How strong is the moral obligation for the fully vaccinated to enter mask-optional stores without a mask, in order to raise (unjustified) fear and hence encourage vaccinations?
— J&J Vaccinee (@GarettJones) May 24, 2021
Haha! I like this take. It’s just so wrong and yet so right at the same time.
in the 20th century, normal-looking people could get parts on TV and in movies (though, fewer & fewer as it progressed).
also, the actors below had each probably been smoking for *at least* two decades. not sure many people do that anymore? https://t.co/uS9AX4Ja2q
— silicon age tulpa (@mr_archenemy) May 25, 2021
Now people have replaced smoking with obesity, so that also makes them look 900 years old.
It’s so sad to see people who are my age from where I grew up. Some of them look 70+ from hard living.
Humans before approving a crisis-averting vaccine: we first have to prove beyond any possible doubt that it has no dangerous side effects!
Humans before doing gain-of-function research: we should lift the moratorium because there are some benefits as well as risks.
— Matthew Barnett (@MatthewJBar) May 25, 2021
From the dumbest dumbass to the highest highbrow, not a damn person, nearly, understands risk. I guess this is my new hobbyhorse.
COVID cases after vaccination are still very rare—variants aren’t changing that.
Hmm, very mega-apocalypse of doom. So variant. Wow.
me emerging after vaccination but keeping my mask the hell on pic.twitter.com/bekYg36jIy
— Bo Bolander (@BBolander) May 25, 2021
But…why?
Do people really not understand how much vaccination changes absolute and relative risk? Don’t answer that. Of course they don’t. Almost no one understands risk.
From a WH official: Today, the United States will reach 50% of American adults fully vaccinated.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 25, 2021
Cases and the positivity rate already falling greatly, but in 2-3 weeks cases are going to crash through the fucking floor and liberals are going to be like 😯 — though it was completely predictable.
Moderna jab stops Covid transmission in people aged 12 to 18, trial finds.
Cool.
Remember when experts were saying this was “impossible?” Good times, huh?
The mental health insults of the pandemic will have a very long tail of negative repercussions
— Nils Gilman (@nils_gilman) May 25, 2021
Yes they will. Lockdowns might save lives only short-term. We shall see.
More lying with data.
Because I am lazy, and as an exercise for the readers, for once I will allow you to do your own examination and determine just all the flimflam and statistical tomfoolery at work in this very-poor article. There is a ton of it, though.
I wonder, though, when someone writes something like this, do they actually know they are lying? Or do they believe it?
(Here’s a small hint because I know people have trouble thinking about this: How much more expensive life is today than it was in 1960.)
This is exactly it. We now have an informally integrated communications infrstructure that essentially prohibits certain ideas from being spread one-to-many, and Vox is scrubbing its own role in preventing a valid scientific hypothesis from being discussed freely in public. pic.twitter.com/ti7kiWMha0
— Mason ♂️✂️ (@webdevMason) May 25, 2021
This is really dangerous.
One of the reasons I keep my own blog is that it is much more difficult to censor me. Not impossible, certainly, but I am not under the control of Zuckerberg or Dorsey or other similar putzes.
A thorny & controversial topic. My first thoughts:
Do what you want with your body, incl. transition. It's your body.
But surgery & hormones, etc, does not completely change genetic make-up. So, transgender probably shouldn't qualify for these sports.https://t.co/WOXq5ZjsHG
— Sean D (TMSA) (@SeanTMSA) May 25, 2021
Biological facts are real, alas for us all.
I do think one of the projects of the left is that convincing us biological facts are not real in the service of then invalidating other realities. If you can believe something so absurd as there is no such thing as biology, then it’s easier to corrupt and disrupt your mind in other ways, too.
I like this photo:
The photographer is I believe Andrew Lucas. Model unknown.
Just doing my part to combat prudishness and piss people off.
With Florida’s announcement this morning, we’re now up to 23 states pulling out of federal pandemic UI benefits, hurting 4 million workers and depriving the economy of $23.3 billion. Full breakdown here: https://t.co/6jKPVCgfcS pic.twitter.com/d6GK0UMeTj
— AndrewStettner (@pelhamprog) May 24, 2021
“I wonder if it hurts if I punch myself in the face.”
This will help nothing but will harm a lot of people. It will worsen the economy, allow predatory bosses freer reign (one of the main purposes of this), and not actually help, well, anything. So of course many people are keen to do it.
I live in a country full of vindictive idiots.
people: lol why would anyone get a humanities degree
also people: ugh why does the CDC seem to struggle with articulating a synthesis of a handful of complex concepts
— Jake Anbinder (@JakeAnbinder) May 24, 2021
Ha. I’ve noticed this too.
Tech-bro STEM cheerleader: Everyone who is anyone will want to be tracked 24/7 and have my new “Yellow Sun” tracking emblem letting everyone know that I track them the best!
Humanities grad: Uh, I think I see a slight problem with this….
Tech-bro STEM cheerleader: LOL, you have a useless humanities degree. This is going to be such a huge concentration of success!
If our climbing gym starts allowing people to go maskless I will be devastated.
With an unvaccinated immunocompromised kid in the house, we have to assume that unvaccinated people will lie, and that it’s no longer safe for us there. https://t.co/MGrBfg49HI
— Tara Vancil (@taravancil) May 13, 2021
I’m struggling to understand what this has to do exactly with masks. I know she is vaccinated, which means her chance of becoming infected with Covid is very, very small, and even if she becomes infected, the chance of spreading it (as the viral load will be almost-unmeasurably low) is extremely small. What’s the issue here? If you’re vaccinated, your risk is vanishingly small of catching Covid and/or spreading it no matter who is masked or unmasked around you.
Do people really believe we should just wear masks all the time no matter the risk? I refuse that. Call me an anti-masker if you like. I do what makes sense, not what makes other people feel good.