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« Reply #4350 on: June 07, 2021, 11:34:40 PM »

I think it's a poor reflection on our populace that people need more incentive to get vaccinated. Apparently the health of themselves and society isn't enticing enough. But whatever, I get why these deal-sweeteners (sometimes literally) are being done. As long as it helps us reach herd immunity at all I can get past it.

Unfortunately Americans as a whole are selfish and lazy and generally not prone to doing something if there's not immediate personal gain involved.

This is the sad reality. But logically, becoming immune to a deadly disease and being less likely to spread it really ought to be personal gain enough. Our populace isn't so logical though, especially anti-vax ideology. Meanwhile, in places like India, there are potentially a billion people who would give anything to the have the access to vaccines that we do.

You are dead on with these. Americans are privileged enough, compared to countries in the developing world, that they can refuse to take the vaccine. People in India and elsewhere are absolutely grateful for these same vaccines, as they are grateful for so many other things in life that we take for granted.

Revisiting this post, I saw a clip of an interview which Dr. Fauci did in the past week or so where he made the exact same point that I made here-that there are people in developing countries (i.e. the "Third World") who would do anything to obtain access to the vaccines which so many Americans have taken for granted or have remained skeptical of.
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« Reply #4351 on: June 08, 2021, 05:38:52 PM »

Several new counties have fully vaccinated 60% of their population today.
These are:
Lincoln County, ME
Grafton County, NH
Howard County, MD
Montgomery County, MD
Santa Clara County, CA

34 Counties in total have reached this bar.

Of these counties, 28 voted for Joe Biden while 6 voted for Donald Trump.
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« Reply #4352 on: June 08, 2021, 06:28:44 PM »

Apparently, the state of Washington just created a program where anyone that gets vaccinated at participating dispensaries gets free joints.

Between this, beer and baseball tickets, I'm almost regretting getting vaccinated months ago. I guess that serves me right for trying to be a good citizen.
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« Reply #4353 on: June 08, 2021, 06:49:29 PM »

If this would get black people to get COVID-19 vaccines, I would do it.

I would dress up in a Klan robe and tell black people that COVID-19 serves my dream of exterminating a large number of black people so that they can never vote. Right in front of a burning cross.

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I usually agree with pbrower2a, but the post by him is very weird and disturbing.

I like pbrower2a generally too, but every now and then he does seem to post something very eyebrow-raising. I recall one where he praised the Nazis for their policies on animal welfare, or something.

Apparently, the state of Washington just created a program where anyone that gets vaccinated at participating dispensaries gets free joints.

Between this, beer and baseball tickets, I'm almost regretting getting vaccinated months ago. I guess that serves me right for trying to be a good citizen.

It's better than in the red states where their incentives consist of stupid s*** like guns, Nascar tickets, and Trump blow-up sex dolls.
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« Reply #4354 on: June 08, 2021, 06:54:37 PM »

If this would get black people to get COVID-19 vaccines, I would do it.

I would dress up in a Klan robe and tell black people that COVID-19 serves my dream of exterminating a large number of black people so that they can never vote. Right in front of a burning cross.

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I usually agree with pbrower2a, but the post by him is very weird and disturbing.

I intend it to be disturbing. I have compared the deaths of American soldiers in war against Hitler and Tojo in scale to the deaths from COVID-19, too. Mass death through any source must appall us.

If that's what it takes... blacks live matter, and COVID-19 is a far greater risk than the KKK or police brutality. COVID-19 is an equal-opportunity... destroyer!  
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« Reply #4355 on: June 08, 2021, 07:19:22 PM »

If this would get black people to get COVID-19 vaccines, I would do it.

I would dress up in a Klan robe and tell black people that COVID-19 serves my dream of exterminating a large number of black people so that they can never vote. Right in front of a burning cross.

what
I usually agree with pbrower2a, but the post by him is very weird and disturbing.

I intend it to be disturbing. I have compared the deaths of American soldiers in war against Hitler and Tojo in scale to the deaths from COVID-19, too. Mass death through any source must appall us.

