I guess it was OK back when the WH did it? Since you didn't speak up then. Just one of many if you care to look. (Link to political content removed by moderator)

Shocked, shocked, that a government agency is influenced by government leaders and their politics.

Even more reason to distrust CDC opinions and interpretations of data as a primary basis for making critical decisions in our lives about this pandemic

 

Even more reason to distrust CDC opinions and interpretations of data as a primary basis for making critical decisions in our lives about this pandemic

It didn't se to be that way. Not until it got (not allowed to say how) changed policy wise.

 

It didn't se to be that way. Not until it got (not allowed to say how) changed policy wise.

Your view of history is tainted by a narrow focus.

https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/17/ebola-and-cdc-yet-another-reason-to-distrust-white-house-dems.html

A new CBS poll out Friday morning found that just 37 percent think the agency is doing an “excellent or good” job. That was down nearly half from a Gallup poll in May that found that 60 percent rated the CDC as excellent or good, the highest of any government agency.

CDC Director Tom Frieden came under withering criticism on Capitol Hill on Thursday—much but not all of it from Republicans—over his department’s handling of Ebola thus far. And he has also been the recipient of the dreaded vote of “confidence” from the White House that often precedes an unceremonial sacking.

On Friday, President Barack Obama tapped Ron Klain, a longtime Democratic operative and advisor to Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Al Gore, as his Ebola “czar” in charge of coordinating the government response, not exactly a ringing endorsement of Frieden’s work thus far.

 

It seems like it's time for this thread to be closed. Only one side of the argument is allowed in it. When anything is brought up that disagrees with what the "gang thinks" it gets deleted. If doing that isn't political I don't understand what is. When asking mods about it the answer is always the same - because we say so.

 

It seems like it's time for this thread to be closed. Only one side of the argument is allowed in it. When anything is brought up that disagrees with what the "gang thinks" it gets deleted. If doing that isn't political I don't understand what is. When asking mods about it the answer is always the same - because we say so.

Proof based answers are hard disagree with.

Maybe what the "gang thinks" is actually mostly correct.

 

What ever you say gang leader. When the answers come from Youtube videos and websites wanting to sell vitamins and such you are probably right. (not)

 

What ever you say gang leader. When the answers come from Youtube videos and websites wanting to sell vitamins and such you are probably right. (not)

The gang leader says to be happy the pandemic is waning in the USA. Get your shot and be happy this summer because next year The Aliens invade, once the meat has been cleansed of the virus.

 

Sorry but I just don’t get it. Probably because I don’t have background belief in anti-Gates. Bill scratched his head and then some scruffy guy makes fun of it. Huh? I have no idea who the scruffy guy is, that’s what I am missing I guess. This kind of argument is totally stupid. No facts, just a scruffy guy blowing smoke. Sorry but I like Bill better than that other guy. At least he could code a boot sequence for his new product on the plane even though he didn’t have the 6502 manual with him. What has scruffy guy ever done? Look it up.

 

Sorry but I just don’t get it. Probably because I don’t have background belief in anti-Gates. Bill scratched his head and then some scruffy guy makes fun of it. Huh? I have no idea who the scruffy guy is, that’s what I am missing I guess. This kind of argument is totally stupid. No facts, just a scruffy guy blowing smoke. Sorry but I like Bill better than that other guy. At least he could code a boot sequence for his new product on the plane even though he didn’t have the 6502 manual with him. What has scruffy guy ever done? Look it up.

I find the scruffy guy annnoying, but Bill Gates is a bad liar. You do not have to be an expert on body language to be able to see that.

https://mousesqueak.com/2020/08/23/bill-gates-awkward-body-language-reveals-deception/

Funny how the video they refer to is gone now...

and latest on patents: https://www.geekwire.com/2021/gates...vaccine-patent-protections-mounting-pressure/

 

Body language is neither totally science nor a myth but most of it is IMO nonverbal communication pseudoscience in the area of Deception detection.

https://cfil-global.com/learning/al...rbal-communication-distinguish-facts-fiction/

While some pseudoscientific arguments related to nonverbal communication can be easily identified, separating facts from fiction is not always an easy task. There are unquestionably many ways of dealing with this issue. One of them is to know the state of science about nonverbal communication and the detection of deception, including notions that are generally agreed upon by the worldwide community of researchers who studied extensively the subjects. For example, science has shown the absence of nonverbal behavior similar to Pinocchio’s nose (Vrij, 2008). As Vrij, Meissner, Fisher, Kassin & Kleinman (2017) emphasise:

Meta-analyses summarising the findings of over more than 100 separate research studies conclude that nonverbal cues to deceit, particularly those promoted in interrogation training manuals (e.g., gaze aversion, shifting position, and fidgeting) are faint and unreliable. (p. 13).

In other words, more than 60 years of research on nonverbal communication and the detection of deception has made it clear that there is not one gesture nor one facial expression, nor one combination of nonverbal behaviours, always present when someone is lying and always absent when someone is telling the truth. Similarly, science has shown that specific nonverbal behaviours with similar unequivocal meanings or interpretations across situations are very rare:

 

 

 

The party time people look happy.

Ron

 

Proof based answers are hard disagree with.

Maybe what the "gang thinks" is actually mostly correct.

And like most people that use that clip, you don't understand it from it's context in the movie. Using it here just proves my point.

" When asked point-blank if he ordered the "code red", Jessup continues with his self-important rant until, after repeatedly being asked the question, he bellows with contempt that, in fact, he did order the "code red." Jessup tries to leave the courtroom but is promptly arrested." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men

 

And like most people that use that clip, you don't understand it from it's context in the movie. Using it here just proves my point.

" When asked point-blank if he ordered the "code red", Jessup continues with his self-important rant until, after repeatedly being asked the question, he bellows with contempt that, in fact, he did order the "code red." Jessup tries to leave the courtroom but is promptly arrested." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men

LOL

 

What did you do during the darkest days of the pandemic?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/10/gwyneth-paltrow-pandemic-lowest-point

Gwyneth Paltrow broke down and ate bread during quarantine.

 

What did you do during the darkest days of the pandemic?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/10/gwyneth-paltrow-pandemic-lowest-point

Gwyneth Paltrow broke down and ate bread during quarantine.

The shock and the horror:
She admitted to drinking as many as two cocktails a night during lockdown (quinoa-based whiskey cocktails, of course)

But calling it the "Buster Paltrow" was probably not a bad idea...

 

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I bet it's a blue one.

 

Also, what do you think the real story is behind the global chips shortage, hmm? Think about!

 

The current direction of this thread is a good sign that the peak of the coronavirus crisis in the USA is behind us.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ointments-variants-fda-mask-india/5015570001/
Pfizer vaccine gets FDA OK for 12-15 age group; US infections falling; Fauci says indoor mask rule could be eased