Youtube: Jimmy Dore destroys Fauci
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Youtube: Jimmy Dore destroys Fauci
Very well summarized! Logic and reason no longer apply. This is driving many of us to the brink.
American Airlines just advised me that in their continued efforts to keep me safe, they will require face coverings for all travelers over the age of 2. It matters not since I'm not (as long as my boss lets me) flying/traveling as long as they keep these rules in place; this is about $35K annually not being spent on airfare/hotels/rental cars/meals. Same for other businesses (Lowes, Home Depot, Total Wine, etc.) that have proudly announced mask requirements.
But we're counseled to just wear a mask to make this nightmare social experiment end sooner (as if logic/reason applies); which is just more incentive for businesses to require masks that ineffectively protect us from a virus barely (if at all) worse than the flu (based on questionable data/statistics) and so contagious that we cannot escape being exposed to anyway.
The ONLY reliable data are the economic effects of this insanity and they continue to be ignored. So, we know that economic realities won't be bringing us back to rationality anytime soon.
I pretty much agree with the second half of this (especially underpowered tests - see it all the time). The first half sounds like you might be conflating clinical significance with statistical significance. You can have a statistically significant odds ratio of 1.01, for example, where you're statistically confident that one outcome is VERY slightly more likely than the other.
Agree, happens all the time.
True, but that's what meta-analyses try to overcome.
Definitely agree. Also got a chuckle over the "make a living off of this particular human discrepancy" line.
My experience/bias is almost the complete opposite: living in NJ (arguably the worst spot outside of NYC), I only know ONE person who had COVID, and she worked in a nursing home and is fine now. Most of the people I associate with don't even know anyone who got it. So how bad could it really be, right?
Thank you for engaging in an actual (albeit digital) conversation. Too often it just devolves into, "just wear your damn mask you idiot, the science is settled, stop trying to kill me with your germs...". No one seems to be able to admit that the other person might simply be interpreting the data differently, or performing their own cost/benefit calculation and coming up with a different conclusion.