WakeForestRanger
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I for one welcome our coming Polio overlord!
It produced our greatest President so it wasn’t all bad.
I for one welcome our coming Polio overlord!
The conservative media ecosystem and the GOP benefit. They get more clicks and sow distrust in institutions in the name of "freedom." They also can avoid accountability for their elected officials. Uncertainty holes help politicians like DeSantis skirt the fact most Florida deaths been among unvaccinated people AFTER the vaccine became widely available.
is it media that is making southerners look dumb? seems like they are just filming their answers to questions.
hmmm....
is it media that is making southerners look dumb? seems like they are just filming their answers to questions.
hmmm....
All the guy did was to ask them questions and film their responses.
tbf, it's also an edited media product
The Daily Show visits an anti-masking rally at a school board meeting in Johnston County, NC and asks some questions to the protestors. Love the lady who said that her research indicated that Satanists wear masks, so...
The conservative media ecosystem and the GOP benefit. They get more clicks and sow distrust in institutions in the name of "freedom." They also can avoid accountability for their elected officials. Uncertainty holes help politicians like DeSantis skirt the fact most Florida deaths been among unvaccinated people AFTER the vaccine became widely available.
Good post. It’s easy for Republicans to employ consistent messaging when they barely have to pay lipservice to facts, actual events, or making life better for people.
Since Delta began circulating widely in the U.S., Covid has exacted a horrific death toll on red America: In counties where Donald Trump received at least 70 percent of the vote, the virus has killed about 47 out of every 100,000 people since the end of June, according to Charles Gaba, a health care analyst. In counties where Trump won less than 32 percent of the vote, the number is about 10 out of 100,000.
The Daily Show visits an anti-masking rally at a school board meeting in Johnston County, NC and asks some questions to the protestors. Love the lady who said that her research indicated that Satanists wear masks, so...
This is actually a pretty classic exploitation of uncertainty to delay substantive action. There really isn't all that much uncertainty, but it is true that the medical community doesn't 100% know everything about how Covid works, which leaves the tiniest window for someone to say "they don't know!" Usually it is someone with an ulterior motive or that stands to profit from inaction. So, for example, with climate change, climate scientists have known for decades that increasing CO2 densities was going to affect global weather and climate, but we didn't know specifically when and where droughts were going to occur, so therefore: "Scientists have no idea!" Same thing with cigarettes...
...but in this case with masks and vaccines, the uncertainty holes are tiny and who is profiting? Like who is pushing these uncertainty holes and why? The profit motivation for tobacco to push cancer linkage uncertainty is obvious and the motivation for Exxon to sow uncertainty in climate is super clear, but who the fuck benefits from masking and Vaccine uncertainty?
Joe has probably gotten a call from MSD already.
"In addition to his [increased] salary as surgeon general, Ladapo will make $262,000 as a professor of medicine at the University of Florida under an agreement between the school and DOH, bringing his total annual salary to $512,000."
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/pol...0210924-oc4ltqo5iff7tatyfql62biioe-story.html (behind a paywall)