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albroland
7y ago
That's not a great example. There are incredible resources available in LA for medical care and housing support. The people on skid row are electing to not use them, and they cannot be compelled to use them. It's a mental health&#
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7y ago
Could you detail what comparisons you think are unfair? As for sources, if you look in the thread I respond citing WHO, NEJM, KCDC, etc as evidence for my assertions/assumptions.
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7y ago
I'm not sure what I've said that would contradict anything you've suggested. I agree with your question, obviously we should do everything reasonable to contain and curtail a lethal disease. The best way to do that is to add
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7y ago
"Severe case" is clinically defined in the source material on page 12 if you're interested. I'm not sure o2 sat or respiratory rate is particularly meaningful to readers on here so I didn't include it. I'm not
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7y ago
Can you cite some of the worldwide public health community that disagrees with the assertions? All the alarmism I've seen is coming from a media, typically with wildly outdated or incorrect statistics. WHO's clickbait ten tips for
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7y ago
It's not even a matter of being equipped to handle it imo; all signs also point to COVID19 not being as serious as initially thought and far more mild than expected. Administrating the test for it is both expensive, and time consuming,
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This mirrors my experience when I visited: incredibly hospitable, polite, and outgoing people. As a US passport holder with no relation to Iran or Israel, it was easy enough to visit, although you are under the watch of your state-sanctione
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Before the state department banned travel there, it was quite easy as a US passport holder. You apply through a tour company based in China who will handle the arrangements. You show up in Beijing, collect your visa booklet (they don't
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I'm honestly surprised the relatively low percentage of posts that contain what they define as "hate words." Anecdotally, these statistics make YouTube seem worse.