Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by ethanbond on Monday October 18, 2021 @06:15PM
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150 Americans die each year from acetaminophen (Tylenol) yet people take it for routine headaches. Some people even take Tylenol for headaches and it doesn’t cure their headache! What’s your point?
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Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by ajsnigrutin on Monday October 18, 2021 @06:43PM
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Is someone forcing them to take tylenol? I mean.. is there a government mandate, saying you can't go to (eg.) a clothes store if you didn't take a tylenol first? Or did those people take the tylenol and the risks willingly and voluntarily?
Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by ethanbond on Monday October 18, 2021 @06:48PM
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There have also been numerous adverse events (including death) from e.g. MMR or influenza vaccines.
That’s because when you put things into millions of people, you are guaranteed to run into an edge case here or there. The fact that you can point to so few significant AEs caused by the COVID vaccines is a pretty incredible achievement given the unprecedented scale of rollout.
The point is that no one with any credibility ever said we could expect zero adverse events from the COVID vaccines, nor 100% efficacy. No one.
Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by ajsnigrutin on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:45PM
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Of course, but for slovenia (2 mio population, ~1mio had corona, ~1mio vaccinated, with overlap of course), statistics for girls under 25 show zero deaths due to covid and one death due to vaccine. For men under 25, one death. For both sexes under 35, we have 5 deaths, including that one <25 man.
So basically, covid is less dangerous for young people than swimming (more than 5 people drowned this year) and still, most of the anti-covid measures affect them the most (and old people the least).
Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by RealityVoid on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:02PM
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If you want to see the alternative, look at Romania now. It seems Delta kills young people too, just less often. We have 450 minors currently in the ICU. If the young population did not vaccinate, it does stand to show that serveral more people than that would have stood to die.
Way to go Romania, standing for the test group.