Posted on 04/18/2021 4:57:02 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Good one...
Looks like Maher is slowly working his way into being a target of the Wokesters and Socialists he has supported. I wonder how he will like it as a ‘target?”
F Maher, he’ll get what he deserves.
Now I get it: doctors tell people lies because they don’t trust you to finish the antibiotics. And media, well, I think we all know if it bleeds, it leads. The more they can get you to stay inside and watch their panic porn, the higher the ratings.
So, where's he been for the past 14 months? What a jackass. The pathetic part is, he's on the air, and trying to stay on the air, using exactly the same method, and speaking to (mostly) exactly the same audience of stooges.
True, but will he realize that he is “deserving” of it? I won’t lament when his excoriation by the Left begins.
Civ - Maher often asks his liberal ‘elite’ guests to consider our positions. As far as I can tell Bill Maher is the ONLY liberal doing that - and it happens almost every show. Not for long of course... and he trashes conservatives like all liberals do... but the man’s too intelligent to do knee jerk WOKE - he’s interesting.
“And we do know conservatives have some loopy ideas about COVID like the third of Republicans who believe it couldn’t be spread by someone showing no symptoms.”
This sounds like another totally made up “fact” designed to prove Republicans are stupid unscientific people. I have never heard anyone of either party say that - and I can’t think of any reason why Republicans in particular would be attracted to that idea...
What I have heard plenty of Republicans say is that if there are no symptoms - who cares if it spreads?
Who knows how many other harmless microbes we have been passing around since the beginning of time? Who cares if there are no symptoms?
“The answer is between one and 5%. 41% of Democrats thought it was over 50%, another 28% put the chances at 20 to 49.”
I think the answer is a hell of a lot lower than 1 to 5%!!
I still haven’t met a single person who had to be hospitalized - and even though many people were hospitalized - there are still plenty of questions regarding what constitutes a “need” to be hospitalized, how many people were needlessly hospitalized for Covid, and how many were hospitalized for other reasons who happened to have covid, or assumed have had it.
Solid facts and logic take the fun out of insanity....
When he speaks the truth?
Maher has some very good ideas and has the balls to say what he thinks, and because he is a liberal, he can get away with truth telling.
Did you watch the video?
If you watched it, and you disagree with his views on covid, you are beyond help.
He and Affleck argued on the air once upon a time, of course, besting Ben Affleck in a battle of wits isn’t much of a claim.
Maher, Sam Harris Battle Affleck, Kristof on Radical Islam
Oct 4, 2014
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3211397/posts
Affleck: Bush ‘Can Be Hung’ for Leakgate
4/8/2006
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611784/posts
In a battle of wits, Afflect comes unarmed...
Thanks for supporting my point...
It’s just his schtick. I’m not impressed at all.
Maher's just like Affleck, but says provocative things to keep his ratings. No minds ever get changed watching his show, because if that could happen, they wouldn't be watching it.
True Civ... of course you’re right on this... but every now and then Maher makes a liberal get a weird look on their face... almost as if for a second they consider the possibility they might not be right on every issue. Of course it only lasts a few seconds but somehow it’s satisfying...
He probably goes off script (y'know, on the off chance that anyone thinks its not quasi-scripted, like "Curb Your Enthusiasm" was), because being articuluate isn't the same as being intelligent, and they get that deer in the headlights look.
F him. He wanted the economy to tank to get Trump out of office. He got his wish.
About 40% of COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic; they show no symptoms at all. Another 40% show mild symptoms, similar to a cold or allergies, and require no medical intervention. About 20% of infections result in at least a visit to the doctor. 5% require hospitalization. 3% of COVID-19 infections result in ICU admittance. 0.65% of COVID-19 infections result in death.
Those are the general numbers provided from studies in multiple countries, including the US, based on data from serology testing and studies where blanket (e.g. whole town) testing was performed. It matches data from other controlled settings such as cruise ships.
Yes, I know those are the numbers.
But all statistics are not created equal.
For example, at sea level, 100% of the time water boils at 212°. Tests confirm this in many independent experiments. All scientists agree.
But it is NOT the number of studies, the consensus of scientists, or their educational credentials that lend credibility to the data. It is the precise definition, accountability and measurement of data that makes this experiment so conclusive.
It is easy to measure temperature of water.
It is easy to observe when water is boiling.
There are no political or financial advantages to reporting false data.
Compare that to covid.
Assessing the need for hospitalization is subjective - not deterministic.
The absence or presence of covid is difficult to measure or prove.
There can be profound political and financial incentives to skew the data.
I don’t trust any of the covid data.
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