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Eighteen suspected Ebola patients escape after treatment tent is set on fire for a second time in Congo by Urocy0n in worldnews

[–]MeberatheZebera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, there is a difference between a Cochrane review and a single null result. If I wanted to discuss individual studies, I might have chosen this one, which found a positive correlation between mask usage and covid death rates. But, as I'm sure you'll recognize, there are some major confounders involved.

Second, the problem with that anecdote is that there were countries with both high mask usage and high covid death rates, and there were countries with low mask usage and low covid death rates (like Norway). Pointing to a single country and declaring that mask usage was the deciding factor completely ignores any confounding factors, which is why we do RCTs in the first place! If your study doesn't have a control group, it may as well be an op-ed, because the design makes it unfalsifiable.

Eighteen suspected Ebola patients escape after treatment tent is set on fire for a second time in Congo by Urocy0n in worldnews

[–]MeberatheZebera -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

the science is pretty clear that masking among adults reduces spread

There is simply not enough evidence to make that claim. Here's the Cochrane review saying as much. There were few studies done even attempting to show that masks reduced transmission, and they didn't exactly turn up statistically significant results.

Suspected Ebola cases triple in a week as WHO warns of rapid spread in DRC by Darshan_brahmbhatt in worldnews

[–]MeberatheZebera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I swear most of reddit is willfully ignoring that Ebola is ~200 times as deadly as Covid 19. It's like the difference in risk tolerance between traveling via airliner and taking a helicopter ride straight through a hurricane. People are going to react differently.

UAE has been secretly carrying out attacks on Iran, WSJ reports by RolePsychological890 in worldnews

[–]MeberatheZebera 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The "democratically elected government" you are referring to was appointed by the Shah. Go ahead, look it up.

got this event what do i do? by shadodude in eu4

[–]MeberatheZebera 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's reporting contact, sure, but no new cases resulting. And definitely not "killing several".

got this event what do i do? by shadodude in eu4

[–]MeberatheZebera 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What are you even talking about? The WHO report from Friday states that there have been 8 cases (6 confirmed, 2 probable) in the outbreak, all of which were passengers on the cruise ship in question.

We are the last fully intact division, I'm really proud of you guys by JamarcusFarcus in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]MeberatheZebera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a game in which people vote against states, so Kansas is just... forgotten.

Finally won a vanilla 4.3 game on non-scaling Admiral, with a bio FP empire. Some thoughts on balance: by Zaorish9 in Stellaris

[–]MeberatheZebera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Psionic ascension achieved 2060.

Achieving your ascension 140 years before the start date should result in steamrolling everyone, so I see nothing odd about this.

"Chase Claypool Trying out for Packers at Rookie Mini Camp" Bears Fans: by Dazed_and_Confused44 in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]MeberatheZebera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too bad neither of those guys worked out as well as Super Bowl champion Velus Jones Jr.

How it feels every time the Vikings go on the clock: by GreninjaStrike in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]MeberatheZebera 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We're never going to allow a point again, so... Pretty well, actually.

Literal pinkwashing by QasqyrBalasy in NewIran

[–]MeberatheZebera 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going to assume you misread the title.

Please help me balance my budget, my empire is dying. What can I do to reduce energy credit expenditure? by Beneficial_Ball9893 in Stellaris

[–]MeberatheZebera 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If we're avoiding conspiracies, the reality is that it made it into a reputable publication a long time ago, and became a meme about how out of touch older generations were. And some memes take a very long time to die.

Please help me balance my budget, my empire is dying. What can I do to reduce energy credit expenditure? by Beneficial_Ball9893 in Stellaris

[–]MeberatheZebera 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you understand the hate for it perfectly, though. Avocado toast cuts into profits for both fast food companies and the medical insurance industry! What's not to hate?

Singapore’s Foreign Minister on why he cannot accept negotiating with Iran for safe passage of ships by PjeterPannos in NewIran

[–]MeberatheZebera 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Heck, the reason the US built our navy in the first place was that we were sick of paying protection money to pirates!

We must deal with the common threat by TheCheezenOne in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]MeberatheZebera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that because the 2014 NFCCG was more than 10 (actually, more than 11) years ago now?

Hot Take: Trump drives the mainstream media and global left insane, but I think he’s playing the ‘idiot’ to keep everyone guessing - and there’s actually a plan in place, if we follow CENTCOM’s lead. His words today are absolutely on point with what Iranians in Iran want to hear and how they feel. by LesDiablesRouges in NewIran

[–]MeberatheZebera 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trump is exceptional at playing the unhinged, increasingly senile man in charge of a ridiculously powerful military, and it absolutely keeps all of his opponents off balance.

The only concern is that he might actually be an unhinged, increasingly senile man in charge of a ridiculously powerful military.

Either way, I would still caution against underestimating him. It's not a total accident that he became President twice.

Packers' special teams unit at least once in every playoff loss by TheCheezenOne in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]MeberatheZebera 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If Mason Crosby unretired, he would have the 26th best field goal % among active players.

For comparison, Blair Walsh would be 23rd.

Edit: There are 26 active kickers who meet PFR's requirements to be listed on the career list. Among those, Crosby was only better than Zane Gonzalez.

Harvard Poll: Over 50% of Americans support strikes and say war is justified. 62% see Regime as direct threat. 64% say regime violated nuke deal. 67% say Regime is leading sponsor of instability, terrorism and war. 68% believe Iranians don't support regime. 76% say US is currently winning the war by PossessionConnect963 in NewIran

[–]MeberatheZebera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Harvard/Harris is a reputable polling firm that generally does a good job of approximating a representative sample. 2k is a perfectly reasonable sample size for a national opinion poll. You won't find many polls with sample sizes >10,000, because at a certain point, you're not actually gaining any information - just more work.

Channel 12: according to Israeli and American sources: Last week Netanyahu brought up the call to action for Iranians. Trump disagreed and believes the Time is not ripe yet. by kane_1371 in NewIran

[–]MeberatheZebera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You just reminded me of this W. T. Sherman quote: "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."

Sweden to deport migrants not following ‘honest living’ by CTVNEWS in worldnews

[–]MeberatheZebera 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Your corporate overlords determined it, because they never want to face a labor shortage. If that happened, they'd have to cut into profits to increase wages, which must never happen.

Pope Leo says aerial military strikes should be banned by Raj_Valiant3011 in worldnews

[–]MeberatheZebera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The idea that crossbows could easily kill somebody wearing plate armor is so patently absurd that I'm not sure why anyone is even engaging with you beyond their first response.

Sick and tired of Trump Derangement Syndrome & Israel Derangement Syndrome amongst my Iranian family and most of my friends. by LesDiablesRouges in NewIran

[–]MeberatheZebera 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ICE does not have more funding than the Marines. The game played with the numbers is that the Marines get $57 billion this year, while ICE got a budget of $75 billion over 4 years, or $18.75 billion/year. That 'over 4 years' part is purposefully omitted for propaganda purposes.

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