Covid 2021 (Be Proper or GTFO)

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Texas has run out of its supply of monoclonal antibodies, and infusion centers in the state will be unable to offer the treatment until more shipments are sent out in January.

Infusion centers in Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and The Woodlands have all gone through their supply of sotrovimab, the only antibody treatment believed to be effective against the omicron variant, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said on Monday.

The agency said infusion centers in Texas will be unable to offer the treatment until "federal authorities ship additional courses of sotrovimab to Texas in January."

Governor Greg Abbott is asking the federal government for help adding COVID-19 testing sites in some of Texas' largest counties, including Dallas and Tarrant. His request came Friday as the highly-contagious omicron variant spreads throughout the state and tests are in high-demand.

In addition to Dallas and Tarrant counties, Abbott requested testing sites in Bexar, Cameron, Harris, and Hidalgo counties because of current COVID-19 metrics, including hospitalization numbers and positivity rates. The additional testing sites will help residents find out if they have contracted coronavirus and prevent and reduce further transmission, the statement said. Texas officials reported nearly 11,000 new confirmed cases and 90 new deaths from coronavirus on Thursday.

A campaign group seeking to unseat Florida governor Ron DeSantis has joined in the row over his recent absence from public view by flying a plane with a mocking banner over his state.

Launched by Remove Ron, which is led by an activist who has stalked Florida beaches during the pandemic dressed as the grim reaper, the plane's banner reads "Florida Is On Fire and Ron Is Missing," a reference to the governor's disappearance in recent weeks.

DeSantis's last press briefing was December 17th, and holiday images shared on his Twitter page are photos taken earlier in the month, fueling speculation that the Florida governor might be on vacation while COVID cases rage in his home state.

Originally posted by ilikecomics
I refuse to change my habits for people who are already going to die anyways,

Everybody is going to die.

Originally posted by samhain
Everybody is going to die.

Correct, so why be coerced for some false sense of community ?

Originally posted by ilikecomics
The 2 percent that died are the 70+ cohort and obese people.

I refuse to change my habits for people who are already going to die anyways, or for people who make bad health decisions.

Obesity costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year and no one is asking for fat people to lose weight.

You think a lack of empathy is the only reason doctors wouldn't go through a medical procedure ? Not their medical expertise ?

Do you think a huge population of nurses, who would be the closest to patients receiving various types of covid treatment including the vaxx, quit their jobs instead of getting jabbed because a lack of empathy as well ?

Have you seen the adjusted Italian figures for covid ? The number went from 130k of people who died WITH covid, to just 4k who died FROM covid.

I'm sure other countries have figures that are similarly inflated.

You changing your habits only matters if you're right about the 2 percent being solely obese or old people. Nobody is that certain. And it honestly bothers me that people are willing to take that chance.

If you want to have a discussion about obesity and all the issues therein, feel free. Just not in this thread.

"Huge population" is a meaningless statement, because they can still be a small minority. I would bet far more doctors and nurses are vaccinated than not.

What Italian figures? From who? It's not this thing, is it? https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-italy-deathsnotreduced-idUSL1N2S0014

Originally posted by -Pr-
You changing your habits only matters if you're right about the 2 percent being solely obese or old people. Nobody is that certain. And it honestly bothers me that people are willing to take that chance.

If you want to have a discussion about obesity and all the issues therein, feel free. Just not in this thread.

"Huge population" is a meaningless statement, because they can still be a small minority. I would bet far more doctors and nurses are vaccinated than not.

What Italian figures? From who? It's not this thing, is it? https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-italy-deathsnotreduced-idUSL1N2S0014

Let's assume I am right. The flu kills the same amount of people, which is why flu figures disappeared. So why haven't we already been wearing masks to combat the flu ? Why didn't the government do live destroying lockdowns before ? Many millions of people have died from starvation, easily preventable disease, babies have been born hurt due to a lack of screenings, etc.

There has been a wave of people who quit, and teams of doctors who speak out against the vaxx.

Obviously any amount of people dying is awful, but the control governments are trying to exert control on people is infinitely worse.

I'm using obesity as an analogy for covid, because obesity matters for when you have covid, and society's response to both.

Yeah, that is Reuters lying about it.

