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tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

It is particularly true. And too many armchair academics are painting HCQ in a bad light when it is an immensely important and safe drug.

> Medicine also isn't in the "we recommend it because there aren't many reasons against it" business.

I'm not arguing with this. Who cares.

Doctors still recommend it, it still works and doctors still use it themselves.

tertiuson California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 days a year in the state

I see. Sorry I didn't complete the idea when "owning wealth" was used. I own money in a bank account. But I see now what he/she meant.

tertiuson California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 days a year in the state

How so?

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

His reason for recommending not wearing masks was "to save PPE capacity for frontline medical workers". Not any of reasons he gave at the time.

This is a definition of ulterior motive.

I'm not making a judgement whether he was right/wrong by giving that advice (which the WHO did as well for the same reasons). Just pointing out that he did lie.

I personally don't like being lied to by people that represent a lot of power (doesn't matter what they're motives are. Lying is used to deceive for ulterior motives). That is just an indicator that I can't trust public facing scientists because the truth is not a priority, rather only the outcome that they desire (whether personally or as a group.) But that's not new.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-dire...

Discussion: https://youtu.be/_2MmX2U2V3c

He did lie. He gave advice with ulterior motives.

tertiuson FDA grants authorization to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

PCR positive doesn't mean infected.

You'll need an high amount in PCR, i.e. low cycle threshold for the probability to be high.

Antigen tests will show if there was/is an infection.

PCR does not show infection only presence. (WHO has now put out guidance about this. They don't have to it's well known.)

If you're European this may be strange to you but I'm the U.S. we don't receive the cycle count when the RNA for the virus is detected.

Here's Fauci talking about it a little: https://youtu.be/a_Vy6fgaBPE&t=4m30s

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

Nope, but for masks, overwhelming evidence exists prior to 2020.

Just because you don't understand how this virus spreads does not mean that we need a new trial before we can make a recommendation.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

HCQ is a very safe medicine.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

Masks and the way this virus spreads isn't new.

New medicines, requiring trials are novel.

Golden eggs and apples shouldn't be compared.

What new data has finally come in that has shown that masks do not slow the spread or that they do? And new we have guidance?

The problem here is that the medical community, when they have skin in the game wear and recommended masks, from day 1.

Again, the virus is novel, how it spreads is not.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

Here: https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-dire...

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

No, scarfs don't work.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

Yes, except Fauci was against masks because of fake science, I mean because of supply. I.e He lied. (And has admitted it was because of supply).

https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-dire...

And most anti-maskers are against it because of government overreach. Unrelated to science.

A third party has emerged. The "we'll believe and parrot anything because it's what we're told".

They act in the following realm (whether they are aware or not): Cotton/cloth masks don't work. But it qualifies as a mask so checkbox! Moral superiority is on my side whether science is or not doesn't matter.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

PPE was recommended for people dealing with Covid positive.

Fauci lied (and admitted to it) that masks weren't effective and suggested that the average person should not wear them.

To be fair, I heard the whole medical community here (I'm in one of the largest medical centers in the world) laugh and scoff at normal people wearing masks (because they weren't trained and it isn't effective).

And now we have no N95 for the general public and idiotic cloth masks (that don't work).

So it turns out they weren't far off I their scoffing... But for the wrong reasons.

Now we see them (and other anto-science) normals flip and ignore the data on bad masks. "Something is better than nothing". False sense of security and just more lies and moral superiority.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

We have immense testing capacity in the U.S. where's the lack?

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

The CDC is not the man on the street. The man on the street can distrust an institution that suggests something unscientific when they are requesting trust from the public.

Doesn't matter if said man on the street thinks the earth is flat, has a mental disorder or likes tennis more than soccer.

An institution should not be judged on the merits of the people judging them.

Also, people not wanting the government to force them what to do with their bodies is not quite the same as them not believing that there is a health risk when not wearing masks. Stop conflating the two. Engage the argument instead of the strawmen (or don't, but be honest about it.)

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

I am appalled that he lied and owned up to it later.

But from his perspective (and it may have been not just his choice) what were the alternatives if his goal was to preserve frontline medical workers? (Regardless if this policy actually saved anyone).

I can see why it was done and at the same time feel lied to and that that is wrong.

tertiuson New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’

As a kid I couldn't see the political motivations and BS the media was peddling. Rose-tinted corneas slowly fading over time the more I could argue and see nuance.

tertiuson FDA grants authorization to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

If they haven't been proven to be infected why should it matter?

tertiuson Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’

I think this depends on the field. If you're working 5+ years at a postdoc earning no money that time would have probably been better spent in industry.

tertiuson The black market in stolen antiquities on Facebook

This hurts buyers not sellers.

tertiuson Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews

And I agree with you that it's the right thing to do. But saying it will work better is probably not true.

Except maybe if you include a line like: "were not going to ask you for a 5 star review like others do, but reviews really make it break us and we're trying to be honest. Thanks for the support"

tertiuson Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews

You're responding to someone that agrees with you. But also states that everyone else is review-farming and that if they don't do it they will be left behind.

I.e. your plan is doomed to fail.

tertiuson Stop Silencing Critics from MiddleEast and NorthAfrica

Mandated?

tertiuson My Life in Cars

You can go anywhere safely.

You can also go anywhere recklessly, or what reckless people call "having some fun".

Does that clear up your misunderstanding?

tertiuson My Life in Cars

I can't stop everyone else from driving drunk but I sure can exhibit self control and not speed or drive dangerously as to endanger others just because I want to have some fun.

Just because you're not a drunk doesn't mean your actions are justifiable.

* I really like driving.

tertiuson How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time

You're taking negative actions by some and applying it to a class.

I'm simply stating that they are negative actions by some. If that didn't come across, here it is.

tertiuson How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time

> Humans aren’t that different.

This is true, except when it's not. Then it really matters.

I do agree some in this thread are exaggerating a little.

tertiuson How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time

The monolith? Or the few who had people with lapses in judgement?

Are you saying corporate structure in the law causes these actions?