I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to be just told what to do. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mind doing things. As long as the person trying to get me to do something has a valid argument, I can probably be convinced to do it. I haven’t
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We’ve been hearing a lot about “breakthrough cases” recently. A “breakthrough” case is someone who has been fully vacksinated against COVID and still contracts the disease. No big shocker there. Why is that news? That’s how it’s supposed to work. By calling them “breakthrough cases”, it implies that this is
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (aka VAERS) is touted as the “gold standard” for tracking vaccine side effects. And it’s a piece of crap. Anyone, and I mean anyone, can enter data into the VAERS database. You can do it, I can do it, and a room full of
Back in the late 90’s, Lance Armstrong was accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs. No one could prove he was cheating but that didn’t seem to matter. Eventually, his seven titles for winning the Tour de France were stripped. Lance was punished even though he self-identified as someone NOT taking drugs.
About 25 years ago, I was at a business dinner. The person across the table from me mentioned that he had read a study that indicated people tend to live about as long as they think they’re going to. For example, if someone believes they’re going to live until they’re
Earlier this week, I was standing in line outside waiting to take my dog to the vet (ironically, it was to get her vaccinated). There were 17 people in line, and I was the only one not wearing a mask. Being the way I am, I couldn’t help but think
Remember back before people were afraid of change? When I say “change”, I mean “currency” and not “something different”. People have been averse to the “something different” type of change for a long time. This whole if-I-touch-a-nickel-I’ll-die thing is fairly recent. Anyway, back when you could use actual change to
I like to think that I’m a reasonable man. I also like to think that I keep an open mind. If someone can come up with a good enough argument, I can be convinced of almost anything. There’s been a lot of talk lately about “vackseen hesitancy”. A good number
Simone Biles is a female American gymnast. In a recent competition, she completed a Yurchenko double pike. She is the only woman to do so. You’re probably wondering what the hell a Yurchenko double pike is. It’s a vault so dangerous that no other woman has ever attempted it in
CDC stands for “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”. The “and Prevention” part was added years after the “CDC” part which is why their acronym isn’t CDCP. I guess they already had the business cards and letterhead paper printed so changing to CDCP would have been a big expense.