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COVID-19 Vaccine Time Line
Could someone please explain something to me? How does a president, any president, “rush out a vaccine?” Obviously, there standard medical protocols that gauge safety and efficacy. Who in the hell would get a vaccination that the scientific community as …
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Studies on COVID-19 Can Be Bogus: Let’s Do Some Math Anyone Can Do To Identify Them
We see a great number of “studies” that purport to show that COVID-19 is far more benign than we’re told, in an apparent attempt to prove that the government is lying to us about the actual stats related to the …
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Can One Have One’s Metaphysical Cake and Eat It Too?
Funny stuff. On top of everything else, she has “there” misspelled. While most people of science are non-religious, that’s not true of all. There are people who say that there is no conflict between faith and reason, though, frankly, it’s …
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Vanity Fair: Trump’s New Favorite COVID Adviser Thinks “Herd Immunity” Is a Good Idea
According to Vanity Fair: Trump’s new pandemic adviser is pushing a “herd immunity” approach to the coronavirus—a stance that has concerned health experts and underscored White House officials’ use of the coronavirus crisis to win political influence. Scott Atlas, a …
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Coal Going Away–Another Indication
According to the American Energy Society, in 2019, there were 38 days when US utilities got more electricity from hydroelectric, wind and solar generation than from coal. Through June 2020, there were 122 days when hydro, wind and solar out-produced …
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Desalination Concept Won’t Work
Here’s a concept that purports to be a viable way of growing crops in a device that floats in salt water. As shown in this video, water naturally passes through a filter that traps the salt. Sorry, that’s not going …
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How Science Works
This is not a post on astronomy, but on science generally, and its importance to society. As suggested in the text at the bottom, though we knew that the Milky Way is a spiral-shaped galaxy, we didn’t know until recently …
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Dealing with the Pandemic Rationally
An apparently angry reader says: “PROMOTE THIS!!” I believe we can fulfill everyone’s objectives simultaneously, if we all acknowledge certain truths here: Yes, there is a 1.5% fatality rate, though many will suffer horribly, and a great number will live …
U.S. Pitiable on So Many Respects
New Zealand: Leadership based on science, full compliance from citizenry, all restrictions lifted as case loads vanish to zero United States: Sham leadership based on politics, rampant defiance from citizens/idiots, increasingly onerous restrictions as case loads soar Pathetic.
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