I am not.

I dont mind outrage. I am able to stay out of the way of the masses. If they want to burn down their communities, I am fine with that.

Me too.

well, then you should fear the notion of a mandatory social score system?

In regard to what they want to burn.

I fear an asteroid impact. I fear a lot of things, I reckon.

Asteroid impact is fine. Its spectacular and entertaining and either a quick death or a series of physical challanges.

A cubicle and obligatory smiles to gain social credit points needed to open a bank account, however, is the 7th circle of hell for me. 😄

A matter of taste of course. Some people feel safer the more they are controlled.

Dare I say *most* people?

If that is the true dichotomy, God bless. Conjuring 'what-ifs' has utility.

Dont get me wrong, I suspect this to be the trajectory no matter who is in charge. Its the gravitation of the human supraorganism.

note the difference, however, between a "what if" and a projection.

Yeah potentiality can be an evasive concept to me.

Indeed. You can plot hypersynchrony of the past, to the present and extrapolate that into the future. Not a fact. A projection.

Do that for America, now at a low intensity war with itself, and China, and the difference is striking.

What's important is the direct behavior control exercise of palliative mask-wearing recommendations, I guess. You know, the big problems.

excellent point!

I think either my sarcasm didn't hit its mark or yours didn't. It amuses me either way. Lol

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/11/12/arizona-republican-party-files-suit-to-enforce-hand-count-by-precinct-n2580022

> Red means the # of people who didn't vote straight party ticket voted for Trump minus the people who didn't vot straight party ticket who voted for biden
@DrSammyD Does 'split ticket' include the ballots that were blank downballot?

> @DrSammyD Does 'split ticket' include the ballots that were blank downballot?
@stevesirag that's a good question that I've been wondering myself and whether there's a legitimate reason for it, seems possible that either party could have recruited folks to just to vote top of the ticket, voting down ballot can be more of a hassle, in addition to the candidates and there are also many bond issues, and etc. So there could have been a push to just go in and vote top of the ticket because we gotta support or oppose one candidate or another

@Zuluzeit Mask wearing is very much an exercise in hysteria and futility. Much like prayer used to be. You are too intelligent to be one of the maskers, so I assumed you were observing this, but included was your habitual, slightly coquette sarcasm and ridicule of those who believe it to be a vertical conspiracy.

I enjoyed that and was able to live with the uncertainty as to exactly how wide your sarcasm was supposed to favn.

@Doc dunno if you missed my Q yesterday; I am curious what the final say is on HCQ, when used with Zinc and administered early

@realz What I have seen, again, is equivocality. It probably stems from the fact that COVID is a two phenomenon problem. 1 is the virus itself, 2 is the action of the immunodefenses.

HCQ is an immuno-modulator (and protects Red blood cells - which there are reports are destroyed by the disease), so it makes sense to use it to modulate the hyperimmunity connected to COVID.

If you, however, downregulate a immunodefense in the "fight the virus" mode, you might be doing something less that optimal.

As there is no easy way of separating those going through hyper/auto-immunity from those battling the virus, you get heterogenous cohorts and equivocality when doing the statistics.

mmm

Please keep in mind, I am not a virologist or immunologist. I am a double specialty MD, none of which include the two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwc0cJ409VQ

@Doc why are the deaths staying low even though the cases are going up and down like a rollercoaster

Hypothetical:

1) because those most receptive are already dead

2) because deaths are classified differently

3) because this is wave 2, people are more immune

4) because these are less deadly strains

5) because medical treatment is increasing in quality with experience.

6) because social distancing decreases viral load on transmission, which will influence mortality

7) all of the above.