hvac

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by hvac 2y ago
Let’s duplicate the weather radio broadcasts on the AM bands and leave the commercial stuff on the internet/podcasts in order to maximize safety, then. I’m sure the folks lobbying for this bill like the Salem Media Group wouldn’t mind.
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by hvac 5y ago
So flu vaccine mandates are still allowed?
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by hvac 5y ago
>mortality of common comparisons like Influenza way higher Source? I see 188 pediatric deaths from flu in the 2017-2018 season, and 464 for covid over 1.5 years. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/2019-2020&#x2F
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by hvac 5y ago
This is precisely correct, especially wrt the cost/benefit. The antibody tests won't tell you when you were infected, with which variant, or how much viral dose, on top of their imperfect accuracy. And if you're going to both
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by hvac 5y ago
I think it's also important to note that there was no change in physical distancing seen in indoor environments (mosques) - maybe due to the fact that it's obviously easier to spread out when outdoors. I think we are fairly confid
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by hvac 5y ago
With three out of those four states having vaccination rates that are now above average, how can you be sure that an independent safety review didn't have the opposite effect?
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by hvac 5y ago
In some cases (e.g. Jews, Amish) the lines between race/religion/national origin become pretty blurry. I agree that it's the most ambiguous of the classes, though.
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by hvac 5y ago
It's technically true that you could find some way to dye your skin a different colour, but I don't think most people would find that to be a realistic solution to anything.
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by hvac 5y ago
Yes, because the difference is that they are essentially immutable personal traits. The parent was presenting this scenario as an equivalent one and I don't think they are.
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by hvac 5y ago
Having a certain political opinion is not a protected class in the US
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by hvac 5y ago
I’m curious, what would the mechanism be for this to not be true?
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by hvac 5y ago
Alternatively, face masks are this much more effective at blocking much-larger virus particles.
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by hvac 5y ago
>Depending on age and condition the risk to an individual can vary from one in ten million to under one in a hundred You're off by several orders of magnitude here. See "current best estimate": https://www.cdc.g
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by hvac 5y ago
I'm not sure those states are good examples when their governors were happy to impose restrictions on private businesses and remove their freedom of choice wrt proof of vaccination - to the complaint of the Cato Institute, no less.
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by hvac 5y ago
Having an already-high baseline risk before adding covid is a reason to be more cautious, not less. The point is that this particular vector is so trivially preventable.
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by hvac 5y ago
quarantine is definitely more expensive than $0, unless their time is worthless
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by hvac 5y ago
>"persistent or significant incapacity" does not include "a sick day" It does, actually. From the UI Medcom link: "symptoms that preclude patient from attending work, school or perform their typical daily activit
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by hvac 5y ago
>The fact that a confirmed natural infection confers immunity equal to or greater than the vaccines is well established at this point. There are something like 80 documented reinfections worldwide. There is definitely a lot more than 8
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by hvac 5y ago
Page 9, “A persistent or significant incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions” VAERS forms sometimes have more wording for that category: https://medcom.uiowa.edu/theloop/covi
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by hvac 5y ago
That 0.4% category includes simply taking a sick day from work/school. I would hardly call that life-threatening. You are also using the word “reaction” when it’s not clear that the SAEs were due to the vaccine and not something else.
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by hvac 5y ago
Norovirus was also decimated last year, and it doesn't infect the same organs/cells as respiratory viruses: https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/reporting/norostat/data.html
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by hvac 5y ago
Can you explain how you would reconcile this with what the Economist is reporting then?
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by hvac 5y ago
It's valuing the hard statistics in the article over people asking other people how they are feeling, not cherrypicking. Trying to convince people that suicidal ideation and attempts are up without a corresponding increase in suicides
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by hvac 5y ago
I would say that this is "surprising" because the AMA (and many other mental health groups) were predicting a huge increase in suicides, which never happened. Later on, the "people are killing themselves" narrative becam
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by hvac 5y ago
"By now"? Where is the evidence that SARS-CoV2 has decreased its severity through mutation?
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by hvac 5y ago
My understanding is that these restrictions were only imposed in December of last year (and are in force until at least 30 June), so I would tend to agree with the parent that they definitely changed directions.
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by hvac 5y ago
Or maybe people are just terrible at judging acute risks? This isn't unique to covid - ask them about flying on an airliner or living next to a nuclear power plant and you would get some equally comical numbers. At any rate risk of hos
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by hvac 5y ago
...I don’t see the word “cold” in that paper.
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by hvac 5y ago
No. Colds are upper respiratory tract infections and only affect the nose and throat, as opposed to viral pneumonia. Different coronaviruses have different proteins and corresponding cell receptors (ACE2, DPP4, etc), which result in differe
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by hvac 6y ago
https://time.com/5929751/childhood-mortality-2020-covid-19/ That Reuters article is speculation from nearly a year ago.

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