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by corin_ 6y ago
You're ignoring the fact that this is despite huge restrictions around the world to limit its spread, if approached the same way as TB it would do insanely more harm.
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by corin_ 6y ago
I don't know if it would affect Pepsi's or McDonald's sales, but it would likely affect somebody's career at their marketing agency (not in a good way).
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by corin_ 6y ago
No that's not it. UK is getting this vaccine first because MHRA approved it before EMA did (and any EU country is allowed to use this shortcut that MHRA is so far the only one to have used), not because we have a deal to get it first.
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by corin_ 6y ago
> Even when people in the UK should be celebrating, as literally the first country in the world to develop an approved C19 vaccine in record breaking time The UK has one of the first (Oxford/AstraZenica), but this news about the f
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by corin_ 6y ago
These Covid ones aren't the first that have been tested and shown safe in humans, but I believe they will be the first to be approved for release.
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by corin_ 6y ago
I suppose it's just less likely to be misunderstood among people who 8 months ago had never heard of the concept of "R" (or "the R number", or "c" probably) - especially in a language that people hearing &
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by corin_ 6y ago
A zebra crossing is a specific type of pedestrian crossing with specific rules different to those of other types. It needs a non-generic name (and look) so people understand how it works. Sure you could change your suggestion to something l
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by corin_ 6y ago
No the flashing balls go with zebra crossings, pelicans use actual traffic lights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_crossing
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by corin_ 6y ago
You can never guarantee that in the future we won't realise an existing consensus won't be shown to be flawed, but without the benefit of hindsight is there any option more consistently reliable than following healthcare professio
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by corin_ 6y ago
Is it really new? Some news about tweets is justified - for example the president of the US has at times announced policies on Twitter first. It's a modern equivalent of making an brief announcement to the press or sending out a very s
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by corin_ 6y ago
Personally, I wouldn't include Mother Teresa in a list of examples of people who deserved it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
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by corin_ 6y ago
Does the patient need to know which drug is being tested? "You'll be given either a psychedelic or a stimulent, followed by x testing" - then knowing which drug you're getting doesn't mean you know if you're in
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by corin_ 6y ago
If all participants have never tried psychedelics, maybe it could be tested against a non-psychedelic psychoactive drug so both groups would feel something?
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by corin_ 6y ago
> I feel like even a child knows that a dinosaur is a reconstruction. How could it be anything else? They don't exist today. It's possible to see recreations of extinct animals that humans have overlapped with enough to write
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by corin_ 6y ago
Let's try to improve things rather than say "they're successful so who cares"?
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by corin_ 6y ago
There's just a huge amount of evidence from a large number of solid sources, and I guess the reason people downvoted without replying is that unless you're really incapable of very basic googling you could be trolling. If sincere,
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by corin_ 6y ago
Interesting, thanks for sharing! But actually that wiki page says the judgement regarding "coming to the nuisance" was based on precedent set by a different case almost 100 years earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by corin_ 6y ago
I'm not familiar with the American tax system, but couldn't they just not claim that charitable donation when filing their tax returns? Surely it's not illegal not to tell the IRS about a charitable donation you made, and the
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by corin_ 6y ago
But the question is also: which college? It's a fine view that nobody should be denied great education, but if an entire country's annual cohort of high school diploma recipients all applies to the public college considered to be
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by corin_ 6y ago
It could be because: a) It's not uncommon these days for the term "Marxism" to be used as a brush to paint anyone "too left wing" (despite not being close to actual Marxists) b) "Cultural Marxism" has beco
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by corin_ 6y ago
I'm curious - here in England, calling a person or a group of people "backward" would be rude/demeaning. Is that different in India, or is it a case or mixed wires in translating terms to English? Or do the people being
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by corin_ 6y ago
Vaguely speaking I agree, but it's not really that simple. Should reporting about crime be fine if you need to illegally access a document that proves the crime happened? What if to get the info you need to murder many people, should t
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by corin_ 6y ago
I completely agree that he shouldn't be detained inhumanely, but if he's a flight risk it's right that he should be detained until the court rules on extradition. What should change is the inhumaine bit. (And I also agree tha
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by corin_ 6y ago
Don't know if you get reply notifications, but I forgot to reply the other day saying thanks for this comment. I'm looking forward to reading more on the subject!
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by corin_ 6y ago
While I don't think it ought to have been as long as it has been, it's worth noting that a) He has previously fled to take asylum in a foreign embassy to avoid arrest, so it's understandable why bail wouldn't be granted
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by corin_ 6y ago
I've not read her book (though it's going on my list), but the second citation in your first comment suggests that it's just on the research side that they should abandon current classifications, but that the DSM definitions
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by corin_ 6y ago
The purpose of buying call options is to to make a profit. It's hard to imagine that buying them and doing nothing other than buying them could be considered illegal. That's not manipulating the system any more than Buffet manipul
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by corin_ 6y ago
For communicating internationally, it's much easier to think "it's 10am there, what does that mean in terms of whether this person I know is likely to be asleep/working/etc" than to think "it's 10pm h
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by corin_ 6y ago
While I don't disagree in general, worth pointing out for anyone who hasn't used Twitter "threads" that you can now write all your threaded tweets before posting the first one - so it's not quite as bad as when yo
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by corin_ 6y ago
Thanks for the extra examples! I know far too little to judge around Japanese culture myself, so interesting to read :)

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