Covid-19

**boozehound** · 11-02-2020, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by Muskie in dayton

Well, I came here to post a link to an interesting write-up, but instead I’ll just get some popcorn and watch this show!

Well, here it is. Interesting read on the disappearing flu and our favorite PCR tests:
https://twitter.com/thomas_binder/st...367140864?s=21

I'm not sure what this is, except for a twitter feed with a very clear and strong perspective. The Author's perspective seemed to be the only perspective considered. I'm not sure who Thomas Binder is, but he appears to be a random M.D. whose qualifications I know nothing about. That seems like a really low standard of credibility.

It seems like he was saying that COVID was around all 'Flu Season' last year, but that we didn't catch it until Feb because we weren't testing for it. I'm open to that idea, but why did we not see the surge in patients hospitalized earlier in the season?

It seems hard to dispute at this point that this is a highly contagious virus that is significantly more lethal than the Flu. Even when you go down the rabbit hole of Doctors over-counting COVID deaths there is A LOT that you would have to believe in order to believe that this is not a serious situation. I think we can certainly debate the effectiveness of Lockdowns and whether the 'cure' is worse than the disease in those instances, but the desire to almost dismiss the premise seems like something we should have moved past at this point.

**paulxu** · 11-02-2020, 08:31 AM

This Thomas Binder guy gets around:

https://arcdigital.media/how-one-doc...a-d76459ffa4e2

**boozehound** · 11-02-2020, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by paulxu

This Thomas Binder guy gets around:

https://arcdigital.media/how-one-doc...a-d76459ffa4e2

Damn. Sounds like super credible guy.

I continue to be amazed that people will wholesale discount everything the 'mainstream media' says as false, but will apply almost no skepticism to a random twitter feed that happens to align with their worldview. I'm not saying the media isn't biased, just that a similar standard of skepticism should probably be applied to 'alternative' sources as well.

For my part, I don't even read twitter because it's such a bullshit factory.

Xville · 11-02-2020, 08:50 AM

everyday i believe more and more that the world would be a much better place without social media. I think the bad that it has done to society on multiple levels far outweighs any good.

Smails · 11-02-2020, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by boozehound

For my part, I don't even read twitter because it's such a bullshit factory.

If it weren't for my favorite sports teams and my kids' HS sports I'd never be on it. There's some crazy stat out there that says something like 95% of the twitter content is driven by 10% of the users.

**boozehound** · 11-02-2020, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Smails

If it weren't for my favorite sports teams and my kids' HS sports I'd never be on it. There's some crazy stat out there that says something like 95% of the twitter content is driven by 10% of the users.

Originally Posted by Xville

everyday i believe more and more that the world would be a much better place without social media. I think the bad that it has done to society on multiple levels far outweighs any good.

I recently deleted Facebook from my phone for about 3 weeks and totally stopped engaging with it. I have since resumed some usage, however I now unfollow anyone who posts political crap. I just want to see updates from my friends and pictures of their kids. That's it. I'd also gladly pay a nominal subscription fee to avoid all the ads, and general mess that comes with trying to monitize this.

Twitter is just a complete dumpster fire. I'm sure there is some kind of way these people are turning a profit based on people following or liking their tweets.

**paulxu** · 11-02-2020, 11:51 AM

I don't do Facebook. My wife does and noted that people will post something, and it will show she "liked" it (I think with a thumbs up sign) and she says she never saw the post, and doesn't do the like/dislike thing. I assume someone (or program) on Facebook does it.

**GoMuskies** · 11-02-2020, 12:03 PM

You guys are crazy. Facebook is fantastic. I don't have an account, but my wife does, and all of both of our families and friends are connected with her on Facebook. She scrolls through it every day. I tell her to let me know if there's anything meaningful going on that I should know about. Twice a year like clockwork she'll report something noteworthy to me. So if you've got the system set up like i do, it's great!