__blockcipher__

blockcipher