Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show

Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by snakeboy on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:16AM (#25113413)

The citation for gunshot wound victims being counted as Covid deaths says it was 5 deaths, and it was only on the publicly-available dashboard to track deaths. Not being used for official reporting purposes. In my opinion it's kind of dishonest how you present that.

I'll admit it made me lose interest in reading much further because I don't trust you to have used the other 42 citations in good faith.

Anyway, that was just meant as constructive criticism. Just something to keep in mind in your writing in the future.

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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by djsumdog on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:59PM (#25115553)

It was one account, but during that time period, there were tons of reports, every single week, from miscounted deaths. The No Agenda Podcast guys covered it pretty well.

If it's just a couple here or there, there are miscounts for sure. But with news report after news report from local stations, I think the issue might be enough to be statically significant, or at least warrant investigation and not outright dismissal.

Furthermore, Sweeden seems to be doing alright as far as fatality numbers across their population for the year, even though their covid orders were much more limited:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/525353/sweden-number-of-...

> because I don't trust you to have used the other 42 citations in good faith.

We're getting into this really interesting era where we're attacking people's views for their sources .. even though there has been obvious bias in all mainstream reporting for over a decade. If you're not willing to entertain viewpoints you don't agree with, that's on you, not on me.

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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by snakeboy on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:46PM (#25118608)

> even though there has been obvious bias in all mainstream reporting for over a decade

Fortunately we're getting into this really interesting era where I don't have to waste my time with their bullshit, nor with yours. Cheers.

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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by singemonkey on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:32PM (#25115967)

Entirely reasonable of OP to posit bad faith on your part, especially given how you've reacted and the way you constructed a strawman to get upset about.

That's on you, not anyone else.

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