Crtcl Rice Theory

Yeah but Ga Tech. it's not like he went to U of Alabama or a real  skool. 

until
 

I long for the Art Bell days where the wackadoodleness was cut and dried and never really hurt anyone unless they got lost in the woods looking for Bigfoot. This anti Vax stuff is nasty tho.

I know IT, and I know very few coders making 500k, even when factoring in stocks options with startups.  Certain skills in AI and data science are hot now, but those are advanced degree or a bs with years of experience. I am not sure where you get your data from, you must not work in IT. 
 
 
 

Median weekly earnings (in dollars) and unemployment rate (in percent) by educational attainment, 2017 Educational attainment Median usual weekly earnings Unemployment rate Note: Data are for persons age 25 and over. Earnings are for full-time wage and salary workers.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current
Doctoral degree
$1,743 1.5% Professional degree
1,836 1.5 Master's degree
1,401 2.2 Bachelor's degree
1,173 2.5 Associate degree
836 3.4 Some college, no degree
774 4.0 High school diploma, no college
712 4.6 Less than a high school diploma
520 6.5 Total
907 3.6

I know IT, and I know very few coders making 500k, even when factoring in stocks options with startups.  Certain skills in AI and data science are hot now, but those are advanced degree or a bs with years of experience. I am not sure where you get your data from, you must not work in IT. 
 
 
 

Median weekly earnings (in dollars) and unemployment rate (in percent) by educational attainment, 2017 Educational attainment Median usual weekly earnings Unemployment rate Note: Data are for persons age 25 and over. Earnings are for full-time wage and salary workers.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current
Doctoral degree
$1,743 1.5% Professional degree
1,836 1.5 Master's degree
1,401 2.2 Bachelor's degree
1,173 2.5 Associate degree
836 3.4 Some college, no degree
774 4.0 High school diploma, no college
712 4.6 Less than a high school diploma
520 6.5 Total
907 3.6

Where is the data that shows 2020 is higher than previous years? 
 
Suicide rates declined again in 2020, but not for all groups, CDC report shows
 
Preliminary data reveals increases in the number of suicides among young adults, as well as some people of color.
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/suicide-rates-declined-2020-not-groups-cdc-report-shows-rcna4363
 
 

I think it is black helicopters making Chem trails personally 

Sarcasm alert/ Some would lead us to believe that co2 poisoning from masks, suicides from being cooped up inside and vaccination side effects make of most of those 800k /end sarcasm. 

I think that this article is an op-ed so that opinion is, just that.
 
It does list factors such as poverty, lack of access to lifesaving drugs, and lack of health insurance. There is one issue that they mention which is something that has been researched before and applies not just to black women, but all women. https://www.pnas.org/content/113/16/4296 It is a rather odd and uncomfortable subject, where it may take a very long time for women to feel listened to, not dismissed when they present with certain symptoms, and actually receive a proper diagnosis. This is somewhat prevalent in OBGYN (black women in particular have a higher risk in the US of dying in childbirth and a 40% higher risk of dying from breast cancer) in being misdiagnosed or treated abusively. There are still some very wrong notions about African Americans in relation to their health which are incredibly improper tropes, and completely inaccurate which circulated in the medical community. I cannot say for certain if perhaps these women, having come from a poverty background, with a general lack of healthcare... it would stand to reason that their choice of doctors would be of inferior quality... of course they would have a problem having lifesaving treatment or being listened to. The process is hard enough for treatment for HIV, let alone the stigma. Interestingly, while browsing through the article, I noticed one about a very long study of products specifically marketed to African American women that had an increased risk for breast cancer.
 
On the flip side I tend to think that women often have a hard time getting their men into a doctor and getting checked out, but when they do present and complain of some painful issue - we may feel they are listened to more just because of some sort of 'toughness' trope, and that if a man says he's hurting then maybe he's really hurting (but goodness sake we push out babies and if we're hurting then I hope the heck someone pays attention)... I dunno, I've been around a lot of different doctors, I've seen the lack of listening and misdiagnoses... and then others that really do care. I wish everyone could have access to excellent physicians.

And my biggest argument agianst wild  conspiracy theories.  Washington can't keep a secret if their life depends on it. Does any one think the many many 10s of 1000s of people it would take to pull this off and none spills the beans?
Kind of like the many 1000s including the major networks it would take to pull of a fake moon landing.  Yet many still believe. 
 
Great point about not trusting pharma and the FDA. Yet I bet many gladly take their BP meds, meds when sick etc

Sarcasm alert/ Some would lead us to believe that co2 poisoning from masks, suicides from being cooped up inside and vaccination side effects make of most of those 800k /end sarcasm. 

We should note that 10 hours later,  none of our esteemed body of VJ epidemiologists has been able to provide the information you seek. We must not have the 24x7 service package. 

