Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@Babad

We can question the credibility and competence of the researchers who perform the studies and experiments, or the sources that report about them, which is why other researchers carefully critique those studies and repeat those experiments.

We can even question what actions society should take as a consequence of new knowledge obtained by science.

But math, logic, reason, empirical evidence, and other formal tools of science, themselves are not questioned via the scientific method.

The validity of the scientific method itself can be questioned, of course, but such questioning is not science, it's philosophy.

@bluejay

FYI:

negligible - adj., so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention

Currently 5,241,571 deaths. You may want to rephrase what you just said.

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@Acer

Predictive analytics.

Mark 3:23-29

@lupyuen

This has got to be a joke. I can't imagine any company, let alone a massive enterprise like Dorsey's making such a obvious blunder.

This is like naming your company "Go Away" or "Painful UX" or "Continual DNS".

UX = user experience
DNS = denial of service

@worldsendless

Software development is immensely rewarding. I can't even imagine crying about it.

Anyone who cries about it is in the wrong profession.

@kmic

DFS = Dancer Fitzgerald Sample

#abbreviation #disambiguation

@lunovox

RP = Radical prostatectomy

#abbreviation #disambiguation

@somit

Hi, Somit. Do you know of a utility to strip out all of the html and other extra stuff from MBOX files to leave only a text MBOX file?

@tripu
I was thinking about the current pandemic when I made my comment.

Sometimes the cautious thing to do is change. If some new evidence comes up that indicates a chance that a change in behavior would be much safer, as with hand washing, and there is little cost or risk with the new behavior, then it may be better to adopt the new behavior while continuing to investigate.

This is what some are doing in response to the omicron variant.

@bluejay

I guess that would make me a hermaphrodite.

#dry #humor

Just a reminder, a properly worn respirator stops all variants of the COVID-19 virus -- past, present and future.

Respirators are more effective than the vaccine at preventing the spread of the virus, but you should probably do both, along with the other prophylaxis to fully protect yourself.

#respirator #COVID19 #vax #vaccine #mask #masks #omicron

@bluejay

1) The mRNA is not the protein.
2) The mRNA molecules quickly decompose.
3) The proteins stick around a while so the adaptive immune system can can make antibodies.
4) I never heard anyone say that the "mRNA doesn't enter the bloodstream".

Pfizer/Moderna are correct. You are wrong.

@markusl @freemo @iron_bug @zleap @bonifartius @Nobody@freeatlantis.com

My comment was meant to be over the top somewhat (thus the responsive troll quip). As MarkusL points out there is legal precedent for someone using their own disease as a biological weapon. I have no idea what the legal landscape looks like on this, but I'm sure a very complex area of law.

@bonifartius

Or vice versa.

@markusl @iron_bug @zleap @freemo @bonifartius @Nobody@freeatlantis.com

Anyone who intentionally kills people by knowingly coming in close contact with others while they are shedding virus should be convicted of murder and put in prison.

(My troll can beat up your troll any day.)

@zpartacoos @tripu

Sparta, please tell us how your understanding of the threat of COVID-19 has changed throughout the pandemic and what new data drove those changes.

@tripu

An epistemic epidemic. I think certainty kills more than uncertainty. If you're unsure, you err on the side of caution (because it's life-threatening), however, if a person is certain there is no threat when there actually is, that kills.

@bonifartius

Why?

Turns out there was actually a hand-washing protest in the mid-19th century:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/handwashing-once-controversial-medical-advice

#TruthBeTold

Since the COVID-19 hand-washing mandate went into effect there have been 1,234 deaths due to chafing.

Source: Darrel Terd's Corona ConspiracyBlog, April 20, 2019 (Now peer-reviewed!!!!!)

#satire #vax #antivax #masks #covid19 #ignorance
#handwashing #protest #corona #antimask #fake

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This is a #parody on antivaxer and antimasker protests. The image shown here has been modified from the original which was actually a vaccine protest. The original image is at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COVID-19_Vaccine_Protest_at_Wake_Forest_Baptist_Medical_(2021_Aug)_(51370692119).jpg

original pic credit: Anthony Crider at mediawiki commons

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn't true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies... or just for fun)

COVID-19 Anti-Hand-washing Protest