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Originally posted by gh
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Hooray indeed.... banning absolute nonsense by a private company is hardly censorship....though I'm sure the idiots will find what they want elsewhere.
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but this just in..Originally posted by jazzcyclist View Post
CDC issues urgent alert: Pregnant women need the Covid-19 vaccines
More than 160 expectant mothers have died from Covid, the CDC reported. Twenty-two of them died last month.
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In related news, my niece got covid this summer while pregnant and made it through the illness with reasonably mild symptoms, but a couple of weeks later had her water break four months early. She then spent a month in a unit at a children's hospital waiting for the baby to arrive, which she did three months premature. Everyone's reasonably OK at this point all things considered (it's too early to know for sure about the baby's long-term health). This prompted me to look around online and it appears that pregnancy issues for covid patients is definitely a thing, but one of those things we don't have tons of research on yet.Originally posted by gh View PostLast edited by bad hammy; 09-30-2021, 04:34 PM.Comment
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"Free Speech" as a good thing and "Censorship' as a bad thing, are two of the most misunderstood facets of modern culture.
Free speech does NOT include all sort of everyday things, most importantly . . . lies.
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Censorship does not mean we can't screen out undesirable influences like . . . child pornography.
It is vitally important that we are not scared of restricting 'free speech' or using 'censorship' to keep us safe and secure. The lies spread about 'Covid' or 'the Election' or 'Global Warming' or any of the other hot-button issues that WILL affect our collective 'pursuit of happiness' SHOULD be acted upon, swiftly and definitively.
The obvious problem here is 'who is deciding what the lies are?'. I just hope it falls to people who are intelligent, educated, kind, considerate, empathetic, pro-active and use science, facts, logic and rationality to determine the Greatest Good.Comment
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That's all good, but women who are well into their pregnancies now didn't have this information when they became pregnant and some weren't vaccine eligible at the time they conceived.Originally posted by gh View Post
but this just in..
CDC issues urgent alert: Pregnant women need the Covid-19 vaccines
More than 160 expectant mothers have died from Covid, the CDC reported. Twenty-two of them died last month.
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My sister is a recently retired head of pediatric nursing at a large hospital in NY State. She has been part of previous vaccine testing groups and expressed her full confidence in the Covid vaccines from the start. She is an ardent anti-vaxxer opponent and in general does not speak kindly of anti-vaxxers for nearly any reason. She does say that she understands to a degree the hesitancy women of child rearing age have with the vaccine even if she also feels they are wrong in feeling that way.Originally posted by gh View Post
but this just in..
CDC issues urgent alert: Pregnant women need the Covid-19 vaccines
More than 160 expectant mothers have died from Covid, the CDC reported. Twenty-two of them died last month.
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I agree more or less with everything, including the highlighted part, but that's the rub. Right now no one can agree on who's lying. Or who is lying more. Or to what end. Or who is good. Or who is educated. Or who is kind, considerate, etc...Originally posted by Atticus View PostYou there, on the motorbike! Sell me one of your melons!Comment
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If you think Facebook or YouTube are legitimate news sites....you are lost.Originally posted by scottmitchell74 View PostComment
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I don't think they are legitimate news site (where did I ever say that?) but they have morphed into the modern Public Square/Forum. They're not yet legally recognized as such, but that's just because, well, money talks.Originally posted by Conor Dary View PostYou there, on the motorbike! Sell me one of your melons!Comment
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They're not news sites but the sad truth is that many people get their information from these sites.Originally posted by Conor Dary View PostLast edited by jazzcyclist; 09-30-2021, 08:44 PM.Comment
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You know, I wonder how people questioned the authority before there was any SNS. I mean, how did Walter Cronkite question LBJ on Vietnam? It must have been a herculean task without his twitter account.Originally posted by scottmitchell74 View Post
And the last time I checked, no one has gone to prison because their twitter account was revoked. It may feel like prison for people who are addicted to twitter. But it isn't. You can switch to Parlor, 8chan or whatever other platform that accepts your BS.Comment
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Money talks? Like those unlimited campaign contributions channeled through Super Pacs? Or the money Sinclair used to buy up local TV stations? Yeah, it does.Originally posted by scottmitchell74 View Post
As for who decides what the scientific facts are, that's done by peer-reviewed journals. You are more than welcome to submit your manuscript to one of them, or even start a new one.Comment
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Legally recognized as such?Originally posted by scottmitchell74 View Post
What does that even mean...Comment
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It is sad....getting your news from just a bunch of random grifters.Originally posted by jazzcyclist View PostComment
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