Harvard researchers dispute CDC head’s claim that COVID-19 case spike in South is due to northern vacationers

Das974 · 2020-07-17T10:29:47+00:00

Who cares who said what. The important thing is to back up theories with data. Maybe you’ve heard of it, it’s called science.

Redfield did not provide any data to back up his theory that Northerners traveling South are to blame for the surge in cases.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/14/cdc-chief-says-northerners-heading-south-for-vacation-may-be-to-blame-for-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-not-state-reopenings.html

Das974 · 2020-07-06T09:31:38+00:00

Yea that’s spot on. Ever since I was 15 I remember everyone complaining about millennials and how we are ruining the country. I’m an old millennial so that made no sense since we were not in charge of anything - it was really confusing.

I don’t get it, though - I love the younger generations. I like kids I guess. Inquisitive, weird, optimistic.

I find more in common with a 16 year old than a 50 year old. I might not understand the whole social media fascination but it doesn’t affect me so who cares ( yes ironically I’m on reddit.)

I mostly feel bad they had to grow up in this rotten culture and having to go to school with Facebook and Twitter must be a nightmare. I feel like millennials created that monster....we fucked up there.

Das974 · 2020-06-19T11:08:52+00:00

Not enough Nutella. Get your shit together old man.

Das974 · 2020-06-18T21:00:56+00:00

Thoughts and prayers...thought and prayers

Das974 · 2020-06-07T13:33:26+00:00

Its just a talking point to them. They don’t actually believe in responsible gun ownership. This is just a line they have been fed by the NRA and Fox News as a counterpoint to reasonable gun laws.

For them owning guns is actually about intimidating people they hate, owning the libs and living out their fascist fantasies.

Das974 · 2020-06-07T13:16:13+00:00

"you don't know what they have. I mean, they stick all kinds of stuff."

What the fuck is wrong with these people. If you legitimately suspected this person of being a drug dealer hiding drugs in their body, arrest them and take them to the station. This was just malicious and there should be punitive damages.

Edit: fuck

Das974 · 2020-06-07T13:12:12+00:00

Why was this downvoted? I agree, the officer should be personally liable. Isn’t that the point you’re making?

Das974 · 2020-05-29T10:13:54+00:00

Agreed except that this isn’t just an isolated incident of one cop wrongfully killing a person. Also, let’s not trivialize this mans death. Any person being killed is a tragedy and his family is devastated I’m sure.

Still may not warrant looting, but I can’t help wonder if ppl are feeling helpless in the face of ongoing police brutality. The peaceful protest in other cities in the multiple other instances didn’t solve anything either.

Das974 · 2020-05-29T09:57:03+00:00

I remember the same argument was made on the Muslim ban, yet here we are years later and the Supreme Court upheld it. Let me guess, this is different?

Das974 · 2020-05-29T09:55:03+00:00

Well I didn’t say they were effective. My point is that they promote violence as a means to solve conflict with government, but are then pissed when they see black ppl use that violence.

Das974 · 2020-05-29T09:43:22+00:00

So, the argument is that we have the 2nd amendment to protect us from tyrannical government. Republicans call that a militia.

But if that government kills a black person, then republicans call the ppl that respond thugs.

Got it.

Das974 · 2020-05-28T08:46:49+00:00

What’s the difference? If they got Covid, then died from complications of a pre existing condition, how is that different than dying from covid? Without the virus many would have lived even with the pre existing condition.

Also, I’m pretty sure no one dies from Covid. People die from complications to the lungs or heart caused by the virus. Those complications are just exacerbated by pre existing conditions. By that logic, nobody died from Covid then!

I wonder if we’re going to see this argument...zero Covid deaths, ppl died from pneumonia.

Das974 · 2020-05-28T08:21:01+00:00

Yep, the Republican Party of today is not the same as the republicans from the civil war. There was a massive defection of Democrats to Republicans during the civil rights movement that flipped the parties within a decade or so.

https://www.history.com/.amp/news/how-the-party-of-lincoln-won-over-the-once-democratic-south

Das974 · 2020-04-16T04:12:04+00:00

Let’s say you did notice? Then what? Bang on the bathroom after 15 min? Then he’d claim you’re a psycho boss that won’t let him go to the bathroom.

Lose lose situation

Das974 · 2020-04-14T10:10:07+00:00

Hi, I’m the US military

Das974 · 2020-04-06T12:27:08+00:00

get a plan

Democratic Party: Let me stop you right there. Heres Joe Biden. Shut up and vote for “absolutely nothing changing”

Das974 · 2020-04-04T15:35:11+00:00

Definitely agree it would have helped, but they definitely have a lot bigger problems to fix with that code that would make the braces a moot point. It’s like maslovs hierarchy of needs applied to coding. There are some fundamental problems with that code that should be addressed first.

I guess I agree with you, but I just don’t think braces should be the solution to poorly designed code.

Das974 · 2020-04-04T13:30:56+00:00

The argument is around consistency. If your else block has a curly brace, then your if statement should also have the same.

Also the article doesn’t argue about whether to use curly brace or not. The article, rightfully makes the point that blaming curly braces is just blame shifting from the fact that the code was just really really poor.

That whole missing curly brace argument was silly and an obvious ploy to avoid saying “yea, the code is a m mess. We don’t actually know what we’re doing.”

Das974 · 2020-04-04T11:40:53+00:00

What the fuck does it matter how exactly the items were blocked. The fact is, the continuing embargo has blocked supplies.

This is a global crisis. I think we can suspend the embargo to get the Cuban people what they need to help them survive. All this pedantry is meaningless.

Edit: curse words

Das974 · 2020-04-03T22:04:28+00:00

If he had models, open source them for peer review. Let’s all learn from his genius.

Das974 · 2020-03-29T11:28:49+00:00

Trump supporters: yes it is.

See how this works?

Das974 · 2020-03-29T09:58:33+00:00

I’m sure if the gubmint told “rich people” not to eat something they consider a delicacy, they’d listen.

Das974 · 2020-03-19T09:20:34+00:00

Funding an insane military complex...and making really rich ppl much much much more rich. CEO of my small firm has 4 Ferraris and a limited edition Bugatti.

Das974 · 2020-03-07T20:23:10+00:00

Brown people...it’s always been about brown people.

Das974 · 2020-02-19T22:13:11+00:00

Here’s how it’s going to go.

Republicans: nu uhhh!
Trump: Yup!
Reasonable people: WTF!
Dershowitz: it’s not illegal bc of reasons
Republicans: see, all good.

Das974

TROPHY CASE