We had mask mandates in the past. People here are currently quite resistant to proposals to reinstate it. If there's an actual vaccine mandate as Biden's administration is now proposing, I anticipate considerable uproar.
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I would think so. It should always be down to choice. I just wish there was less chaff floating around to muddy the waters on it
As a student of philosophy, history, economics, and propaganda with an apparently above-average base knowledge of fundamental scientific principles, I am utterly disgusted by the way people are using statistics to avoid rational discourse, and use so many fallacious attacks against people with whom they disagree. Political tribalism has completely displaced scientific investigation, and the media is throwing fuel on the fire instead of presenting the classic who, what, where, when, why, and how for people to discuss matters rationally. Yellow journalism is alive and well.
The people who want the vaccine can get the vaccine. Taxing me to fund its corporate creators is illegitimate regardless of its efficacy and safety. The people who want to try alternative therapies should be free to test their theories publicly. We need honest discussion of trends between similar regional populations under different regulatory burdens and a sound analysis of vaccine efficacy without the constant moving goalposts. We're now 80 weeks into "two weeks to flatten the curve," and the data seems less than conclusive regarding mask mandates and shutdowns.
Astronomers aren't demanding flat-earthers be silenced. They show how their models are wrong, how they verify their own ideas, and what would be necessary to prove them wrong. I get the same vibe from flat earthers and most mask fanatics. The difference is the mask fanatics seem to have the power to censor dissent.
Me too. I want people to be able to choose for themselves and not throw fake facts around to try and coerce others into their choices. Its a two-way street and the way society has become these days is that people shout loudly enough often get what they want.
I like the flat earth analogy as it is the same, if you think someone is wrong then show them with facts why they are. Its a highly charged nonsense these days . I saw on the twitters people celebrating vax-deniers dying and vax-deniers celebrating vaxxed people dying. It saddened me.
As a student of philosophy, history, economics, and propaganda with an apparently above-average base knowledge of fundamental scientific principles, I am utterly disgusted by the way people are using statistics to avoid rational discourse, and use so many fallacious attacks against people with whom they disagree. Political tribalism has completely displaced scientific investigation, and the media is throwing fuel on the fire instead of presenting the classic who, what, where, when, why, and how for people to discuss matters rationally. Yellow journalism is alive and well.
The people who want the vaccine can get the vaccine. Taxing me to fund its corporate creators is illegitimate regardless of its efficacy and safety. The people who want to try alternative therapies should be free to test their theories publicly. We need honest discussion of trends between similar regional populations under different regulatory burdens and a sound analysis of vaccine efficacy without the constant moving goalposts. We're now 80 weeks into "two weeks to flatten the curve," and the data seems less than conclusive regarding mask mandates and shutdowns.
Astronomers aren't demanding flat-earthers be silenced. They show how their models are wrong, how they verify their own ideas, and what would be necessary to prove them wrong. I get the same vibe from flat earthers and most mask fanatics. The difference is the mask fanatics seem to have the power to censor dissent.