joshuahughes

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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"stock up and stay home while the virus dies off" Given the existence of animal reservoirs, short-lived immunity, asymptomatic carriers, continued transmission after vaccination, and the genetic instability of SARS-CoV-2, this see
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Incredibly disappointing to see foxhop's comments flagged and dead, while pickledhotdog's snark lives on. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html is worth a read. "Don't be snarky." "P
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
I'm a very similar anecdote. Yes, covid sucked, but it was a mild 48hr illness in my experience. (And in the experience of dozens of my friends.) It's quite incredible that the GP can complain on the one hand about "the pure
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Absolutely. I wouldn't dream of expecting anyone to do anything "at our say so", be that in-person teaching, vaccine-taking, mask-wearing, close proximity in social situations... But this thread started with the observation t
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"I lost my sense of smell and got it back way after my quarantine ended, like months after. Plus there’s a mental fog that lifted a long time later." I've had exactly the same, and still haven't got my taste or smell bac
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Don't kid yourself. Children are suggestible and easily manipulated by adults on BOTH extremes of this polarising argument.
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"Natural immunity is just as temporary as vaccine immunity, give or take a few months." Citations needed for that claim. Based on the articles below, natural immunity seems to be vastly longer lasting... Lasting immunity found aft
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
This reads like a lot of mental gymnastics attempting to excuse the inexcusable. You argue that blocking debate is a righteous act because the theory's "very existence harms public health". I'd counter that the gagging o
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Haven’t seen anything online about this. Do you have a source please?
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
How is this in any way related to the OP's post about lifespan?
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Your earlier comment: "Part of the benefit of vaccination is that it prevents spread..." This comment: "The fact it continues to spread..." You can't have both. Which is it?
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"it would just appear out of the blue and kill you" I've had it and it didn't kill me. It also hasn't killed my wife, my kids, and the ~20 friends I know who have had it. If you want data rather than anecdotes... th
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"The question is will these negative behaviors persist" If governments keep tightening the thumbscrews, they most certainly will. People are being stretched to breaking point around the globe... https://www.reuters.com&
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
“Everyone was out horsing around, shopping, dining out, ignoring the mandates, and there was zero enforcement. Everything was half assed and even the politicians were flouting the rules. All talk and no action.” That’s because everyone can
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
“Covid is a scary, scary disease. Deadly, highly contagious even before symptoms…” Getting really tired of hearing this. To a HEALTHY human, it’s like a bad cold. Me and my family have had it in the last month and confirmed with tests so I
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
So... your solution is to force every child to suffer equally in the same disadvantaged position??
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Understandable but disappointing that there's no sound. I filled the silence with a 'hurricane wind' track from Spotify, because I'm sad like that... https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p7ZN5APoqPzF2YS
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
14 comments in 14hrs. For comparison, a post about TikTokers trading stocks has 168 comments in the same time. I find it incredible that this bombshell hasn't elicited more of a response. Too uncomfortable a subject to discuss perhaps?
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"There is more to living than not dying."
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
When the alternative is invasive, Orwellian monitoring and inhumane enforcement by an authoritarian state, I'll take 40% compliance every time. Remember... governments NEVER give up these powers readily.
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"It’s a bit different. The State Governments are enacting health measures that only have any authority under temporary declared state of emergency, and immediately cease as soon as that expires (they have had to be extended a bit).&quo
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
As mad as they might seem, this is precisely why those protesters have been on the streets - because the slippery slope is all too real. Allow your government a little taste of authoritarianism and they’ll want more.
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
I know it’s comforting to imagine that anyone who says something that you don’t like is just a troll, but I’m not here to lie, distort reality, or say things without proof. Both cases were clearly proven, but what does that matter when you
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"it's incredibly harmless" The two healthy middle-aged people I know who have died within 24hrs of vaccination would beg to differ.
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
But how is this different from previously? Flu, common cold, various other viruses... all present a similar threat to that from covid and spread as easily. What has changed with covid to create so much additional fear and the subsequent aut
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"just get vaccinated and not worry about getting fired" The word 'just' must be one of the most heavily used words of the last 18 months. The problem is that 'just' is the start of a slippery slope. Governments
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
> some unvaccinated idiot won himself a trip to the ICU Don't know what it's like over in the US, but here in the UK 'the vaccinated' aren't some tiny percentage of hospitalisations. Actually, they're curren
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
"In the UK, the lower middle class are (to generalise) materially well-off; they own their own homes, they have a couple of cars, they have large televisions, one partner does not have to work, etc." I'm glad you added "
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Sounds uncomfortably like coercion...
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by joshuahughes 5y ago
Presumably no sugar being the primary factor. No carbs too?

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