Recent content by Valcazar

Yes, and? The question is at what rate and what that means. The Binex ones they are handing out are upwards of 90% sensitive and close to 100% specific. If you test positive, you are almost certainly positive. If you test negative, it might not be true. So it works as harm reduction, not...

That's silly. No test is 100% accurate (and I'm not even sure what you mean by "accurate" here).

That is is both milder (for some variable of) and seems to block out others would be an amazing stroke of luck. Milder but vastly more contagious will still fuck up hospital capacity, but if boosters do drop transmission again and vaccination keeps the hospitalizations down even more, we could...

I've been very careful about all the "It isn't as bad!" news because I want that to be true and clearly so do many of the people reporting on it. That creates a really strong incentive to read the data in a biased manner subconsciously and over project. But as it has gone on for a while and...

Here in Montreal? I am guessing this isn't about the popular ones downtown.

had no idea karaoke lounges were fronts. Serves me right for not being musical.

Think about how consistently racist in actual effect the GOP has to be that Biden has such support despite all the things you are claiming here. That's the thing about a two party system - you always have to compare what's happening with what the other side is offering.

There are definitely reasons it ended up this way, but just overall "testing" in North America has always been focused on clinic testing because it is "more accurate" and that was a mistake. Testing as diagnosis is important, sure, but testing as intervention (people deciding to stay home...

The rapid test thing has been a failure in both the US and Canada. They should have been a major tool and subsidized heavily and both countries dropped the ball on it. Playing catch up now is going to be a logistical shit show and Biden, Trudeau, LeGault, all of them, deserve getting flack over...

It's incredibly rare. Usually there are no serious runs (you can always find a vanity run in the corner somewhere). But since a strong run is usually considered a sign of weakness, most parties hate it when someone tries. There was a reason the GOP changed the rules about running and even...

That Shaman guy wasn't leading anything. Oh, so you don't want to admit to the failed coup, but you are all on board for a successful one?

No. Trump is both thin-skinned and addle brained.

At least you are admitting it was a coup attempt.

If his poll numbers stay low, he might get a challenge, yes. Manchin won't be it as he would be crushed in a primary since most Democrats don't like him.

Almost none. The US system was designed assuming there would be no parties. (Remember, they were making up a lot of this as they went along so it is a mix of idealism, practical deals, and guesses about what would work.) They quickly realized they were wrong, but the "Era of Good Feelings" made...