In second grade our polio vaccine was administered via sugar cube.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
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In second grade our polio vaccine was administered via sugar cube.Quote:
Originally Posted by GGT
I noticed a serious lack of compassion in myself with people falling victim to their irrational fears of vaccination.
I'm more concerned about a breakthrough infection from being around dozens of infected idiots who refused to get vaccinated.
Mine was a sugar cube, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Being
My point is that -- under the current misinformation/disinformation/distrust of public health initiatives -- millions of people wouldn't be vaccinated against polio. And they'd think it was their "choice" for individual Freeeedom, when/if Polio makes a resurgence in the US (just like measles and pertussis has).
It's all poppycock based on junk science, or a theocratic fantasy, supported (and expanded) by ONE political party: Republicans.
Same here. It pisses me off that those of us who've followed all the CDC guidelines -- and gotten vaccinated -- are forced to revert to mask-wearing again. All because there's a large group that refuses to get vaccinated OR wear a mask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
I feel like we're back to the beginning, where we were encouraged to think everyone was either Infected or Contagious. :mad:
Good thread on what the psychology and sociology of cons can teach us about antivaxxers in the context of the pandemic:
Twitter Link
(click through for the rest of the argument)
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-57928647
YouTubers being offered money to spread information.
Got my second jab :)
And after the explosion in cases, they are dropping rapidly again as well, so that's good news.
What took so long?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
Taking the night train down to sthlm... I have a compartment all to myself, but I had to go through several other cars to get more water, and, folks... they were PACKED. Easily one of the most crowded night trains I've been on, in Sweden. Almost no masks anywhere.
My sister and her husband in Indiana had to get tested (and cancel contract jobs) because their friend from Florida who paid a visit ended up having Covid. He was vaccinated but didn't mask-up in public areas. Surprise!?
She was angry that the technician taking their nasal swabs didn't ask for photo ID, then went down the rabbit hole of conspiracies (workers who need a negative test for employment could easily fake their test results that way).
I'm just hoping they're not sick, or if they're sick it's a mild case, since they're fully vaccinated. I'm mad that the US is acting like the pandemic is over just because we have vaccinations, even tho millions of people are refusing to get the shots OR WEAR MASKS. Fuck!
GGT you sound deranged. America is actually well ahead in vaccination rates compared to several countries including much of Eastern Europe (since I know you are probably ethnocentric and don't count South America or Africa).
Is Eastern European really your US comparison group? We're probably doing better than central Africa. Great job, I guess?
Better than Poland, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Norway, ALL of Africa, India, Peru etc etc. I feel like that's a good cross section of the world but I imagine to the ethnocentric folks Western Europe is the only other region they care about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Except for Japan and Norway (both of whom had a late start; and Norway is on the verge of passing the US), you listed a whole lot of countries that are far, far poorer than the US. Is that who you compare the US to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewkowski
New Zealand? Taiwan? But I forget world rankings, systems of government and economies only matter if they are America and Europe.
After a record setting week of records, the school district has decided to require masks, with an opt out option. School starts Tuesday.
We're fucked.
Mask mandates are expressly forbidden here. Should be an interesting month.
Is it wrong to think of the current round of deaths to be a sort of natural selection event? Lots of breeding age people are going to die this time, so....
Tens of thousands (likely future deaths) out of hundreds of millions isn't really sufficient for natural selection.
Leave it to the GOP to never let a crisis they created go to waste as they continue their attacks on public education.
Fuck your kids - DeSantis
That which does not kill us makes us stronger???
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Originally Posted by Being
That which does not kill us mutates and tries again.
School bus today was 3 to a seat. Last thing I told my kid was good luck and mask up :(
WTF is wrong with Florida? Is DeSantis popular? Even as the hospitals fill up due in no small part to his insane policies?
He's not popular, but he's not unpopular either. Last I checked, his popularity rating was -4% (4% more disliked him than liked him).
He has killed more people with his covid policies than what he won his last election by.
It's not just Florida. A lot of people over there are just plain fucked up.Quote:
Originally Posted by EyeKhan
United States of Hillbillies and Cowboys. :cry: Independence is all they got...oh and a car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
Have your camera ready at the supermarket (or your baseball bat).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other...lnU?li=BBnb7Kz