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To: SeekAndFind

One person dies out of how many took the shot? People do die all the time. Beware the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, ie, an informal fallacy that states: “Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X.” It is often shortened simply to post hoc fallacy.


5 posted on 01/05/2021 8:58:47 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Biden - Not My President!)
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To: DugwayDuke
post hoc ergo propter hoc

7 posted on 01/05/2021 9:02:53 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (We flattened the heck out of that curve, didn’t we?)
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To: DugwayDuke

CDC says 94% die with covid and an average of 2.6 comorbidities. Many commit the same fallacy when they act like 100% die from covid.


10 posted on 01/05/2021 9:05:50 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: DugwayDuke
An increasing number of people are either atheist or agnostic. They don't believe in an afterlife and so this is their one and only life. Anything that has a chance to kill them is a risk they are not willing to take.

Hence the large percentage of people who have caved to the lockdowns and mask mandates.

Hence why lots of people will refuse to take the vaccine regardless of whether or not it is a fallacy.

13 posted on 01/05/2021 9:14:27 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: DugwayDuke

Nurse’s death not a good example of post hoc fallacy. “People die all the time” is a phrase used by Gov. Cuomo for adapting to the deaths of elderly nursing home residents-—are you sure you want to join that company? A nurse in Portugal dies as the DIRECT RESULT of getting a shot supposedly administered to protect her from the virus, and not GIVE HER THE VIRUS, which is what this shot in fact did. NOT ONLY did it give her the virus, it overwhelmed her so completely she had no opportunity for “treatment”. In other words, this vaccine operated exactly in the way that the lockdown artists claim the Covid-19 works, it kills people instantly, just like a bullet. It is so far the most effective form of Covid-19!! So who needs something that could KILL, rather than help & protect?


22 posted on 01/05/2021 9:43:23 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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To: DugwayDuke
post hoc ergo propter hoc

after this therefore because of this

It always has helped me to know the meaning of actual words.

54 posted on 01/05/2021 11:07:45 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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