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Anti-vaccine nonsense spurred NY’s largest outbreak in decades
Health officials went to community doctors and rabbis to thwart disease spread.
Since last fall, New York has tallied 177 confirmed cases of measles, the largest outbreak the state has seen in decades. It began with infected travelers, arriving from parts of Israel and Europe where the highly contagious disease was spreading. In New York, that spread has largely been confined to ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Anti-vaccine nonsense spurred NY’s largest outbreak in decades
Health officials went to community doctors and rabbis to thwart disease spread.
Since last fall, New York has tallied 177 confirmed cases of measles, the largest outbreak the state has seen in decades. It began with infected travelers, arriving from parts of Israel and Europe where the highly contagious disease was spreading. In New York, that spread has largely been confined to ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.
I know this is going to be crass, but why do we even give people the choice?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Anti-vaccine nonsense spurred NY’s largest outbreak in decades
Health officials went to community doctors and rabbis to thwart disease spread.
Since last fall, New York has tallied 177 confirmed cases of measles, the largest outbreak the state has seen in decades. It began with infected travelers, arriving from parts of Israel and Europe where the highly contagious disease was spreading. In New York, that spread has largely been confined to ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.
I know this is going to be crass, but why do we even give people the choice?
Have you seen and understood the ingredients lables on the cheap ones? I'm not an anti-vaxer, but if you're going to put mercury in my system every year from things like the cheap flu shots, that's a big old nope. Just pay for the ones that don't have **** added in.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Someone needs to do a study on the dangers of the traits of psychologists. It is commonly understood that a large percentage of people find the field interesting due to a history of their own mental struggles. One could pathologize psychologists pretty easily.
Yeah. I know several people that started in the psychology area because of their own mental health issues. I am skeptical of much of what is considered fact when it comes to psychology.
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Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
I’m looking forward to see how they square this entire series with cannon. Season one was good. I hope season two is also.
By itself it is a solid Star Trek show. But they have stated publicly that it will square to cannon.
Being only 10 years ahead of TOS, there are some big ass issues to be matched up.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
I’m looking forward to see how they square this entire series with cannon. Season one was good. I hope season two is also.
By itself it is a solid Star Trek show. But they have stated publicly that it will square to cannon.
Being only 10 years ahead of TOS, there are some big ass issues to be matched up.
LOL - canon, like Star Wars, is just screwed.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
I’m looking forward to see how they square this entire series with cannon. Season one was good. I hope season two is also.
By itself it is a solid Star Trek show. But they have stated publicly that it will square to cannon.
Being only 10 years ahead of TOS, there are some big ass issues to be matched up.
LOL - canon, like Star Wars, is just screwed.
Maybe. It will depend on what they do. Either way season 1 was good as a Star Trek show itself, just not sure how they think they could possibly square this to canon.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
I’m looking forward to see how they square this entire series with cannon. Season one was good. I hope season two is also.
By itself it is a solid Star Trek show. But they have stated publicly that it will square to cannon.
Being only 10 years ahead of TOS, there are some big ass issues to be matched up.
LOL - canon, like Star Wars, is just screwed.
Maybe. It will depend on what they do. Either way season 1 was good as a Star Trek show itself, just not sure how they think they could possibly square this to canon.
Right - Spoke had an adopted sister they haven't spoken of in 60 years? lol... Was there really a need to make Sarak her adoptive dad? Is he literally the only Vulcan that cares one bit for humans? Seems unlikely.
Also - where are we at with Vulcan being destroyed? Or are their now splinter universes? Sure they never spoke about Vulcan - We saw Michael as a child - Let's assume in Discovery that Michael is 28, the flash backs I would call her around 9... So that's 20 years ago, and this show takes place 10 yr after TOS, so that would still fit in the no more Vulcan timeline....
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
I’m looking forward to see how they square this entire series with cannon. Season one was good. I hope season two is also.
