Tomatoes - faulty measurements?
On 2/27/2021 10:27 AM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:39:49 -0500, Boron Elgar
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:13:11 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-02-27 6:51 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>> It doesn't help that that the quality of science journalism is appalling
>>> at best and non-existent in the tabloids. It seems that even educated
>>> people lack critical thinking abilities. It's not quite so bad on this
>>> side of the border but it's still there.
>>> I suppose Canadians are seen as "sheeple" by Snag et al. We listen to
>>> our public health experts and there is no way that our Supreme Court
>>> wouldn't take heed of scientific evidence when 2-bit pastors take the
>>> government to court to open their churches. We have a couple of those in
>>> Alberta. One pastor is being held in clink for refusing to limit the
>>> size of his Sunday morning services. The majority want those churches
>>> closed and the pastors locked up.
>>
>> Quarantining for illness and restricting people who can spread
>> infection is certainly not new to the US. Measles cases used to get
>> slapped with quarantine and Typhoid Mary each come to mind.
>>
>
Of course things were different when HIV appeared on the scene.
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