CitizenVectron

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I am obviously concerned about the illness itself (as everyone should be), but I am more concerned about the far-right and how this ongoing pandemic will only continue to galvanize them. We could be looking at another worldwide right-wing sweep in the coming years as a reaction to the pandemic. I think most people in the world are quite willing to keep getting boosters for this, etc, but I think more and more are going to not agree to mask mandates, gathering restrictions, etc. To be clear, I am quite willing to do these things, but I worry others will not, and we will see a consensus build to just "live with it," which will result in a massive collapse of many countries' healthcare systems (with resulting political chaos). And the people responsible (right-wing) will take advantage of that even thought they caused it.

What's novel about it? Edit: Ah. So it's of concern, but it sounds like there isn't evidence yet that the vaccines are ineffective against it. Here's a thought, though: let's say the virus does mutate to the point where vaccines are ineffective (but it's about the same severity, between 1% and 2% fatal). What happens? Obviously new mRNA vaccines will be rushed out, and many will take them...but will anyone tolerate new restrictions, even if it's starting from scratch?

Generally speaking when someone says "cancelled" nowadays (when they are in a position of power/fame) it really just means that people aren't fawning over them as much, and this displeases them.

Twenty-seven migrants perish trying to cross Channel to Britain WWW.REUTERS.COM British and French officials traded blame on Wednesday after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated as they made a perilous crossing of the English Channel.

Why do idiots always target ice cream companies? And they are a fantastic Canadian company: When their ice cream plant burned down, they continued to pay their entire staff for a year while they rebuilt They built an entire separate facility for peanut/allergen-free products Paid $2 million to keep a local school open near their plant which many employees use for their children Volunteered their ice cream freezers to store vaccines for the government Donated millions to local hospitals during the pandemic But they are evil because they are demanding workers be vaccinated. Fuck off.

Dr. Shahab is our province's top doctor. This was planned for yesterday...and only one person showed up. I think the organizer was hoping for a Jan 6th-style insurrection. However, hundreds did gather in front of the school board offices.

Dave Chappelle Is Back to Making Transphobic Jokes at Madison Square Garden Event WWW.THEDAILYBEAST.COM The comedian made a series of transphobic jokes at Madison Square Garden on Monday, a month after he faced backlash for his anti-trans jokes in Netflix special “The Closer.” But he's just misunderstood! Also, fuck Jon Stewart:

AOC is a gift to them because it gives them an outspoken leftist who isn't white. While they can get their base to strongly dislike/hate Sanders or Clinton or Warren, they can't get them to viscerally hate them the same way they can a person of colour.

Lol, love it

On the topic of unions: there was a thread recently on the personal finance Canada subreddit where a person was complaining that their employer wasn't raising wages to match inflation, and they were upset. They said they didn't think that government should regulate wages, but was there some other way that workers could convince management/ownership to increase wages? It was a long thread, but effectively the person came up with the idea of unions, even though they started out hating them. It was amusing to see.

He's a moron and the Times is comprised of morons, so it's a good fit.

I opened that thinking it was going to be Jacksonville or something...but it was in Italy, which of all places in the world should know how bad COVID-19 is.

I bet at least two to three posters here are Russian plants.

What's horrible is that after I posted the fundraiser, the charity announced they had been broken into this weekend and had a bunch of cash and computer equipment stolen. So hopefully this will help them.

Because I can't share this info with many people in my life (just my wife and close friends)—I've been doing daily COVID-19 updates on my province's main subreddits, organizing the government stats into an easier-to-read format since the government hasn't done a good job. Here is an image of how my posts started out a year ago, and how they look today (well, I smashed the six pages together, normally they are separate and much larger): I don't share that I'm the one doing it because A) I don't need any recognition, and B) as much as I get offers for a drink, dinner, or gifts to thank me for doing the work, I also get threats and harassment from anti-vaxxers, saying my charts are "hate filled" and designed to segregate the world. However, as today was the one-year mark of my posts, I decided to do something. I made a thread in each of the subreddits and asked everyone who had offered to buy me a drink to do something better with the money—give it to charity. I set up a fundraiser for a great local charity that provides help for the homeless (which is a real issue in my city at the moment, especially during winter), and posted the link: OkayArbiter's Fundraiser for Carmichael Outreach - CanadaHelps WWW.CANADAHELPS.ORG A fundraiser to help the homeless and those in poverty, on behalf of the daily reddit COVID-19 updates - OkayArbiter I am floored by the response. I set a goal of $2,000, thinking it would take two weeks to reach it, and right now, only a few hours after posting, the total already sits at $2,533. I am so happy that I've been able to do something positive with the "fame" that I've accrued, beyond doing a small thing with the daily charts.

"I want my life to be back to normal and I want to do nothing to get us there!" screamed millions of people.

I don't think it would be far-off to say that people will die within the framework of the 2024 election.

US added to list of ‘backsliding’ democracies for first time | US news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM ‘Visible deterioration’ in US civil liberties began in at least 2019, says international thinktank

And also that women are now more educated than men, and will soon take over as the primary earners of families.

And that wholesomeness == white (regardless of the sins of white people). A morally corrupt white person > an ethical black person, in their eyes.

What's the new cases per million (or 100k, etc)?