I'm sorry to hear about your father, but Cannoli's point stands: the terrible result of car accidents is not a good reason to close the roads.
38,000 dead in 2019, 4.4 million injured badly enough to need hospitalization.
Or let's take heart disease - 1 in 4 Americans dies of heart disease every year. That's 25% of all deaths. Is that reason to ban red meat, or force people to exercise?
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The China Flu isn't nearly as bad as they are making it out to be
11/12/2020 08:54:20 PM
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Co-morbidities are not just pre-existing conditions
11/12/2020 10:08:18 PM
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I don't get how people can minimize the threat after north Italy. *NM*
12/12/2020 07:40:11 PM
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Because North Italy has an incredibly high population of the extremely elderly? *NM*
16/12/2020 03:54:41 AM
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For the overwhelming majority (>99%) coronavirus is going to be an inconvenience
12/12/2020 03:46:06 AM
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That is an exaggeration
12/12/2020 08:18:39 AM
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Nope
13/12/2020 01:22:48 AM
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I did account for that
13/12/2020 07:04:01 AM
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Mortality is around 0.6%
14/12/2020 03:19:46 PM
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I simply calculated
15/12/2020 07:05:19 AM
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Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
12/12/2020 05:51:37 AM
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On restrictions...
12/12/2020 06:21:16 PM
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Re: On restrictions...
15/12/2020 08:50:38 AM
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Re: On restrictions...
16/12/2020 04:24:08 AM
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Why is it a false choice ? Isn't lockdown exactly that ? I know the US had some lockdowns *NM*
16/12/2020 07:34:30 AM
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Calling someone a pussy implies there is no irrevocable change.
12/12/2020 08:23:22 PM
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A tragedy
12/12/2020 10:25:17 PM
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Cannoli your metaphor is not very apt
12/12/2020 10:54:18 PM
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How is the metaphor not apt?
16/12/2020 03:58:52 AM
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If I could attempt to steel-man this argument...
17/12/2020 07:23:03 PM
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