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Cont: Corona Virus Conspiracy Theories Part V

Cosmic Yak said:
You've got to wonder what kind of twisted thought processes lead one to conclude that causing a nationwide power blackout is an act of patriotism.
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There are a number of great examples of such thinking in this very thread.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
It seems to me that the loudest conspiracy proponents have disappeared since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Maybe their services have been diverted elsewhere.
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Mine haven't I just find it emotionally draining arguing with so many people at once.

Just found this interesting graph ... which I'm sure the believers can explain perfectly well. It shows every item (represented by a clickable dot) published by the medical journal, Eurosurveillance, under the three categories, Rapid Communications, Research Papers and Surveillance Reports from 2015-2020.

x-axis: date
y-axis: period of review (in days) before publication

Right at the bottom under Research papers on 21-1-20 is that famous Corman Drosten paper ... but it's still science right, 1-day review is still science for that one paper even if the review period for every other paper is nothing remotely as short.

EDIT: Sorry this link is to the person who posted the graph
http://www.aukema.org/2020/12/meta-data-analysis-at.html

The graph is here:
https://public.tableau.com/app/prof...ateurosurveillance_org/ReviewProcessDashboard
 
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Petra said:
Mine haven't I just find it emotionally draining arguing with so many people at once.

Just found this interesting graph ... which I'm sure the believers can explain perfectly well. It shows every item (represented by a clickable dot) published by the medical journal, Eurosurveillance, under the three categories, Rapid Communications, Research Papers and Surveillance Reports from 2015-2020.

x-axis: date
y-axis: period of review (in days) before publication

Right at the bottom under Research papers on 21-1-20 is that famous Corman Drosten paper ... but it's still science right, 1-day review is still science for that one paper even if the review period for every other paper is nothing remotely as short.

EDIT: Sorry this link is to the person who posted the graph
http://www.aukema.org/2020/12/meta-data-analysis-at.html

The graph is here:
https://public.tableau.com/app/prof...ateurosurveillance_org/ReviewProcessDashboard
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Um...people worked quickly because it was an emergency?
 
Petra said:
Mine haven't I just find it emotionally draining arguing with so many people at once.

Just found this interesting graph ... which I'm sure the believers can explain perfectly well. It shows every item (represented by a clickable dot) published by the medical journal, Eurosurveillance, under the three categories, Rapid Communications, Research Papers and Surveillance Reports from 2015-2020.

x-axis: date
y-axis: period of review (in days) before publication

Right at the bottom under Research papers on 21-1-20 is that famous Corman Drosten paper ... but it's still science right, 1-day review is still science for that one paper even if the review period for every other paper is nothing remotely as short.

EDIT: Sorry this link is to the person who posted the graph
http://www.aukema.org/2020/12/meta-data-analysis-at.html

The graph is here:
https://public.tableau.com/app/prof...ateurosurveillance_org/ReviewProcessDashboard
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"OK guys, we've got these papers here that convey important data to the medical community abiut the emerging virus, but the one proving that ostriches prefer to stand on their left leg when it rains came in first..."
 
Petra said:
Mine haven't I just find it emotionally draining arguing with so many people at once.

Just found this interesting graph ... which I'm sure the believers can explain perfectly well. It shows every item (represented by a clickable dot) published by the medical journal, Eurosurveillance, under the three categories, Rapid Communications, Research Papers and Surveillance Reports from 2015-2020.

x-axis: date
y-axis: period of review (in days) before publication

Right at the bottom under Research papers on 21-1-20 is that famous Corman Drosten paper ... but it's still science right, 1-day review is still science for that one paper even if the review period for every other paper is nothing remotely as short.

EDIT: Sorry this link is to the person who posted the graph
http://www.aukema.org/2020/12/meta-data-analysis-at.html

The graph is here:
https://public.tableau.com/app/prof...ateurosurveillance_org/ReviewProcessDashboard
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Other than the fact that, when compared to the vast majority of data presented in the graphs, a two day review IS, for all intents and purposes, just as short as a one day review, what else do you need explained to you?
 
Just to confirm what most of us already know, a lot of the anti-vaxx BS is disinfo from the enemy.

Russian troll farms aiming disinformation war at Canadian anti-vaxxers: Global Affairs expert (theprovince.com)
Using troll farms that post on Facebook and other social media sites, the campaigns often target the minority of Canadians opposed to COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine mandates, and others deeply distrustful of government, said Philippe-André Rodriguez, deputy director of the department’s Centre for International Digital Policy.

The goal is to seed doubt about the official Canadian narrative around Moscow’s war against Ukraine, he said during a recent webinar organized by an Oxford University alumni group.
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Oh great, there's another Russian Convoy coming to disrupt Ottawa.

Interim police chief to 'Rolling Thunder' convoy: 'You will be held accountable' (ctvnews.ca)
About 500 to 1,000 motorcycles and other vehicles are expected to take part in the event starting on Friday. But unlike the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest earlier this year, participants will have to attend on foot rather than driving downtown, as protesters won’t be allowed to drive into the downtown core.
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It's a shame that useful idiots can't be more useful to their own country.
 
eerok said:
Oh great, there's another Russian Convoy coming to disrupt Ottawa.

Interim police chief to 'Rolling Thunder' convoy: 'You will be held accountable' (ctvnews.ca)


It's a shame that useful idiots can't be more useful to their own country.
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It seems very odd, as there is no actual agenda, just a sort of general opposition to everything. I am always amused at the parallels some of these folks unwittingly follow: The Freedom convoy's idea of freedom is best described as that of Fidel Castro, and the Republican party's approach to truth is best described as that of Ayatollah Khomeini, the followers of EmptyG and her ilk, more like the Taliban than unlike. And now, here we come channeling Abbie Hoffman: Revolution for the hell of it!
 
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MBDK said:
I'm quite fine with the attitude and contempt they were shown, but egging should not have been done. In most places it is illegal and, if damages are >$250.00, can even be a felony.
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I entirely agree. Someone once egged my 1967 Ford hardtop and I never did get the egg off.

No, I didn't try, I mean, a '67 Ford? In 1978?

Those kids deserve a stern lecture.
 
MBDK said:
I'm quite fine with the attitude and contempt they were shown, but egging should not have been done. In most places it is illegal and, if damages are >$250.00, can even be a felony.
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Surprisingly to me, the police showed equal ambivalence towards ticketing “vandalism via egg” as they did “driving a semi truck through a residential area.”
 
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