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I am frequently shocked at how ostensibly intelligent people have trouble understanding vaccinations. I recently heard from a relative who was...

https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/13991204000677/New-Yrk-Aciviss-Respnd-Bral-Aack-n-Asian-Man-by-Rallying-Agains-Whie Yeah man, even when a black...

Yeah - China is literally the Evil Empire of our day.

...bamboo curtain...

They were punitive tariffs levied in a dispute with the EU which are now being removed. Has he removed the tariffs on the EU as well at the same time...

Wow that's impressive it must have been difficult to persuade Biden to reverse one of Trump's temper-tantrum orders *slow clap*

Hong Kong turning into East Germany? Reports that residents of Hong Kong will be forbidden from emigrating by August. A new iron curtain. RIP...

I can hear that gnashing of your teeth from here. Deals coming through with the USA and the CPTPP, this is the future not the past about worrying...

Next you're gonna tell us you build red double decker buses from wine crates in your spare time?

Seems like China is going to formally abolish democracy in Hong Kong. References to Hong Kong having a different system have been replaced with...

That was his argument for vaccinating K-12 teachers. I.e., it won't take many doses.

1367227398081642500 Fucking dystopian

I don't think he's lying, just thinking that the headline figure might be obscuring some nuance. The finding itself is politically advantageous, in a...

A remarkable—and remarkably silly—drama has been unfolding, in Sweden, over the past couple of days. 1. A pediatrician named Jonas Ludvigsson—one...

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Singapore welcomes and supports the UK’s formal application on 1 February 2021 to accede to the CPTPP.   ...

The EP has taken the ratification of the TCA of the agenda.

The only person I saw without a mask in Atlanta was a police officer. Even (what looked like) a drug dealer was wearing a mask. Though I guess that...

I'mma be honest, Lewk. I don't really pay much attention to anything you write. The junk ratio is too high.

Have you been able to find the actual survey question and results? I read somewhere they had no responses at all from 1 in 5 districts, and the...

I suppose that 50% might not be evenly distributed. Still depressing. Hopefully in cities like Atlanta where there's more risk there'll be less...

The South is in a league of its own.

Well indeed, the figures I'd seen were 90% white Democrats, 50% white Republicans and 70% of blacks and hispanics getting the jab. From that I...

Trump got 49% of the vote and teachers are probably slightly more Democratic than the rest of the population. We lead the nation in lawsuits...

America really is a world away. It is remarkable the figure could be 90% this side of the pond and 46% that side. Why is it that they don't want...

Both. There are tons of unused vaccines in the South because demand is so low. Only 46% of teachers in my state said they'd get vaccinated.

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From memory About 7% of white Democrats don't want to be vaccinated. About 30% of blacks and hispanics. About 50% of white Republicans (!!!!) ...

Thanks. Isn't that map more about how well it's organized than about willingness to be vaccinated? And how the risk groups are distributed...

See map here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html The differences across states will only increase when it's...