Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@121 I sure hope so....

"Local councillor proves to be a hungry for power, wherever they can grab it in their petty existence"

Sad really, because local council is often one of the most effective forms of government. But keeping roads maintained is kinda boring...

@NunyaBidness You misspelled "shitbotter"

@verretor I mean, murdering your opponents says that too. 10x

Possibly the most insane thing about is the pharmacy person on staff didn't seem to understand what the numbers are either! Her response was basically to agree with him!

Overheard a conversation at the pharmacy from an elderly man who wanted to get vaccinated. They said they just had Astra Zeneca available, which he turned down saying it was dangerous.

I suspect had the media actually talked about the risks and benefits _by age_, with actual numbers, that might have happened differently because he'd have had a better understanding of why it's not being used in younger people.

But that would require admitting that our covid response was idiotic...

https://github.com/zhuowei/nft_ptr

"C++ std::unique_ptr that represents each object as an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain."

@roshii The sample size is not 26 for what they're trying to measure: most of their patients weren't producing detectable levels of viral particles to begin with, so those patients didn't generate any data about whether or not there was a decrease.

@roshii That's their interpretation. If you look at their actual data, they're claiming that on what's essentially a sample size of two (for Influenza B).

After AstraZeneca clot findings, France opts for mRNA vaccines for second shot | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/france-opts-for-mrna-vaccines-for-second-coronavirus-shot

"Our approach is absolutely not to engage in a gigantic experimentation on the French population"

...which is why you're vaccinating the whole population with brand new vaccines that haven't gone through normal approvals? And are now proposing to mix-and-match those vaccines in ways that haven't been tested?

Sorry, there's no getting around it: this is a gigantic experiment.

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