landemva

41 ms·

571.
by landemva 4y ago
I just read this January 2023 article by a person with last name Fauci that claims coronaviruses have never been controlled by vaccines. More communication problems or admission of mistakes? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
572.
by landemva 4y ago
PCR test amplifies whatever was swabbed, usually from the nose (an air filter). A positive result does not prove there is an infection.
573.
by landemva 4y ago
> heroin over the counter, there was nobody gatekeeping I wasn't there, though I have learned that generally the local pharmacy would do the gate-keeping. Now the local pharmacy does what the computer says to do based on whatever re
574.
by landemva 4y ago
Mismanagement and lack of accountability by firing people, and safetyism that is dangerous. For purpose of communication, FAA is embedded with NORAD. In this example from 2022, NORAD said no worries about a missile test 1/2 way around
575.
by landemva 4y ago
> The costs are hard to calculate Costs are exposed through life-threatening accidents. Even FAA new plane certifications are outsourced to the plane makers (737MAX). > for the decision makers of our society Individuals have refused t
576.
by landemva 4y ago
I would be interested in reading the FOIA responses. Maybe you can redact your mail address and post on some doc share site. Crowd-sourced open government helps others, also.
577.
by landemva 4y ago
> Suppose that some Russian rival Putin's rivals make Putin look soft. If they do take power, they will end the conflict quickly and definitively.
578.
by landemva 4y ago
Carter basically stopped the nuclear energy industry by prohibiting reprocessing of used fuel. Without disposal or reprocessing, where does it go? https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction&#
579.
by landemva 4y ago
Walking, hiking, paddle boarding, skiing, biking on recreation paths all have existed for years. People can choose to do activities that have normal social interaction. Or not. Don't blame a particular economic system. Life has choices
580.
by landemva 4y ago
Does USA benefit from fighting multiple fronts concurrently: Russia, China, maybe Iran. The Ukraine conflict could be over in a week, but governments thrive on conflicts. 'German chancellor Angela Merkel said that the Minsk agreements
581.
by landemva 4y ago
> What the hell was Xi thinking? Pelosi visited Taiwan before last Chinese elections which ensured Xi would win. If it's meant to be, better for Xi to have USA attempt to fight multiple fronts concurrently.
582.
by landemva 4y ago
McCarthy like Pelosi looks to visit Taiwan because of playground pride. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-30/china-urg... USA is being baited into war on multiple fronts.
583.
by landemva 4y ago
> they [police] dropped the charges. Are you sure the police dropped the charges? Usually criminal charges are brought by a prosecuting attorney, not police.
584.
by landemva 4y ago
Same with judges and court clerks. 'Because government'.
585.
by landemva 4y ago
Practically speaking there is no effective recourse. For things to change, need USSC to remove the qualified immunity doctrine which USSC basically created on their own in 1970s. State law could put in a few fixes, but generally few people
586.
by landemva 4y ago
Do you have neighbors in USA who will walk three miles to the grocery store? USA is ridiculously obese, so those walks would be good in many ways.
587.
by landemva 4y ago
The covid shots were quickly rolled out because of the emergency use authorizations which exempt the manufacturers and providers from safety regulations and liability. It's not a fair market when a favored industry can provide products
588.
by landemva 4y ago
The gcp, google cloud, data center choices with the green leaves give users the ability to claim to use green datacenters, so the green washing helps with the marketing.
589.
by landemva 4y ago
> The proper path forward IMO is capturing externalities so they can be incorporated into the existing economic framework. I totally agree! No way China should be able to have price advantages due to lack of manufacturing pollution contr
590.
by landemva 4y ago
> the pointless burning of fossil fuels didn't satisfy any human need. That sentence would have a different meaning if the conclusitory (looking for real word here) word "pointless" was not there. Abundant reliable on-dema
591.
by landemva 4y ago
Good point; maybe this is the least effort way for C level to do something without doing hard work. We will see over next couple years how attrition works out.
592.
by landemva 4y ago
Or Intel has found cover from other tech shops to 'do the necessary' and prune the dead wood. It's about time the C level began to look at employee performance and contribution to profits or losses.
593.
by landemva 4y ago
Nobody who wants to succeed would bother going through TSA. 'Known Crew Member' goes around TSA. Even TSA goes around TSA since they added the shiny metal badge on their shirts in 2008. Airport vendors bring in tons of product eve
594.
by landemva 4y ago
The new lux is private charter flight.
595.
by landemva 4y ago
> there is a definitive difference in likelihood of injury/death Which age groups do you want to discuss?
596.
by landemva 4y ago
FDA continues to re-issue EUA, first issued under Trump, which shields liability and allows use without long-term studies of effectiveness. Scroll down this URL and read some of the EUAs. https://www.fda.gov/emergency-prepar
597.
by landemva 4y ago
I flew in mid-90s with no ID on tickets booked in name of office manager. Can still fly in USA without ID. The checkpoint "agents" have you sign a special form. Last summer I "Scotch" taped the crap out of the barcode an
598.
by landemva 4y ago
> Chief Legal Officer Since around 2008 I notice everyone is an officer. There was a specific meaning of officer, and now it is big-shot-ism.
599.
by landemva 4y ago
> there is a definitive difference in likelihood of injury/death between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated I have looked at a lot of data for children and haven't seen that. It seems children's deaths are mostly unaffect
600.
by landemva 4y ago
> got Covid very early in 2020 Was that determined by a blood test for developed antibodies, or by swabbing around and amplifying whatever was picked up?

More ›