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Doctor: "You should eat a healthy diet and exercise, especially because of your blood pressure readings today." You: "I just ran up the stairs, so that blood p

Doctor: "You should eat a healthy diet and exercise, especially because of your blood pressure readings today." You: "I just ran up the stairs, so that blood pressure reading is junk science." Doctor: "Oh, okay then, yeah, then you are unique in all of mankind that you no longer need to worry about a healthy diet and exercise." It is totally reasonable to ask for the other evidence they used to support mask mandates for kids, yes, for sure. It's not reasonable to even imply mask mandates for kids are junk science. Not yet. Should we continue our dialog with the CDC? Yes. Was the CDC intentionally basing its decisions on Junk Science? No. Was this one study the one that "convinced" the CDC? Some people in this thread (including the author) seem certain it was. I believe their certainty is ridiculous.

lghh 5y ago
Your analogy is not representative of what I posted or what happened in the article. I think we're talking past each other. > It's not reasonable to even imply mask mandates for kids are junk science. Not yet. Nobody did this. I didn't. The posted links didn't. This never happened. Can you point out what you read that made you think this was anyone's point? In fact, the linked article specifically says this isn't the case.
- VikingCoder 5y ago
  > Nobody did this. I am stating my belief that the article headline did exactly that: "The Study That Convinced the CDC To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." That reads to me as click bait, which gives the impression, "Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." I can state that because the headline has the phrase, "Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science" at the end of it, and people are lazy readers. I'm also stating my belief that the author has NO WAY of knowing how many studies the CDC used to convince them to support Mask Mandates in Schools, so it's wildly inappropriate for the author to use the word "THE." They should have instead said "A."
  - lghh 5y ago
    > That reads to me as click bait, which gives the impression, "Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." It strictly does not do that and neither does the article beyond the headline. We'll agree to disagree.
    - VikingCoder 5y ago
      Why are you so certain that no one will get that impression? I even gave you a reason why they would: people are lazy readers. Do you deny that? The phrase at the end of the sentence is what people will pay attention to. Do you deny that? I'm informing you: there are people who will get the wrong impression from that headline. Apparently among them, Facebook Fact Checkers.

lghh 5y ago

Your analogy is not representative of what I posted or what happened in the article. I think we're talking past each other. > It's not reasonable to even imply mask mandates for kids are junk science. Not yet. Nobody did this. I didn't. The posted links didn't. This never happened. Can you point out what you read that made you think this was anyone's point? In fact, the linked article specifically says this isn't the case.

VikingCoder 5y ago
> Nobody did this. I am stating my belief that the article headline did exactly that: "The Study That Convinced the CDC To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." That reads to me as click bait, which gives the impression, "Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." I can state that because the headline has the phrase, "Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science" at the end of it, and people are lazy readers. I'm also stating my belief that the author has NO WAY of knowing how many studies the CDC used to convince them to support Mask Mandates in Schools, so it's wildly inappropriate for the author to use the word "THE." They should have instead said "A."
- lghh 5y ago
  > That reads to me as click bait, which gives the impression, "Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." It strictly does not do that and neither does the article beyond the headline. We'll agree to disagree.
  - VikingCoder 5y ago
    Why are you so certain that no one will get that impression? I even gave you a reason why they would: people are lazy readers. Do you deny that? The phrase at the end of the sentence is what people will pay attention to. Do you deny that? I'm informing you: there are people who will get the wrong impression from that headline. Apparently among them, Facebook Fact Checkers.