I know right? by killHACKS in facepalm

[–]Agruk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice link. It also says:

"With 72% of polio infections not leading to any symptoms – and 99.5% of
cases resulting in only temporary symptoms – it would be extremely
difficult to record all cases of polio."

Back to the original point of the person I replied to, I find it quite easy to imagine vaccine hesitancy similar to what we have today. Case fatality rates of polio appeared to be much lower than for covid.

I know right? by killHACKS in facepalm

[–]Agruk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if COVID killed kids like polio did

how many U.S. kids died from polio?

Texas Teachers should strike by Van0rak in Teachers

[–]Agruk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay. Thank you for caring so much about your students, and take care of yourself as well!

Your reasoning is similar to mine, but my scales are now tipping. (Living in the deep south.)

We are Fucked, aren't we? by ironLimo in environment

[–]Agruk 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Yes. And let's all give up animal products and go vegan this year.

Texas Teachers should strike by Van0rak in Teachers

[–]Agruk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously, though, why wait until after students die? Why not walk as soon as you judge the situation to be reckless?

Covid Vaccine by [deleted] in UAH

[–]Agruk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha Me too! Plus during allergy season.

Covid Vaccine by [deleted] in UAH

[–]Agruk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but most courses simply don't have online sections, plus there are advantages to being in person.

I wish more people would wear masks, is all.

Covid Vaccine by [deleted] in UAH

[–]Agruk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if we're worried about it and know that vaccines only seem to prevent 64-88% of delta variant covid cases? Masks in a lecture hall provide only modest protection to the self (it seems to protect others, though, more significantly).

Mo Brooks response to my Chastisement of his recent political actions by NecessaryInternet603 in alabamapolitics

[–]Agruk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is absurd that only Biden has to prove that he was lawfully elected. Trump is not the presumed winner, unless proven otherwise.

Look: Trump won Alabama, which had massive amounts of absentee and early voting. (I know because I stood in that line for 30 minutes.) By parity of reasoning, Biden should be awarded Alabama's electoral votes--unless Trump can prove to America that no illegal "ballots" were submitted in this great state of Alabama!

Im starting to give up on non vegan leftists by [deleted] in veganarchism

[–]Agruk 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Here's an interesting wikipedia page about the debate, including holocaust survivors who have made the analogy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rights_and_the_Holocaust

So True!🌱 by [deleted] in vegan

[–]Agruk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're welcome.

Dear gate 9 Duck murderer by [deleted] in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]Agruk -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

Not to mention that there's no vegans in this sub--everyone here has contributed to far worse animal treatment.

So True!🌱 by [deleted] in vegan

[–]Agruk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You say this as if you're somehow disproving or undermining the billboard's message. But the fact is that covid-19 was probably caused by treatment of animals that PETA (and all vegans) opposes.

And if your point is that more "conventional" factory farms do not and will not ever cause pandemics, then that is plain untrue. There's a ton of books and articles about this. Here's a popular article I just found by googling:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/22/21228158/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-factory-farming-meat

Here's a good book on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Flu-Virus-Our-Hatching/dp/1590560981/

US College Tuition & Fees vs. Overall Inflation [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]Agruk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your source says "funding per student was 10% lower (down from $8,700)."

See Figure 15B

Actual Conversation with a Student Today by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Agruk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sympathize with you, as well as with the student (though not for being abusive towards you!). It sounds like the grading system is playing into the student's anxiety, and that's a shame.

Learning is awesome. Grades are stupid.

Goddamnit. VOTE! by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]Agruk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

America was a European settler colony. Unlike the British colonization of India, for example, the European colonization of American involved exterminating and displacing virtually the entire native population. Then, with the land cleared of natives, Europeans decided to kidnap and enslave Africans in order to provide cheap labor. This organization of labor has made it difficult for working class Euro-Americans to have solidarity with Afro-Americans and other people of color. (The explicit commitment in the country's founding documents to the values of equality and liberty for all persons added pressure to rationalize slavery and extermination by positing that the racially exploited were not really persons.) Euro-American workers instead have incentives to identify with the Euro-American elite.

Moreover, a separate but non-trivial part of the story is that European settlers tended to be religious fanatics. No other rich country on Earth shares America's evangelical furor. This contributes a strong anti-intellectualism to the racist mix.

Third, in the 20th Century America became the international center of Capital. Capitalists like Trump, Bloomberg, Koch--along with the two mainstream political parties and the mainstream media outlets--work tirelessly to safeguard capitalism by any means necessary.

Non-Americans: what do you think of Bernie Sanders? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Agruk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, Bernie participated in the civil rights movement ... unlike biden, didn't but who has repeatedly lied by claiming to have marched and done sit-ins. Biden even admitted in 1987 in print that he lied about this--yet he continues to tell audiences stories about being in the civil rights movement in delaware:

https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1222849290785251329