JT

Not disputing anything in your post. I would argue that the problems with how our elected officials behave are mostly due to systemic issues. Misaligned incentives deliver dysfunctional governance. Hopefully whenever the current system is overhauled or replaced the next one will have even great...

[quote]LOL. Covid patients were not in isolated beds if tested positive. They were sent home to deal with it and told to "call your doctor if it got worse".[/quote] People sick enough to be admitted to the hospital are admitted to the hospital, whether positive for COVID or not. ...

[quote]I mean, I doubt they even tested 1% of folks for an influenza strain.[/quote] Who is they? I'm saying we test everyone for flu. Think about it as if you are running a hospital. COVID patients require isolation. You have finite resources and cannot put everyone in isolation. You actual...

In the hospital where I work, people who are having flu-like symptoms are being tested for flu at the same time as COVID. There is no conspiracy to count the positive flu tests as COVID at our hospital. The fact is there are very few positive flu tests in the patient population, and I know this is...

Tim Ferriss discusses this with some knowledgeable folks in several of his podcasts. If you really want to know more, that might be a good way to get a lot of info on the topic without having to weed through a lot of internet junk. I don't think the idea is so much to "experiment" on our vets. ...

Don’t know what this is worth, but as we were driving on 105 to Houston yesterday there was a nice Trump parade shaping up, at least a mile or so of cars and ( mostly) trucks. I realize Texas is probably not really in play but that just makes it more supportive in my opinion....

I'm not a history professor, but aren't anarchists basically just cannon fodder for communists, the first useful idiots to be shot in the streets after the revolution? Have anarchists ever helped to install a capitalist republic?...

Avoid them with Dihydromyricetin. Research if you want, but felt to be pretty safe and effective for the most part. Available on Amazon. You're welcome....

In addition to many that have been named Philip J Farmer - Riverworld and World of the Tiers series Alan Dean Foster - Pip&Flinx series Ian Banks - Culture series...

[quote] A communist government cannot and will not survive a wealthier and gentrified populace[/quote] Don't want to sound like a dick, but do you know what happened during the cultural revolution?...