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iris lilies
8-23-21, 11:44am
This interesting recent study shows that the highly educated and those with the least formal education align about getting a vaccine.
Me, with my lowly masters degree, I fit right in the middle of that bell curve where I stick out my arm and say hit me up with that poison!
I’ve been talking to DH about how he and our nearby Section 8 neighbors have more in Common than he thinks in this pandemic.
To save you clicking, it shows that amoung the unvaccinated, people with PhD’s are highly skeptical of the vaccine.
https://summit.news/2021/08/11/study-finds-most-highly-educated-americans-are-also-the-most-vaccine-hesitant/
iris lilies
8-23-21, 11:50am
In my household, I have a master’s degree but DH has master’s +30 so these study results track with our world views. Haha.
My friend with a PhD in physics from an Ivy ain’t gettin’ non of that Covid shit up in her arm, although she find the RNA technology fascinating.
Two people in my immediate family have doctorates and both have been vaccinated. I think political orientation plays a big role.
The article says "People a master’s degree had the least hesitancy, and the highest hesitancy was among those holding a PhD.”
This is not grammatical. Every sentence must have a proper verb following the subject of the sentence!
iris lilies
8-23-21, 12:13pm
The article says "People a master’s degree had the least hesitancy, and the highest hesitancy was among those holding a PhD.”
This is not grammatical. Every sentence must have a proper verb following the subject of the sentence!
And these people get paid for writing!
And these people get paid for writing!
I see errors on newscasts as well, on text they have appear on the screen. Not only do they get paid for writing, I am sure they get paid way too much.
Rare is the book I read where I do not run into at least one error. If a book has too many I just stop reading it.
Good proofreading is a lost art.
GeorgeParker
8-23-21, 12:29pm
The article says "People a master’s degree had the least hesitancy, and the highest hesitancy was among those holding a PhD.”
This is not grammatical. Every sentence must have a proper verb following the subject of the sentence!That sentence is missing a preposition, not a verb. Now who looks silly?
It should be "People with a master’s degree had the least hesitancy, and the highest hesitancy was among those holding a PhD.”
Nearly all of the people I know with advance degrees couldn't get vaccinated soon enough, which is rather anecdotal, but people in my limited social circle have technical degrees, especially an aspect of chemistry or biology. If we're getting into slice and dicing the data, it might matter more what a person's field of study would be rather than the level of education.
That sentence is missing a preposition, not a verb. Now who looks silly?
It should be "People with a master’s degree had the least hesitancy, and the highest hesitancy was among those holding a PhD.”
I would have written it "People having a master's degree had the least hesitancy". That way you have a gerund in the first clause to match the gerund "holding" in the second clause. But your way is correct also, the parallelism not being mandatory in this case.
ApatheticNoMore
8-23-21, 12:50pm
Nearly all of the people I know with advance degrees couldn't get vaccinated soon enough, which is rather anecdotal, but people in my limited social circle have technical degrees, especially an aspect of chemistry or biology. If we're getting into slice and dicing the data, it might matter more what a person's field of study would be rather than the level of education.
Right, only a few fields of study, and maybe subspecialties at that, might actually have any more expertise about the matter at hand, than the man on the street, trying to make sense of things.
GeorgeParker
8-23-21, 1:06pm
I would have written it "People having a master's degree had the least hesitancy". That way you have a gerund in the first clause to match the gerund "holding" in the second clause. But your way is correct also, the parallelism not being mandatory in this case.It could also be written as "People with a master’s degree had the least hesitancy, and the highest hesitancy was among people with a PhD." But I tend to just correct the obvious typos and let the writer's phrasing stay as they intended to write it.
As a Georgia native who speaks plain American and lives in Texas, your version is too highfalutin for me.
I can be skeptical--especially of Pharma--but I'm more skeptical that I'd emerge from a COVID infection unscathed. I'm not willing to take the chance.
I can be skeptical--especially of Pharma--but I'm more skeptical that I'd emerge from a COVID infection unscathed. I'm not willing to take the chance.
I am the opposite. I am highly confident I would escape unscathed.
Jesse Jackson is a good example of the type of people covid targets - elderly, with at least one pre-existing condition (Parkinson's), male, black. I am none of those things.
iris lilies
8-23-21, 1:15pm
I can be skeptical--especially of Pharma--but I'm more skeptical that I'd emerge from a COVID infection unscathed. I'm not willing to take the chance.
Yeah that’s me.
I have low level skepticism for all of the institutions pushing Covid solutions on us. As you all know I’m extremely annoyed by those who bleat endlessly about THE SCIENCE as though there is one clearly articulated universal truth, delivered by completely objective messengers. That is bullshit.
But we have to wade through available information that seems accurate for our own level of understanding and make a decision for ourselves.
Teacher Terry
8-23-21, 1:56pm
I have 2 master’s degrees and a PhD and I got the vaccine as fast as I could. I controlled what I could which was my weight and figured I wouldn’t do well with COVID having 2 medical issues. Yppej really needs a job utilizing her degree so she can quit practicing on this forum.
COVID outcomes don't seem predictable to me. My immune system has served me well over the years, but I'm old and fresh out of a handy support system, and reports of vaccine side effects haven't convinced me there's much danger in taking it. I am kind of bummed though that, after my jab, I haven't been able to hang flatware off my face...
iris lilies
8-23-21, 2:40pm
COVID outcomes don't seem predictable to me. My immune system has served me well over the years, but I'm old and fresh out of a handy support system, and reports of vaccine side effects haven't convinced me there's much danger in taking it. I am kind of bummed though that, after my jab, I haven't been able to hang flatware off my face...
I was planning to use the horns that go out of my head to ram DH when I I’m mad at him
I was planning to use the horns that go out of my head to ram DH when I I’m mad at him
Horns? I didn't get those, either. Dang!
Horns? I didn't get those, either. Dang!
I was hoping for tentacles or the ability to summon ocelots, but no joy.
Brother has a PhD in physics but is now a venture capitalist investing in life science start-ups. He got the Moderna shot very early on. There was an opinion piece in the NY Times today that addressed the topic of believers vs non. How science is never an absolute and communication about the virus has been the big culprit from the beginning with constant conflicting messages from CDC based on "science".
I do not have a college degree but signed up for my vaccine within minutes of it opening up. I have followed the science since Jan. 2020 when the first professionals started mentioning an issue.
How science is never an absolute and communication about the virus has been the big culprit from the beginning with constant conflicting messages from CDC based on "science".
I think you are touching on a very important point here. “The Science” is merely a tool, like accounting or grammar, not some sort of holy writ that can be used to bludgeon heretics.
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