COVID-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus)

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It's as if people are hoping against hope for the worst case scenario.

The CDC bulletpoints on Omicron read exactly like Lambda and Mu; possibly more infectious than Delta, don't know if it causes more severe disease/death, could evade vaccines - don't know yet but vaccines still provide protection.

So why is this being treated like the emergence of the black plague? Because it has a headline catching name? You make Omicron the subject and you can concoct any manner of wild tales such as it being 500% more infectious than the Delta variant.

Man fear mongering is a good career move at this point.

Which is why I don't take people like Eric Feigl-Ding seriously. Dude had 2k followers on social media prior to covid-19....now he has 600k and literally every post is doom and gloom. Never mind how many times he's wrong....thanks to social media, you can be loud, dumb and wrong and people love you for it.

People can spread misinformation with one post or Tweet, you can't really do that with facts. You gotta explain shyt. And sadly nobody has time for that these days.

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Man fear mongering is a good career move at this point.

Which is why I don't take people like Eric Feigl-Ding seriously. Dude had 2k followers on social media prior to covid-19....now he has 600k and literally every post is doom and gloom. Never mind how many times he's wrong....thanks to social media, you can be loud, dumb and wrong and people love you for it.

People can spread misinformation with one post or Tweet, you can't really do that with facts. You gotta explain shyt. And sadly nobody has time for that these days.

Fred.




If you say the scientists are fear mongering to boost their social profile and careers... What about the fact that world governments are shutting their borders?

Here's my simple honest take: If it was just folks getting on TV running their mouth trying to sell books or whatnot, I wouldn't believe a word out of their mouth. But when countries are willing to lose out on MONEY by closing borders (and yes, the border is only closed to southern Africa countries for now, but there's talk of border-closing expanding for other nations as well), then that's a signal to me that there's something serious going on.
 

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From CNN:

. Of note: Just under 24% of South Africa's total population is vaccinated. Just 35% of adult South Africans are fully vaccinated, the country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said Sunday. And South Africa has many people infected with HIV -- which suppresses the immune system -- who are currently unable to get treatment, and who may be more susceptible to infection.

Those factors may influence the rise of the variant in South Africa as opposed to countries where more people are vaccinated and fewer have immunocompromising conditions.
 

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you wanna know how the next 2 years is gonna play out?

-winter 2021: uh oh. new omnicron variant
-spring 2022: uh oh, people are going outside again. new variant
-summer 2022: uh oh, people are going on vacation, how dangerous. here's Dr Fauci with the "book deal variant"
-fall 2022: uh oh, the democrats need an excuse to mail out ballots. new variant
-winter 2023: uh oh, be afraid because it's winter. new variant
-spring 2023: uh oh, people are going outside again. new variant

and on, and on, and on, and on. ive had enough :camby:

get vaccinated, make sure your elder family is vaccinated. get the booster if you want. but for the love of christ, you gotta move on with your life :dead:it's been almost two years

this fukkin thing is always gonna be lurking around. it sucks, but it's the reality of life. people are waiting for a "zero covid" scenario that won't ever exist. we can't just live like this until 2030
 

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you wanna know how the next 2 years is gonna play out?

-winter 2021: uh oh. new omnicron variant
-spring 2022: uh oh, people are going outside again. new variant
-summer 2022: uh oh, people are going on vacation, how dangerous. here's Dr Fauci with the "book deal variant"
-fall 2022: uh oh, the democrats need an excuse to mail out ballots. new variant
-winter 2023: uh oh, be afraid because it's winter. new variant
-spring 2023: uh oh, people are going outside again. new variant

and on, and on, and on, and on. ive had enough :camby:

get vaccinated, make sure your elder family is vaccinated. get the booster if you want. but for the love of christ, you gotta move on with your life :dead:it's been almost two years

this fukkin thing is always gonna be lurking around. it sucks, but it's the reality of life. people are waiting for a "zero covid" scenario that won't ever exist. we can't just live like this until 2030

Whats your policy solution?

 

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Man fear mongering is a good career move at this point.

Which is why I don't take people like Eric Feigl-Ding seriously. Dude had 2k followers on social media prior to covid-19....now he has 600k and literally every post is doom and gloom. Never mind how many times he's wrong....thanks to social media, you can be loud, dumb and wrong and people love you for it.

People can spread misinformation with one post or Tweet, you can't really do that with facts. You gotta explain shyt. And sadly nobody has time for that these days.

Fred.
holy shid, i just went on the wayback machine and you right :laff: the grift is real
 

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Whats your policy solution?



it doesnt exist :yeshrug: we cannot, and will not, legislate our way out of this in america. fox news and twitter have ensured that. so unfortunately, this has become a fukked up combo of survival of the fittest, and natural selection

even if they refuse the shot, the young and healthy mostly shake off the virus. the old and vulnerable have a free, safe, and effective vaccine, that's fully available for everyone. when Biden got to the point where everyone could get the shot, that WAS the policy victory. frankly, im not interested in forcing the shot into those who don't want it

so if you have a policy solution beyond this, then i'm all ears :yeshrug: i'm fully vaccinated, and i want everyone to get vaccinated. but im resolved to the reality of the situation
 
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