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throwaway122378on The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is lower than the classical

Can anyone explain this in layman’s terms

Don’t think of it like traditional old world propaganda that’s obviously promoting China. The propaganda can be anything that divides the country. Both are the same result as far as China’s concerned.

throwaway122378on Shorten the Workweek to Reopen Safely

The article has no research or statistics that try to prove why or how this would work and what the marginal difference is over a full workweek.

throwaway122378on YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke

Google already modifies it’s search results. Try searching for “Clinton Epstein” and see if the first page of results gives you unbiased sources from all viewpoints.

throwaway122378on YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke

WHO, CDC, hospitals, universities, doctors

throwaway122378on YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke

Corporations should not be allowed to persecute based on option or beliefs either. Corporations already cant persecute based on sex, race, religion, orientation or age. Why should beliefs be any different?

throwaway122378on India orders coronavirus tracing app for all workers

This time around nothing will be different. Panama papers came out and nothing happened, Epstein was involved in who knows what with royals, politicians, and the wealthy and nothing happened, Assange is a prisoner for exposing the truth and even the surveillance that Snowden brought to light is still taking place today.

throwaway122378on Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19

Beaches closed. Parks closed. Hikes closed. Stay inside and deprive the rest of your vitamin D.

throwaway122378on Fed aid program for corporations won't require them to preserve jobs

Definitely. Kept it to America given the article was about the Fed

throwaway122378on Fed aid program for corporations won't require them to preserve jobs

We need a new plan. Every single job before-covid (BC) is not coming back. Even if we opened the country at 100% tomorrow not every job will come back. There’s a paranoia that’s set into the American psyche that will take years to adjust.

throwaway122378on Vietnam's contact tracing app broadcasting a fixed ID

The longer the country is shut down the more lives we’ll lose to poverty related deaths. Total covid deaths are still below last seasons Flu death total and that’s Counting all the probable covid deaths that are included in this years count. That was with the population operating under pre covid lifestyle. We can get back now and take caution.

Shelter those above 65 and anyone with an underlying condition. (Of course anyone should stay home if they feel the need)

Everyone else back to life with social distancing and preventative measures in place (masks, no concerts etc)

Build immunity and slowly bring the rest of society back.

Sources: Go research. Look at the data we are way over doing it. Anything I post will be taken with a grain of salt anyway.

throwaway122378on Vietnam's contact tracing app broadcasting a fixed ID

That’s a little extreme- if someone doesn’t want to be tracked they must stay at home and shamed? There are other alternatives.

throwaway122378on Google will require proof of identity from all advertisers

Add your name, address, signature, hair/eye color, picture, and dob to Google’s database. When will this stop

throwaway122378on Japan to subsidize 100% of salaries at small companies

This will prove ineffective in a few months. Not all 100% Of jobs lost are coming back.

throwaway122378on Facebook Takes $5.7B Stake in India’s Jio

Apologies if it comes out as such. My only intention is to make thought provoking comments

throwaway122378on Facebook Takes $5.7B Stake in India’s Jio

“Widely ack’ed in academia” That’s the problem right there. It’s a justified question to ask, does academia really know what being poor is

throwaway122378on YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice

Great post, couple days of visibility and then back to business.

Google (YouTube), Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and others have recently increased censorship. And. Nothing. Will. Happen.

Unless we all leave their sites or something else

throwaway122378on Facebook Takes $5.7B Stake in India’s Jio

The poor cannot afford principles

??? Really how much do you get paid to shill that hard

throwaway122378on Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-quarantine events

We need an internet bill of rights. Something. Corporations with 100M, 200M, 1B, 2B+ reach need to be governed

throwaway122378on Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with coronavirus: study

Where's the marketing company's criteria for sample selection? How are the communicating and choosing the people? Are they all within the same locality?

And no 863 is not representative of LA. LA is made up of individual communities and some never leave those communities. Some communities are pass through for commuters. Really important where those 863 are from. All are 863 from a small area? Are some from Pasadena and other from Santa Monica. What about Covina or Redondo? LA or Beverly Hills.

throwaway122378on Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with coronavirus: study

863 people were in this study. A market data firm selected those people.

LA proper has about 16,000,000 people.

This study should be taken with a grain of salt either way for now.

throwaway122378on ByteDance is going from strength to strength

Profit is the least of their concern. Tik Tok is backed by the Chinese govt. The more downloads the more spying.

throwaway122378on Paul Graham’s thoughts, discoveries, and tricks on parenthood

That’s a negative even depressing way of looking at it.

Life is a beautiful miracle with a extraordinary low probability that any one person would be born let alone survive.

As parents we (in partnership with whatever natural or supernatural being coordinates nature) bring that gift to our children. The rest is spot on. We owe it to them to make this a better world.

... but indebted sounds so negative.

throwaway122378on ByteDance is going from strength to strength

China should allow non-Chinese social media companies from operating in mainland China or else international governments should ban Chinese social media companies from operating in their borders.

This is absurd. China is surveilling the world with their apps now.

throwaway122378on Learning to See in the Dark (2018)

Now all they have to do is make sure the correct image displayed for the story

throwaway122378on Apple and Google partner on Covid-19 contact tracing technology

Now people who simply care about privacy are “extremist”

Perfect way to begin marginalizing people who care for privacy

throwaway122378on Worst economic crisis since 1930s depression, IMF says

Those estimates weren’t created or solely vocalized by the administration

throwaway122378on Tesla to Cut Employees’ Pay as Much as 30% to Curb Costs

Wow

throwaway122378on Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses

A lot of this going around lately. Just because you don’t agree with someone, their opinion isn’t the cause of this mess.

OP has a point and I’ve read the number of asymptomatic as high as 50%.

Other than creating more corporate control over employees, statistically how do temp checks improve the situation?

A better solution would be the 5 mins tests. Then you have a 99% certainty.

throwaway122378on New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single lockdown won’t be enough

For the next 2 years? You understand that there are antivirals being tested as we speak and vaccines in trial for a 12 month release right?