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New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human rights"

throwmeaway_pls — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:29:52 +0000

I definitely do not believe NZ’s claim they eradicated COVID with “95% probability.” [1]

I do not trust that number at all.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/world/australia/new-zeala...

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic?"

throwmeaway_pls — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:08:57 +0000

I think people can tell that bullshit has been spewed in all directions. Nobody is looking good here. Nobody is above reproach.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic?"

throwmeaway_pls — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:55:50 +0000

What about viral reservoirs?

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims"

throwmeaway_pls — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:04:37 +0000

They’ve certainly changed my vote. Wow.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation"

throwmeaway_pls — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:37:01 +0000

That’s an overly simplistic and reductive view of free speech rights. Can my internet service provider shut off my access if I spend too much time reading “misinformation”? Can they give the government a list of all the people reading “misinformation”? Can they require I attend a reeducation program before restoring my access?

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Why the Swedish Model for Fighting Covid-19 Is a Disaster"

throwmeaway_pls — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:17:47 +0000

The medical chauvinism on display here is the real disaster. We need to have a broader conversation.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S."

throwmeaway_pls — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:34:00 +0000

Unfortunately when rationality and ideology conflict, ideology tends to win.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Zoom and Gloom"

throwmeaway_pls — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:17:26 +0000

Agreed, we are living through a mass hysteria event. The shared delusion is that through moral acts one can somehow avoid exposure to an endemic human coronavirus.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Harvard, Oxford, Stanford doctors among leaders of global anti-lockdown movement"

throwmeaway_pls — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:41:55 +0000

Yes. Look up the “Declaration of Helsinki.”

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Harvard, Oxford, Stanford doctors among leaders of global anti-lockdown movement"

throwmeaway_pls — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:24:27 +0000

The eugenic impulse to eliminate disease has lead us down many a dark path.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Harvard, Oxford, Stanford doctors among leaders of global anti-lockdown movement"

throwmeaway_pls — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:30:36 +0000

Exactly, this should be highlighted. The rhetoric seems intended to distract from this fact. How much money does the CDC receive each year?

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral and indecent’ videos"

throwmeaway_pls — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:22:48 +0000

There are other channels for expressing that opinion. We don’t need a newsfeed from the CCP in the hands of every other teenager in the country.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company"

throwmeaway_pls — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:21:20 +0000

You’d also be signaling that you lied about your intentions.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Ask HN: Do you get addicted to your HN votes like normal people do to Instagram?"

throwmeaway_pls — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:16:59 +0000

It’s not worth optimizing for.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Why I stopped reading HN (2010)"

throwmeaway_pls — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:52:22 +0000

You’re just rebranding a weakness as a strength.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Into the looking glass: Post-viral syndrome post COVID-19"

throwmeaway_pls — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:46:25 +0000

That is not at all the title of the linked article. What is going on?

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Only existing market leaders are benefiting from coronavirus lockdowns"

throwmeaway_pls — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:29:23 +0000

That is indeed the simple solution to a complex problem advocated by government propaganda, yes.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-out use of Excel"

throwmeaway_pls — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:20:33 +0000

The WHO estimated 750 million cumulative infections on Friday. This error is not unbelievable because the system is just a bit of political theater. There’s nothing more we can do against an endemic human coronavirus. It’s time to move on.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission"

throwmeaway_pls — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 01:21:33 +0000

This culture of deceit needs to change. I don’t blame anybody for not following the rules.

New comment by throwmeaway_pls in "The Apple Watch heart monitor sends too many people to the doctor"

throwmeaway_pls — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:51:03 +0000

That really does sound like ideology cloaked in common sense. Demand for great healthcare is already essentially infinite no matter what new technology comes along, and we need a sane way to deal with that. Pointing fingers at the demand side is a common diversionary tactic.