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Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic Mommy, do the udder moo cows eat meat? in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 4 years, 3 months agoNo, son, we don’t. We have not evolved to do so. Our teeth are formed to eat grass and our digestion system is designed to process it. It was unherd of until a few years ago when some of us had our feed spiked with meat by the “two legs bad” people. That led to many of us going insane with bovine spongiform encephalopathy. It was very calfk…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 5 years, 6 months agoWe’ll stay divided for a while, at least.
Just grabbed this screenshot from PBS of Biden vs Trump supporters, from an AP survey question “Is the virus somewhat under control or not at all under control“. (I verified they mistakenly left the word “at” out. See the whole poll here.)
Meanwhile Biden’s already said he’s set to pull together…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 5 years, 6 months agoNow that Biden says he’s going to get a national strategy going on beating Covid-19, including improved testing, I have more to contribute to this end. Canada recently approved an approach to rapid testing, and the following link goes straight to that topic lasting only 4-1/2 minutes, or longer if you’re interested in more detail. Btw I have…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 5 years, 7 months ago -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 5 years, 7 months agoIMO we (and perhaps the world) has been suffering more than necessary because of 1) unpreparedness and 2) the continuing deficiency of prioritization of more massive testing regimes. Vaccinations and Trump’s actions/inactions make headlines, while our FDA and media lag behind on promotion and deployment of rapid tests.
The precision of PCR tests…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Pandemics and Epidemiology in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 5 years, 7 months agoI wanted to start this topic a couple months ago, but am finally motivated after hearing today’s possibly wonderful news that Trump has tested positive. If anyone “deserves” to be infected with it, it is He and His Loyal, Denialist Minions. 🙂
I feel, as I’ll bet Bill Gates would who’s publicly predicted pandemics for at least a decade now, that…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 6 years, 1 month ago_Robert_ wrote:
This is not rocket science. Either a month long real lockdown followed by extensive testing/contact tracing across the globe or an effective vaccine that almost everyone gets. Otherwise this is just gonna be rolling hotspots (possibly seasonal) and economic disaster indefinitely until multitudes of infections and deaths result in… -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 6 years, 1 month ago_Robert_ wrote:
This is not rocket science.Exactly. Mostly. But you summed it up exactly-correctly. 🙂
Meanwhile, Trump is still misleading people (imo) about how we’ve been doing the best testing in the world, “even better than South Korea”, and then mentioning we have a low caseload per capita compared with other countries. What’s misleading…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 6 years, 1 month agoThis is not rocket science. Either a month long real lockdown followed by extensive testing/contact tracing across the globe or an effective vaccine that almost everyone gets. Otherwise this is just gonna be rolling hotspots (possibly seasonal) and economic disaster indefinitely until multitudes of infections and deaths result in high population immunity.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 6 years, 1 month agoCOVID-19 (Viral Load) Testing
16 April, Trump claimed we’ve now performed more tests per capita than South Korea. Incredulous, I checked, and sure enough he’s not significantly incorrect. (See screen captures of world testing data, below.) It’s a good milestone, but reaching it this late in the pandemic’s history is (imo) a major stain on Trump’s…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 6 years, 1 month agoCOVID-19
Again, excerpting from wikipedia:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness. It is colloquially known as the coronavirus, and was previously referred to by its provisional name 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
I’m on a…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Coronavirus Science and Medicine in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 6 years, 1 month agoExcerpt from wikipedia:
Coronaviruses are a group of related viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses include some cases of the common cold (which has other possible causes, predominantly rhinoviruses), while more lethal var…
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