Why should I have to ignore a thread that may have useful information on it about COVID developments?We can also ignore threads, if you find them tedious, offensive, etc. etc. You just don't open them simple. No need to close them.
Yes, we know all of these are a factor in both catching the disease and the severity of the experience. So what? You seem to be suggesting that there are 'good reasons' (including bad luck) why some people get ill or die, and the subtext seems to be that without these 'reasons' there is no problem. This is a common delusion; a defensive mechanism to try to create a sense of being safe.
For example fighter pilots are strangely inclined to blame pilot error when one of their number dies, because it is more comfortable to imagine that, 'he died, because he made a mistake, but I won't' than to think, 'I might die like that at any moment'. Same thing drives 'comforting' conspiracy theories - 'If 9/11 was a complex government plot, then I can make sense of it, but if it was a handful of random terrorists, I'm going to be afraid all the time.'
There is also the comfort of imagining that one has special knowledge of 'the facts' and so is insulated from uncomfortable turbulence and uncertainty.
I suspect (but may be wrong) that part of what drives the ideas for many people that 'it just affects old, obese, smokers' or 'the government wasn't prepared' or even 'we must open up to save the economy' is really a slightly delusional attempt to say 'there isn't really a deadly global pandemic that we actually have to deal with'.
Assuming this is a question (a little ambiguous without the correct punctuation); no you really don't.
I think many of us look at the data and try to draw conclusions. It seems to me that the data are sufficiently ambiguous and inconclusive that only a propagandist, someone deluded or someone seeking the lifeboat of spurious certainty would claim to know the 'facts'.
Again, assuming this is a question; I would say certainly offensive, and mostly inaccurate through a mixture of bad data and flawed logic.
Fair enough MarkMas. Points well made.Yes, we know all of these are a factor in both catching the disease and the severity of the experience. So what? You seem to be suggesting that there are 'good reasons' (including bad luck) why some people get ill or die, and the subtext seems to be that without these 'reasons' there is no problem. This is a common delusion; a defensive mechanism to try to create a sense of being safe.
For example fighter pilots are strangely inclined to blame pilot error when one of their number dies, because it is more comfortable to imagine that, 'he died, because he made a mistake, but I won't' than to think, 'I might die like that at any moment'. Same thing drives 'comforting' conspiracy theories - 'If 9/11 was a complex government plot, then I can make sense of it, but if it was a handful of random terrorists, I'm going to be afraid all the time.'
There is also the comfort of imagining that one has special knowledge of 'the facts' and so is insulated from uncomfortable turbulence and uncertainty.
I suspect (but may be wrong) that part of what drives the ideas for many people that 'it just affects old, obese, smokers' or 'the government wasn't prepared' or even 'we must open up to save the economy' is really a slightly delusional attempt to say 'there isn't really a deadly global pandemic that we actually have to deal with'.
Assuming this is a question (a little ambiguous without the correct punctuation); no you really don't.
I think many of us look at the data and try to draw conclusions. It seems to me that the data are sufficiently ambiguous and inconclusive that only a propagandist, someone deluded or someone seeking the lifeboat of spurious certainty would claim to know the 'facts'.
Again, assuming this is a question; I would say certainly offensive, and mostly inaccurate through a mixture of bad data and flawed logic.
But you can also skip over parts, or people, you are your own moderator, or not. It's no different to people complaining about certain TV content, switch it off or change channel.Why should I have to ignore a thread that may have useful information on it about COVID developments?
Yeah but if I don’t post, he’s no-one else to stalk.But you can also skip over parts, or people, you are your own moderator, or not. It's no different to people complaining about certain TV content, switch it off or change channel.
Unbelievable what selfish people
Cardiff Bay: Extra police powers to stop crowds after party
People "intent" on breaking Covid-19 rules left a "significant" amount of rubbish, says council.www.bbc.com
Its a really interesting point because according to the UK ONS, people who are of Black African or Afro Caribbean ethnicity have a ×2 to x2.5 higher mortality rate than White ethnicities. If correct then why isn't the Covid mortality rate in Africa running rampant comparatively speaking? Its a question which has also puzzled me and no one has been able to answer the question yet.Personally i think first world have all been conditioned to hold life as being far to precious, certainly it is to a degree, especially the closer you approach the twilight years .................but in my view its nothing to fear and certainly a subject most people dont like to talk about and shy away from ,but perhaps we should ,third world are most certainly not in the panic modes that the first world have been most of 2020 and 2021 ...................mostly with no health care systems in place there arent streets lined with covid deaths as the west would have you believe ....................i could do with some analysis from the statiticians on here as they seem to think a superior attitude give the only right answer ........................well answer this one why isnt africa with no health care in the most part covered and littered with covid deaths ............................and please dont tell me the footfall/travelling is far less than europe or south america ...........google how many chinese are in africa ................how big is the UN contingent in Africa ......................its something that has been troubling me and i struggle to come up with a simple answer
Its a really interesting point because according to the UK ONS, people who are of Black African or Afro Caribbean ethnicity have a ×2 to x2.5 higher mortality rate than White ethnicities. If correct then why isn't the Covid mortality rate in Africa running rampant comparatively speaking? Its a question which has also puzzled me and no one has been able to answer the question yet.
A friend suggested that registration numbers should be printed on bags of drive throughs. Maybe card numbers when you pay also.Pity there is no way of tracking it, then it could be returned, as the police did recently with fly tippers.
The trouble is that these young adults will eventually be parents, if not already. And unlikely to teach their kids any more manners or consideration than their own parents taught them. If that makes sense, I blame the parents!I would like to think we live in a nice part of town, but it’s still full of filthy young adults that leave a huge amount of litter on the local moor.
My kids would feel the pain if I caught them leaving such a mess.
Can’t agree more !I blame the parents!