chirieleison (53)in #science • 3 days ago • 7200.595Paxlovid and Remdesivir are Creating Drug Resistant COVID VariantsFor context, recall in my previous posts that paxlovid (Pronounced: fraud-lo-vid) has failed to improve clinical…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 3 days ago • 7200.304How has the cost of land and the cost to build affected the affordability of homes in the US?Cost of acquiring land is astronomically higher than it was in the 70s, 80s, 90s or early 2000s. The cost of…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 9 days ago • 7198.308Who should get the resources? Poor migrants show up & compete with poor Americans for what little resources there are. For housing, food, healthcare, there is only so much to go around. Who should get access to what little resources America has?For context I answered this question on Quora America has a surplus of food to feed the world over so that isn’t a…chirieleison (53)in #science • 10 days ago • 7194.4272HCQ and CQ as COVID19 ChemopreventionThe multinational COPCOV double blind placebo controlled RCT (n = 4,652) conducted between April 2020 and March 2022…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 10 days ago • 7197.7764How does the federal government subsidize suburban sprawl?The largest tax exemption the federal government gives out is the home sales tax exemption for up to $250,000 in…chirieleison (53)in #science • 12 days ago • 7197.386Purdue Pharma Bought the AMA’s Pain Management Education for PhysiciansWhen The Media Says "Experts" They Mean Paid Corporate Shills (Part 33) The concept of pseudoaddiction, the idea that…chirieleison (53)in #science • 12 days ago • 7193.8228Should food be made cheaper? Specifically ultra-processed foods?For context I answered this question on Quora Not only should food not be cheaper but the Ultra processed food items…chirieleison (53)in #economics • last month • 7189.2866Can the problem of forcing people to live on the street be cured by destroying homeless encampments or would it be far more effective to return affordable housing stock to market by outlawing "short term rentals" and companies like AirBnB?For context I answered this question on Quora It would be helpful to look at the root cause of unaffordable housing…chirieleison (53)in #economics • last month • 7187.0874Why has wage growth in the US been declining since it hit 5.9 percent in March 2022?The original author is me It has recently declined to 1% YTD from another high of 5% just last summer. Business…chirieleison (53)in #science • last month • 7185.9624Does the BCG Vaccine Protect against COVID19?One of the beneficial oddities of the BCG vaccine that sets it apart from other attenuated antigens is the broad risk…chirieleison (53)in #science • last month • 7187.133Why don’t we check for one’s antigen /antibody levels before and after (few weeks or months later) the person was vaccinated for Covid? Would it be useful to provide better correlation for the effectiveness of the vaccine against Covid infection?It would be useful if you didn’t believe in antibody phrenology. No, having high SARS-COV-2 antibody titers does not…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 2 months ago • 7185.682The $600K per room SRO HotelThe Failure of Public Housing (Part 5) The reason public housing projects fail is that governments or more readily…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 2 months ago • 7185.6777NIMBYism Killed A Lumber CompanyWhen Affordable Solutions to the Housing Shortage Are Illegal (Part 6) Affordable housing shortages can cause labor…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 2 months ago • 7180.949Why don’t homeless people just go to homeless shelters until they get a job?Unless they land an extremely lucrative gig that pays cash or on a daily basis they won’t have enough money for a…chirieleison (53)in #liberty • 3 months ago • 7168.9707What do you think of the new Louisiana law that forces public schools to post the Ten Commandments?Like the law the state legislature passed last year requiring third party age verification to access pornographic…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 3 months ago • 7167.299What is the lowest possible hourly rate that someone would be willing to work for if there was no minimum wage law?Apart from local wage floors that don’t actually cover the full COLA that includes rent for a single worker without…chirieleison (53)in #science • 3 months ago • 7166.094AstraMengele Paid UK Celebrity TV DoctorsWhen The Media Says "Experts" They Mean Paid Corporate Shills (Part 31) Although I didn’t pay much attention to this…chirieleison (53)in #science • 3 months ago • 7165.824Both Paxlovid and Molnupiravir Failed in RECOVERY trialsThe Randomized Evaluation of COVID-19 therapy (RECOVERY) has tested antivirals for over 50,000 hospitalized COVID19…chirieleison (53)in #science • 3 months ago • 7165.561Why do homosexual men contract HIV/AIDS more often?Three main reasons: 1) there are fewer of them (no citation needed) 2) they tend to have more sexual partners than…chirieleison (53)in #economics • 3 months ago • 7164.9834The Failure of Public Housing (Part 4)The reason public housing projects fail is that governments or more readily public-private partnerships in the U.S.…