I just outline a storyline that we would never be able to sell to Hollywood B film producer, and your response is "it is certainly plausible"  You certainly did not address any of the absurd prepositions ( except you think Fauci is some sort of greedy evil mastermind)
 
Now you have goal shifted to local government actions, which is not the WHO, the Whitehouse , the CDC or the FDA.  It is possible that local governments and agencies get it wrong some of the time based on the 'fog of war"?  Not just possible, it's likely.  But that doesn't mean they are wrong all of the time or that they are malicious in their intent.  It also doesn't mean if you went back in time that the same people wouldn't make the same decisions
 
The mask thing cracks me up, is it really the affront to ones personal liberty to wear a mask to protect one another?  The probability that masking saves lives is very high, moresoe with Delta an Omicron in the environment..  Why don't we just do away with any public decency laws while we are at it.  Topless Tuesdays at work anyone?  < its a joke Nature Boy, not a thing.
 
 
so, are you saying the tests don't work or that you are unconcerned about a visitor bringing the virus?
 
The other possibility is that you and about a third of the population get your information from a news source that is less than reliable on this topic.  

Regardless of the cause, there have been over 800K excess deaths in the US since the start of 2020.
 
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-excess-deaths-covid?country=~USA
 
More info:
Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) - Statistics and Research - Our World in Data

I am pretty sure that based on the behavior of the parents, that he probably grew up in an environment that wouldn't foster good mental health, and when his actual issues surfaced, were not taken seriously. Based on his drawings, videos, etc he was hearing voices in his head. 
*sigh* One day we'll get a "COVID made me do it" defense.

To be fair it is the 4th page of a chest thread. The fact that it is even covid related is is amazing. 
 
I wonder who they think here would be ok with doxing someone.  Surely no one 

Well exploitation and poor working and living conditions for farmworkers has never been a thing that Americans have worried about. Americans want their cheap vegetables and white painted fences, they dont ask many questions. One factor might be trying to roll up the top of the organization, which may even lead back to the Cartels which can take years. I guess it is a tradeoff, letting these crimes and suffering continue versus law enforcement goals. 

More importantly:  If we are going to have a guest worker programs, can we build monitoring and certification right into the fee structure?  The states are not waiting for the Feds on this and are building this into local agriculture programs, but the work will just migrate to other dangerous scenarios.

I have a few people in my hall closet, I will check on them now.  They might need some water.

I have a few people in my hall closet, I will check on them now.  They might need some water.

Maybe we could just all agree the Prof is living in a place 100 years ago and does not represent most in the academic community or hopefully in the general public. 
 
Seems like it has wandered into some radical feminism debate, which it really is not .

I just outline a storyline that we would never be able to sell to Hollywood B film producer, and your response is "it is certainly plausible"  You certainly did not address any of the absurd prepositions ( except you think Fauci is some sort of greedy evil mastermind)
 
Now you have goal shifted to local government actions, which is not the WHO, the Whitehouse , the CDC or the FDA.  It is possible that local governments and agencies get it wrong some of the time based on the 'fog of war"?  Not just possible, it's likely.  But that doesn't mean they are wrong all of the time or that they are malicious in their intent.  It also doesn't mean if you went back in time that the same people wouldn't make the same decisions
 
The mask thing cracks me up, is it really the affront to ones personal liberty to wear a mask to protect one another?  The probability that masking saves lives is very high, moresoe with Delta an Omicron in the environment..  Why don't we just do away with any public decency laws while we are at it.  Topless Tuesdays at work anyone?  < its a joke Nature Boy, not a thing.
 
 
so, are you saying the tests don't work or that you are unconcerned about a visitor bringing the virus?
 
The other possibility is that you and about a third of the population get your information from a news source that is less than reliable on this topic.  

So what you are saying is that to support the profit of a handful of drug companies. The CDC, the FDA, the regional heath authorities, the Trump administration, the Biden admistration, numerous research and university organizations, the drug companies, the WHO, all of their counterparts in every other nation, countless doctors and researchers
 
all got together and said:
 
" here's a plan, let's advise the schools and industry to shut down their operations and convince people to shut themselves off from everyone they know and love in the world, tank the economy, drive countless businesses into ruin, disrupt the medical industries own flow of work and revenue because we need to pretend that it's too risky to do those things. We will shut down every facet of people's lives and cause them to cower in fear, force them to line up for a useless and dangerous "untested" vaccine. Oh yeah and when we get the vaccine,  only bother to approve one and then don't even let the public have the approved one. 
 
even though
we (all the conspirators in the first paragraph) know the virus is not that dangerous. 
 
And they are doing this for what? 100 billion in revenue? Some sort of power trip? 
 
Or is this closer to the truth?
 
 
This virus caught us off guard even though experts warned of this scenario, hardly any part of our medical infrastructure was ready for this lethal of a virus. We  rushed through a series of vaccines and made every effort to ensure the safety for emergency use authorization and continue to monitor for risky outcomes until we can achieve FDA approval and be assured that the vaccine meets the same safety standard as thousands of other drugs with FDA approval. 
 
Which scenario is more plausible?
 
Edit: I forgot to put the mask part in, if we cam get folks to wear a mask everywhere, that would be a hoot!