Yep, rules exist because of the lowest common denominator, which in this case is people who purposefully act in bad faith. It would be nice if actual trans athletes could compete with the gender they identify with but folks like Mr. Silverberg will always be around to make such a policy untenable.

I agree the sentence is confusing in a vacuum but it makes perfect sense in context. They're just saying that the people who chose to be vaccinated were already healthier in general so even if those healthy people didn't get vaccinated they still would've fared better than the people who ended up not getting the vaccination because those people were already in worse health.

Nothing super groundbreaking here, we already knew COVID was way worse for people with multiple comorbidities.

Trans rights are human rights. That being said, this has fuck all to do with trans rights and I can't wait to play the game.

You literally said "donation". That colloquially means money, but okay. If we're debating semantics then the conversation has already exceeded it's usefulness. Sorry for probing what clearly hasn't been thought out.

Same but if you're extending that to parasites then why not viruses and bacteria and what not? At what point does it become an exercise in futility?

I mean I know this is just a virtue signal and you aren't actually donating to charity whenever you take an antibiotic or whatever but it's an interesting logic to probe regardless.

>I would destroy the worm because I had to, but I would make a charitable donation in its honor. And someday hopefully make a world where worms and people can live in harmony.

Is this...is this a joke?

A charitable donation in a parasite's honor? Just, why? Which entity would you donate to? Are there organizations that specifically protect parasitic species?

This has to be a joke, right?