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Paradoxical conundrums and word confusion

July 13, 2018 | humor | No Comments

It is a conundrum why so many similar sounding words have paradoxically different meanings. Here is a guide to help you.<br />

By Steven Willing

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Clinical neuroscientist, physician, author, apologist, triathlete

Steven Willing @StevenWillingMD·

30 May

Today New York is cheering its own success in containing COVID.

Yep, they sure squashed that sucker flat.

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Steven Willing @StevenWillingMD·

30 May

One surefire way to a rapidly declining death rate: first attain the world’s highest per capita fatality rate.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-reaches-coronavirus-case-milestone-declines-11590766723

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30 May

NY witnessed a per capita fatality rate well over 3 times that of Sweden, and the WSJ attributes this “spectacular” success to its containment policies? The perils we face in the attribution of causality....

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-reaches-coronavirus-case-milestone-declines-11590766723

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Steven Willing @StevenWillingMD·

30 May

A most unfortunate headline for a company that builds jet engines.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rolls-royce-nosedives-after-being-downgraded-to-junk-status-by-standard-amp-poors-3qjxlg5ll

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Steven Willing @StevenWillingMD·

28 May

#COVID19 Did we flatten the curve? Did lockdowns work? Is containment seriously an option?

What's the endgame here?

The scientists are right. And that is why we need to reopen the world’s economy.
#ReOpenAmerica

http://swilling.com/pandemic-endgame/

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Paradoxical conundrums and word confusion

It is a conundrum why so many similar sounding words have paradoxically different meanings. Here is a guide to help you.<br />