As a journalist, I live in a world of facts, and the fantasies of the internet, while of interest to me as subjects for stories, aren’t on an equal footing in my mind. The erosion of the whole notion...

One persons nutball is another's free thinker. Everyone on this or any other forum needs to use their own BS filter and keep it well tuned. The internet often is not a place of truth. It's a place...

"A lot of work" is right, Zeno. It's part of the reason Waccobb is closing down.

RFK Jr. Is Our Brother and Uncle. He’s Tragically Wrong About Vaccines.

We love Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but he is part of a misinformation campaign that’s having heartbreaking—and...

The first 22M Americans have been vaccinated for COVID-19, and initial safety data shows everything is going well, CDC says

"Vaccinated people have suffered major health crises and even death...

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines DO NOT HACK YOUR CELLS DNA!!! Contrary to assertions, it won’t turn you or anyone else into a GMO. mRNA stays in the cytoplasm, where the ribosomes are. It does not...

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...

Here's the article that Jacob posted a link to :waccosun:

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Underselling the Vaccine
And what else you need to know today.

By David...

I honor each persons' opinion, though I feel this article and much of the responses in this thread seem to be conspiracy theory based. And such fear-based conspiracies seem to be the other serious...

Yes, it is doable, but no, I won't do it. :fie:
I am not planning on sharing our user's email addresses with anyone. :angelsmilie:

OTOH, I can see sending out individual email invites to some...

Extremely sad to be losing this important community resource. Barry, wishing you well in whatever the coming months and years bring - I hope you write a BOOK about your experience with...

I'm kind of appalled at the people who think the sad, pathetic little man that is Julian Assange is some kind of hero. Unlike the likes of Edward Snowden, Bradley/Chelsea Manning...countless others...

Now that Barry is closing this platform where should I be heading to post our beloved conspiracy theories?? Who has a suggestion?

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The time has come to close the WaccoBB.net website.



Lots of factors have converged to make this the appropriate...

So you're talking about the deaths per total population. I think a couple things factor into our overall fairly low death rate in Sonoma County and the Bay Area in general. Firstly we have done a...

It would be helpful if you linked to your sources for Fauci's comments re masks. If they were made early on in the pandemic (last Spring-Summer), then it's likely they are outdated now because we...

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...

Unfortunately Wacco has really gone wacko with all kinds of conspiracy theory postings over the last several months. Fear creates irrational behavior and beliefs. It's good to know that there are...

Questioning someone's motives, like calling it a "China study," in publishing an analysis or study is a no-no in science, It's comitting the ad hominem fallacy.

And it's irrelevant. In this...

Can your thinking be improved? You say “The Chinese” and that you cannot "look at this without thinking … communist goals for social control.”


Thinking in broad generalities, and an impulsive...

Here is a new paper on non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI's), from the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In this study, social distancing comes up as best, but masks also reduce...

I'm not really questioning so much whether masks "work" or not, more whether the mandates are a good idea.

My wife's a teacher, my mother-in-law was a teacher, my daughter is a teacher. Many of their friends are teachers. In this case, correlation does mean causation. Your statement is true.
...

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...

We’re talking here about “political fundamentalism.”

What are some telltale signs of political fundamentalism? These come to my mind:


1. There is a sacred text (Das Kapital, Road to Serfdom,...

Now, we have something to agree on. Making extreme arguments to get there wasn't really necessary. The goal should be to get money out of politics so decisions can be made for the good of all. At...

When, as a nurse, do you recall refrigeration trucks lined up outside of hospitals for the purpose of storing dead bodies because the morgues were beyond capacity?

When, in your lifetime, do you...

It's time to defund the Republican Party

In yesterday's rant, I laid out all the reasons why Democrats should put at the top of their priority list "defunding the Republican Party." ...

A very good read I just came upon. An explanation of how "they" (working class Americans) can support Republicans and. particularly, Trump?

What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working...

Oh dear, someone died!

If you read the document you pointed to (Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting December 10, 2020) you could find that 2 people died during the...

As far as is mRNA dangerous? You bet it is. Its exactly what this corona virus and other viruses use to turn certain of your cells into virus factories churning out more corona virus that go out and...

Any question of the form "If you did X, did it result in a negative (not happening) event?" is unanswerable. If I got a flu shot and did not get the flu, there may or may not be any causal...

I have been perusing this thread and am disheartened by the seeming importance of people posting just to prove they are right and others are wrong. Although I am sure someone posted something...

Ironic when a small minority that has neither science or logic on their side call the others a "cult"

I want all the time of my life I wasted watching that drivel back...

And let/s see- after...

My posting here is an attempt at being more on the pragmatic than opinionated.

It is becoming apparent to me that, in America, there are basically 2 completely different ways that people perceive...

I can’t believe this conversation is still going on... and spans 4 pages.

The science is not in dispute- Masks prevent the spread of Covid indeed a lot of researchers seem to think that if 70% or...

I wish I could share your optimism- but I don’t.

Let’s leave aside for the moment that Biden has not yet “won” , because it does seem likely.

Still- the legal fights and the recounts have only...

Masks also work as an inconsiderate fool detector. No mask in public you are one and can hopefully avoided.

Cases is an important data point to track the level of infection in a community. You want to know how prevalent it is and if it is increasing or not. But a much better measure of that is the...

Hmmm.. fox news... and it doesen’t even support your claim of “CIA censorship”

Having a little insight into this situation... this is little more than a person with VERY strong opinions butting...

*Trumpies* is the diminutive form of *trumpers*, the collective noun for the lot of them. *Trumpette* is the preferred feminine form. The masculine form has yet to be decided, but *trumpian* is in...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not, was not, and will not be a Senator.

Oh, and in case you missed my point (which from your reply I infer you did), far from hiding the fact that there have been 300,000 excess deaths (of which 220,000 some are widely published to be due...

Republican Party might recover as early as 3096

Excess deaths is the critical number, currently above 300,000 for the year. This includes COVID cases as well as people who died because they could not get, or feared to get, treatment for other...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlEI_ugL7k
Sep 4, 2020

China v America: why universities are on the front line | The Economist

The covid-19 pandemic could cause a massive drop in the number...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SoJI_KNV0Q&feature=youtu.be

Re "group of over 500 medical doctors in Germany called ‘Doctors for Information’ made a shocking statement during a national press conference: (1) ‘The Corona panic is a play. It’s a scam. A...

I just had an experience that showed me quite convincingly the efficacy that wearing a face mask provides in reducing contact with a liquid aerosol. Yesterday, I hiked out to Bumpass Hell, the...

I agree. I am an evidence-based physician who follows COVID-19 information closely. But NOT from the media. I follow research and reports from all over the world, often from sites not available to...