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by ghoward 5y ago
> Kids 11 and under can’t get vaccinated. Not because its dangerous but because our agency is being extremely thorough. Kids 11 and under are in basically zero danger from COVID. > Oh and masking? That largely prevents spread. by the
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by ghoward 5y ago
It's a false premise because those who would like to get the vaccine, but can't, can voluntarily do things to make sure they don't contract COVID. Instead, they clamor for governments to force people to do something so that t
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by ghoward 5y ago
Actually, it is. Delta is less deadly than the original strain. And even if it wasn't, it would be true in the long run.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Viruses generally mutate to be less deadly, not more. And it is a fair comparison because both were used as excuses by governments for overreach.
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by ghoward 5y ago
I'm saying it could be a responsible decision for the person making the decision. The false premise that we should care about other people's health is annoying at this point. The vaccinated can still spread the virus, so we should
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by ghoward 5y ago
So staying unvaccinated counts as reckless now?
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by ghoward 5y ago
No, I'm saying that electing to not take the vaccine means I have to multiply the probabilities of complications from COVID by the chance I'll get COVID, while if I take the vaccine, I multiply the probabilities of complications f
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by ghoward 5y ago
> Patient zero being the first person who contracted COVID-19? I wasn't aware that they had been identified. They haven't. Neither can we identify with certainty who spread COVID to who. Yet you want to blame the unvaccinated.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Patient zero had reasonable actions they could have done. They could have followed protocols better, so should we still blame them? If I get a vaccine and suffer an adverse reaction, should I receive blame for getting the vaccine? After all
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by ghoward 5y ago
We also hold sober drivers accountable when they cause accidents. Why not vaccinated people when they spread the virus?
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by ghoward 5y ago
Why do we accept mere warnings and labels on everything else, but vaccines are supposed to be mandated? That's a double standard and hypocritical. Let governments keep advertising and let people make their own decisions.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Not GP. You're comparing apples to oranges. If I get into a car accident and you're across town, you're right, that doesn't affect you. Likewise, if I get COVID and you're across town, I can't infect you, so li
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by ghoward 5y ago
> An intact hospital / critical care system. Given that there are many nurses protesting vaccine mandates, it could be that putting such mandates in place will lead to a lot of them quitting, which could make the hospital system le
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by ghoward 5y ago
Nope, I'm not obese. I exercise everyday and eat right. I am a very bad competitor for it, especially since the survivability of COVID is so high. I may not even be eligible; I'd have to check. I don't know what to tell you i
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by ghoward 5y ago
You are right that obese people do not directly affect my health. Neither does my vaccination status directly affect yours because vaccinated people spread the virus too. Obese people do affect my health if they take a hospital bed that I
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by ghoward 5y ago
True, except that there's a 100% chance of risk with taking the vaccine and a much less chance than that of actually getting COVID before it mutates into something less deadly and serious, as all plagues have done.
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by ghoward 5y ago
> They are people who are in constant contact with very vulnerable group. Personal liberty ends where other person's liberty begins. The problem with that argument is that it's disingenuous. Sure, unvaccinated workers could spr
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by ghoward 5y ago
There is no way that we could know whether that's a myth simply because the vaccines have not existed long enough to know for sure.
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by ghoward 5y ago
There are so many confounding variables that they can't make that statement without sounding like they're selling something. Does it matter when people were infected? Does it matter if you got the shot after being infected? Hint:
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by ghoward 5y ago
Contagious? Yes. Deadly? Not really, especially for a novel virus. That's the difference. If we had a plague as bad as the Black Death, then yes, it would be deadly. People will use the death numbers as counter-arguments, yet most deat
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by ghoward 5y ago
That makes sense; there's always a tradeoff. For me, it was a lot of work to switch from Jekyll to Hugo, and for some, that's not worth it.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Yes, do it! Hugo is great because it's fast. [1] Fast software is the best software. [2] (Comments: [3]) Speed is the killer feature. [4] (Comments: [5]) Slow software is an opportunity for competitors. [6] [1]: https://gavi
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by ghoward 5y ago
dc is interesting and genius, but as someone who has written a dc implementation [1], it is still very limited, though the extensions in my implementation make it easier to use. However, as the video said, it is Turing Complete [2], and y
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by ghoward 5y ago
Once again, Daniel has great points. I would just like to add a few: * When documenting API’s, make sure to document preconditions and postconditions, as well an invariants. * Make sure to document guarantees and non-guarantees. Guarantees
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by ghoward 5y ago
To learn some of the answers to those questions, may I suggest you start with a particular YouTube video [1] (and its sequel [2]) and the book that inspired them [3]? [1]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs [2]: https
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by ghoward 5y ago
I thought I would reply to myself and admit that I read the quote wrong. The quote is correct.
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by ghoward 5y ago
> It has become a point of doctrine among many programmers that the best way to prevent application bugs is strict type enforcement. But I find no evidence in support of this. I am a fan of the SQLite authors for pioneering heavy-duty en
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by ghoward 5y ago
I think you are correct, but I didn't want to claim that since I only have experience in one school district, and the experience was very short.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Yeah, we were told that, and I do know that. But...the irrational part of me still had anxiety about it. And we were trained about how to evacuate the kids, which we were supposed to do only in two cases: stuck on railroad tracks and fire.
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by ghoward 5y ago
Those are all great questions. There is almost never an "overage" because there is a driver assigned per route, but they also have a bunch of sub drivers who get paid to show up, wait, and maybe take a route whose driver didn&#x27

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