Dr. Pepper, not a fruit soda I know but it's my favorite soda.

I have to say I agree completely with @guest_. I'd also add one more thing. It's important to have people around you that can or will disagree with you on things. As long as you can keep it civil and friendly it's a very important step in figuring out your own thoughts and allows us to push further than we would otherwise. Surrounding yourself with like minded people is comfortable but you won't grow well as a person if you live in a echo chamber.

Here's an excellent video of a doctor explaining a CDC report about covid original and delta variant and how it relates to hospitalization given four premises. Unvaccinated, vaccinated, vaccinated and had covid, and had covid unvaccinated. He does cover comorbidities and such. He doesn't try to prove or disprove anything merely explain in layman's terms what the report actually says. You will definitely find it interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-iJKPA1CA&ab_channel=Dr.JohnCampbell

Of course a "traditional vaccine" helps the body kill the virus by developing certain antibodies that go in and eat the virus essentially. This is how they stop the spread of a virus. Vaccines like the covid one don't do that. Instead they prevent the body from being susceptible to the virus. They don't make the body to fight it off or destroy the virus. So it does protect the vaccinated from developing serious conditions but it doesn't stop them from getting infected or acting like carriers. Eventually the virus dies out in the body of the vaccinated because it can't reproduce enough, but until then they will still spread the virus.

But this tweet is specifically about a specific culture or group of cultures. Neil specifically made it about European Colonial History, not anyone else. To then broaden it to include everyone defeats the point of making it about a specific group and then takes it out of context. No one that I can see is arguing that it couldn't also apply elsewhere but when talking in specifics, like he is, it does seem to fit nicely. This is the whole "all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares" bit of logic.

A fair amount. Plus the food for pictures is rarely edible. Most photo shoots take place in a rooms with a/c and could take hours to finish. The food has to remain looking the same throughout. Steam is added after the fact. It's actually really neat. I saw a mini documentary on it once where they were doing pizza and the "cheese" had to remain melty for hours.