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Category Archives: Corona Virus
Why are we united on Ukraine but divided on Covid? (3-13-22)
00:00 Our need for good & evil stories 04:30 It’s the 21st Century, dude! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WL2VJOn2A 14:00 Why I quit gaming… #grindreel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7tiuyBeXhc 24:40 Michael Beckley on China, Ukraine, Russia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoWYqhp3EVA 32:00 The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the … Continue reading
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‘Of pathogens and party lines: Social conservatism positively associates with COVID-19 precautions among U.S. Democrats but not Republicans’
Here’s a summary of a June 29, 2021 study: Social liberals tend to be less pathogen-avoidant than social conservatives, a pattern consistent with a model wherein ideological differences stem from differences in threat reactivity. Here we investigate if and how … Continue reading
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Risk perception, illusory superiority, and personal responsibility during COVID-19: An experimental study of attitudes to staying home
Here are some highlights from this new academic paper: * there are prominent examples where communications regarding desired behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic largely fall into one of two classes: imperative messaging, and communication that invites personal responsibility and reasoning … Continue reading
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Could Omicron be like cowpox? (12-4-21)
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Like Many Right-Wing Pundits, Dennis Prager Has Been Consistently Awful With Regard To Covid
I wonder how many people died as a result? If everyone had acted with regard to covid as Dennis Prager acted, we could have had millions of more deaths. In the Spring of 2020, Dennis had Covid minimalist Michael Fumento … Continue reading
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