|
Post by Lord_Buscemi on Aug 10, 2021 22:36:02 GMT
When it comes to the vaccine, only one ide had lost grip on reality and it really isn’t debatable. I don't mean to be rude, but that thinking is precisely the problem. If people truly believe that they are right and "the other" is wrong and there is nothing to debate, they open the door to suppressing "the other" which only makes that side more radical as they become more marginalized. In this case, I see an idiotic right wing who are needlessly paranoid about medicine, and a totalitarian left wing that is proving the paranoia correct by refusing to work with the concerns of the right. If the right is scared that the government wants to number them and track them now, just wait until the left actually begins doing it because they have made the decision that the unvaccinated are too dangerous to be allowed freedom of movement or economy. Both sides are escalating against a perceived threat. Think of the Patriot Act and how that was framed as protecting Americans against terrorists. Now think of how people are being denied the right to eat at certain restaurants (at the left's bidding, as the American government can not legally do this). A small thing, for sure... but then comes the point when the unvaccinated can't go to a mall, or shop at a grocery store, or be allowed in any private business or public building. This will provoke an even HARDER turn away from coexistence. The fear on both sides is starting an avalanche of escalation. A state of fear is not healthy for a man or for a nation. Radical centrist moment.
|
|
|
Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Aug 11, 2021 1:29:42 GMT
When it comes to the vaccine, only one ide had lost grip on reality and it really isn’t debatable. I don't mean to be rude, but that thinking is precisely the problem. If people truly believe that they are right and "the other" is wrong and there is nothing to debate, they open the door to suppressing "the other" which only makes that side more radical as they become more marginalized. In this case, I see an idiotic right wing who are needlessly paranoid about medicine, and a totalitarian left wing that is proving the paranoia correct by refusing to work with the concerns of the right. If the right is scared that the government wants to number them and track them now, just wait until the left actually begins doing it because they have made the decision that the unvaccinated are too dangerous to be allowed freedom of movement or economy. Both sides are escalating against a perceived threat. Think of the Patriot Act and how that was framed as protecting Americans against terrorists. Now think of how people are being denied the right to eat at certain restaurants (at the left's bidding, as the American government can not legally do this). A small thing, for sure... but then comes the point when the unvaccinated can't go to a mall, or shop at a grocery store, or be allowed in any private business or public building. This will provoke an even HARDER turn away from coexistence. The fear on both sides is starting an avalanche of escalation. A state of fear is not healthy for a man or for a nation. You can't "work with" people who willfully deny reality. It's like trying to exchange money with someone who doesn't believe in math. This bothsidesism is pointless because it doesn't actually lead to a solution to the problem at hand. The bottom line is that people need to be vaccinated so everyone can move the fuck on from this, and those who refuse to do it are holding everyone else back. And if getting past this mess means one side has to give up some of their freedoms just so they can continue to cling to their moronic delusions, then so be it. Solving a mass life and death issue takes precedence over fruitlessly attempting to foster the coexistence of two irreconcilable realities that would continue to drift further apart anyway.
|
|
|
Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Aug 11, 2021 1:34:19 GMT
When it comes to the vaccine, only one ide had lost grip on reality and it really isn’t debatable. I don't mean to be rude, but that thinking is precisely the problem. If people truly believe that they are right and "the other" is wrong and there is nothing to debate, they open the door to suppressing "the other" which only makes that side more radical as they become more marginalized. In this case, I see an idiotic right wing who are needlessly paranoid about medicine, and a totalitarian left wing that is proving the paranoia correct by refusing to work with the concerns of the right. If the right is scared that the government wants to number them and track them now, just wait until the left actually begins doing it because they have made the decision that the unvaccinated are too dangerous to be allowed freedom of movement or economy. Both sides are escalating against a perceived threat. Think of the Patriot Act and how that was framed as protecting Americans against terrorists. Now think of how people are being denied the right to eat at certain restaurants (at the left's bidding, as the American government can not legally do this). A small thing, for sure... but then comes the point when the unvaccinated can't go to a mall, or shop at a grocery store, or be allowed in any private business or public building. This will provoke an even HARDER turn away from coexistence. The fear on both sides is starting an avalanche of escalation. A state of fear is not healthy for a man or for a nation. There is nothing to debate with flat earthers either. This has turned into a political issue because the right turns following science into a political issue. And the government doesn’t need to inject anyone with a shot if they want to track them. They can just, you know, follow the gps on their cell phones.
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 14, 2021 16:56:08 GMT
155K new cases yesterday. Highest we've seen since January.
