You sound like a YouTuber.

On a serious note, I do prefer a good written publication on the topic over a video. I like being able to digest the information at my own pace, being able to copy and paste text from the publication into a search engine if I'm unfamiliar with something mentioned in the publication or want to find any other publications which might reference the copied text. I also find it easier and less disruptive to be able to re-read a paragraph if I feel like I missed comprehending a point being made versus rewinding a video and finding how far back I need to rewind to have it repeat something. Overall, for me, I find written publications a lot less clumsy.

I also understand that not everyone wants to read a white paper and a video presentation may be better suited for individuals or scenarios.

My problem with video presentations on topics though is that Google and many other search engines are starting to promote video results over written publications regardless of the quality. While I can use search commands such as -youtube or -site:youtube.com I can't seem to get rid of all of the video results.

My spreadsheet says something different.

While I wouldn't use the word "toxic" I completely agree with you. Perhaps some of the exchanges are toxic depending on the emotional investment in the exchange by the parties involved in the exchange. I feel as though the entire topic is "conflicted" or "contested" and YouTube should avoid monetizing topics of truly scientific debate that produce heated discussions.

While I agree climate change is something we should be concerned about we also need to be open to civil, researched, and scientific discourse on the topic. I always welcome such debate on topics even if the incoming information goes against what I believe to be true. It would appear though as our open mindedness as a society has been eroded and we no longer attack contradictory debate with science, facts, and civil discussion and instead attack the characters who present that information.

Ah, the classic argument from ignorance information logic fallacy.

It appears that Facebook's purpose of dividing our population even further is working as intended. We have reached a point where there is no realistic way of turning back.

Not unlike how the current US narrative is with terrorism and terrorists.. if you are fighting an individual or group of people or multiple individuals who have been labeled terrorists then you have a blank cheque to do what you want.

Don't like your neighbor? Label them a terrorist and then firebomb their house! Coming soon, probably.

The same way the US Government means those words.

The VAERS data is the biggest one for me.

It appears there have been anywhere between 9,000 and 45,000 deaths related to the vaccines according to reports submitted to VAERS. If you are unfamiliar, VAERS is normally considered under-reported - vaccine side effect incidents generally go 95% unreported to VAERS. That is a very rough number and it will remain rough due to the nature of determining causality of side effects from vaccines in the general population.

Normally a vaccine is recalled at around 50 deaths reported in VAERS. The 1976 Swine Flu vaccine was one such vaccine pulled after only 25 deaths. Granted most of those deaths were fairly immediate.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for playing the numbers game in dire situations - "Does the vaccine efficacy result in less overall deaths even when considering deaths from the vaccine itself?" but that's considered barbaric by most standards and in most situations. Why now are we playing the numbers game when we haven't in the past? COVID-19 doesn't threaten us with extinction so why are we treating it like it does?

They sure do meet the criteria of one of Oxford's definitions of "militia":

"a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army."

They pose with guns and implement improvised weapons and use group-based tactics applicable to the violent situations they involve themselves with.

They engage in rebel and/or terrorist activities. Whether it is rebel or terrorist depends who you are asking.

These activities are in opposition to a regular army.

NIH seems to disagree with the ministry as of January 2021.

I worked in immunology R&D for a while. I'm hesitant to take a vaccine that has not completed phase 3 human trials, received proper (not rushed) FDA approval, and has been on the market for 2-3 years.

If people were dropping dead in the streets like China showed early on then I might consider getting the vaccine now but there are just too many red flags coupled with my past professional experience to make me want to jump into taking this vaccine for a disease which seems to only really kill the elderly or those with complex medical conditions.

But right now, everyone that has received the vaccine is just helping with the initial phases of human trials. I thank you for your sacrifice.

How many cases were preventable in those nursing homes in NY, NJ, and MI (and probably other places)?

What about those who have had COVID and recovered who do not want to take the vaccine? Where do they fall into this? Could they have an antibody test done and be cleared like someone who has been vaccinated?

The capitol police probably shouldn't have opened and held the doors open for the protestors then: https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/...

There are plenty of other examples of Capitol Police waving in the protestors and even taking selfies with them. Seems like this was a huge boost to the protestors ability to enter the building which contained the nuclear football.

Thing is, Biden could go on live television and say something just as terrible and there'd be no effective pushback like Trump received.

The media would praise his words and find reasons to make it "accurate".

I'd much rather have had 4 more years of Trump being kneecapped by the MSM and the dems in the house and senate and not get anything done in 4 years then have this near equal senile madman at the wheel who has the full public support of the MSM and Congress.. It's scary really.