@cutiieepie6 Think about other service based businesses… full service gas station, plumber who comes to fix your busted water heater, bagger at grocery store, FedEx deliverer, mail person, your babysitter etc etc do you tip them? No. Why are we paying tips to servers?
@chrisgailus for the restricted water bottle FIFA story tonight I understand reusable water bottles will not be allowed in. But you can buy bottles there. What would stop anyone from using those as projectiles? And if you can buy water bottles there can you not bring those?
Does anyone have more information on the shootings at Suncreek Eststes tonight???? 3 men banged on our grandaughter lives with her little kids and where live!!
62 million. In one month. Think about that. 62 million men checked out a website that teaches them how to drug then assault their partner. In one month. Every one of us should be standing up for these victims and be outraged! https://t.co/IHV3b6ymG3
Check out Brut.'s video! #TikTok https://t.co/xSoeYQWech. This is the president of a country thinking it’s ok to post memes about attacking the Canadian hockey players!! And as Americans you guys are ok with this??
The power of RFK Jr.'s rhetoric is that it sounds logical. @billmaher's stumble shows how even smart people get trapped by it. Let's unpack it.
RFK cites a "23% higher death rate" from Pfizer's trial. What he's pointing to: 21 deaths in the vaccine group vs 17 in placebo at a later data cutoff. That's 4 more deaths out of ~44,000 people, from all causes. Numbers that small are statistical noise. The trial was never designed to detect all-cause mortality differences, and FDA reviewers reported none of the deaths were considered related to vaccination.
Worth noting: in the original NEJM publication, there were actually fewer deaths in the vaccine group (2 vs 4). RFK cherry-picked a later cutoff to find numbers that suited his narrative.
Then comes the trap. Maher says "maybe that's the disease itself," and RFK fires back: "Then the vaccine doesn't work, does it?"
That's a false choice. The trial showed the vaccine worked at what it was designed to measure: ~95% efficacy against symptomatic COVID. Whether 4 extra all-cause deaths mean anything is a completely separate question. Different questions, different answers.
It's like testing whether seatbelts prevent ejection, finding that they do, and then someone saying "but 4 more people wearing seatbelts died of strokes, so seatbelts don't work."
That's not how any of this works.