Seeing economists on my timeline argue about what inflation is really fills me with such joy - no-one knows what is going on with the basics of their field, everyone is winging it, and the world is one big technocratic meritocracy where no-one has merit or technical knowledge.
I mean, it’s been less than a year and you’ve already approved bounties on pregnant women so yeah https://t.co/mEXr1rfwk5
MSNBC @MSNBC
Not seeing a lot of headlines on the Great Red State Exodus ...
CBS News @CBSNews
Removing unvaccinated nurses from hospitals where they can transmit COVID-19 to cancer patients who lack functioning immune systems (something that has happened multiple times according to physicians I know) seems like it *should* be an intended goal of the vaccine mandate.
What I find frustrating about this (in agreement with Dr. Topol) is that it's *very* easy to move the bar for what constitutes "robust evidence". And there's been a lot of inconsistency about this, with respect to boosters.
Eric Topol @EricTopol
@NateSilver538 Just to add, Nate, that their statement represents, in my view, blatant paternalism. Lack of respect for people to handle the truth, i.e.2 messages at once (1-vaccines are very effective and 2-that vaccine effectiveness may have limits in durability or for specific subgroups)
Economists: "Don't eliminate standardized tests, you'll just end up admitting a bunch of rich kids."
University of California: "LALALALA we can't hear you"
Guess what happened next
kang🦦 @jaycaspiankang
Back when recall-mania started there was some sentiment that California’s stricter Covid policies hadn’t even been effective but as of today they have about 20% fewer deaths per capita than Florida and 15% fewer than Texas.
Can debate if it was worth it, but there’s an impact.
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Michael Knigge @kniggem