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First of all, how do you know things have been rushed? Your claim - please substantiate it. Need I state the obvious: the fact that something has happened much more rapidly than usual does not, of course, necessarily mean it was "rushed". Now then, about long-term risks. I suspect that there...

Since you are in such a conversational mood, perhaps you would deign answer the questions (Q1 and Q2) per post 1084. For example, how, exactly, is the fact that I have never "been a front line worker working one-on-one with dying people and all of the messiness that involves" even remotely...

You claim that science never said masks work to stop the spread of a virus. I do not believe this - please make your case.

This may be true. All I can ask for is "equal treatment under the law".

Q1: No, how is that relevant? Q2: No, how is that relevant? The irony here is intense. When you are not prattling on from mother's basement calling people morons and retards, you are most certainly relying on the findings and accomplishments of mainstream science everyday. That you wish to...

Well, if you do your own research, surely you will be able to cite your sources. Specifics, please.

Please provide support for this claim. What peer-reviewed papers made such a claim?

First of all, how could it possibly be the case that masks do not inhibit transmission if they do inhibit transmission when combined with other measures? I do not see how such a state of affairs is even possible. Second, I have provided evidence, from a reputable source, that masks do work...

Here is the problem with this kind of thinking - you guys have manufactured a world-view that gives you free license to believe whatever you want and not do the hard work, like they do at the National Academy of Sciences, of examining the real world to see how it actually behaves. When you see...

First, I will trust trained professionals from the National Academy of Sciences over "@ianmSC" on twitter every day of the week. Second, no one claimed that masks were the only relevant variable. Again, here is what the professionals have concluded: The preponderance of evidence indicates that...

Quite the story. Any evidence for it? The all-too-common pattern repeats: trained professionals, subject to the rigor of peer-review and with reputations to maintain, deliver a finding. The response: a litany of speculative claims with no evidence. Here is why your story is not credible: It...

I suggest the following maxim captures what is going on when an anti-vaxxer / anti-masker / Covid denier tells us to look up the evidence to support their hare-brained theories: "You look it up" means "I made it up"

From, yes, the "National Academy of Sciences": The preponderance of evidence indicates that mask wearing reduces transmissibility per contact by reducing transmission of infected respiratory particles in both laboratory and clinical contexts. Public mask wearing is most effective at reducing...

Wow, is this really that difficult? We want EV-I-DENCE (and from a reasonably credible source).

These "debates" (I shudder to use such a term for the tripe we see here) are a veritable clinic in the various sins of both omission and commission we sadly see all too often. Here is one such transgression we see all the time: focusing on one dimension of an issue and ignoring other relevant...

Broad lockdowns do work as a measure of last resort, says Ana Bento, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health at Indiana University Bloomington. Another study found that, in many places, shelter-in-place orders and closing restaurants, bars and entertainment venues did...

“To DC with all speed!” did she prate Bi-den’s vict’ry to re-pud-i-ate That bright red ball cap Blood brain-ward does sap So pri-thee, when is your court date?

I do not understand this argument. Sure, I love freedom and I commend it as something we should strive for. But, we live in a real world, with real threats. And, in some cases, the wisest course of action is to temporarily curtail freedom in service of a higher goal. Like staying alive to enjoy...

That would be great if we knew who was infectious. But, of course, we don't.

Or because you have a sizable percentage who don't know the difference between a spike protein and a corn dog.