Notices by David Sabine (davidsabine@mastodon.social)

@ATLeagle @augieray, "be better" = said by people who think they're morally superior to feed their self-righteousness.

"If someone would still be alive with whatever was happening if they hadn't caught covid, then covid is a cause of death."

It's not that black & white.

Ex: an old woman has infection after hip-replacement surgery; tests positive for covid; to not exacerbate her infection the doctor does not use anti-viral meds for covid; dies soon after. Did she die of covid or infection?

@augieray, correction…

The US CDC reported 47,882 people died while testing positive for covid19. Covid19 was not the cause of death for most of those.

Covid does not "cause" as much death as you implied by your error of omission.

#UX #fail

It's time to stop this nonsense.

1️⃣ The EU cookie warning is total bullshit and everyone knows it.
2️⃣ Nobody wants their location tracked.
3️⃣ Your "help" Chatbot isn't helping. I just landed on the page and I'm trying to understand wtf is going on.

(real screenshot)

@aral - are you seriously going to argue equivalency between "social media platforms" and military?

Like posting cat pics is as important to a state as protecting its citizens against hostile foreign militaries?

@aral, "Pick ten organisations working the common good and give them €5M each. Let them experiment. Let them pivot. Let them cooperate. The only thing you don’t let them do is exit."

You've just described "government subsidy" - it happens all the time and it consistently produces companies that are tethered to the state and reliant on taxpayers. Please produce a list of companies started by a state (ANY state) that can survive on its own revenues?