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Aug 14, 2021 19:56:54 GMT
155K new cases yesterday. Highest we've seen since January. Ugh!! In LA, it was 15k. Not sure what is happening but it has to be more than unvaccinated people causing this problem. Something else is happening and they don't want to tell us because then we will freak out. I bought some N95 masks off of Amazon the other day.
|
|
|
Post by pacinoyes on Aug 17, 2021 11:03:17 GMT
Top health officials in the Biden administration are coalescing around an agreement that most Americans should get Covid booster shots eight months after becoming fully vaccinated, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CNN.The plan, which is still being developed, would involve administering third shots beginning in mid- to late September, one source added, pending authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday that the companies have submitted initial data to the FDA to support the use of booster doses for their Covid-19 vaccines. www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/politics/covid-19-booster-shots-biden-administration/index.html
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Aug 18, 2021 22:12:50 GMT
Guys, stock up. I'm sensing a freak out soon.
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Aug 20, 2021 20:26:16 GMT
Daily Covid cases in California hit a new high for the current summer surge, with 14,716 reported on Friday. That’s up 10% from the season’s previous peak of 13,377 on August 9, and up a whopping 159% from the 5,678 new cases the state database now shows for Tuesday of this week. It tops the summer 2020 surge, which peaked on July 13 with 11,658 cases.
|
|
|
Post by cheesecake on Aug 24, 2021 2:45:46 GMT
Our cases and ICU numbers are rising daily and school starts soon. *gulp* For anybody else struggling, I read this recently which offered some nice perspective. Hope everyone is staying safe.
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Aug 24, 2021 16:36:53 GMT
Our cases and ICU numbers are rising daily and school starts soon. *gulp* For anybody else struggling, I read this recently which offered some nice perspective. Hope everyone is staying safe. Things are getting quietly cancelled...again. Ho hum. It's going to be a rough fall.
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Aug 27, 2021 23:54:42 GMT
4-year-old child dies of COVID-19 in Riverside County
|
|
|
Post by Joaquim on Aug 28, 2021 0:10:23 GMT
4-year-old child dies of COVID-19 in Riverside County The unvaxxed need to be physically removed from society or they’re gonna keep killing our kids
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Aug 28, 2021 0:28:27 GMT
4-year-old child dies of COVID-19 in Riverside County The unvaxxed need to be physically removed from society or they’re gonna keep killing our kids It was reported that a teacher just read something and infected 50 kids. UGH!!!!!
|
|
|
Post by Joaquim on Aug 28, 2021 0:54:52 GMT
The unvaxxed need to be physically removed from society or they’re gonna keep killing our kids It was reported that a teacher just read something and infected 50 kids. UGH!!!!! Absolutely appalling. It’s probably time to start training these kids to kill dangerous teachers who step out of line in regards to Covid protocols. Many of them are probably white supremacists too
|
|
cherry68
Based
Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that.
Posts: 3,698
Likes: 2,125
|
Covid-19
Aug 28, 2021 5:23:23 GMT
via mobile
Post by cherry68 on Aug 28, 2021 5:23:23 GMT
In my youngest son's school students will be allowed to remove the mask if they are vaccinated (or recovered from Covid). Considering that even vaccinated people can get the virus, even if in a less dangerous degree, and can infect other people, I'm not feeling ok with that. I mean, what's the problem keeping the mask on for 17 yo students? Who is checking every time if they got the vaccine or not?
|
|
|
Post by cheesecake on Aug 30, 2021 18:43:10 GMT
How's everyone doing? I'm back to school Wednesday and feel slightly less anxious than I did a year ago, because at least I'm walking into a high school where the chances of staff and students being vaccinated are increased. The last couple weeks my family has gone next level insane and our election being called a year and a half early has made this even more politicized. PM was campaigning in a city 25 minutes from me this week and was met with an angry mob telling him he should be hanged for promoting vaccine passports. My parents think he's commie scum and declaring that everyone should "get their house in order" because these are the end times. I don't see them anymore.
|
|
dazed
Based
Posts: 2,631
Likes: 1,796
|
Post by dazed on Sept 17, 2021 2:03:03 GMT
So my buddy since high school just told me that since I’m vaccinated, I will have a slow death from cancer, and to enjoy my 20’s.
I have a few friends that’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole with conspiracies, especially as of late. Friendships within my group being destroyed. Seems like the tension between vaccinated and unvaccinated people is the highest it’s been, at least in my area. I’m happy now cause we’re getting a passport system but fuck me, I’m as fed up as I’ve ever been, partly because we’re in a fourth wave now and the government has done an awful job.
|
|
|
Post by cheesecake on Sept 17, 2021 19:23:16 GMT
So my buddy since high school just told me that since I’m vaccinated, I will have a slow death from cancer, and to enjoy my 20’s. I have a few friends that’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole with conspiracies, especially as of late. Friendships within my group being destroyed. Seems like the tension between vaccinated and unvaccinated people is the highest it’s been, at least in my area. I’m happy now cause we’re getting a passport system but fuck me, I’m as fed up as I’ve ever been, partly because we’re in a fourth wave now and the government has done an awful job. Canada is fucking INSANE right now. Between the pandemic and election I don't know if my parents will ever be talking to me again. Due to their comparisons to the Holocaust and screams of tyranny, I've blocked them. My mental health is at an all-time low from this and working at a school with two thousands kids and no social distancing is not helping. I'm so fucking tired.