Originally posted by ilikecomics
Let's assume I am right. The flu kills the same amount of people, which is why flu figures disappeared. So why haven't we already been wearing masks to combat the flu ? Why didn't the government do live destroying lockdowns before ? Many millions of people have died from starvation, easily preventable disease, babies have been born hurt due to a lack of screenings, etc.

There has been a wave of people who quit, and teams of doctors who speak out against the vaxx.

Obviously any amount of people dying is awful, but the control governments are trying to exert control on people is infinitely worse.

I'm using obesity as an analogy for covid, because obesity matters for when you have covid, and society's response to both.

Yeah, that is Reuters lying about it.

The flu has had a vaccine for years now, and regularly has messaging both on television and radio reminding people to get their shot. If you have the flu, or any respiratory disease really, you should be wearing a mask. There are countries where this is already practice from long before covid.

And a lot more speaking for the vaccine.

I actually don't disagree about the government part. Most western governments' response to covid has been (and continues to be) abysmal.

Using obesity as an analogy for something like covid seems fraught with issues, imo.

So Reuters is lying, but not your source?

Originally posted by -Pr-
The flu has had a vaccine for years now, and regularly has messaging both on television and radio reminding people to get their shot. If you have the flu, or any respiratory disease really, you should be wearing a mask. There are countries where this is already practice from long before covid.

And a lot more speaking for the vaccine.

I actually don't disagree about the government part. Most western governments' response to covid has been (and continues to be) abysmal.

Using obesity as an analogy for something like covid seems fraught with issues, imo.

So Reuters is lying, but not your source?

The problem is y'all are slightly off regarding my story, you're not accounting for the fact that I was jebedeih of Canaan in earth one, here I should be hammering the middle east with Tomi a co-general of the military-ecosystem using the tech aboard the rocinante the us failed to reconstruct from the shell they burst and recovered from the Baker test

Does the Emperor of China have a wattsapp?

We need to seriously sit down and discuss de-escalation

Originally posted by -Pr-
The flu has had a vaccine for years now, and regularly has messaging both on television and radio reminding people to get their shot. If you have the flu, or any respiratory disease really, you should be wearing a mask. There are countries where this is already practice from long before covid.

And a lot more speaking for the vaccine.

I actually don't disagree about the government part. Most western governments' response to covid has been (and continues to be) abysmal.

Using obesity as an analogy for something like covid seems fraught with issues, imo.

So Reuters is lying, but not your source?

And despite the flu vaccine and mask practices, the flu still comes every flue season and kills a bunch of old people and people who don't take care of themselves.
I mentioned the mask practices of other countries earlier and got called a clown.

So if mask mandates have existed in China since the 1970s, as I've already said, how do you explain covid escaping the borders of China ? Or swine flu ? Or avian flu ? Or Sars ?

Okay, glad we're in agreement on the over reaction on the part of governments e.g. Australia, Austria, u.k. etc.

The point I'm trying to make with obesity is if the government started forcing people to cater to fat people e.g. making businesses have wider doors, that it would highlight how bad it is to cater to a minority. The people who become seriously Ill from covid are a minority (assuming we're going with the 98-99 percent survival rate.) I'm not willing to die on the obesity analogy hill tho, so shrug.

Yes, from the beginning there's been clear evidence of errant recording in terms of covid because the state created an incentive to do so via giving hospitals more money for covid rates. The same is true for how they're measuring the vax rates.

Do you think there's zero possibility for Reuters to report inaccurate data ? There's also alot of state money that goes into universities that could distort the incentives for accurate reporting.

Do you at least acknowledge the vaers data saying there's been 800k adverse vax reactions, and that vaers has only ever, historically, accounted for 1-10 percent of actual adverse reactions ?

Originally posted by ilikecomics
And despite the flu vaccine and mask practices, the flu still comes every flue season and kills a bunch of old people and people who don't take care of themselves.
I mentioned the mask practices of other countries earlier and got called a clown.

So if mask mandates have existed in China since the 1970s, as I've already said, how do you explain covid escaping the borders of China ? Or swine flu ? Or avian flu ? Or Sars ?

Okay, glad we're in agreement on the over reaction on the part of governments e.g. Australia, Austria, u.k. etc.

