10 minutes ago, BBE said:

Says the guy who tried to set up an argument and still doesn't understand what he wrote.

104 > 100 .... True or False?

Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

Learning disability? ESL? Substance abuse? Please tell me it's one of these three before I proceed mocking you relentlessly for this bout of idiocy from you. I'd rather not lay into you so hard if there's something I should know about that you're not telling us.

Oh please do.  I'm sure you will resort this time to well reasoned and science based arguments and not your usual level of misquoted and outright lies.

6 minutes ago, BBE said:

Now ad absurdum. How many logical fallacies can John Snow use today?

you're being absurd. I'm not worried about my logical fallacies when you're so obviously off base. 

11 minutes ago, BBE said:

What you meant to say was "in/within the past century".  "In over a century" means more than 100 years.  But you couldn't have Spanish in your argument so you selectively wanted to pick 100 years.

 

Now go ahead and tell me that I am supposed to know what you meant.

JFC, you knew exactly what he meant. stop being such a f'ng beetch and get back to your horrifically boring debate. 

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

104 > 100 .... True of False?

Actually if we go back to the post in question, I asked you that question.   Just wanted to understand the arbitrary boundaries you were placing.

Just now, BBE said:

Oh please do.  I'm sure you will resort this time to well reasoned and science based arguments and not your usual level of misquoted and outright lies.

Ah yes, my well reasoned arguments that 104 is a larger number than 100. I went way out on a limb on that one!

Just now, BBE said:

Actually if we go back to the post in question, I asked you that question.   Just wanted to understand the arbitrary boundaries you were placing.

Are you ready to answer or do you need more time to mull it over?

Just now, Alpha_TATEr said:

JFC, you knew exactly what he meant. stop being such a f'ng **** and get back to horrifically boring debate. 

One never know with wgb.  He will lie about it to suit his argument.  Then resort to perjoratives.

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Ah yes, my well reasoned arguments that 104 is a larger number than 100. I went way out on a limb on that one!

Ok so does the Spanish flu of 104 years ago fall into your definition of "over a century"?

 

It does mine.

3 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

you're being absurd. I'm not worried about my logical fallacies when you're so obviously off base. 

Ok, johnsnow.

3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Ah yes, my well reasoned arguments that 104 is a larger number than 100. I went way out on a limb on that one!

Ok, down define what "over a century" means to you.

1 minute ago, BBE said:

Ok so does the Spanish flu of 104 years ago fall into your definition of "over a century"?

 

It does mine.

Ok so now that you've seemingly realized 104 is a larger number than 100, we can move on to the HIV part... Did covid kill more people in 2021 than HIV did in 2004?

"We often have to dig mass graves for not very deadly viruses"

2 minutes ago, BBE said:

One never know with wgb.  He will lie about it to suit his argument.  Then resort to perjoratives.

you have been lying yourself by acting like you didn't know what he meant in the first place, just to be a dbag. 

 

you shouldn't be tossing stones. 

5 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

you're being absurd. I'm not worried about my logical fallacies when you're so obviously off base. 

John, did more people die in 2021 after the lockdowns or in 2020?

Just now, Alpha_TATEr said:

you have been lying yourself by acting like you didn't know what he meant in the first place, just to be a dbag. 

 

you shouldn't be tossing stones. 

Sure.

Just now, BBE said:

Sure.

finally, some honesty from you. 

2 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

finally, some honesty from you. 

Not really, but it will shut you up.

6 minutes ago, BBE said:

John, did more people die in 2021 after the lockdowns or in 2020?

uh, more people died in 2021 after lockdowns were relaxed in many places where lots of people also decided not to get vaccinated because of stupidity.

It's also fair to point out that Covid didn't start contributing heavily to the death toll until about April 2020, so a full 25% or so of 2020 was spent pre-Covid.

over 5 million dead inside of two years is "not many deaths" though I guess. so I guess Covid wasn't very deadly.

3 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

uh, more people died in 2021 after lockdowns were relaxed in many places where lots of people also decided not to get vaccinated because of stupidity.

It's also fair to point out that Covid didn't start contributing heavily to the death toll until about April 2020, so a full 25% or so of 2020 was spent pre-Covid.

over 5 million dead inside of two years is "not many deaths" though I guess. so I guess Covid wasn't very deadly.

Really because the spike began very early in the year, so next argument.

6 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

uh, more people died in 2021 after lockdowns were relaxed in many places where lots of people also decided not to get vaccinated because of stupidity.

It's also fair to point out that Covid didn't start contributing heavily to the death toll until about April 2020, so a full 25% or so of 2020 was spent pre-Covid.

over 5 million dead inside of two years is "not many deaths" though I guess. so I guess Covid wasn't very deadly.

Or could it be that the omnicron variant appeared?

3 minutes ago, BBE said:

Or could it be that the omnicron variant appeared?

Clearly additional variants complicated things, as it changed the reproduction index and the death rate. 

Are you trying to treat every variant as a new virus?

At this point I'm not sure what you're arguing. Despite a lower death rate than other viruses, it had a relatively high transmission rate compared to those others mentioned which is why it was still deadly in nominal terms. 

26 minutes ago, BBE said:

Not really, but it will shut you up.

better yet, at least you stopped crying about 104. the whole board thanks you. 

 

8 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

the whole board thanks you. 

 

You don't speak for me, ****.  I'm personally enjoying this riveting discussion.  If there's one thing the world needs, it's more arguments about COVID.  

7 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

You don't speak for me, ****.  I'm personally enjoying this riveting discussion.  If there's one thing the world needs, it's more arguments about COVID.  

sarcasm noted.