• @[email protected]
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      Not OP, but my cursory Google search turned up 198 cases of measles in Texas associated with the new outbreak and an NCAA person saying they believe <10 trans athletes are competing. A site lists 44 openly trans athletes, but not all are even current. Some are from early 2010s, so I’m guessing the post is probably accurate, but I didn’t dig too deep. Of course, it shouldn’t matter if there were more or less, but it’s nice to not spread misinformation.

    • @NocturnalMorning
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      171 day ago

      Less than one percent of the population is transgender. Yes, this is accurate.

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        Last year, 0.00001705% of the US population had measles. Just because the trans population is small, doesn’t mean that every post like this is accurate. This one is accurate, as I mentioned above, but it’s good to be vigilant about any statistics, even ones that support your position.

        Obligatory, it shouldn’t matter if it was more or less because trans people are just people and aren’t actually a problem.

        *this comment originally read 0.0000001705%, which is incorrect as pointed out below. This was not done out of malice, but carelessness. The original point still stands, but always a good reminder to check your work.

        • @Eheran
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          That would only be 2 in 1 billion, obviously wrong. If there are 200 in Texas and nowhere else, that would still be 0.00006 % of the USA, 340x more than your number.

          • @[email protected]
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            I’m on mobile and multitasking, though it’s not a great excuse, so thank you for checking my work. Off the top of my head it was 58/340.1 mil. I definitely forgot to convert to a percentage, but I expressed it as such. Careless of me. Will edit that now with a note. I appreciate you pointing that out.

        • FiveMacs
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          Now do trans with measles. Lowest numbers ever!

          (I assume people always assume the worst when I type stuff, i have no issues with trans etc…everyone deserves the same chance at life imo)

            • Lemminary
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              Lol! I know you’re safe speaking about a dozen athletes, but be careful with that. You can’t rely on LGBT+ folks being all leftists or having a functional brain, living in our shared reality. There are plenty of loony trans and gay people out there and I’ve seen them all in my 20+ years in the community. Stupid knows no bounds.

      • @Frozengyro
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        You realize 1% of Americans is over 3.4 million people?

    • @Professorozone
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      I looked up some stuff and it checks out. It’s difficult to mail down exactly how many trans athletes there are but there’s a pretty high confidence level there are less than 100.