The point I'm trying to make with obesity is if the government started forcing people to cater to fat people e.g. making businesses have wider doors, that it would highlight how bad it is to cater to a minority. The people who become seriously Ill from covid are a minority (assuming we're going with the 98-99 percent survival rate.) I'm not willing to die on the obesity analogy hill tho, so shrug.

Yes, from the beginning there's been clear evidence of errant recording in terms of covid because the state created an incentive to do so via giving hospitals more money for covid rates. The same is true for how they're measuring the vax rates.

Do you think there's zero possibility for Reuters to report inaccurate data ? There's also alot of state money that goes into universities that could distort the incentives for accurate reporting.

Do you at least acknowledge the vaers data saying there's been 800k adverse vax reactions, and that vaers has only ever, historically, accounted for 1-10 percent of actual adverse reactions ?

Masks are mitigation, not a cure. Without them, the numbers of deaths would most certainly be much higher.

I actually misspoke, as I didn't read what you wrote properly re: governments. So I realise I disagree, even if I think the governments have been awful in a lot of the ways they've "handled" covid.

It's not a good basis for comparison though. Obesity just isn't comparable bar in the most superficial ways.

"The state"? Which one?

I never said Reuters couldn't be wrong. I'm just wondering why I should believe your guy and not them when it comes to my own health, and that of the people around me.

I mean, I really don't trust most of anything I read online as it is, but the question remains.

I don't know if it's been 800k as I literally haven't googled it yet, but I am open ot the possibility of there being other adverse reactions to the vaccine(s). Sure. We already saw that with the AZ one.

Originally posted by -Pr-
Masks are mitigation, not a cure. Without them, the numbers of deaths would most certainly be much higher.

I actually misspoke, as I didn't read what you wrote properly re: governments. So I realise I disagree, even if I think the governments have been awful in a lot of the ways they've "handled" covid.

It's not a good basis for comparison though. Obesity just isn't comparable bar in the most superficial ways.

"The state"? Which one?

I never said Reuters couldn't be wrong. I'm just wondering why I should believe your guy and not them when it comes to my own health, and that of the people around me.

I mean, I really don't trust most of anything I read online as it is, but the question remains.

I don't know if it's been 800k as I literally haven't googled it yet, but I am open ot the possibility of there being other adverse reactions to the vaccine(s). Sure. We already saw that with the AZ one.

I met your boi once at Great Onyx job corps, said he robbed a 'bank' 🤣

Of the crews I've played with over the years Kentucky job corps was was probs one of the best outfits I've had the pleasure of filling (probably ranked third among them to be concise). Def better than Crossroads and crossings church. Which isn't a bad thing. It's just like when you say 'good company' depends on the cohesion of the unit, ranked #1 was probs Andy and I in Houston but number two was def the dude/s I fought

Andy looked like that dude I saw at the g-station

But 'Tomie' or Al Tony now idk, if he's anything like 'Amos' from "The Expanse" as opposed to what his Facebook pics have led me to believe..

This thread is like Arkham on steroids.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
This thread is like Arkham on steroids.

It's beautiful. 😭

Originally posted by Adam_PoE

A campaign group seeking to unseat Florida governor Ron DeSantis has joined in the row over his recent absence from public view by flying a plane with a mocking banner over his state.

Launched by Remove Ron, which is led by an activist who has stalked Florida beaches during the pandemic dressed as the grim reaper, the plane's banner reads "Florida Is On Fire and Ron Is Missing," a reference to the governor's disappearance in recent weeks.

DeSantis's last press briefing was December 17th, and holiday images shared on his Twitter page are photos taken earlier in the month, fueling speculation that the Florida governor might be on vacation while COVID cases rage in his home state.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke at a public event in South Florida on New Year's Eve. It happened Friday night at Miami Baptist Church in West Kendall. DeSantis has not spoken recently about COVID-19 despite the record numbers of cases seen across the state. When approached by reporter Amy Viteri, one of DeSantis' aides blocked her from reaching the governor and said he was having a private moment. DeSantis did not answer any questions.

and this guy is gonna run for president...

and still the morons are still getting tested for having the common cold 😆