tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8053667774833529147..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Follow The ScienceAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58092727588527974442020-09-05T12:41:38.486-04:002020-09-05T12:41:38.486-04:00Masks. They are useful for two reasons.
They pr...Masks. They are useful for two reasons. <br /><br /> They prevent spread by containing an infected person's viral output. About 80% is a number some people agree on, for viral particles contained in the mask, that will not go on to infect others. <br /><br /> As well its been shown, originally by the Chinese, that the actual viral load, the amount of virus ingested, has a great deal to do with how severe the infection will be. Wearing a mask reduces that viral load.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-31800173539847143312020-09-05T08:17:28.084-04:002020-09-05T08:17:28.084-04:00Rarely, when dealing with practical matters, does ...Rarely, when dealing with practical matters, does Science remove the need for judgment. When Biden says 'listen to the scientists', I ask: Which scientists? Those virologists and immunologists who are focused on Covid-19 are going to have a different view from Public Health researchers who are concerned with a whole range of medical conditions, some of which may be impacted negatively by things which *improve* the C19 situation. Then there are Social Scientists, who may offer data on things like suicides and 'deaths of despair'...not to mention Economists.<br /><br />I would think anyone with experience in running large/complex organizations and/or projects would understand about conflicting recommendations from different experts, but evidently not Biden.<br /><br />Many (most?) politicians don't have any sense of how science actually works, and scientists are to them indistinguishable from magicians or shamans.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88473481239834315642020-09-04T22:29:06.311-04:002020-09-04T22:29:06.311-04:00I thought it was going to be a lot worse than it t...I thought it was going to be a lot worse than it turned out to be, thank God! The insane-appearing actions of the Chinese really spooked me.<br /><br />By the way, get your flu shots this year, please.Tom Bridgelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098048586042365606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27761439175719777822020-09-04T22:14:35.881-04:002020-09-04T22:14:35.881-04:00The science of blogspot ate my brilliant comment. ...The science of blogspot ate my brilliant comment. I'll come back tomorrow.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26404700177287404952020-09-04T19:41:13.490-04:002020-09-04T19:41:13.490-04:00The proprietor at the Coyote Blog had an interesti...The proprietor at the Coyote Blog had an interesting though. He classified people’s attitude to “SCIENCE” as if they were “Catholic” or “Protestant”. He meant that his Catholic’s looked to an established authority for guidance where Protestants had to decide themselves. Thus most NPR listeners rely on a whatever the progressive consensus is at the moment. So when the Dutch government decides that mandatory mask wearing provided little benefit except on crowded subways (also the Danes and Swedes) they were expelled from the consensus that Europeans as a group got COVID right. Dissenting viewpoints were not allowed. Ditto for recent studies (rather many) showing lockdowns had little impact, largely because they missed large parts of the population and were too late. Hearing our trust fund governor in CT make numerous references that “we are not Georgia (or Florida, Texas and other non-Northeast states) and what a great job he did while failing to shut down the commuter rail from NYC resulting in us being #3 in COVID deaths and cases is laughable. Failing to be honest enough to learn from your mistakes is the great crime.DirtyJobsGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758528269715802477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55567728329432450442020-09-04T19:27:26.797-04:002020-09-04T19:27:26.797-04:00Well said. Well said. GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36656403908636270792020-09-04T17:48:00.131-04:002020-09-04T17:48:00.131-04:00Yes the elliptical orbit of Neptune does confuse t...Yes the elliptical orbit of Neptune does confuse that issue, doesn't it? I should have picked Saturn instead,Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-71253140722175435282020-09-04T17:38:49.386-04:002020-09-04T17:38:49.386-04:00"No one is researching what the next planet o..."No one is researching what the next planet out after Uranus is. " Actually, that would be sociological research, wouldn't it? Back between 1979 and 1999 the next planet out was Pluto, except that Pluto isn't supposed to be a planet anymore.<br /><br />Medical science is extra hard. There are so many variables, and doing experiments on people is frowned on.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com