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  The Difference Between Doctors & Nurses and Police?

  by Simon in

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  what is the difference between doctors & nurses, and police?.

  studies have estimated that medical errors cause 250,000 deaths per year in the us.. police only kill around a thousand people each year in total, with only a small number being unjustified or accidental.. so the difference?.

  police are expected to be perfect and for all the hype, you're are far greater risk of being killed by someone in the health industry than by a cop.

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  If you don't like or trust your doctor, you can get a different one.

  So all those victims who were killed by their mistakes were just stupid and it was their own fault?
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  The Difference Between Doctors & Nurses and Police?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  what is the difference between doctors & nurses, and police?.

  studies have estimated that medical errors cause 250,000 deaths per year in the us.. police only kill around a thousand people each year in total, with only a small number being unjustified or accidental.. so the difference?.

  police are expected to be perfect and for all the hype, you're are far greater risk of being killed by someone in the health industry than by a cop.

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  Here's how stark the difference is between the professions:

  There have been multiple cases of serial killers hiding within the medical industry, people who have killed significant numbers of people (in the high double-digits). They used the medical industry as cover for their killing.

  The only serial killers I can think of who were cops were ex-cops when they killed. I think it would stand out if an on-duty cop had multiple interactions where people died.
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  The Difference Between Doctors & Nurses and Police?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  what is the difference between doctors & nurses, and police?.

  studies have estimated that medical errors cause 250,000 deaths per year in the us.. police only kill around a thousand people each year in total, with only a small number being unjustified or accidental.. so the difference?.

  police are expected to be perfect and for all the hype, you're are far greater risk of being killed by someone in the health industry than by a cop.

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  What is the difference between doctors & nurses, and police?

  Studies have estimated that medical errors cause 250,000 deaths per year in the US.

  Police only kill around a thousand people each year in total, with only a small number being unjustified or accidental.

  So the difference?

  Police are expected to be perfect and for all the hype, you're are far greater risk of being killed by someone in the health industry than by a cop. If you don't point guns at them or resist arrest, your chance of death-by-cop drops to practically zero.

  How come cops have to "Serve and Protect" and not be expected to ever make a mistake, and to be held accountable for those mistakes, when medical stall get to "Bury and Forget" and all that happens is compensation is paid?
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

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  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  Yeah, I always drive at or slightly over the speed limit if there is a cop behind me late at night - nothing screams "stop me, I'm guilty!" more than driving overly cautiously and under-the-limit when there is no need.
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  Are You Confident With Covid Vaccines and What Officials Say Is The Right Thing To Do?

  by minimus in

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  most of my friends have gotten the vaccines and are quite confident that it’s just what the doctor ordered.

  i’m not confident with dr. fauci.

  i don’t like the fact that the makers of the vaccines are not held responsible if someone taking the vac develops an illness or even death.

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  What is 30 million divided by 500000 deaths? The ratio is pretty much consistent around the developed world. It’s actually worse in places like Mexico and Brazil.

  So what is your angle then?

  My "angle" is using accurate language and statistics.

  You say one thing and then measure another. Specifically, you talk about the Infection Fatality Rate ("Covid kills about 3 out of every 100 people that get it") but then give Case Fatality Rate figures (more like "how many people admitted to hospital with it die").

  https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid

  The CFR figures were higher early on and have come down dramatically as the healthcare industry stopped killing people and "Cuomo's death rampage ran out of victims" or at least, those living longer due to milder flue seasons in previous years which amplified the early numbers.

  But the number of people who get it and die? That is no-where near 3%, it's more in the fraction of a percentage, 0.01% area.
  
  
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  Derek Chauvin - The Right to a Fair Trial

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  anyone following the derek chauvin trial?.

  if you are actually following it, not just listening to the media, you will likely realize that there is a huge gap between what is going on in court and what is being reported in the media.. if the trial was fair, i think he should be acquitted.

  there is plenty of reasonable doubt about the cause of death (his dealer doesn't want to testify because he could be guilty of 3rd degree murder for selling him a fatal amount of fentanyl) and even doubt over whether the officer even had his knee on the guys neck or did anything counter to what they were meant to do as per policy.. but is it fair?

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  You'll never convince me that there isn't something going on against black people.

  Maybe check the statistics to educate yourself then you'll understand.

  I still remember and evening I was out with a family of black friends. We were leaving a convenience store and got pulled over for 110% nothing. That is unless you consider driving too carefully to be a problem. This dude literally was driving like a 70 year old man. The police didn't even offer up a pretense of why they pulled him over.

  If I was a cop, I would pull them over - someone driving like a 70 year old man who wasn't screams "stoned".

  It's lacking detail but a car pull of people driving slowly round a neighbourhood could easily be people up to no good. You make a judgement of the police and the reason but without the complete set of data - how many break-ins have happened recently for instance? Has there been a recent report of a crime that fits the people in the care? So many potential reasons, but for those who define their entire existence and every interaction and life event being due to their skin color, then of course that is what they think is the cause of everything even though it isn't necessarily the case.

  I've been pulled over by police when doing nothing wrong. How is that possible? I'm clearly white after all. Was I being discriminated against somehow or was it the police just doing their job?
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  Are You Confident With Covid Vaccines and What Officials Say Is The Right Thing To Do?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of my friends have gotten the vaccines and are quite confident that it’s just what the doctor ordered.

  i’m not confident with dr. fauci.

  i don’t like the fact that the makers of the vaccines are not held responsible if someone taking the vac develops an illness or even death.

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  Covid kills about 3 out of every 100 people that get it.

  What utter rubbish, nowhere close. Stop spreading misinformation
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  Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

  by Simon in

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  this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

  the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

  the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

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  Now, we had all kinds of restrictions in place during the Spanish Flu 100 years ago and they have all been lifted. Name a restriction that hasn’t been lifted and affects your life today?

  Why? No one is claiming that it is solely things related to health restrictions - you are creating an absolute straw-man.

  The point is that governments are quick to extend their powers but always slower to limit their powers. it's a constant one-way street of people's rights and freedoms being eroded which is why there is a risk to blindly allowing it, especially if it's for dubious value.

  And especially at the behest of tech giants who have repeatedly demonstrated that they abuse people's information to make money.
  
  
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  Vaccine Passports: THIS Is Where It Leads

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  this is a good watch.. i agree with it 100% - the people pushing for everyone having to carry id are the ones that have shown over and over again that they can't be trusted with people's information.

  the tech companies want it because they would be able to link online tracking and information logging with people's real-world activities.

  the government wants it because they would have control over people and movement.. both should be chilling to anyone with half a brain.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uggvgke0n8o.

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  Data that’s like saying the China virus

  "UK Variant of ...": OK

  "Brazil Variant of ...": OK

  "South African Variant of ...": OK

  "... the China Virus": RAAAAAAAACIST!!!
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  Why Do People Loot and Destroy When Someone Gets Shot?

  by minimus in

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  someone gets shot and or killed and hundreds of people decide to loot and destroy businesses or whatever else is in their path.

  what does this do to make things better?

  i really don’t get how they think it makes things better or solves anything..

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  Their motivations are probably more complex, which does not change the damage they do.

  Their motivations are not really complex.

  They have been force-fed a constant diet of victimhood and resentment and that they have been disadvantaged and have a right to "take back what they are owed".

  The reality is that their lot in life is almost entirely of their parents and their own making.

  Poor life choices lead to poor lives.