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by timr 1y ago
Malaria is not a virus. It's caused by a eukaryotic microorganism.
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by timr 1y ago
Please stop making this comparison. There's a clear reason why chickenpox can re-emerge as shingles later in life - herpesvirus maintains a circular chromosome within the nerve cells. It's a known feature of the virus family, and
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by timr 1y ago
> I have only watched this from afar (Sweden), but it seems weird that the people that are the loudest about their outrage are the same people that mocked Nancy Pelosi after the attack on her husband (she wasn't at home). I don&#x27
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by timr 1y ago
I think I agree on the high points. The gleeful reaction from a large portion of the left is disgusting, and though I have very little politically in common with Kirk, this feels like a moment where "the left" finally, definitivel
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Je Suis Charlie(thefp.com)
17 points by timr 1y ago|15 comments
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by timr 1y ago
> I'm not sure why you think there is no price transparency in the US. I know exactly how much I was billed and how much my insurance paid. Go to the grocery store. There are no prices posted, you just take your cart to the register
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We are in the cancel culture part of the tragedy cycle(thefire.org)
5 points by timr 1y ago|3 comments
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by timr 1y ago
> If I get a bill for $300 for a pediatrician appointment, I know what the next one is likely to cost, yes? No. The next one could be more, it could be less. There could be other fees. You have no idea, because there is no price transpa
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by timr 1y ago
> Any sort of repair is inherently unpredictable, and healthcare especially so. There are certainly acute situations that are unpredictable -- go to the ER with a gunshot wound, and nobody can tell you what it's going to cost. Tha
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by timr 1y ago
> Much of the rest of the developed world doesn't ever even see a dollar amount. Well, as long as you're just making stuff up, I don't see how I can possibly argue with you. Actually, I do: "Paying the bill you get, a
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by timr 1y ago
> It's also weird to think that someone with a rare, degenerative illness should have to evaluate whether their quality or length of life is "worth" the money that a specific specialist will cost. Except...you absolutely s
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by timr 1y ago
Well, you're making a a series of logical fallacies (are we talking about the UK, specifically, or an unspecified constellation of "places like" they UK, so that you can avoid the false dichotomy?), but my general rebuttal wo
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by timr 1y ago
OK. So...you were presented a number, but you can't depend on the number, and therefore my question stands: how do you shop for a cheaper option?
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by timr 1y ago
He said he was presented a price. That price was not correct, so...it wasn't the price.
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by timr 1y ago
You're describing a scenario where you bought the product without knowing the price, and were shocked by the additional bill(s) you got after the fact. At what point in your story were you able to comparison shop for a cheaper option?
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by timr 1y ago
> From where I sit, the US, which has an unusually high exposure to the real costs of healthcare among peer states, also has the highest cost of healthcare. That sort of goes directly against what you are saying The US has the highest co
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by timr 1y ago
They buried the lede: > "What's missing in health care is: It's not a traditional free market. You don't have those competitive forces" Blaming insurers and drug companies is fashionable -- and employers is a new
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by timr 1y ago
Don't misunderstand me: I enjoy a drink now and again, but it's obviously silly to be obsessing about PFAS in beer when the alcohol is the definitive risk to your health, with a double underscore. That said, as long as you aren&
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by timr 1y ago
If you're going to worry about beer, worry about the alcohol, which is unquestionably toxic and carcinogenic. This study is almost like an intentional parody of people who miss the forest for the trees: "lead poisoning a leadin
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by timr 1y ago
You don't need reverse osmosis to filter out PFAS -- activated carbon will do it.
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by timr 1y ago
> I don't know much about forever chemicals. Is there the same level of evidence as we had for lead? No. We have observational data in humans (which is problematic for drawing conclusions, since PFAS contamination tends to correlate
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by timr 1y ago
Are you talking about the one in Kitanomaru park, or the Miraikan, on Daiba? The Miraikan, in particular, is a fantastic science museum. I think it suffers a bit from what the OP is describing -- and also, a lack of English -- but for the
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by timr 1y ago
> If you’re bringing up myocarditis facts, then don’t omit a key fact: Actual covid increased the chances of myocarditis by seven times the two-dose regiment of the mRNA vaccine: 82% vs 12%. I do agree a legitimate debate can be had, but
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by timr 1y ago
OK. It's the only published list, linked directly from the source you keep citing, and obviously definitive for the last guy who had the job, but whatever you say. EDIT: and finally, finally , here's the public job listing for
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by timr 1y ago
I literally went to the source, and the job isn't in there.
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by timr 1y ago
Look, I'm tired of arguing about this, but since you're basically just appealing to authority (a wikipedia article), you should know that the one line you're quoting is actually not supported by the document that it cites [1,
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by timr 1y ago
I don't know YouTube's content review policies, and neither of us know the details of this case, but that is consistent with what they do when someone is a obvious repeat offender. You can't just say "simply not true&quo
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by timr 1y ago
> Why didn't you apply this level of analysis to the parent claim (without evidence) that 'Prasad is a bay area liberal' I posted evidence: there was a Wall-Street Journal editorial calling Prasad a liberal . He was attac
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by timr 1y ago
You have spent a lot of words arguing about anything other than the core point: the fact that Prasad was hired into Marks' old position does not suddenly make the position "political". Marks resigned, Prasad was hired. Same p
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by timr 1y ago
Yes, yes...and the "mission" of my uploading all 374 seasons of South Park to YouTube in 5 minute clips was to preserve history -- to record what Cartman said for posterity. It's one of the oldest dodges of copyright law ther

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