D&D and the rising pandemic

[NotAYakk]

I can guarantee you that there are (a) people who are waffling, (b) people who may waffle in the future, or (c) people who know wafflers reading this thread.

That video being shared here is worth it for any of those reasons.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Or to put things succinctly, we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. A very useful maxim, and one the videos a good example of. It won’t convince many, but it will convince some. And that some will convince others. Etc.

Another relevant example is the AstraZeneca vaccine itself. Supposedly, it’s only 70% effective- pretty good as vaccines go, but definitely not as gaudily potent as the Pfizer and Moderna ones. But it’s much easier to transport and store, is cheaper to produce, and can be made faster to boot.

 

[Zardnaar]

Or to put things succinctly, we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. A very useful maxim, and one the videos a good example of. It won’t convince many, but it will convince some. And that some will convince others. Etc.

Another relevant example is the AstraZeneca vaccine itself. Supposedly, it’s only 70% effective- pretty good as vaccines go, but definitely not as gaudily potent as the Pfizer and Moderna ones. But it’s much easier to transport and store, is cheaper to produce, and can be made faster to boot.

70% is roughly what normal flu vaccine effectiveness is iirc.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

70% is roughly what normal flu vaccine effectiveness is iirc.

In a good year, but it’s been as low as 40% when some things happen, like we get a strain that mutates more than normal.

 

[Zardnaar]

In a good year, but it’s been as low as 40% when some things happen, like we get a strain that mutates more than normal.

Yeah the one I got in May I think they said it was 65% effect.

Felt like a human dart board due to getting it in lockdown with social distancing. Sat on a chair in an old garage next door to the doctors building.

Told the nurse to use a slingshot not fussy.

 

[MarkB]

The early reports of allergenic issues with the Pfizer vaccine are worrying, not so much in themselves, but because they'll doubtless be used as fuel for the "vaccines are bad/dangerous" misinformation.

 

[Garthanos]

If your goal is "this SOLVES EVERYTHING" then everything is hopeless.

If your goal is one, small, step, towards, the, better, then everything is approachable.

There are people that will be influenced by one path and others who may be influenced by another even some things i am not fond of like mockery may actually help some to realize the false praise they are getting from the in group is false praise (and mockery is an emotional tactic). This example is broader than just towards the subject at hand.

People aren't turned into conspiracy theory idiots overnight. They are repeatedly groomed by aggressive media that makes them more and more susceptible to the next step, one step at a time.

Once they are prone to conspiracy theories it seems like a drug like fix, many of these followers swallow large amounts of nonsense in a serial fashion. The sense of being "in the know" and special combined with a need for everything to be under somebody's control (even if it is a big bad) makes them feel more secure than the idea of things just happening will he nill he.

 

[Garthanos]

The early reports of allergenic issues with the Pfizer vaccine are worrying, not so much in themselves, but because they'll doubtless be used as fuel for the "vaccines are bad/dangerous" misinformation.

Their number seems markedly low compared to the number who have already received without reaction

 

[NotAYakk]

Or to put things succinctly, we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. A very useful maxim, and one the videos a good example of. It won’t convince many, but it will convince some. And that some will convince others. Etc.

Another relevant example is the AstraZeneca vaccine itself. Supposedly, it’s only 70% effective- pretty good as vaccines go, but definitely not as gaudily potent as the Pfizer and Moderna ones. But it’s much easier to transport and store, is cheaper to produce, and can be made faster to boot.

And another option could be AstraZeneca followed by a Pfizer/Moderna dose (or vice versa); if that is 95% effective, it stretches the supply.

 

[ccs]

Problem is this video won't convince anyone.

Don't see why not. Afterall people have been convinced of crap by far less.