If that's what it takes... blacks live matter, and COVID-19 is a far greater risk than the KKK or police brutality. COVID-19 is an equal-opportunity... destroyer!  
I agree with your logic now. COVID has disproportionately impacted African Americans and Hispanic Americans and shows no signs of slowing down in their communities. The best solution in my opinion is to maybe reinstitute permanent mask mandates and mandate the vaccine for all Americans (though the Supreme Court would easily strike down the latter option in a 5-4 decision with John Roberts joining the three liberal justices). 
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« Reply #4356 on: June 08, 2021, 09:39:44 PM »

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 6/8 per: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

I'm keeping track of these updates daily and updating at the end of the day, whenever all states finish reporting for that day.

ΔW Change: Comparisons of Weekly Day-to-day Growth or Decline of COVID-19 Spread/Deaths.
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Σ Increase: A day's contribution to overall percentage growth of COVID-19 cases/deaths.
  • IE:What's the overall change in the total?

Brackets []: These represent the total change for the day, including backlogged reports, if any.
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5/30: <Sunday>
  • Cases: 34,043,068 (+7,750 [+8,122] | ΔW Change: ↓44.83% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
  • Deaths: 609,544 (+124 | ΔW Change: ↓41.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)

5/31 (Holiday): <M>
  • Cases: 34,113,146 (+8,135 [+70,078] | ΔW Change: ↓59.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.21%)
  • Deaths: 609,767 (+132 [+223] | ΔW Change: ↓59.88% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

6/1: <T>
  • Cases: 34,136,738 (+12,976 [+23,592] | ΔW Change: ↓46.50% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)
  • Deaths: 610,432 (+287 [+665] | ΔW Change: ↓57.10% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)

6/2: <W>
  • Cases: 34,154,305 (+16,974 [+17,567] | ΔW Change: ↓29.33% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 611,020 (+514 [+588] | ΔW Change: ↓23.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)

6/3: <Þ>
  • Cases: 34,173,784 (+17,083 [+19,479] | ΔW Change: ↓29.97% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
  • Deaths: 611,568 (+548 | ΔW Change: ↓13.02% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)

6/4: <F>
  • Cases: 34,192,023 (+16,925 [+18,239] | ΔW Change: ↓25.46% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 611,815 (+247 | ΔW Change: ↓63.08% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

6/5: <S>
  • Cases: 34,203,759 (+11,736 | ΔW Change: ↓6.56% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)
  • Deaths: 612,200 (+385 | ΔW Change: ↓17.03% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

6/6: <Sunday>
  • Cases: 34,210,782 (+6,408 [+7,023] | ΔW Change: ↓17.32% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
  • Deaths: 612,366 (+166 | ΔW Change: ↑33.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)

6/7 (Yesterday-Last Week Holiday): <M>
  • Cases: 34,227,237 (+12,283 [+16,455] | ΔW Change: ↑50.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 612,701 (+335 | ΔW Change: ↑153.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

6/8 (Today): <T>
  • Cases: 34,242,866 (+13,542 [+15,629] | ΔW Change: ↑4.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 613,052 (+351 | ΔW Change: ↑22.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
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« Reply #4357 on: June 09, 2021, 02:54:40 AM »

If this would get black people to get COVID-19 vaccines, I would do it.

I would dress up in a Klan robe and tell black people that COVID-19 serves my dream of exterminating a large number of black people so that they can never vote. Right in front of a burning cross.

what
I usually agree with pbrower2a, but the post by him is very weird and disturbing.

I intend it to be disturbing. I have compared the deaths of American soldiers in war against Hitler and Tojo in scale to the deaths from COVID-19, too. Mass death through any source must appall us.

If that's what it takes... blacks live matter, and COVID-19 is a far greater risk than the KKK or police brutality. COVID-19 is an equal-opportunity... destroyer!  

I agree with your logic now. COVID has disproportionately impacted African Americans and Hispanic Americans and shows no signs of slowing down in their communities. The best solution in my opinion is to maybe reinstitute permanent mask mandates and mandate the vaccine for all Americans (though the Supreme Court would easily strike down the latter option in a 5-4 decision with John Roberts joining the three liberal justices). 

I had thought that the people most likely to reject inoculations were people on the political Right. Anti-mask and anti-vaccine sentiment where I live comes largely from the reactionary, superstitious part of the white population.

