Michael Raymond

Technologist, Author, Musician, and All-around Philosophy, Science, and Technology Geek.

[Jeri Ryan @JeriLRyan]

Just freaking WEAR. A DAMN. MASK.

[Star Wars @starwars]

A personal message from Ewan McGregor.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I miss them

[Jason Selvig @jasonselvig]

Had a good talk with a guy in Virginia about Critical Race Theory.

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@coonpanther @csstrader1 @EntropicM @moody12 @NuanceBro @Timcast 2/ in case my point wasn't clear:

1. Infections happen more where people live closer together

2. Deaths is obviously a MUCH more compelling metric for vaccines than infections. The only reason to focus on infections is to lead people AWAY from an important truth

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@coonpanther @csstrader1 @EntropicM @moody12 @NuanceBro @Timcast Common sense is common. Not necessarily correct. Tobacco company played games with statistics too, also to cloud the truth. But US annual deaths went up 18% in 2020, and Covid mortality is WAY down (for vaccinated folks)

People get "infected" in NY/CA because: more people. Obv🤦‍♂️

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@csstrader1 @EntropicM @Ratio_of_Ratios @moody12 @NuanceBro @Timcast You may have facts, but you've definitely misapplied them into conclusions that diverge so far from truth that they're worse than useless, they're potentially lethal, in fact

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@csstrader1 @EntropicM @Ratio_of_Ratios @moody12 @NuanceBro @Timcast "Fauci funded Wuhan lab"....🤦‍♂️

No. Please join us in the real world, where secret conspiracies get more impossible with every human being added into the loop

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@csstrader1 @EntropicM @moody12 @NuanceBro @Timcast If China made the virus in a lab...OBVIOUSLY that has nothing to do with whether you should get vaccinated. Unless you've convinced yourself that it's some all-encompassing conspiracy, which is romantic but really naive. Get vaccinated.

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@csstrader1 @EntropicM @moody12 @NuanceBro @Timcast You're half right, but your conclusion is completely wrong

Every virus (even a cold) hijacks your cells to make copies of itself. mRNA Vax just makes the spike protein (which is preferable)

Then YOUR immune system sees those proteins and reacts to them. Naturally.

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@Chaddun086 @BearlySentient @Timcast Either you:

Are being sarcastic.

Don't work in a hospital.

Work in the hospital gift shop, cafeteria, cleaning staff, or as an orderly.

Should be fired.

One of these must be true, bc deaths are WAY up, testing ABSOLUTELY differentiates covid from flu, and vaccines WORK

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@Timcast When treatments are likely to cause more harm than good, the FDA no longer authorizes them. The only thing that doesn't make sense is why you would foment ignorant outrage when you definitely should know better

https://t.co/8f1oAvOfrM

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@All4thePopcorn @amackenz2048 @NateSilver538 I mean...what answer are you looking for here? If they set up a sloppy process that resulted in them misinforming the public, but it was only temporary, that makes it okay and no one gets to demand they do better?

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@All4thePopcorn @amackenz2048 @NateSilver538 I disagree. That is his point precisely. The only difference between the two statements is whether you're insulted, because functionally they're both saying the same thing: This model is clearly not useful so please stop using it and make a better one

[Michael Raymond @MichaelRaymondX]

@Discovery101 @redwoman1966 @Facts_Are_Hard @AdamKinzinger This.

Imagine externalizing all responsibility, feeling completely free from the need to solve problems, feeling righteous in blaming others for your pain. This is the seductive corruption at the heart of the modern @GOP and thanks to Trump it is the only thing it now stands for

[David Simon @AoDespair]

Wear a fucking mask, get your fucking vaccination and convince more of your shitbag, deadbrained, selfish followers to do the same. That'll thwart Biden's evil plan, you useless, gibbering demagogue.

[Abbie Richards @abbieasr]

Conspiracy theories are everywhere and people don't understand how harmful they are.

I made the original Conspiracy Chart over a year ago. An update was long overdue. This is the 2021 version.

[David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon]

Antivaxxers falsely claim that a mRNA-based #CovidVaccine “permanently alters your DNA.” Antivaxxers are really afraid of “impurifying” their “purity of essence” and have now gone into disturbing territory, such as calling themselves #PureBlood. https://t.co/bX1fKjEMxq

[Ana Cabrera @AnaCabrera]

Dr. Fauci: “Let's take Texas and look at a comparison of unvaccinated people with vaccinated people. Unvaccinated people were 13 times more likely to become infected than fully vaccinated, and unvaccinated people were 20 times more likely to die than fully vaccinated people.”