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  1. Almighty God

    Covid Catastrophe

    Of course COVID by itself doesn't serve a useful and helpful purpose, but the point is that real life, physical connection with people DOES. That's not to say we shouldn't take precautions. We absolutely should. But there is still a need for contact with people, and no, "virtual" communication...
  2. Almighty God

    Will you take the vaccine, when it's available?

    The evidence is pretty strong that getting the virus provides some temporary immunity, but no one knows exactly how much or for how long, so yeah, getting the vaccine is still a good idea, and that's why everyone will probably need to get vaccinated at least every year.
  3. Almighty God

    Will you take the vaccine, when it's available?

    Of course.
  4. Almighty God

    Epicurean Paradox and my Faith

    Sure but that has nothing to do with whether or not the god exists
  5. Almighty God

    Epicurean Paradox and my Faith

    There are lots of good arguments for atheism, but this is actually a pretty bad one. It's easy to get around it logically simply by stating that whatever happens in the universe is what God wants. We might hate it and THINK that it's evil, but if there's an omnipotent god and we define the word...
  6. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    Fair enough. But my argument still holds. Maybe nursing home workers do NOT have the highest expected number of hospitalizations that will directly follow from them contracting the virus. But, obviously, I think you would agree, every person theoretically has a different expected number of...
  7. Almighty God

    Covid+ Couple Arrested

    I'm generally opposed to the more heavy handed COVID rules and restrictions. But even for me, I think arrest was definitely justified in this case.
  8. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    Hmm. I guess I'm not familiar with the equipment that nursing home workers wear. I assume that most of them wear masks and gloves, but given the close contact with residents, including administering medication, feeding, and in some cases changing catheters and diapers, I would imagine the risk...
  9. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    Actually, I would support a system with different speed limits for different people, if in fact it could be effectively enforced. A professional racecar driver could probably drive safely at much higher speeds on the roads than the average person, and people with measured reaction times that are...
  10. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    But it should change the general guidance. If a person who lives alone and works from home contracts COVID without knowing it, they are far less likely to accelerate the spread--they probably won't spread it to anyone at all. If a healthcare worker gets COVID without knowing it, they could...
  11. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    I suppose that depends on what you mean by "responsible." I think that healthcare workers and people who work with higher numbers of people in their jobs are more responsible for hospitalizations and deaths, because in the event that they catch it without knowing it, on average, they will...
  12. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    Please explain how a person who contracts COVID, has mild symptoms or is asymptomatic, does not spread it to anyone, and has no long term complications is a "drain on the system." Certainly you understand that it is more problematic when a person contracts COVID and has a higher probability of...
  13. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    I'm not sure you're understanding the analogy, because speeding IS analogous in this case. True, speeding is on a spectrum, in that higher speeds raise the probability of crashing but crashing (like catching COVID) is not on a spectrum. In the same way, different activities performed by...
  14. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    Hmm. Can't say I agree. Let's say the speed limit is 45. Should a person driving 46 be given the same fine as a person driving 106? If not, then what's the difference between this and drunk driving? Exceeding the speed limit by a small amount increases the likelihood of crashing by a smaller...
  15. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    Fair enough, however, wouldn't you agree that an emphasis should be placed on those who are routinely exposed to a high number of vulnerable people? Something like: "Everyone should stay home, ESPECIALLY those who interact with high risk people who have a higher probability of being...
  16. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    That's true, but not exactly my point. To try to summarize it more concisely: Since the goal is minimizing the number of hospitalizations, a person's behavior should be calibrated based on the expected number of severe cases that would occur as a result of them getting the virus. Obviously this...
  17. Almighty God

    The Lack of Nuance in COVID messages

    One of the things that bothers me about the government and media messaging about COVID-19 is the lack of nuance and critical thought applied to the messages about how people should calibrate their behaviors in order to prevent deaths and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. To be more...
  18. Almighty God

    Tequila bar applies to become church

    With enough tequila, you'll stop caring about COVID and join the church. ;)
  19. Almighty God

    The difference between an Atheist and Theist

    I think the simpler way of putting it would be that everyone, whether theist or atheist, has to take the existence of something as a basic, unexplained fact. Atheists take the universe as such, and theists take God as such. The problem I have is when theists accuse atheists of being irrational...
  20. Almighty God

    Your Faith and Extraterrestrial Life

    That's a reasonable analysis, although as you already stated we don't know that the speed at which bacterial life formed on earth would be matched on other planets with similar environments. I tend to agree that extraterrestrial life exists, mostly because of the weirdness of earth being the...
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