Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive August 24, 2026
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politics are when you walk through a crowded space and there's a mix of masked and unmasked. Have you seen that yet? You go into a space and you're like Republican, Republican, Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Republican. It's pretty easy now isn't it? All right so I don't know if February 1st is, we're going to hit it but let's talk about some more thinking. One of the things I see a lot is why d…

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ow if you get taken out for six months it kind of screws up your whole year. I had that experience of you know I had my prednisone experience. It took me out for about six months. Like for six months I struggled but it kind of ruins your whole year right?

So would you do extreme things to stop half of the public from losing a year of quality life? Now if you say no to that that's a reasonable answer. It's reasonable. It's reasonable to say yes or no but it's not reasonable to ignore it. So the only thing I want to add to this is don't ignore it. Scott we've been locked down for two years right? And that's part of the analysis right? So part of the analysis is that being locked down has its own set of costs. You know we all know that. So I'm not giving you an opinion. I'm just saying that you should throw that in there.

And the way I would calculate it is yes your odds of dying are low. Your odds of getting messed up for a year are pretty good. And you know that can affect your relationships. Imagine being sick for a year. What's that do to your relationships and your career? It's kind of messed up. So don't ignore that risk. I'm just saying you know you, I'm not trying to change your mind or anything. You always think I'm trying to persuade you. I'm not. I'm not. I'm just saying don't forget that risk.

All right the COVID Olympics are coming up in China. Of the 4,000 or so arrivals so far they've spotted 129 cases of COVID. That's what's been reported. And at different intervals some of them have been within the exclusion zone. So apparently you get tested pretty hard and stuff before you can even get into the zone where the athletes are. But even within the zone at least 50 of them have been found within what they call the closed loop since January 4th.

Now here's my logic and math question for you. If you believe that the vaccinations themselves are dangerous and that the athletes have been known to be dropping dead from them, what would you expect? How many people would you expect to die of the professional athletes in 4,000? If all 4,000 people compete hard the entire time and go home and nobody dropped dead would that change your mind about the risk of the vaccinations because they're all highly vaccinated? Would it? Suppose there were zero deaths. Would you find that statistically meaningful? Because we know that these we get reports of athletes dropping so often that you think you would see them. All right how many are catching me at my trick? What's the trick?

All right here's the trick. I was trying to lure you into a trap. You can't compare 4,000 athletes over two weeks with hundreds of thousands of athletes over years. That's not any ki

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nd of a fair comparison. So it wouldn't matter how many people died or didn't die during the Olympics. It wouldn't tell you anything about the real world. Well let me take that back. If five people dropped dead during the Olympics yeah that would tell you a lot. That would tell you a lot. But if zero people drop dead during the Olympics that won't tell you anything. Do you get that? Because the Ol…

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