I have been fully inoculated, and I still wear a mask to set an example. (I also have no desire to pull out my vaccination certificate any more than is necessary, which I might need to do if I were to cross the Canadian border at some time). In view of the rapid evolution of the virus  it is only a matter of time until some new strain immune to the inoculation will pop up, and without enough people being inoculated that disaster will emerge, also with mass death as a consequence.     
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« Reply #4358 on: June 09, 2021, 07:39:30 AM »


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« Reply #4359 on: June 09, 2021, 09:13:49 AM »

Without even watching the videos, the people’s facial expressions in the thumbnails alone are pretty great.
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« Reply #4360 on: June 09, 2021, 09:23:19 AM »

Without even watching the videos, the people’s facial expressions in the thumbnails alone are pretty great.

Pretty much “WTF? Is she retarded?”

I swear, Baker Acting and Competency Hearings should be used as countermeasures against the current Voter Suppression tactics. “If people are this crazy, they shouldn’t be allowed to own guns or vote”. Maybe some of the folks in The Villages have Alzheimer’s. I can go on forever...
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« Reply #4361 on: June 09, 2021, 12:24:45 PM »




Man I wish my vaccine turned me into Magneto.
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« Reply #4362 on: June 09, 2021, 12:33:38 PM »




Man I wish my vaccine turned me into Magneto.

I'm usually not one for stereotyping, but why is is that anti-vaxxers always seem to fit into the same kind of demographic profile, in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic status?
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« Reply #4363 on: June 09, 2021, 12:38:26 PM »

Dumb! She claims that metal-containing molecules cause magnetism because of the metallic element.

Hemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen to cells, contains iron atoms; it is in no way metallic.
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« Reply #4364 on: June 09, 2021, 01:16:47 PM »
« Edited: June 09, 2021, 01:53:35 PM by QAnonKelly »




Man I wish my vaccine turned me into Magneto.

I'm usually not one for stereotyping, but why is is that anti-vaxxers always seem to fit into the same kind of demographic profile, in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic status?

My guess is that Boomers in general are susceptible to misinformation since they haven’t grown up with the internet like millennials and Zoomers. Plus they’re hyper concentrated on Facebook.
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« Reply #4365 on: June 09, 2021, 01:22:29 PM »




Man I wish my vaccine turned me into Magneto.

I'm usually not one for stereotyping, but why is is that anti-vaxxers always seem to fit into the same kind of demographic profile, in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic status?

My guess is that Boomers in general are susceptible to information since they haven’t grown up with the internet like millennials and Zoomers. Plus they’re hyper concentrated on Facebook.

Ahem.  Not all of us, anyway. Smiley
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« Reply #4367 on: June 09, 2021, 04:30:11 PM »




Man I wish my vaccine turned me into Magneto.

 That lady is insane. I feel you about wishing the vaccine turned me into physics bending mutant.
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« Reply #4368 on: June 09, 2021, 06:38:55 PM »
« Edited: June 09, 2021, 06:44:35 PM by "?" »

Without even watching the videos, the people’s facial expressions in the thumbnails alone are pretty great.

Pretty much “WTF? Is she retarded?”

Really? I was honestly surprised how composed & non-chalant some of the folks were. Hell, the lady directly to the left of her in the video seemed to be nodding in agreement about the metallic foreheads.

I don't know how spectators of these governmental hearings can stay composed & quiet at some of the mindlessness that's on display.
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« Reply #4369 on: June 09, 2021, 09:11:50 PM »

Without even watching the videos, the people’s facial expressions in the thumbnails alone are pretty great.

Pretty much “WTF? Is she retarded?”

Really? I was honestly surprised how composed & non-chalant some of the folks were. Hell, the lady directly to the left of her in the video seemed to be nodding in agreement about the metallic foreheads.

I don't know how spectators of these governmental hearings can stay composed & quiet at some of the mindlessness that's on display.

Could just be RBF but they guy there looks intrigued next her.
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« Reply #4370 on: June 09, 2021, 09:19:10 PM »

Without even watching the videos, the people’s facial expressions in the thumbnails alone are pretty great.

Pretty much “WTF? Is she retarded?”

Really? I was honestly surprised how composed & non-chalant some of the folks were. Hell, the lady directly to the left of her in the video seemed to be nodding in agreement about the metallic foreheads.

I don't know how spectators of these governmental hearings can stay composed & quiet at some of the mindlessness that's on display.

