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by mikem170 5y ago
> At that point, we'll have a background level of deaths from endemic Covid every year just like we do the flu. Welcome to the new world. I agree. Just like we do for RSV, other common cold variants, etc. We'll get used to it.
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There's genetic evidence that the Omicron variant evolved in mice: > Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences now report that they have found a pattern of mutations in Omicron that is typical of a virus that has infected mice.
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Not the OP, I think you misunderstand. The idea is that the West is fine with Russia dispatching troops to Kazakhstan. They share a common interest in wanting to keep the oil flowing, and are not so much interested in how Kazakhstan is gove
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by mikem170 5y ago
I agree that interest rates are a factor. But so is the supply/demand curve. Housing supply is regulated by zoning and cannot freely increase with the changing market, and housing demand increased due to many Millennials reaching famil
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It is interesting that nobody discusses the psychology around bringing up the other sides perspective. Why do these discussions tend to be so NOT nuanced or objective? Each side has a different view of the same events, different populations
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Lots of people have narratives preset in their minds. Often supplied by the evening news. That applies to both the U.S. and China. So it's interesting to hear a different perspective, isn't it?
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It appears to be the nature of large governments that they turn into bullies. Pretty much whatever they think they can get away with.
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The title of the current article doesn't change the numbers from South Africa indicating that Omicron puts 80% less people in hospitals than Delta: > Early data from the South African health ministry released last week found that on
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Or do lockdowns just prolong the inevitable?
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Seems some people have a genuine difference in the way they asses their risk. Some people are scared that there have been 800k+ deaths in the U.S. Others say that's only 1 in 400, mostly old and with commodities, and not that big a dea
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What about their algorithm? Facebook decides what to show people. They could show you your friends posts in chronological order, and/or let people have control over what they see. But no, Facebook decides what people see. Therefore the
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Most of those other systems have price controls for everything, like Medicare does in the U.S. The U.S. is different because we allow corporations to lobby/bribe/buy politicians, which most other developed countries consider to be
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Or did they just not run the trials long enough to detect the efficacy dropping?
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That's the way it used to work.
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I'm not sure, especially if everyone's house drops in value in a locality. Services like garbage, police, fire, and schools would still would cost the same, right? So the municipality would need the same amount of money, I'd
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by mikem170 5y ago
Are there jobs nearby? Do most people have far to commute? I imagine that things may have changed a bit over the years, depending how big the development was perhaps it was the catalyst for more development?
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What happens if the values go down along the way? I guess the ups and downs are ok as long as you don't have to sell and can continue to make the payments. And taxes.
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From the linked article: > The viral strains varied from the less virulent HPRS-B14, which killed 60% of unvaccinated birds over 2 mo, to the highly lethal Md5 and 675A, which killed all unvaccinated birds in 10 d I assume this doesn&#x2
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by mikem170 5y ago
Agreed. I'd say that we've tended to be more biased against and dismissive of his viewpoint, though. Primitive. Noble savage. Convert. Re-educate. Exterminate. etc.
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He was commenting based on the culture he lived in at the time and based on their known history, and how different it was than European culture. He made a point that it was much better in many ways. I wouldn't think that the spread of
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by mikem170 5y ago
> I've seen in multiple locales how developers make alliance with the old-timers that don't like rules, and then they push through zoning variances, overrides, or elimination. I'd say this is why we need a system of more u
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by mikem170 5y ago
I'm in a state of flux for the next few months, on the road a lot. But this is a great reminder, something I've thought of getting involved with in the past. Nothing beats people helping people. I wish all of us had more time to d
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> for the most part they didn't leave a written record of what things were like before Europeans and Native Americans interacted. They observed each other. They talked to each other. For quite some time. Kondiaronk [0] was a highly
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Or maybe adopt them into a house, with people who have time to help them acclimate, while they take immigrant/english classes? Doesn't need to be a big production. Don't volunteers already do things like this?
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Perhaps people who think like you, and that would include me, should pool our time and money and sponser immigrants. I wonder if we could. I think doing so would make the world a better place. But I believe it is wrong to force people who d
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by mikem170 5y ago
I agree. Throughout time there have been cultures without the concept of private property. I've been reading recently how hard-hittingly critical Native American commentary on European culture was back in that day, pointing out all the
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Current numbers [0] show 1 in 417 people in the U.S. have died of covid. These fatalities tend to occur to people who are older and/or have other health problems [1]. Many people intuit that this is not the end of the world. Many may
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iIn general I think we have in common a dislike of developers. I'll talk more about that below, and also why I don't like the current system. I do believe we could make changes for the better. > Adding 2x-3x the residents to ex
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(continuation of reply above...) > The problem is that developers DO work by the different golden rule - he who has the gold makes the rules. They are basically growth hackers (and not in a good way). Any hole in the rules they WILL atte
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A lot of people are being punished for this marginal percent you mention.

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