Actually, lots of studies show that online communication fosters incivility. There is something about the online experience that emboldens people, whether called TruthTeller or Sam Jameson, to say...

Here on WaccoBB, I have been adamant that


The COVID-19 pandemic is real and deadly dangerous;

Wearing masks and maintaining physical distance from others can reduce the spread of the...

As soon as the vaccine became available for our age group, my wife and I made appointments to get it. After waiting on the phone for hours because of the high demand, we made the earliest available...

What do you mean failed? WaccoBB has been a smashing success for 15 years. Ad revenue is down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected lots of successful businesses, some of which gave up...

What nerve you have! Michael has volunteered his time and energy reporting daily case statistics for Sonoma County since April 1. He has earned our thanks for providing this valuable service, and he...

<br><br>Varda was kind enough to set up [email protected]. She announced it the following discussion thread: New North Bay Online Group Invitation.

Varda, thank you so much for organizing this!

Mark,

You are really going to miss WaccoBB!

Steve

In a battle between U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, neither side could use nuclear weapons. Neither side would want to destroy "their" country. [-]Even the stupidest pro-Trumpers are not that stupid.[/-]...

Hey, it is not only for West County!

What are you talking about? Barry is not censoring anything. Moving is not censoring. This discussion (or "thread") is about COVID-19 case statistics in Sonoma County and nothing else. It is not...

Bravo! Very well said.

Mara, are you going to reveal your academic degrees and professional experience?

Are you alluding to the yellow star that Nazis forced Jews to wear?

Please list your post-high school degrees, professional certifications, and any other qualifications that you believe constitute the education and experience to evaluate Dr. Fauci's ability to...

We have a handful of participants who believe that recognized authorities persistently lie, that the truth must be the opposite of whatever experts say. These same individuals accept any nonsense by...

Denigrating widely recognized experts, all of whom have education and experience in their field, by calling them "so called experts," is merely your opinion. Unlike those you denigrate, however, you...

I remember polio vividly. My mother kept me out of elementary school for 2 years so I would not be exposed to polio. She was a straight-A genius in high school and at UCLA, and she taught me to love...

There is a strong statistical correlation between the number of teachers in a county and the quantity of alcoholic beverages consumed in that county. Obviously, teachers are drunkards.

It is also...

It is unusual to see antitrust humor. Thanks!

This is an exceptionally good collection. Thanks, Barry!

The mortality rate is important, of course. However, it is not the only relevant metric. Only a small percentage of those infected by SARS-CoV-2 die. Nevertheless, the number of cases that require...

My post, to which you responded, did not advocate censoring anyone or anything. I simply pointed out that the discussion entitled "Sonoma County Covid-19 The Numbers" should be confined to that...

Yes, please limit this discussion to Sonoma County's COVID-19 case statistics.

On the other hand, it is easy to fool people who respect neither facts nor reason.

On what basis does Campbell refer to himself as "doctor"? He describes himself as a retired nurse and a teacher of nursing. I have not seen him identify any academic degree.

He has a website...

Yes, Sonoma County has been publishing that chart daily for many months. Goat Rock Ukulele began this discussion, and he has posted that chart daily, together with other valuable information he...

Yes, the polemicists have hijacked this discussion. It would be appropriate for our Moderator either to move off-topic posts elsewhere or, if that is too much of a bother, to delete them.

I did not get redirected. I received an email with a copy of Barry's message in this thread posted today at 5.35 p.m. My email client is Outlook for Microsoft 365 (16.0.13231.20372) 64-bit under...

Thank you again again again again. I've lost track of how many agains I am up to now. Your continued gathering, analyzing, and publishing this vital information is an important service to our...

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Do you really believe that the NSA, or any other government agency, is interfering with your ability to post on a WaccoBB discussion?

The leading cause of computer-related problems, by an enormous...

I speak only for myself. I have no employer or client that has any interest in any of these discussions on WaccoBB. I have no employer or client that has any interest in you. I cannot think of anyone...

Any responsible or sensible person would would have asked Barry what he did or did not do regarding your posting privileges before calling him out publicly. I know you think you know something about...

Yes, please keep the humor coming. Apud se gratiam futuram.

Normally, medical information is regarded as confidential. The names of individuals who became ill with COVID-19, or who died from it, have not been published.

Thanks again, again, for continuing provide this valuable daily information!

I watched it. I understand what I saw. It is a "mashup" that either Fox or Trump's crew created to discredit mainstream news sources. This is the Trump playbook, pure and simple. Like Trump, they...

Are you promoting this Fox Views' ultra right wing, pro-Trump propaganda? Or are you posting this to inform those of us who oppose Trump about how the Trump party-line distorts and vilifies...

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Mark, the thesis of Cook's article is clear to any adult that reads it. Whether you agree with it is another matter, and it obviously is in your rhetorical interest not to agree with it. Your feigned...

The term "herd immunity" keeps appearing here in discussions of the pandemic. Some of these uses do not conform to standard definitions of the term. Since so much here on WaccoBB devolves into...

No, this has nothing to do with herd immunity. There was no opportunity for RI to acquire herd immunity. "Immunity," herd or otherwise, means that individuals have an immune response to a pathogen,...

Of course we don't have herd immunity. No human population has herd immunity from COVID-19.

What are you talking about? We are nowhere near herd immunity. How could we be?

In simple terms, herd...

Thank you, again, for continuing to follow, analyze, and report the daily figures for our county.
You are performing a valuable service for our community.

Alex, who are you referring to as "They"?

Racist language is never appropriate. It is especially inappropriate, and offensive, in the wake of increased reporting of police atrocities against blacks.

The conspiracy proponents here are not...

I believe you mean well, Alex. I have not figured out whether Mark means well or whether he advocates crackpot positions for the fun of antagonizing others. Unfortunately, you, others who have...

Alex, you write this as though the second paragraph of your post comes from the Cnet article to which you hyperlink. It does not. The article does not mention vitamin D3 deficiency as a cause of...

Mark, because you are now focussing on facts and on supporting authority, please provide us with a rigorous, scientifically accurate depiction, supported by reliable authorities, of the layout (that...