You’re agreeing with and providing support for rhetoric spoken by Mussolini. — AJJ
Corporations should have their powers checked as much as the governments. Monopolies need to be broken up and competition promoted. — Harry Hindu
Or did the evil state deprive you of the choice to leave? — James Riley
That's right. Send a virus to clear out the invading virus (or parasite, both are equally applicable to people). — Book273
Well, I'm going to leave you rebels alone for a spell, while I go into the big city and enjoy all that society dun brung me — James Riley
Yes, when it closed the borders, it did. — Book273
Like hookers and Blow? or concrete and pollution? Noise and light pollution? I am actually ok with the hookers, they need to make a living somehow. — Book273
I suppose that's what you get from reading the Telegraph. — Benkei
Corporations should have their powers checked as much as the governments. Monopolies need to be broken up and competition promoted.
— Harry Hindu
Exactly the alternative I mentioned. "Free markets" and "competition" is the answer. Which has been a complete failure on every level except one -- namely, the level of plutocrats. Libertarianism is just another cover for plutocracy. Capitalism through and through. — Xtrix
If intelligence agencies and scientists are in two minds about the possibility that China has something to do with the pandemic, there is no reason why we should rule it out. — Apollodorus
Since the vaccines don't prevent transmission of the virus, I'm not sure if they reduce the risk of mutations. — Count Timothy von Icarus
On the one hand, yes, people who have been vaccinated get infected at lower rates. On the other hand, evidence from livestock shows that partial immunizations that reduce the severity of a disease but still allow transmission between the immunized tends to make diseases more lethal. Variants that would otherwise die out due to killing their hosts too quickly are allowed to proliferate. — Count Timothy von Icarus
You obviously don't know what Libertarianism means.Libertarianism is just another cover for plutocracy. — Xtrix
Apples and oranges. — Harry Hindu
... for which there is not a shred of circumstantial evidence presented on any (world-class) infectious disease institute's or medical school's website. "Lab leak" is pure fact-free media speculation (hype) to date – yeah, "possible" but also, to date, laughably improbable according to science reporting in the US-Canada, E. Asia (discounting China) & the EU. I'd appreciate being shown that I'm wrong about this.If it is a lab leak ... — Benkei
So what is it that you're really concerned about? That covid is China's biochemical warfare in an effort to take over the world? — baker
I am denying that Telegraph article correctly interprets the results of the find. — Benkei
Marek's disease is a classic example. — Count Timothy von Icarus
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