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It’s not just the sanctions against Russia, nor the fact the Russian stock market has tanked. The Russia currency has also taken a dive. Russia is the epitome of a Banana Republic, it’s principal export is oil and gas, raw resources commodities with zero added value. The currency dive is bad news for Russia’s already anemic economy.
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Given there were mass demonstrations in 53 cities across Russia it is reasonable to expect many Russian soldiers don’t want to be forced to fight in Ukraine. The Ukrainians are however very much more motivated, as would the vast majority of people be if their home was invaded by a foreign army (one exception here noted).
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It is now being reported that Kazakhstan has turned down Putin’s request to supply troops to fight in Ukraine and is too not recognizing justification for the invasion: [second article down] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/russia-ukraine-live-updates-n1289976/ncrd1289985#liveBlogCards Why the mighty Russian army needs support is a question to be answered.
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Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
A statement to be judged in the context with your posting history. -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
I’m not at all sure why you thought I was referring to you, given I’ve previously commented on the convenience of not revealing which vaccines was administered to someone who frequently brings up the topic of ‘side effects’ in the vaccines most have received. -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
It’s the ‘I was a strong supporter of [insert idea/movement/political party/candidate] but now I’ve seen the light, game play. -
End of mandates in the UK
Chomper Higgot replied to thaibeachlovers's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Precisely, this decision is made possible by the acceptance vaccinations amongst the vast majority of the population. -
End of mandates in the UK
Chomper Higgot replied to thaibeachlovers's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
The arguments as to why it was different have already been made. Which is why it was different. -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
L I tend to agree. I’m a very long way from denigrating the OP, quite the polar opposite. I have already expressed my opinion, together with the basis of that opinion, that the OP is very far away from being the ‘dimwit’ he himself repeatedly insists he is. It’s an example of anti-intellectualism appealing to people who themselves lack higher education or math skills beyond basic math then, as we have seen, following up with well structured misinformation. But, as my dad used to say, you can’t kid a kidder. -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
The lack of math education amongst the general population is not proof that the basic math they don’t understand is nevertheless basic. Incidentally, it’s ‘probability’ not ‘risk’. -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
I’ve yet to see data from the reliable sources (CDC, NHS, UK Gov etc) de-bunked by anyone. That someone has previously been vaccinated does not prevent them being ‘Anti-Vaccine’ when they are presenting arguments against the vaccines being used to combat the virus that is the cause of the Pandemic. This but a especially so when many of the anti-vaccines arguments are based on misinformation and misrepresentation of fact. -
Very fast vaccination service in Pattaya
Chomper Higgot replied to The Hammer2021's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
Thanks for sharing -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
What’s this “There has been so much use of data by one side of the debate to try and prove that THEY are on the side of the angels”. Both sides of the debate have presented data, it’s just one side has had a habit of misrepresenting what the data says. I’ve spent many happy hours examining data presented by Anti-Vaxers on this forum, unraveling their false conclusions and presenting worked examples to demonstrate their errors and the correct interpretation of the data. I have never once had anyone challenge the calculations I have presented. Curiously Anyi-Vaxers present the very same misrepresentation, often of the very same data. From this I conclude, they are being fed misinformation from the same source and can’t challenge corrections to that misinformation because they are blindly parroting mis represented data they don’t understand. I can’t be bothered to go back and find examples of such misrepresented data, but I’d surprised if you ignored it when it was posted. -
Help a Layman Understand the COVID-19 Numbers, Please
Chomper Higgot replied to Stubby's topic in COVID-19 Coronavirus
The OP asked a question regarding his difficulty understanding the presentation of an absolute percentage and a relative change in absolute percentage. He later presented a repeat of the question with reference to a different drug. I and others provided worked examples of the mathematical method, deliberately choosing rounded percentages in order to make the explanation requested by the OP clear. Feel free to put the real numbers into the worked examples if you wish to get the actual percentages for the actual vaccinations, the methodology explained will give you that. But that wasn’t the question the OP asked, so let’s not pretend actual numbers were at all necessary to answer his question.