By itself it is a solid Star Trek show. But they have stated publicly that it will square to cannon.
Being only 10 years ahead of TOS, there are some big ass issues to be matched up.
LOL - canon, like Star Wars, is just screwed.
Maybe. It will depend on what they do. Either way season 1 was good as a Star Trek show itself, just not sure how they think they could possibly square this to canon.
Right - Spoke had an adopted sister they haven't spoken of in 60 years? lol... Was there really a need to make Sarak her adoptive dad? Is he literally the only Vulcan that cares one bit for humans? Seems unlikely.
Also - where are we at with Vulcan being destroyed? Or are their now splinter universes? Sure they never spoke about Vulcan - We saw Michael as a child - Let's assume in Discovery that Michael is 28, the flash backs I would call her around 9... So that's 20 years ago, and this show takes place 10 yr after TOS, so that would still fit in the no more Vulcan timeline....
Discovery is in the original timeline.
The destroyed Vulcan timeline is named the Kelvin timeline.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Star Trek: Discovery’s second season may boldly go where the first did not
"I suggest that you focus on the problem in front of you, rather than what is behind."
In many ways, this season felt very much like a much-needed reset from the previous one. The Klingon war is over, and the Federation is consumed by a new scientific pursuit: mysterious red bursts of light that have appeared across 30,000 light years.
I'm looking forward to seeing it
I’m looking forward to see how they square this entire series with cannon. Season one was good. I hope season two is also.
By itself it is a solid Star Trek show. But they have stated publicly that it will square to cannon.
Being only 10 years ahead of TOS, there are some big ass issues to be matched up.
LOL - canon, like Star Wars, is just screwed.
Maybe. It will depend on what they do. Either way season 1 was good as a Star Trek show itself, just not sure how they think they could possibly square this to canon.
Right - Spoke had an adopted sister they haven't spoken of in 60 years? lol... Was there really a need to make Sarak her adoptive dad? Is he literally the only Vulcan that cares one bit for humans? Seems unlikely.
Also - where are we at with Vulcan being destroyed? Or are their now splinter universes? Sure they never spoke about Vulcan - We saw Michael as a child - Let's assume in Discovery that Michael is 28, the flash backs I would call her around 9... So that's 20 years ago, and this show takes place 10 yr after TOS, so that would still fit in the no more Vulcan timeline....
Discovery is in the original timeline.
The destroyed Vulcan time Ken is named the Kelvin timeline.
OK - it will be interesting to see where the next movies are then...
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Massive power outage strikes Panama ahead of papal visit
A massive power outage hit Panama on Sunday just days before the arrival of Pope Francis, leaving traffic lights inoperable, businesses in the dark, and gas stations unable to pump fuel for some 6 hours.
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The city of Atlanta is trying to claim that their push to move/arrest homeless people has nothing to do with the upcoming super bowl...
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Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland).
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland).
I'll bet he wants in on that new CERN collider that i read about...
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland).
I'll bet he wants in on that new CERN collider that i read about...
Yeah from the looks of that outline in the plan I seen, it looked like it would go through lots of mountains.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland).
I'll bet he wants in on that new CERN collider that i read about...
Yeah from the looks of that outline in the plan I seen, it looked like it would go through lots of mountains.
umm... Mountains have nothing to do with it. the entire thing is under ground.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland).
I'll bet he wants in on that new CERN collider that i read about...
They're talking about building another one that's not as large as the orbit of Jupiter now? (I think that was the quote from the documentary on the current CERN collider. Been a while tho, they've probably learned a few things in the years since that documentary was made.)
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names
The entrepreneur says he can tunnel Blue Mountains for $15 million per kilometer.
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland).
I'll bet he wants in on that new CERN collider that i read about...
Yeah from the looks of that outline in the plan I seen, it looked like it would go through lots of mountains.
umm... Mountains have nothing to do with it. the entire thing is under ground.
Ah, yeah good point. Even better for them then... that's $1.5B!
