bernie_simon

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by bernie_simon 6y ago
There's a well known pattern that studies conducted by a drug company are more likely to report positive results than studies conducted by a neutral party.
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
I'm old enough to remember the Vietnam War and the AFL-CIO of the day was staunchly anti-communist and pro-war. Most of the opposition to the war before Nixon became president came from the pacifist left and student led organizations l
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
Read the biographies of people you admire.
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
Before we start worrying about herd immunity, we need to show that the vaccines for covid-19 prevent transmission of the virus as well as prevent or mitigate the symptoms of covid-19. It is not always the case that an effective vaccine prev
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
A number of people have been fired from their jobs because of the cancel culture. It's that "de-platforming" that most concerns me. While people have the right of free association, that right needs to be exercised responsibly
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
"Gigo" also is an acronym for "garbage in, garbage out." So you may want to rethink your name.
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
"The UK Biobank used a baseline touch screen questionnaire to assess several potential confounders: sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, ethnicity, Townsend Deprivation Index, education and average total annual household income)
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by bernie_simon 6y ago
Wikipedia says Jenner first demonstrated the smallpox vaccine in 1796. The revolutionary war ended in 1783.