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“And 98% of Americans said they would not try to inject themselves with bleach or other disinfectants if they got the coronavirus, including 98% of Democrats an

“And 98% of Americans said they would not try to inject themselves with bleach or other disinfectants if they got the coronavirus, including 98% of Democrats and 98% of Republicans. That is a near-unanimous rejection of an idea that Trump floated at a time of widespread anxiety about the virus.” Why is that 2% haven’t been eliminated by evolution.

krallja 6y ago
One problem with polling is that people answer contrary to their own actual beliefs. They didn’t hear the question right, or they misspoke and are too embarrassed to correct it, or they’re trolling the pollster.
- Gibbon1 6y ago
  Yeah it's like the false positives that plague attempts to measure rates of covid19. If you ask about briefs vs boxers the errors cancel. Run with scissors yay or nay, it doesn't.
mindslight 6y ago
It's worth pointing out that it is this article itself that is equating "injecting bleach" with "idea that Trump floated". He did not actually say to inject bleach. So did the 2% hear the question wrong, answer on expected party lines, would approve of a doctor doing it, partisan trolling, or who knows? FWIW I think what Trump actually did say demonstrates a gross misunderstanding of basic physical knowledge and common sense, typical of empty headed business types. And while another mentally incompetent person could take his words as inspiration to inject themselves with disinfectants, he didn't literally promote this. It doesn't serve truth to exaggerate that he did. (The terrifying thought is that this kerfuffle was actually a product of him trying to operate in an open minded brainstorming mode. It's not actually a result of him acting stupidly, but rather a product of him trying to be the smartest he can be)
downshun 6y ago
> eliminated by evolution You mean natural selection, and it doesn't select towards perfection https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_32 https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_32 Great news: it means you're part of the select 2% by some other measure! Good job.
yellowapple 6y ago
What's interesting to me is that a whole 2% of Democrats are willing to inject themselves with household cleaners, too. I.E. that the number of people who think "this just might work!" is consistent across party lines.
selimthegrim 6y ago
These are probably somewhere holed up with the mysterious black David Duke supporters in polls.

krallja 6y ago

One problem with polling is that people answer contrary to their own actual beliefs. They didn’t hear the question right, or they misspoke and are too embarrassed to correct it, or they’re trolling the pollster.

Gibbon1 6y ago
Yeah it's like the false positives that plague attempts to measure rates of covid19. If you ask about briefs vs boxers the errors cancel. Run with scissors yay or nay, it doesn't.

mindslight 6y ago

It's worth pointing out that it is this article itself that is equating "injecting bleach" with "idea that Trump floated". He did not actually say to inject bleach. So did the 2% hear the question wrong, answer on expected party lines, would approve of a doctor doing it, partisan trolling, or who knows? FWIW I think what Trump actually did say demonstrates a gross misunderstanding of basic physical knowledge and common sense, typical of empty headed business types. And while another mentally incompetent person could take his words as inspiration to inject themselves with disinfectants, he didn't literally promote this. It doesn't serve truth to exaggerate that he did. (The terrifying thought is that this kerfuffle was actually a product of him trying to operate in an open minded brainstorming mode. It's not actually a result of him acting stupidly, but rather a product of him trying to be the smartest he can be)

downshun 6y ago

> eliminated by evolution You mean natural selection, and it doesn't select towards perfection https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_32 https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_32 Great news: it means you're part of the select 2% by some other measure! Good job.

yellowapple 6y ago

What's interesting to me is that a whole 2% of Democrats are willing to inject themselves with household cleaners, too. I.E. that the number of people who think "this just might work!" is consistent across party lines.

selimthegrim 6y ago

These are probably somewhere holed up with the mysterious black David Duke supporters in polls.