Anti-vax needs a justification that can survive peer review.   Because Tucker 
said so and I have a right to my liberty, etc. is not a justification.    One 
might be a concern about inflammation.    The vaccine will stimulate IGG-M 
production which could exacerbate some auto-immune conditions, and I have that 
auto-immune condition.

From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 8:28 AM
To: friam@redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] On the: RLY!? side


Glen stated: "Shun the anti-vax. Stupidity must be painful."

Is it correct to interpret this statement: anti-vax equates to stupidity in all 
cases without exception?

Such an interpretation would certainly be consistent with the prevailing 
rhetoric. And it very clearly delineates two groups: Them the stupid and Us the 
enlightened.

Am I, for example, stupid; giving no regard to the basis of my being anti-vax, 
for me personally?

[BTW, my analytical evaluation and conclusions did not stop me from getting 
vaccinated despite my antipathy. But my doing so was simply a matter of 
coercion.]

davew


On Thu, Aug 26, 2021, at 8:15 AM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:
> Any place but the ER is irrelevant. Other paths to hospital inpatient
> or PT/allergy/optha clinics *should* require proof of vax or PCR test
> results. I agree. Shun the anti-vax. Stupidity must be painful.
>
> But re: ER, I disagree. It's impractical to the point of silliness.
>
> On 8/25/21 10:56 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> > They aren't under a mandate to have sufficient capacity, or they'd have 
> > sufficient capacity.   Through a triage process they can prioritize.   It 
> > must happen already, even if it isn't legal.  Oh, the local drug addict is 
> > here again.  That guy is probably not #1 for the attention of the doctors.  
> > If enough big organizations like hospitals, grocery stores, etc. simply 
> > refuse to patronize people without evidence of vaccination, there doesn't 
> > need to be a mandate.   And it isn't just ERs, there are people getting 
> > allergy shots, getting physical therapy, eyeglasses adjusted, etc.  No 
> > shirt, no shoes, no vaccination, no service.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> 
> > On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:47 AM
> > To: friam@redfish.com<mailto:friam@redfish.com>
> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] On the: RLY!? side
> >
> > That's just nonsense. By the time you're at the ER, the vaccine is largely 
> > irrelevant. Plus, when some 18 year old kid comes in unconscious with a 
> > gunshot wound, it's difficult to ask her if she's been vaccinated or not.
> >
> > Anyway, most large hospitals are under a mandate to treat whoever walks in 
> > the door, even if they don't have insurance. To make the change you suggest 
> > would require major legislative effort and, perhaps, re-architect the laws 
> > that govern public medicine. You're not gonna do that anytime soon.
> >
> > Taking a look at this site: 
> > https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/09/944379919/new-data-reveal-which-hospitals-are-dangerously-full-is-yours
> > it seems the ratio of covid patients is actually lower than I thought. The 
> > actual problem is insufficient buffer capacity, not the surge in covid 
> > patients. The covid patients are simply demonstrating the problem.
> >
> >
> > On 8/25/21 9:58 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> >> Will you consent to a vaccine?
> >>
> >> Yes:  You get treatment for your non-COVID condition.  No:  Get lost.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> 
> >> On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 9:53 AM
> >> To: friam@redfish.com<mailto:friam@redfish.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] On the: RLY!? side
> >>
> >> Because the majority of the patients in the ERs are not covid patients. 
> >> (Last I heard the percentages were around 60-70% are non-covid. But I'm 
> >> sure it's location dependent.) They're regular people with regular 
> >> problems, many of whom delayed medical treatments for a year due to 
> >> lockdowns. We did a little too much "just in time" logistical planning 
> >> with our hospitals and this fairly tiny bump is demonstrating that our 
> >> buffer wasn't high enough.
> >>
> >> The smart thing to do is increase capacity, correct the buffer size, and 
> >> take care of both covid patients and regular people.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/25/21 9:33 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> >>> Why should we increase the capacity of the hospitals?  Just don't let 
> >>> them in.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com<mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> 
> >>> On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 9:25 AM
> >>> To: friam@redfish.com<mailto:friam@redfish.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] On the: RLY!? side
> >>>
> >>> Well, only if you don't make a big stink out of it. If it's a normal, 
> >>> everyday thing, yeah sure. But if it's some litmus test for who's with us 
> >>> or who's against us, then they're much less willing to submit to such 
> >>> tests.
> >>>
> >>> You see this in spades w.r.t. to the protests. In Portland, they antifa 
> >>> are rigorous about staging counter protests, which makes the fascists dig 
> >>> in and be more committed to protesting, which makes the antifa more 
> >>> committed, ad infinitum. Here in Olympia, it's mostly just the fascists 
> >>> out there protesting mask and vaccine mandates. (Yes, irony is dead.) But 
> >>> as a result, they're anticlimactic and peter out pretty comfortably.
> >>>
> >>> Along the same lines of "don't feed the troll", if we focused our 
> >>> attention on increasing the capacities of hospitals rather than brow 
> >>> beating the anti-vaxers, I suspect the vax rate would climb steadily and 
> >>> the reactionary tendencies of the anti-vaxers would abate.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 8/25/21 9:09 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> >>>> These same people are willing to submit to an employer's drug tests.
>
>
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