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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1560 on: February 18, 2021, 10:28:15 PM »
It' a good line and true, but it's an issue when that humble mentality leads to analysis paralysis or over exaggerating uncertainty. Too many times we have experts claiming "We still don't know anything about COVID!" or "we don't know if vaccines will prevent transmission!". Oh yes, you do, you know more than enough to make many practical decisions with confidence.

Experts should be bold, confident, and stop downplaying their knowledge.
If only these guys would admit to "we don't know or understand anything, we're just trying our best out of an abudance of caution because no human really knows or understands this virus" I think they (and the Gedaliah Society in Crown Heights) would have more credibility and adherence.
Humility is great, but decisive statements are better than humble ones when the prevailing attitude is “nobody knows anything, so I’ll do whatever I want”.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2021, 10:34:29 PM by S209 »
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1561 on: February 18, 2021, 10:39:18 PM »
As they say in Yiddish, "Men darf visen vee ahn in vee os".


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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1562 on: February 18, 2021, 10:54:16 PM »
As they say in Yiddish, "Men darf visen vee ahn in vee os".

Can you please type that in Yiddish, then I might understand what you’re trying to say :P

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1563 on: February 18, 2021, 11:06:21 PM »
Can you please type that in Yiddish, then I might understand what you’re trying to say :P
Where's the WhatsApp voice note thread?

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1564 on: February 18, 2021, 11:06:42 PM »
In a way, it is a Machlokes Rambam & Raaved

I'm not sure why my statement would need to conflict with yours. Humility doesn't mean you have to pretend to be an idiot with no self esteem. It means you understand that your knowledge is only from Hashem and it's nothing compared to God's infinite knowledge. With that in mind, you can be a humble yet helpful expert that people can rely on.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1565 on: February 18, 2021, 11:07:17 PM »
Can you please type that in Yiddish, then I might understand what you’re trying to say :P
+1

I usually prefer Yiddish written with the alphabet (I "read" Yiddish by sounding it out, as I've discussed in the past). But here I truthfully don't understand...

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1566 on: February 18, 2021, 11:12:42 PM »
+1

I usually prefer Yiddish written with the alphabet (I "read" Yiddish by sounding it out, as I've discussed in the past). But here I truthfully don't understand...
Can you please type that in Yiddish, then I might understand what you’re trying to say :P
A literal translation would be "You have to know where in and where out". In other words, you have to know in which situation to act/apply something one way, and in which situation to act/apply something a different way.

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1567 on: February 18, 2021, 11:15:40 PM »
I'm not sure why my statement would need to conflict with yours. Humility doesn't mean you have to pretend to be an idiot with no self esteem. It means you understand that your knowledge is only from Hashem and it's nothing compared to God's infinite knowledge. With that in mind, you can be a humble yet helpful expert that people can rely on.
We're in agreement
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1568 on: February 18, 2021, 11:17:17 PM »
A literal translation would be "You have to know where in and where out". In other words, you have to know in which situation to act/apply something one way, and in which situation to act/apply something a different way.
Oh!
In litvishe
"Men darf vissin vu in uhn vu os"
(In this case alephbais would've worked better for me ;) )

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1569 on: February 18, 2021, 11:17:34 PM »
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1570 on: February 18, 2021, 11:30:40 PM »
That's no fun.
Lol, agreed

Here's an argument if you must - is Fauci bold and confident or dishonest?
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1571 on: February 18, 2021, 11:45:44 PM »
Lol, agreed

Here's an argument if you must - is Fauci bold and confident or dishonest?

Fauci is a good example of bold and confidence for the most part, but unfortunately he's also dishonest.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1572 on: February 18, 2021, 11:46:16 PM »
Fauci is a good example of bold and confidence for the most part, but unfortunately he's also dishonest.
Oy, you’re making it difficult to argue
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1573 on: February 19, 2021, 12:04:35 AM »
Fauci is a good example of bold and confidence for the most part, but unfortunately he's also dishonest.
So basically he’s a good politician

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1574 on: February 19, 2021, 12:07:37 AM »
Fauci is a good example of bold and confidence for the most part, but unfortunately he's also dishonest.
I feel, in the spirit of a discussion with PG, this post should've ended with the words:

טוב שברופאים לגיהנום

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1575 on: February 19, 2021, 12:14:12 AM »
טוב שברופאים לגיהנום

Just don't forget, according to Rashi that is in part because he is so knowledgeable that he never gets sick and is never prodded to do Teshuva.

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1576 on: February 19, 2021, 08:12:49 AM »
I feel, in the spirit of a discussion with PG, this post should've ended with the words:

טוב שברופאים לגיהנום

Fauci is a far cry from טוב שברופאים, and sometimes he makes me feel like even גיהנום wouldn’t fix him... :P
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1577 on: February 19, 2021, 11:32:02 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

59.1 million doses administered in the US, at least 16.9 million people are post second dose.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1578 on: February 19, 2021, 12:13:34 PM »
So basically, Pfizer originally just went very conservative on everything. It paid off.

https://twitter.com/AlbertBourla/status/1362738540732436480?s=19

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1579 on: February 19, 2021, 12:20:58 PM »
So basically, Pfizer originally just went very conservative on everything. It paid off.

https://twitter.com/AlbertBourla/status/1362738540732436480?s=19

Is this going into effect immediately? I guess lotsa wasted doses could have been used.
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