He's talking about the mass deception by crony-capitalists with hands on the controls of the us government. Acknowledgment of only one opinion of truth has been rather blatant here in the states.

There are many opinions. Not all opinions carry, or should carry the same weight. Phrased more specifically, not all opinions should gain the same credence.

For example, we know the vaccines have side-effects, including these inflammation issues in young men (biologically male). We also know that unvaccinated people who actually contract COVID-19 and suffer a severe course (hospitalization) are anywhere from two to four times more likely to die within a year of hospitalization from all-cause mortality than those who've been vaccinated or never contracted COVID-19.

Given what we know, Bayesian reasoning should have us update our credence in the opinion that says you should get vaccinated, that you should wear masks indoors, and that you should observe rules of physical distancing if possible.

That these reasons happen to line up with crony-capitalist agendas is sad but coincidental. My opinion (attach whatever credence you like to it) is that this simply means we are being drastically overcharged for the vaccines, but still need them.

> Not all opinions carry, or should carry the same weight.

In a proper capitalist economy, they should, and every consumer should be free to evaluate every opinion independently. I'm glad that I can buy the holy bible, the selfish gene, the communist manifesto, and 1984 all within the same bookstore. My argument is that reputation and credence needs to be decentralized. A group of extremists should be allowed to give credence to whatever thoughts they wish, but they should not be silenced for having opinions that disagree with the state.

I don't doubt the science, that getting as many people vaccinated is the better solution in a classic trolley problem for saving the most lives in a pandemic, but silencing of alternative thought is far more problematic for society. If people don't want to take a magic pill that can prevent them from dying, it should not be the state's job to shove it down peoples throats. If people don't want to believe the world is round, the state should not ban books saying the earth is flat. Opinions regardless of whether or not they are right should be allowed to exist. At the end of the day the responsibility of determining truth should be on the consumer.

> That these reasons happen to line up with crony-capitalist agendas is sad but coincidental.

What I'm saying is that it should not be in the state's agenda to align with the agendas of the highest bidder. It may be coincidental, but even you as a statistics person should be able to see that these coincidences happen far more than it should.

I'm not arguing against science. I'm trying to get people like you to understand that crony-capitalism degrades the quality of the health service sector as well as the operation of the economy, and that trading away that freedom of speech to control the actions of others is detrimental to society.

People like me understand full well that crony-capitalism is a boat anchor around the necks of the drowning in a republican democracy. Nor did I ever say that people shouldn't be free to consume any opinion, or hold their own as they see fit. No one, however, is entitled to their own facts, and some opinions are worth less than others.

You've suffered some pretty bad deception if you think this is somehow news only Japan is taking serious and everybody else is suppressing, yes.

Oh, you havent heard of the OSHA yet?

https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/faqs#reporting

> Are adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine recordable on the OSHA recordkeeping log?

> DOL and OSHA, as well as other federal agencies, are working diligently to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations. OSHA does not wish to have any appearance of discouraging workers from receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and also does not wish to disincentivize employers' vaccination efforts. As a result, OSHA will not enforce 29 CFR 1904's recording requirements to require any employers to record worker side effects from COVID-19 vaccination at least through May 2022. We will reevaluate the agency’s position at that time to determine the best course of action moving forward.

You are in good hands.

In my opinion you’re taking something completely reasonable and making it seem nefarious.

They are removing the requirement, not the ability to report.

Do you believe it makes sense for companies to be required to report sore arms, headaches or tiredness, all common and unremarkable side-effects during a massive vaccination campaign?

> They are removing the requirement, not the ability to report.

Removing the requirement for one of the most innovative (therefore untested) treatments ever. Sure, what could go wrong? I would not bet on naively trusting in Big Pharma as a good strategy. It's not like they were very ethical actors in the first place.

Gotta love btw HN people complaining about regulatory capture when it comes to Boing and the FAA, but when it comes to vaccines being blindly pushed by the FDA that's all peachy. The amount of brainwashing is impressive.

Quite a different thing than pretending that a country doing something weeks after others have reacted is the only one to care.

Not too familiar with the US system (why would a workplace regulation agency be responsible for vaccine side effects anyways?), but e.g. the US CDC also has put out information about this weeks ago. But your comment is specific criticism, that's good and not an obviously untrue over-exaggeration.