Funny you say this, if I were god-emperor for a day, I would ban all advertising. It's almost exclusively misinformation, most of it forms a toxic relationship with those who view it, and much of it is actively abusive in nature. The only advertisement that should be legal is a) product name, b) company who created said product (not sub-sub-sub company, top level company), c) what it provably does. If any claim is found to be false at any point, all gross revenue associated with that product should be stripped from the company, and that company should be placed on probation. If it happens again within a 100 year timeframe, that company should be stripped of all assets and shut down indefinitely.
IIRC, Australia has a mandatory 2-week quarantine for everyone that enters the country, regardless of vaccination status. They take it pretty seriously.
Excellent news! I was just wondering what the actual effectiveness of Pfizer's vaccine was against the delta variant (since that's the vaccine I had). I feel a bit better.
Don't want to sound regressive but I wonder if you've been reading communist propaganda. Now, understand, I too have problems with advertising, in fact I FF through commercial breaks, I find it impossible to watch any TV if I don't time shift it in a way that allows me to do this. I also have always thought I could never work in advertising. However, I remember a ditty in IIRC The Medium is the Massage:
I don't read very much propaganda, but I think a lot which I think lends oneself to 'communist' ideals, if not practical applications.
I wouldn't argue with anything you say here but your proposal in that previous post struck me as pretty dang out there considering where we are.
Yeah I'm an established resident of 'out there', so don't feel too surprised.
Beats being a conformist.
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We gotta educate people, make them value education. Myself, I generally do NOT access social media, unless you call Anandtech Forums social media. When I do visit social media it's usually by virtue of links here. I sure don't mistake what I see on social media as educational. I find Twitter interesting a lot of the time (linked here, of course), but seem kind of allergic to Facebook. I have an Instagram account but don't hang out there at all. I'm virtually illiterate with it, and pretty much with Facebook too. In fact, I don't know squat about Twitter.Dang
Doctor: Patients 'beg me for the vaccine' before being intubated - CNN Video
An Alabama doctor shared a heartbreaking Facebook post, revealing that some of her unvaccinated Covid-19 patients are begging for the vaccine before being placed on a ventilator.
I went out to lunch with a buddy last weekend, and was freaked out. No one had a mask but me.This story doesn't surprise me:
Domino's stock climbs 11% on earnings beat, strong pizza demand in the U.S.
Domino's reported 3.5% same-store sales growth in the United States for its second quarter.www.cnbc.com
Going to a restaurant to eat still isn't always a fun experience. The wait staff is still wearing face masks, and many of the restaurants are short staffed. Factor in a small chance and getting the Delta variant and a 15% price increase over last year, and I'd imagine that a lot of folks would just rather stay home and order a pizza.
Biden says full authorization is coming "soon."
Biden predicts the F.D.A. will give final approval to a Covid vaccine by the fall. (Published 2021)
The president also said he expected children under the age of 12 would be approved to get the vaccine on an emergency basis “soon.”www.nytimes.com
I'm guessing they don't want to make it look political or a rubber stamp. But they need to hurry up.
I'm in New Jersey, and that place had plastic up on their booths, but nothing for the open tables. The staff had no masks, and neither did the customers.
