This is the problem with EVERYTHING. People think everything is the purview of the federal government. BLM protesters are marching around acting like Donald Trump has anything to do with how they are treated by their local cops.
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There are some who would not call him an expert. It depends on who you ask. That's the crux of your finishing question. Experts are experts for a reason...because someone says they're an expert. Who they are and why they have come to this determination that these people have earned "expert" status are far more important. Being doctors compiled on a list does not make them a trusted authority when healthy skepticism is applied. Have you not ever gone to different doctors for second and third opinions? Because lemme tell ya bud, you can get wildly different takes on a medical issue from different doctors.
Factually wrong.
https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-upda...pitalizations/
My BS detector goes off anytime the media uses the phrase "experts say". It is actually a useful indicator that the article or story is probably lacking evidence (or is pushing a narrative).
I encourage people to stop and think when they encounter this. It can be a free pass for the media to say pretty much anything without any supporting evidence whatsoever. It is very concerning. I've seen countless articles that just cite "experts say" with no names or organizations mentioned at all.
I understand that sometimes anonymous sources must be used, but here are a couple more phrases that bring the credibility of the story into question:
"A person familiar with the matter said"
"A unnamed source said"
The Fed can't by definition push MMT, because it's not part of government. I mean, effectively speaking, it is the government, as is the ECB and Bank of England and so on, but these motherfuckers are the last ones who would be having anything to to with MMT. Their client base is on the opposite side of that spectrum. Perversely, MMT is currently being practiced by smaller countries whose foreign debt is almost 100 percent denominated in foreign currencies, but where the central bank is state owned. It seems this can be done pretty effectively in times like these, because the currency fluctuation and general panic mode is so high, you hardly see any inflationary pressure on the local currency. You just can't give the money directly to people, you need government programs that guarantee covering a certain percentage of the paycheck and so on. Confirming once more that the whole idea of "markets" having any kind of meaning outside of the state has been a colossal fraud, mostly by the bankers.
I was just surprised that someone would accuse someone else of blathering then proceed to write 3 paragraphs about running errands.
How do you know if someone is an expert? Well, in if they are an expert in scientific research then they will have the appropriate education and work experience, and a large body of published work in the particular area they claim to be an expert in. How do you think companies hire experts in particular areas?
If they don't then who does? Not me, and certainly not most of the posters here. These guys are literally qualified doctors. Does their qualification mean nothing? When I see a coach with an SSC certification it means I know that she/he is a genuine coach with proper credentials and I can trust their advice on strength training, a topic they are an expert in. In a similar vein on the topic of a pandemic disease, I would rather trust a doctor than not. I agree not all doctors are equal, but most of them know what they are talking about. An entire association of doctors being wrong seems much more unlikely compared to people on the internet being right.
As an aside, I also think that by "working out in the gym" the chart refers to the generic fitness gyms with no social distancing as opposed to Starting Strength gyms, which I appreciate have already had a spaced out setup. I'll fully agree that the risk factor in a Starting Strength gym will be considerably lower compared to a generic fitness gym.
You have always been an objective poster, so I'm surprised you would nitpick and choose to paste 2 sentences that really have no bearing on the analysis.
Isn't there a difference between a politically driven agenda and the medical aspect of the current situation? What political agenda would the Texas Medical Association want to further by warning you about the risk factors of Covid19?
This is exactly my point. They're not the expert, because they don't have the SSC certification, which is why I won't trust them! This is exactly why, like the personal trainer, I and presumably you and majority of the posters here are not qualified to actually make our own decision about this. On the other hand, we all would completely trust an SSC on matters of strength training precisely because of their qualifications, therefore it baffles me as to why you would not have the same line of thinking regarding doctors on a subject that they are clearly more knowledgeable about than the majority of us.
I'm supposed to believe "experts" on any topic when they routinely do political maneuvers like this?:
Researchers who found no anti-black police bias withdraw paper