|
|
|
Post by Miles Morales on Sept 18, 2021 10:57:24 GMT
Finally got my second vaccine dose today (along with my mother and sister) after three months of waiting. We were supposed to get it three weeks ago, but the whole house shifting business made it impossible to make time for it. Again, feeling a bit numb in my arm but otherwise I'm fine.
|
|
|
Post by Miles Morales on Sept 18, 2021 11:00:38 GMT
So my buddy since high school just told me that since I’m vaccinated, I will have a slow death from cancer, and to enjoy my 20’s. I have a few friends that’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole with conspiracies, especially as of late. Friendships within my group being destroyed. Seems like the tension between vaccinated and unvaccinated people is the highest it’s been, at least in my area. I’m happy now cause we’re getting a passport system but fuck me, I’m as fed up as I’ve ever been, partly because we’re in a fourth wave now and the government has done an awful job. Canada is fucking INSANE right now. Between the pandemic and election I don't know if my parents will ever be talking to me again. Due to their comparisons to the Holocaust and screams of tyranny, I've blocked them. My mental health is at an all-time low from this and working at a school with two thousands kids and no social distancing is not helping. I'm so fucking tired. Damn, sorry to hear that cheesecake and dazed. Fucking insane how some people, despite seeing how the Delta variant devastated some countries, still have the gall to rant against and demonise vaccinated people.
|
|
|
Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Oct 13, 2021 13:21:45 GMT
|
|
|
Post by pacinoyes on Nov 4, 2021 16:13:30 GMT
Um. Just in case you think Conservatives and Liberals in the US weren't pissed off at each other enough yet - the Biden administration announced this officially today........they'll be sued by a lot of companies I guess....I'm not sure this is Constitutional .....on the other hand a lot of people will voluntarily comply also........ Deadline is Jan. 4: The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, covers companies with 100 or more employees, applying to an estimated 84 million workers. Companies must ensure that their workers are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or that they test negative for COVID-19 at least once a week. The rule will take effect as soon as it's published in the Federal Register.www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1048939858/osha-biden-vaccine-mandate-employers-100-workers
|
|
cherry68
Based
Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that.
Posts: 3,698
Likes: 2,125
|
Covid-19
Nov 4, 2021 17:09:36 GMT
via mobile
Post by cherry68 on Nov 4, 2021 17:09:36 GMT
Um. Just in case you think Conservatives and Liberals in the US weren't pissed off at each other enough yet - the Biden administration announced this officially today........they'll be sued by a lot of companies I guess....I'm not sure this is Constitutional .....on the other hand a lot of people will voluntarily comply also........ Deadline is Jan. 4: The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, covers companies with 100 or more employees, applying to an estimated 84 million workers. Companies must ensure that their workers are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or that they test negative for COVID-19 at least once a week. The rule will take effect as soon as it's published in the Federal Register.www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1048939858/osha-biden-vaccine-mandate-employers-100-workersIn Italy it's mandatory for all workers to be vaccinated or tested every 48 hours. Same for university students. Covid tests are paid by the worker / student.
|
|
|
Post by MsMovieStar on Nov 7, 2021 18:40:58 GMT
Um. Just in case you think Conservatives and Liberals in the US weren't pissed off at each other enough yet - the Biden administration announced this officially today........they'll be sued by a lot of companies I guess....I'm not sure this is Constitutional .....on the other hand a lot of people will voluntarily comply also........ Deadline is Jan. 4: The first rule, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, covers companies with 100 or more employees, applying to an estimated 84 million workers. Companies must ensure that their workers are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or that they test negative for COVID-19 at least once a week. The rule will take effect as soon as it's published in the Federal Register.www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1048939858/osha-biden-vaccine-mandate-employers-100-workersOh honey, does Tequila count? I've now started carrying around an alcohol based sanitizer spray with me at all times and it seems to have protected me, as well as the vaccines. A Birkin bag full of salt & limes has been cumbersome to carry around, but has been useful at times, like when I threw a lime at Jeff Bezos at the Plaza, but he didn't see me when it hit him... because I'd fallen off the bar stool... I'm sure I'll get him next time! I think the Administration need to be mindful of alternative medicines, and consider issuing grants to pick up my tab.
|
|
cherry68
Based
Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that.
Posts: 3,698
Likes: 2,125
|
Covid-19
Nov 27, 2021 9:18:22 GMT
via mobile
Post by cherry68 on Nov 27, 2021 9:18:22 GMT
There's a new Covid variant, named omicron, coming from south Africa. It seems to have a lot of mutations on the spike protein of the virus so the current vaccines might not work.
|
|