Some of the people in that audience probably agreed with what she was saying, but kept it to themselves.
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« Reply #4371 on: June 09, 2021, 09:45:12 PM »

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 6/9 per: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

I'm keeping track of these updates daily and updating at the end of the day, whenever all states finish reporting for that day.

ΔW Change: Comparisons of Weekly Day-to-day Growth or Decline of COVID-19 Spread/Deaths.
  • IE: Comparing the numbers to the same day of last week, are we flattening the curve enough?

Σ Increase: A day's contribution to overall percentage growth of COVID-19 cases/deaths.
  • IE:What's the overall change in the total?

Brackets []: These represent the total change for the day, including backlogged reports, if any.
  • These numbers are inflated relative to the actual reports for the day, so they are not used to calculate the comparative percentage shifts.

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5/30: <Sunday>
  • Cases: 34,043,068 (+7,750 [+8,122] | ΔW Change: ↓44.83% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
  • Deaths: 609,544 (+124 | ΔW Change: ↓41.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)

5/31 (Holiday): <M>
  • Cases: 34,113,146 (+8,135 [+70,078] | ΔW Change: ↓59.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.21%)
  • Deaths: 609,767 (+132 [+223] | ΔW Change: ↓59.88% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

6/1: <T>
  • Cases: 34,136,738 (+12,976 [+23,592] | ΔW Change: ↓46.50% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)
  • Deaths: 610,432 (+287 [+665] | ΔW Change: ↓57.10% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)

6/2: <W>
  • Cases: 34,154,305 (+16,974 [+17,567] | ΔW Change: ↓29.33% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 611,020 (+514 [+588] | ΔW Change: ↓23.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)

6/3: <Þ>
  • Cases: 34,173,784 (+17,083 [+19,479] | ΔW Change: ↓29.97% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
  • Deaths: 611,568 (+548 | ΔW Change: ↓13.02% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)

6/4: <F>
  • Cases: 34,192,023 (+16,925 [+18,239] | ΔW Change: ↓25.46% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 611,815 (+247 | ΔW Change: ↓63.08% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

6/5: <S>
  • Cases: 34,203,759 (+11,736 | ΔW Change: ↓6.56% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)
  • Deaths: 612,200 (+385 | ΔW Change: ↓17.03% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

6/6: <Sunday>
  • Cases: 34,210,782 (+6,408 [+7,023] | ΔW Change: ↓17.32% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
  • Deaths: 612,366 (+166 | ΔW Change: ↑33.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)

6/7 (Last Week Holiday): <M>
  • Cases: 34,227,237 (+12,283 [+16,455] | ΔW Change: ↑50.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 612,701 (+335 | ΔW Change: ↑153.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

6/8 (Yesterday): <T>
  • Cases: 34,242,866 (+13,542 [+15,629] | ΔW Change: ↑4.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
  • Deaths: 613,052 (+351 | ΔW Change: ↑22.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

6/9 (Today): <W>
  • Cases: 34,264,727 (+14,201 [+21,861] | ΔW Change: ↓16.34% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
  • Deaths: 613,494 (+442 | ΔW Change: ↓14.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)
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« Reply #4372 on: June 09, 2021, 11:16:12 PM »

Regarding that woman's address, the thing about vaccinated people somehow affecting the menstrual cycles or reproductive systems of unvaccinated women, seems to be gaining a lot of traction. I keep seeing posts about it on social media.
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« Reply #4373 on: June 10, 2021, 05:12:28 PM »

Regarding that woman's address, the thing about vaccinated people somehow affecting the menstrual cycles or reproductive systems of unvaccinated women, seems to be gaining a lot of traction. I keep seeing posts about it on social media.

My sister was worried about her future ability to have a kid if she were to get the vaccine. She's over it though and finally getting it soon.
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« Reply #4374 on: June 10, 2021, 07:01:56 PM »

Regarding that woman's address, the thing about vaccinated people somehow affecting the menstrual cycles or reproductive systems of unvaccinated women, seems to be gaining a lot of traction. I keep seeing posts about it on social media.

I'm really getting to where I agree with people who want to repeal Section 230. Facebook needs to be sued out of existence if they're going to allow this sort of rampant, dangerous disinformation to continue.
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