Interesting Links for 10-12-2020

[andrewducker]

Lost Muppet Christmas Carol song rediscovered

(tags:muppets movies Disney Christmas )

Covid in Scotland: Lockdown nearly eliminated it, but the second wave was reignited by summer holidays

(tags:pandemic Scotland holidays OhForFucksSake )

"A damn stupid thing to do"—the origins of the C programming language

(tags:programming history computers )

Looks like one in every few thousand people is allergic to the Covid vaccine

(tags:pandemic vaccine allergies )

Tyrannosaurs probably sounded like geese

(tags:birds dinosaurs sound )

Five reasons why the "Nordic Model" is a terrible approach to sex worker legislation

(tags:sexwork law )

Top 10 student and graduate design projects of 2020

(tags:design architecture )

I don't usually talk about new battery technology, but this one looks like it might actually happen

(tags:batteries technology )

British public now supports proportional representation 42% - 33%

(tags:voting reform polls )

Nicolas Cage To Host 'History Of Swear Words' At Netflix

(tags:niccage swearing Netflix )

Some more info on the Pfizer vaccine and its safety and efficacy

(tags:vaccine safety )

Comments

[calimac]

That's true of every vaccine. Should we ban all of them? No, it's always a question of how risky it is vs. how much good it will do. That's the question raised for every vaccine, every medication, nay every other treatment, every surgical procedure, ever introduced.

[claudeb]

No, that's not true of every vaccine. How about just, simply, NO. I got dozens of vaccines as a kid. Only one ever caused me trouble, and it was never anywhere near life-threatening. You know why? Because the vast majority of vaccines are perfected thoroughly. Much like experts say these vaccines should have been perfected: until March at the earliest, if not June. You don't rush these things, much like you don't try to rush a pregnancy. And it's not the same thing if someone is killed in a fire, or by the firefighter who was supposed to help them. Even if you could weigh a life against another, which, again, you morally CAN'T.

[andrewducker]

You're talking nonsense. I just looked up a bunch of vaccines and all of them have allergy rates.

[snippy]

This. Every flu shot, every vaccine I've gotten has warnings about not getting it if you're allergic to X.

[calimac]

This is one of the most grotesque examples of "I didn't have any trouble, therefore nobody does" that I've ever seen.

[errolwi]

Even if you could weigh a life against another, which, again, you morally CAN'T.

I can't even parse this argument. There is a risk of infection if you perform surgery, so we should never do surgery, because that would be weighing a life against another?