COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Frankly, I think it’s selfish that entire counties have locked down for 0.4% of the population - without any consideration for the other 99.6%. The severe and fatal consequences to all of this are appalling. How the fuk does the hysteria make any sense to anyone?

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Frankly, I think it’s selfish that entire counties have locked down for 0.4% of the population - without any consideration for the other 99.7%. How the fuk does that make any sense to anyone?

Because we're a society with a social contract where we agree to a modicum of concern for the most vulnerable even at mild inconvenience to us?

Okay. I can’t get appropriate care for a severe health issue I’ve been dealing with for several years. And how about all those that can’t support their families now? The half billon who will spiral into poverty around the world. How about increases in suicide, drug addiction, and alcoholism? How about the destruction in major cities? I could go on.

Social contract my ass.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Frankly, I think it’s selfish that entire counties have locked down for 0.4% of the population - without any consideration for the other 99.7%. How the fuk does that make any sense to anyone?

Because we're a society with a social contract where we agree to a modicum of concern for the most vulnerable even at mild inconvenience to us?

Okay. I can’t get appropriate care for a severe health issue I’ve been dealing with for several years. And how about all those that can’t support their families now? The half billon who will spiral into poverty around the world. How about increases in suicide, drug addiction, and alcoholism? How about the destruction in major cities? I could go on.

Social contract my ass.

Not to mention screwing Millennials over for a second time (I.e., Great Recession)
 
And now many of you - Generation Z - will be worse off than Millennials, who are the first generation to be worse off than the previous one.  I would be very scared if I were you - not because of the virus, but because you’re on course to being a truly lost generation.

College bubble has popped (which does make my degree much more valuable)
And if you think closing down schools is a good idea, then you’re really screwed.
Plus the economy, which will eventually burst too.
The trillions added to the debt in just the last few months.
Bankrupt social security.

Again, I could go on.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Have we all died yet?

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

Have we all died yet?

180k+ people have died within 6 months, including my husband's uncle....

That’s unfortunate. And I’m sorry to hear that.

It doesn’t make the lockdowns justified, though. If you want to do anecdotal, I’m living proof of the damage from social distancing and isolating nonsense.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

“Listen to the Scientists” has to be the most naive belief. Conventional Scientists once thought the earth was flat. It took brave men to stand up and prove otherwise. What looks like science today, could easily become fiction tomorrow.

Believe the Social Scientists. Listen to the Political Scientists. Dr. Fauci has been consistently wrong - he has zero credibility.

Critical thinking is what’s most important.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

“Listen to the Scientists” has to be the most naive belief. Conventional Scientists once thought the earth was flat. It took brave men to stand up and prove otherwise. What looks like science today, could easily become fiction tomorrow.

Believe the Social Scientists. Listen to the Political Scientists. Dr. Fauci has been consistently wrong - he has zero credibility.

Critical thinking is what’s most important.

Dr. Fauci has very impressively made virtually no mistakes.

Refusing to listen to doctors is not “critical thinking” - it’s a display of overconfidence in your own knowledge of medicine, despite zero apparent training/education in it.

lol about Fauci. Actually, Hahahaha I can’t stop laughing. He’s flip flopped on everything bc he initially gets it all wrong. What a joke.

And do you know what a balanced approach is? Bc we don’t have that, and it’s what I’ve been pleading about, but okay.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

What’s the survival rate for all those in the United States (and the rest of the world) affected indirectly by the fallout from Covid and the resulting semi-collapse of society?

I very much doubt that survival rate is anywhere near the 99.6% survival from the actual illness. Something to mull over.

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

So now it seems Johnson and Johnson will be permanently pulled off the market. What is next? Pulling Pfizer and Moderna off the market as they aren't 100% efficacy??

Patience, jimmie.  I know you've been especially and rightfully anxious, but Dr. Fauci has explicitly stated that it's a pause, not a cancellation.  

People still believe in that quack? Wow.