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    During his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the 65-year-old “Real Time With Bill Maher” host cited a survey in the New York Times — “which is a liberal paper so they weren’t looking for this answer,” Fox News reported.

    “The question was, ‘What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?’ And Democrats thought that was, way higher than Republicans,” Maher said. “The answer is between 1 percent and 5 percent.”

    He said 41 percent of Democrats thought it was over 50 percent, while 28 percent thought it was between 20 percent and 49 percent of patients ending up in the hospital.

    “Seventy percent of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was,” Maher added. “Liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that. For scaring the s— out of people.”

    https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/bill-m...-19-reporting/
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    That’s a pretty remarkable survey.

    The average lefty thinks there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll wind up in the hospital if they catch the Bat Lady’s designer bug. That’s funny but it’s not, really. People are going to be psychologically damaged by this. I wonder how many of them are kids or young people.

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    Polls?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Polls?
    I guess it was a NYT poll and we all know those are junk.

    Not sure what I was thinking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    I guess it was a NYT poll and we all know those are junk.

    Not sure what I was thinking.
    You don't ever think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    You don't ever think.
    So, you’re on record that the NYT puts out junk polls now?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    During his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the 65-year-old “Real Time With Bill Maher” host cited a survey in the New York Times — “which is a liberal paper so they weren’t looking for this answer,” Fox News reported.

    “The question was, ‘What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?’ And Democrats thought that was, way higher than Republicans,” Maher said. “The answer is between 1 percent and 5 percent.”

    He said 41 percent of Democrats thought it was over 50 percent, while 28 percent thought it was between 20 percent and 49 percent of patients ending up in the hospital.

    “Seventy percent of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was,” Maher added. “Liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that. For scaring the s— out of people.”

    https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/bill-m...-19-reporting/
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    That’s a pretty remarkable survey.

    The average lefty thinks there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll wind up in the hospital if they catch the Bat Lady’s designer bug. That’s funny but it’s not, really. People are going to be psychologically damaged by this. I wonder how many of them are kids or young people.

    Some people should be ashamed of themselves.
    I agree it's a remarkable survey. The mainstream media, however, reports every day what the hospitalization rates are. There's no reason why anyone who follows the news should think they are in the range Maher mentioned. Also, Maher should know better than call the Times "a liberal paper" in reference to its straight news reporting. The Times, like every other mainstream newspaper, reports the news; it doesn't invent it.
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    Hello Darth,

    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    During his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the 65-year-old “Real Time With Bill Maher” host cited a survey in the New York Times — “which is a liberal paper so they weren’t looking for this answer,” Fox News reported.

    “The question was, ‘What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?’ And Democrats thought that was, way higher than Republicans,” Maher said. “The answer is between 1 percent and 5 percent.”

    He said 41 percent of Democrats thought it was over 50 percent, while 28 percent thought it was between 20 percent and 49 percent of patients ending up in the hospital.

    “Seventy percent of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was,” Maher added. “Liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that. For scaring the s— out of people.”

    https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/bill-m...-19-reporting/
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    That’s a pretty remarkable survey.

    The average lefty thinks there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll wind up in the hospital if they catch the Bat Lady’s designer bug. That’s funny but it’s not, really. People are going to be psychologically damaged by this. I wonder how many of them are kids or young people.

    Some people should be ashamed of themselves.
    Leave it to the NYP to put the spin on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    So, you’re on record that the NYT puts out junk polls now?
    Well where's the article? BTW your friend Legion is on record that ALL polls are junk.

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    What do you expect? We now live in the post-truth era.

    Misinformation rules the day. The media has been fully discredited, as have most of the science community. People get their "facts" from all kinds of bad sources.

    Is should be a win for you, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello Darth,



    Leave it to the NYP to put the spin on it.
    Those are raw numbers. Were you aware that only between 1-5% of Covid infections require hospitalization? I’ll do just the opposite of the media and put an even happier face on it: that 1-5% is skewed heavily towards the at risk population. IOW, an average healthy person probably has someone like a 0.5% risk of hospitalization.

    Go out and enjoy yourself. Like people in Red States have been doing for months and months.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Those are raw numbers. Were you aware that only between 1-5% of Covid infections require hospitalization? I’ll do just the opposite of the media and put an even happier face on it: that 1-5% is skewed heavily towards the at risk population. IOW, an average healthy person probably has some like a 0.5% risk of hospitalization.

    Go out and enjoy yourself. Like people in Red States have been doing for months and months.
    Where is the NYT article? I don't see any link anywhere in the articles. I googled it and didn't see any article.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    During his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the 65-year-old “Real Time With Bill Maher” host cited a survey in the New York Times — “which is a liberal paper so they weren’t looking for this answer,” Fox News reported.

    “The question was, ‘What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?’ And Democrats thought that was, way higher than Republicans,” Maher said. “The answer is between 1 percent and 5 percent.”

    He said 41 percent of Democrats thought it was over 50 percent, while 28 percent thought it was between 20 percent and 49 percent of patients ending up in the hospital.

    “Seventy percent of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was,” Maher added. “Liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that. For scaring the s— out of people.”

    https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/bill-m...-19-reporting/
    ______________

    That’s a pretty remarkable survey.

    The average lefty thinks there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll wind up in the hospital if they catch the Bat Lady’s designer bug. That’s funny but it’s not, really. People are going to be psychologically damaged by this. I wonder how many of them are kids or young people.

    Some people should be ashamed of themselves.
    What the survey suggests to me is 1) it's a poor survey or 2) Democrats are dumber than I thought. The miss-named "liberal media" regularly reports the facts and figures on Covid, including the actual hospitalization rates.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Where is the NYT article? I don't see any link anywhere in the articles. I googled it and didn't see any article.
    Idk, maybe Maher made it up.

    What do you think ‘the real’ statistics are?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Idk, maybe Maher made it up.

    What do you think ‘the real’ statistics are?
    I love Maher. But I need to see the article in question.

    And I don't know what the real statistics are. I doubt not that many people are actually scared. Almost no one wears masks here in this city.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    I love Maher. But I need to see the article in question.

    And I don't know what the real statistics are. I doubt not that many people are actually scared. Almost no one wears masks here in this city.
    But maybe you can start to see why hesitancy is prevalent.
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