spurgu

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   by spurgu 5y ago

   Of course heavy and complete lockdowns are effective (at delaying the spread of the virus) - if no one is in contact with anyone else there's no way for the virus to spread. A more apt comparison would be made between countries/st
2. 362.▲
   by spurgu 5y ago

   > Everybody can make their own decisions, as long as hospitals are good. Wait. "Everyone can make their own decisions"? And those decisions are completely rational, not affected at all by what the media is saying? I would argue
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   by spurgu 5y ago

   If you extend this into making/mending your own clothing, doing your own plumbing, electricity etc., suddenly all your time goes to these "maintenance" tasks. Sure if you're growing food as well on the side so that you c
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   by spurgu 5y ago

   > I mean, it's pretty early to be drawing conclusions about this with omicron. No it's not. Late November was too early. In mid-December we could start drawing conclusions. At this point things are becoming quite clear - we see
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   by spurgu 5y ago

   Which some would see as a partial argument against lockdowns.
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   by spurgu 5y ago

   > Aren't anecdotes fun? Anecdotes was precisely the reason why I posted it. See whom I'm replying to.
7. 367.▲
   by spurgu 5y ago

   Sure, and at some point I might even consider flu shots. So what?
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   by spurgu 5y ago

   I'm sorry about your wife, hope she gets through it fine. It's mainly that you provided a personal anecdote in one direction and I found it prudent to provide one in the other direction - one that echoes everything we've seen
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   by spurgu 5y ago

   Keep up the fear-mongering... I'm healthy, I'm not worried about that at all. Neither am I afraid of drowning while boating.
10. 370.▲
    by spurgu 5y ago

    It's mild for non-vaccinated South Africans as well. The same still applies as always: Vaccinate the risk groups.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    4-5 months..... even against Delta that would've been close to 50% efficacy. With Omicron probably non-existent. Also, see most of South Africa.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Also: - how much/long the media keeps the fear drum pounding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5E8z89c9U
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    If past history is any indicator, then yes.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    I have omicron right now (4-5 months after 2nd jab, so pretty much no effect from that) and it's just like a common cold (certainly wouldn't call it "battling omicron"). I have zero problems with getting this each year
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    I don't know how you managed (or what your sources are) but it looks like pretty much everything you said is untrue.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Yeah, you'd usually say "my friends are alcoholics". Also, there aren't really that many actual alcoholics at 23. Actual alcoholism tends to take years to develop.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Also, talk to your friends. I'm sure a number of them would actually want to do something sober, it's just that things just easily fall into that mode. If you like watersports, suggest doing soemthing like that. Or go to the gun r
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    I think it's a combination of vaccines being tooted as a fix-all solution (still to this day, with Omicron, sigh), while at the same time lacking a thorough actual plan and/but not honest about the uncertainties involved (with a
19. 379.▲
    by spurgu 5y ago

    Antivaxxers are now the rich?
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    I'm laptop all the way, because I do tend to move around (even with Cövïd and mostly staying home I still enjoy moving between rooms, or out on the terrace). Maintaining both a good desktop and a good laptop would be a) a cost issue
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Making people realize that we should all be free to choose?
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Hmm, I don't see anything about M1 support in the release notes linked? Edit: It was announced in an earlier beta[0] but did it actually make it through to stable? [0] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop&#x
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    I believe it when I see it. At least watt for watt I have some serious doubts.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    > Similar reports of what? Of myocarditis in kids (especially boys). This is the pre-print I was thinking of: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.02.21267156v... I have a pre-teen daughter myself an
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Aren't you being the nitpicker here?
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    FYI getting a certificate error there.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    This is brilliant! I completely agree with the premise: > I would frequently be familiar with one part of the source material, but have no way to skip it and only read the parts I was unfamiliar with. This makes for so much cleaner artic
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    There have been similar reports from Ontario and some country I can't recall at the moment.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Author chooses unpopular keyword, writes an article about it, ranks for it within a week. Proceeds to blablabla about SEO. Nothing to see here. Author says as much: ## What To Expect From This Method Expect very little.
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    by spurgu 5y ago

    Does not apply to kids, for example. Specifically when it comes to myocarditis (which is even an issue for <40 apparently): https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/uk-now-reports-myoca...