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28 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Rogan can do what he wants and the risk of someone who is 21 dying from Covid-19 is very low, but that is not the point of them getting the vaccine. The point is to prevent spread to people who are at much greater risk and reduce overall community spread to unnoticeable.
You don't need everyone to vaccinate to do that. Ex: Israel has basically reached that point and has said kids under 12 will not be vaccinated. But you do need an overwhelming majority of adults vaccinated so we still need a lot of younger adults to do it to stop the virus.
Also, if you don't reach that point and continue to have high levels of community spread, you risk further variants that can eventually overcome vaccine + natural immunity. It's a recipe for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I agree. Nothing I said included a reference to compelling vaccinations, but I do think we are better off encouraging it for all those eligible.

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28 Apr
Absolutely nuts. This is like an alternate reality. Giving Biden credit for things he had 0 to do with and just completely lying about the situation that existed when he took office.
This isn't about Trump vs. Biden. Thousands and thousands of people devoted their lives for a year to make the current results a possibility. Operation Warpspeed helped make this a reality. To try to rewrite history just to give the current admin credit is deplorable.
The article doesn't mention Operation Warp Speed once. Instead, their evidence is the Biden team setting a ridiculously low goal we were already on pace to achieve and a relief package that had little to do with Covid-19.

Pure propaganda.
Read 4 tweets
25 Apr
Does @TheSharkDaymond think David Duke has given any nice speeches lately?
Btw weird how the Capitol attacker that killed a Capitol police officer just disappeared from the news as soon as he was identified as a Farrakhan devotee...
One of the biggest antisemites in the country is consistently being normalized by major public figures and organizations, but no one wants to talk about it. Then those normalizing that bigotry act confused about the wave of violent hate crimes targeting Jews and Asians.
Read 5 tweets
22 Apr
A lot of people never read beyond headlines and rely on the press to serve as gatekeepers, but the number keeps decreasing as press credibility continues to diminish. That's why journalists are so upset at competition (ex substack) now bc they want the audience w/o accountability
Ton of Americans have been actively misinformed by press outlets on many issues (Covid-19 risk, FL-NY response, Covington Catholic, Kavanaugh allegations, GA law, police shootings etc.)

On all those issues, those that rely on national news are convinced of things that are false.
You want people to stop tuning you out or view you as less trustworthy than a used car salesman? Focus a little less on trying to censor competition and a little more on holding your colleagues and industry accountable for their consistent failings.
Read 4 tweets
21 Apr
LeBron is the most irresponsible and hypocritical athlete to regularly discuss news topics. The guy insisted Daryl Morey must be poorly informed to express support for Hong Kong activists, but actively encourages harassment of a police officer that saved a young girl’s life.
That cop did nothing wrong by any reasonable standard, and now someone with 50 million followers is encouraging attacks against him. That’s on top countless news organizations lying about his actions. Decent people need to speak out. Real people will get hurt by this stuff.
And I’m not just talking about the cop here. I’m also talking about the next young girl/boy being attacked by someone when a cop shows up that is killed because the cop hesitated to protect them.

That’s what these irresponsible idiots are encouraging.
Read 4 tweets
21 Apr
I saw a lot of these tweets earlier today. I followed my usual rule of not commenting until I saw the video or got more details.

Now bodycam footage has been released and you can literally see the girl trying to stab someone forcing the officers to fire.
Did a quick search and all the usual suspects jumped on this. Spread it to tens of thousands of people as an unjustified shooting. That's also how the Daily Beast article framed it. We have a serious problem when the outrage mobs can't wait a few hours for the truth.
And I'm sorry, but if you can watch that video and see this shot of her about to stab someone right before the officer fired and think it's an improper use of force, there really isn't much to discuss. Image
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21 Apr
Not big on interview videos with just a few people, but I would be interested in a poll asking people how many unarmed individuals are killed by police each year (broken down by race).

I'm willing to bet a significant amount that perception is nowhere near reality.
Mostly because media coverage and political discussions of those events are so bad that they actively misinform people, which makes it difficult to have a worthwhile discussion.
I guess someone did this poll for how many unarmed black men were killed by police in 2019 & what percent of those killed were black.

The actual number in 2019 (according to WaPo's database) was 13. The actual percentage of black people killed by police in 2019 was ~24%. ImageImage
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