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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
From the the Lecturer's original op-ed, linked in the NYTimes article: "MFE would involve universities investing in education projects in neighborhoods where public education is failing to help children from those areas compete.&q
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Yes, at least the companies that run clinical trials are not the same companies making the drugs. They won’t get paid more if a drug is successful. Random influencers on the internet have a direct financial interest in getting people to do
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>In Vitro is a good sign that it may also be effective in vivo My understanding is that the In Vitro study required massive dosages of Ivermectin to achieve the reported tissue concentration and antiviral effect. That's why clinical
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Let's look at it another way just for fun. 40,689 Floridians over age 65 have died of COVID [1]. If Florida had the same % of over 65 residents as California does (14.3%) [2], we would expect to see 28,245 >age 65 deaths in Florida.
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
The creators of Ivermectin won the Nobel for its applications in treating parasites, not COVID-19. The Caly et al paper you cite is based on a cell culture (in vitro) experiment, not a clinical trial. No human subjects were tested, and subs
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
The data on elderly populations is taken from an article that you originally shared [1]. Perhaps you did not read it, or do not believe your own data, but it clearly states that Florida, Texas and California have the largest elderly populat
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
> Maybe herd immunity is exponential? Oh wait it is!!!! Ok, so why does Texas have a higher death rate than California? They have a younger average population, lots of elderly people and basically zero covid restrictions since day 1. Sho
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>False To quote the article you shared above: "About 52 million Americans are age 65 or older, according to the Census Bureau’s 2018 population estimates. One quarter of these older Americans live in one of three states: California,
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
> Florida has the second highest per Capita number of old people in the country This isn’t a great excuse for Florida’s death rate. Maine has the highest per capita elderly population in the US and the 3rd lowest COVID death rate. Sure i
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Right, the Ivermectin crowd is totally data driven
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
> But why are new cases so low As common sense would dictate, it’s because enough people have either gotten delta or gotten the vaccine. Florida had the highest per capita death rate during Delta. Hard to see how their approach was a suc
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
I don’t understand what point you’re trying to make. Florida had more than double the per capita deaths than California during the delta wave. It also has lower vaccination rates.
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
I never understand why people try to make this point. It’s pretty obvious covid comes in waves. Florida is now on the downswing of the delta wave. At its peak it had more than twice deaths per capita than California (arguably the most restr
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>those in power are obliged to accept all arguments on their individual merits. Ok, so if you accept that those in power can address arguments on their individual merits, then what is the problem with a private company (youtube, NYtimes
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
You’ve not addressed my point. If we are going to penalize one side for failing to engage in a good faith debate 100% of the time, we should hold the other side to the same standard as well.
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
That is effectively what is being proposed by OP. The pro-vaxx side should 'take the high road' 100% of the time and only engage in good faith debate. Speak the truth loudly and proudly, but don't you dare criticize those who
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
> Wrong lesson, you just need to be better sources of information. Ah yes, the Joe Rogan angle: the only way to fight misinformation is to speak the truth louder and more convincingly. How exactly can one have a good faith debate on say,
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>You are putting a lot of stock into a PR piece... No, I believe that absent contrary evidence, the simplest explanation is usually the most likely. I've seen virtually every other US carrier experience a cascading failure due to w
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
The Union denies it was an official or unofficial action. Both the pilots union and SWA management also confirm there was not an unusually high number of sick calls. Again, what incentive would they have to lie? Further why would a generall
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Again, the article clearly addresses this. What is the incentive for both Southwest management and the Pilot's Union to lie? “Flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday afternoon due to widespread severe weather, m
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
It was not a sick out. The article clearly states: “The sick call rate over the weekend was no different than it has been since June and the pilots actually picked up open flying as well,” Amy Robinson, a spokesperson for SWAPA, told TPG on
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>Weather in Florida impacted flights in Las Vegas and San Diego? The article addresses this point. Up to 50% of Southwest's lines pass through Florida: “The big issue is that Florida is roughly 15% of our trips, but on any given day
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
It was not a sick out. The article clearly states: “The sick call rate over the weekend was no different than it has been since June and the pilots actually picked up open flying as well,” Amy Robinson, a spokesperson for SWAPA, told TPG on
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
The article says the head of the pilot's association denied it was a protest against COVID vaccine mandates.
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
The article also says the head of the pilot's association denied it was a protest against vaccine mandates. Why would they lie?
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
You aren't really answering my question. Despite Youtube removing misinformation, anti-vaxxers have loudly and repeatedly 'made their point.' The marketplace of ideas is alive and well. It's hard to have an open and hone
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
OP’s point was that the argument in favor of vaccines needs to be made more convincingly. What does that actually mean? How could the information be presented more convincingly?
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
>Get better at defending your beliefs in the marketplace of ideas. This is sort of the Joe Rogan argument: fight misinformation by talking louder and more convincingly. I am legitimately curious, in what way could the pro-vaccine communi
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Hyperbole how? Climate change denial contributes to inaction, which causes harm.
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by jasonlaramburu 5y ago
Some would say denying anthropogenic climate change is akin to shouting ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre.

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