11-18-2022, 09:12 AM
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#2041
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Yeah, good point about him not defending what he says, which shows bad faith.
So we have a guy posting lies and misinformation disingenuously. What's a board to do with that? Glad I'm not a mod.
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He should have a custom user title that mimics what twitter used to do. "This poster frequently posts misleading, misguided and generally moronic information. Please refer to CP's more rational users for additional information."
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11-18-2022, 09:17 AM
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#2042
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evil of fart
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Misterpants
He should have a custom user title that mimics what twitter used to do. "This poster frequently posts misleading, misguided and generally moronic information. Please refer to CP's more rational users for additional information."
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Maybe they get a dunce cap avatar.
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11-18-2022, 09:22 AM
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#2043
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Yeah he's probably as Ozy put it - a first-generation, buggy AI chatbot. Shows all the hallmarks of one. And if he's not, he's definitely here to get orgasmic pleasure from his drive-by ####-posting / trolling.
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11-18-2022, 09:26 AM
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#2044
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Slava
The CBE sent out stats today for the percentage of kids sick by school. My kids school is at ~8% which doesn’t seem worrying. The big percentages are in the elementary schools. I have no idea what a baseline would be, so it’s all kind of meaningless without context.
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10% is considered outbreak status. So....you are right at the borderline.
My kids school is at 12% and my wife's is around 9%. At that level the number of sick teachers and lack of substitutes has the schools close to going to online learning.
I don't think people are fully appreciating how stressed out the education system is right now after 2.5 years of the pandemic and inept UCP leadership from LaGrange.
There is a drastic need for increased teaching support.
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11-18-2022, 09:33 AM
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#2045
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
For the record, people who wear masks in Asia, it's not always just to prevent catching something. It's to protect others because the mask-wearer is sick or has an issue. It's about protecting others as much as yourself.
And if you are one of those who think masks are ineffective (and there's some validity to that based on type of mask), consider that even low protection is better than no protection.
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I still think this is one of the biggest fallacies about Asia before Covid. People wore masks there, but it wasn't anywhere near a majority of people. I also think that where I saw the most mask usage was due to pollution and not because of illness at all.
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11-18-2022, 09:34 AM
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#2046
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
10% is considered outbreak status. So....you are right at the borderline.
My kids school is at 12% and my wife's is around 9%. At that level the number of sick teachers and lack of substitutes has the schools close to going to online learning.
I don't think people are fully appreciating how stressed out the education system is right now after 2.5 years of the pandemic and inept UCP leadership from LaGrange.
There is a drastic need for increased teaching support.
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Yeah, I think that the teachers/substitutes is where the main issue is. I'm not entirely sure what could be done about that though? After watching my kids go through online learning during Covid I feel like that was great for the not getting sick aspect, and horrible for the socialization and even actual learning aspect.
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11-18-2022, 09:42 AM
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#2047
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
Yeah he's probably as Ozy put it - a first-generation, buggy AI chatbot. Shows all the hallmarks of one. And if he's not, he's definitely here to get orgasmic pleasure from his drive-by ####-posting / trolling.
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If you can’t see the hypocrisy it’s on you at this point.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1593605899926618115
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11-18-2022, 09:43 AM
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#2048
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Posted the 6 millionth post!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
I still think this is one of the biggest fallacies about Asia before Covid. People wore masks there, but it wasn't anywhere near a majority of people. I also think that where I saw the most mask usage was due to pollution and not because of illness at all.
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Why is this a fallacy? As I said, some people who are sick wear masks. They cough - on the train - into a mask. Others wear them to prevent airborne viruses and general illness.
If someone is sick, how is it a fallacy for them to do something to protect you?
This isn't a fallacy. It's just cultural.
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11-18-2022, 09:50 AM
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#2049
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by Yoho
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This isn’t hypocrisy.
A government employee who’s job it is to make health recommendations for the general public, and then doing so, is not claiming moral superiority over anyone. You’ll note there was nothing mandated.
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11-18-2022, 09:50 AM
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#2050
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoho
If you can’t see the hypocrisy it’s on you at this point.
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Hypocrisy has nothing to do with the efficacy of masks. If you can't see that, then that's on you at this point.
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11-18-2022, 09:51 AM
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#2051
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evil of fart
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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
This isn’t hypocrisy.
A government employee who’s job it is to make health recommendations for the general public, and then doing so, is not claiming moral superiority over anyone. You’ll note there was nothing mandated.
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True, but it is pretty weak leadership. Not following your own "strong recommendation" is setting a poor example.
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11-18-2022, 09:53 AM
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#2052
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
True, but it is pretty weak leadership. Not following your own "strong recommendation" is setting a poor example.
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Well Ontario has arguably worse leadership than AB right now. No debate there. It’s just a pathetic thing to wave around as some sort or argument. Unless your argument is just that our government sucks and has no accountability. It’s certainly not an indictment on the efficacy of masks.
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11-18-2022, 09:53 AM
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#2053
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
This isn’t hypocrisy.
A government employee who’s job it is to make health recommendations for the general public, and then doing so, is not claiming moral superiority over anyone. You’ll note there was nothing mandated.
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Also, you have no idea what controls were placed on attendance. It looks like a very small private gathering by the video and not some big public event. Dumb article is dumb as is the poster who brought it to the table.
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11-18-2022, 09:59 AM
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#2054
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoho
If you can’t see the hypocrisy it’s on you at this point.
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I think that just proves the point that human nature will override common sense, and why they need to be mandated, as many have said here that they don't wear them, but if they were told to, they would.
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11-18-2022, 10:00 AM
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#2055
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Posted the 6 millionth post!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Well Ontario has arguably worse leadership than AB right now.
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TBH as a former Albertan and now Ontarian, I'm taking Doug over Danielle all day, every day. That pimple is the lesser of two pimples IMO.
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11-18-2022, 10:07 AM
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#2056
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Also, you have no idea what controls were placed on attendance. It looks like a very small private gathering by the video and not some big public event. Dumb article is dumb as is the poster who brought it to the table.
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I don't care either way really, but this definitely is not a very small private gathering lol.
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11-18-2022, 10:16 AM
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#2057
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
TBH as a former Albertan and now Ontarian, I'm taking Doug over Danielle all day, every day. That pimple is the lesser of two pimples IMO.
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Openly stupid vs. Quietly sinister. Nobody is winning.
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11-18-2022, 10:35 AM
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#2058
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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Imagine the freedom of recommending masks and then not following your own recommendation
Imagine. Freedom of choice.
My daughter calls this big brain thought.
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11-18-2022, 10:35 AM
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#2059
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoho
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I hate this politicizing of masks. As someone who just had the poor luck of having an immune system with an extreme response to covid, I'm masked up any time I go indoors somewhere public and what's much worse than the inconvenience of wearing a mask is the people with eye rolls or looks that suggest they're fed up with people like me or that I'm crazy and part of some political conspiracy when it's actually just a personal health decision in response to circumstances out of my control.
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11-18-2022, 10:40 AM
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#2060
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I hate this politicizing of masks. As someone who just had the poor luck of having an immune system with an extreme response to covid, I'm masked up any time I go indoors somewhere public and what's much worse than the inconvenience of wearing a mask is the people with eye rolls or looks that suggest they're fed up with people like me or that I'm crazy and part of some political conspiracy when it's actually just a personal health decision in response to circumstances out of my control.
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It's certainly depressing that public health has become this wedge political issue. There's almost no hope for us if a pandemic worse than COVID hits in the next few years. Also, I have a pretty big fear that childhood vaccine rates are going to be a victim of this as well, and there will be significant outbreaks of all those long forgotten diseases.
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