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reaction.life/vaccinating-kids

"This should be an open and shut case. In medical terms, the benefits of any intervention must exceed any associated risks: First, do no harm."

"Covid mortality in the young is so low that even a single vaccine-related fatality might well exceed the casualty rate related to SARS-CoV-2. Is this a risk worth taking? In an effort to control waning immunity, Israel is already on a 3rd dose of Pfizer for those aged 12 and over – triple helpings of heart failure, anyone?"

Half-decent BBC article explaining why only 1st doses are being offered to children: bbc.co.uk/news/health-57888429

But even then, remember that the difference in risk from covid between unhealthy and healthy is about 10x or so; vax side effects aren't as they're your immune system. So those numbers indicate that for healthy children, it's likely that vaccine induced heart problems alone are worse than covid. And of course, that's not the only side effect.

"Ontario school board 'regrets' burning books in the name of reconciliation​ as part of educational program | CTV News" toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/onta

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Auxiliary nurse friend says: “If the government can do without unvaccinated nurses, it’s the most blantant proof that there’s no pandemic and no state of emergency.”

bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-5

By reneging on his promise that covid vaccination won't be mandatory the game theory that Biden is setting up is next time there's a new vaccine, you _really_ should not get it to be part of the resistance to ensure it doesn't become mandatory later.

A sad day for public health. Vaccines should be a medical decision. Not a political decision.

caldronpool.com/churches-requi

"Churches in New South Wales will be required to use a vaccination certificate system once 70 percent of the population have received at least two injections of the COVID vaccine."

Sounds like an incentive not to get vaccinated...

ukcolumn.org/article/the-ratio

tl;dr: since covid vaccination temporarily suppresses the immune system, the overall net benefit of it may now be negative.

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Signage.

It's perfectly legal for anyone to do the route. Heck, I was by myself and simply rented the equipment from a local shop for 35 CHF. They just asked what my previous experience was. No big deal.

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Did a via ferrata today. The scariest part was a traverse across the side of a cliff. I'm good with heights. But with 600m (!) of nothing under me, I was frankly kinda scared and shaking a bit.

But objectively, that was very safe. Climbing gear works. The _actual_ most dangerous part was these innocent looking steps. Why? Because they're held in place by rebar stakes that could impale you if you tripped.

Your monkey brain is shit at assessing risk in a modern society. Think logically.

twitter.com/EduEngineer/status

"British Airways lost 4 out of 4000 pilots in one month during mass vaccination.
Similarly, JetBlue lost 5 out of less than 4000.

Using reasonable assumptions, I compute p-values of 0.0140 and 0.0025:"

Interesting.

If you're gonna specify kilometers to three decimal points, why not just say meters?

A human lifetime time sheet in weeks.

Now fill out your local lockdown.

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