COVID-19 - On the Ground

[twocoach]

I need a way to de-fluoride my water. Gotta think of those precious bodily fluids.

Alex Jones will happily take your money for a water filtration system.

[twocoach]

Using death rate data from after vaccines were released and from less deadly variants like omicron, to criticize decisions made in 2020 makes about as much sense as using this year's flu data to criticize decisions made in 1918.

Vaccines reduced death rates in all age groups. Newer variants had lower death rates. Death rates were higher when there were no vaccines and from the original strain. Did we forget how things were initially in Wuhan, or Italy, or New York?

As a result of the vaccines, the mandates that slowed the spread, and mutations to the virus, there are no more wide spread mask mandates, no school closings, businesses are open, KU just played a game in front of 16,300 fans...what are people bitching and moaning about?

I swear, some people are the biggest babies. Someone asked you to wear a mask two years ago and you're still butt hurt? Someone gave you a harmless shot to protect you from illness, and you're crying about it still? The people continuing to complain about social distancing months and years after things have almost completely gone back to normal might be the biggest group of overly sensitive snowflake pansies I've ever seen.

All of this. They bitched about the world being shut down due to covid and now they bitch about the single greatest factor in it being opened back up.

Some people just like to complain.

[Overlander]

Using death rate data from after vaccines were released and from less deadly variants like omicron, to criticize decisions made in 2020 makes about as much sense as using this year's flu data to criticize decisions made in 1918.

Vaccines reduced death rates in all age groups. Newer variants had lower death rates. Death rates were higher when there were no vaccines and from the original strain. Did we forget how things were initially in Wuhan, or Italy, or New York?

As a result of the vaccines, the mandates that slowed the spread, and mutations to the virus, there are no more wide spread mask mandates, no school closings, businesses are open, KU just played a game in front of 16,300 fans...what are people bitching and moaning about?

I swear, some people are the biggest babies. Someone asked you to wear a mask two years ago and you're still butt hurt? Someone gave you a harmless shot to protect you from illness, and you're crying about it still? The people continuing to complain about social distancing months and years after things have almost completely gone back to normal might be the biggest group of overly sensitive snowflake pansies I've ever seen.

All of this. They bitched about the world being shut down due to covid and now they bitch about the single greatest factor in it being opened back up.

Some people just need a boogeyman

[zsn]

This is what you get when an entire brand is built on Grievance. It’s always someone else’s fault for the perceived lack of success.

[MICHHAWK]

I’m on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what is still left to be said. That wasn’t already said in the first 658 pages. thanks china. Muthaphucquers.

[Overlander]

I’m on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what is still left to be said. That wasn’t already said in the first 658 pages. thanks china. Muthaphucquers.

Gonna take a few hours for the YouTube video to come out and tell you how to be outraged

[MICHHAWK]

it’s only been 658 pages. you got more to give.

[randylahey]

Musk is about to expose what he has on fauci next. Lol. This will get interesting

[StayCurious]

Well, everyone who is sincere already knows Fauci is complete fraud. It's going to be very difficult to get him to go to prison. By the time they admit it, he'll likely not be alive anymore.

[pdub]

Lol

[Overlander]

Lol

Ever feel like you are at a zoo, watching 3 monkeys jerk each other off?

[Overlander]

Well, everyone who is sincere already knows Fauci is complete fraud. It's going to be very difficult to get him to go to prison. By the time they admit it, he'll likely not be alive anymore.

Are you seriously this stupid?

[PhDhawk]

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2 ... alizations

From December 2020 through November 2022, we estimate that the COVID-19 vaccination program in the U.S. prevented more than 18.5 million additional hospitalizations and 3.2 million additional deaths. Without vaccination, there would have been nearly 120 million more COVID-19 infections. The vaccination program also saved the U.S. $1.15 trillion (Credible Interval: $1.10 trillion–$1.19 trillion) (data not shown) in medical costs that would otherwise have been incurred.

[randylahey]

Elon musk has been using the word "bioweapon" this week when referring to covid

[Overlander]

Elon musk has been using the word "bioweapon" this week when referring to covid

Of course he has.

[zsn]

Elon musk has been using the word "bioweapon" this week when referring to covid

I won’t call Elon Musk a moron in order that I don’t insult morons.

[randylahey]

I mean we all know what it was. Why else would a lab be researching gain of function on a virus

[pdub]

Read this entire article. The whole thing no matter how long it may take you:

https://www.science.org/content/article ... mal-market

[zsn]

I have posted this article before, early in the pandemic. This is from 2007. Of course the conspiracy theorists will invoke time travel or that Dr Fauci altered all the online versions to suit his world domination goals.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl ... ddhVu0u02M

The title is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus as an Agent of Emerging and Reemerging Infection

Vincent C. C. Cheng, Susanna K. P. Lau, [...], and Kwok Yung Yuen

Here’s the final section of the article (emphasis mine):

SHOULD WE BE READY FOR THE REEMERGENCE OF SARS?

The medical and scientific community demonstrated marvelous efforts in the understanding and control of SARS within a short time, as evident by over 4,000 publications available online. Despite these achievements, gaps still exist in terms of the molecular basis of the physical stability and transmissibility of this virus, the molecular and immunological basis of disease pathogenesis in humans, screening tests for early or cryptic SARS cases, foolproof infection control procedures for patient care, effective antivirals or antiviral combinations, the usefulness of immunomodulatory agents for late presenters, an effective vaccine with no immune enhancement, and the immediate animal host that transmitted the virus to caged civets in the market at the beginning of the epidemic. Coronaviruses are well known to undergo genetic recombination (375), which may lead to new genotypes and outbreaks. The presence of a large reservoir of SARS-CoV-like viruses in horseshoe bats, together with the culture of eating exotic mammals in southern China, is a time bomb. The possibility of the reemergence of SARS and other novel viruses from animals or laboratories and therefore the need for preparedness should not be ignored.

[Overlander]

I mean we all know what it was. Why else would a lab be researching gain of function on a virus

Dumb fuck