Jason Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Let's not forget that there is a not-insignificant anti-vaccine presence on the left as well. Wasn't it mostly a leftwing hippie/mystical woo-woo thing before COVID vaccines got politicized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Let's not forget that there is a not-insignificant anti-vaccine presence on the left as well. Let's not forget that that is where the whole anti-vax movement STARTED. I have a former co-worker who I love dearly that has been anti-vax for as long as I've known her (10 plus years) and she's as liberal as they come. 1 minute ago, Jason said: Wasn't it mostly a leftwing hippie/mystical woo-woo thing before COVID vaccines got politicized? Yup... most of the antivaxxers I knew before covid were hippie/health nuts and miltant black conspiracy theorists who hypothesized that vaccinations were a way for the government to both implant microchips in you to keep tabs on you AND the sterlize black people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Jason said: Wasn't it mostly a leftwing hippie/mystical woo-woo thing before COVID vaccines got politicized? To a degree, but then you have others like that Kennedy motherfucker and his ilk who don't really fall into that category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Those people are a sales tax increase away from voting for chuds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: To a degree, but then you have others like that Kennedy motherfucker and his ilk who don't really fall into that category. He's on the psuedo-science side. It all comes from the same place with white liberal anti vaxxers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Left anti mandate people are dumb as nails Being super strict about lockdowns and masks is not a winning strategy anymore. I'm sure people like Polis understand this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 14, 2021 Author Share Posted December 14, 2021 40 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Let's not forget that there is a not-insignificant anti-vaccine presence on the left as well. You're absolutely right. There are probably more anti-vaxxers on the right, but being an anti-vaxxer isn't limited to any political philosophy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 There’s absolutely more antivaxxers on the right it’s not even close lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: There’s absolutely more antivaxxers on the right it’s not even close lmao Yeah today there is. 10 years ago though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Yeah today there is. 10 years ago though? Who cares and who knows it was fringe then and now it’s mainstream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 lets not act like every nutty antivaxxer 5+ years ago was liberal lmao. come on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 By the Numbers: Republicans, Democrats and the Vaccination Debate WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Republicans are less likely to say vaccinations should be mandatory, while Democrats are now more likely to say they should be required. Article from 2015, should anyone really think this was at any point a left wing thing, its always been a stupid people thing, which the GOP now has a monopoly on. In 2009, 71 percent of both Democrats and Republicans said vaccinations should be required. By last August, that number decreased to 65 percent for Republicans, but it’s increased to 76 percent for Democrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 I'm about to land in NJ. The fact that was gonna be on this flight was my motivation for getting that fourth shot doe. 💪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 56 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Wasn’t the first article he linked to an NBC article? I don’t really get the impression that the US media is behind on the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Jason’s character arc ends up with him catching Covid and turning into a “it’s just the flu bro” bro 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Jason’s character arc ends up with him catching Covid and turning into a “it’s just the flu bro” bro Or he’s patient zero for the final variant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 14, 2021 Author Share Posted December 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Joe said: Wasn’t the first article he linked to an NBC article? I don’t really get the impression that the US media is behind on the story. The Canadian media is focused on the Omicron variant being here -- and its getting front page billing. I haven't seen that on the US news sites I've visited. Of course, he is a Toronto-based reporter who focuses on Covid, so he's probably also biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Jason’s character arc ends up with him catching Covid and turning into a “it’s just the flu bro” bro Nah just counting on my body being one big Immunoglobulin-G at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, Joe said: Or he’s patient zero for the final variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 4 hours ago, PaladinSolo said: By the Numbers: Republicans, Democrats and the Vaccination Debate WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Republicans are less likely to say vaccinations should be mandatory, while Democrats are now more likely to say they should be required. Article from 2015, should anyone really think this was at any point a left wing thing, its always been a stupid people thing, which the GOP now has a monopoly on. In 2009, 71 percent of both Democrats and Republicans said vaccinations should be required. By last August, that number decreased to 65 percent for Republicans, but it’s increased to 76 percent for Democrats. Don’t forget about the HPV vaccine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 6 hours ago, johnny said: a lot of places dont even bother enforcing it now so i doubt that will change. they have the signs up but a lot of employees dont care to fight them on it. Upstate NYer here who unfortunately lives in one of the 3 counties that have announced that they will not be enforcing Hochul's mask mandate. Waking up to this news and the FB comments to local news reporting it was extremely disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Got the day off work today because of the news from last night. My sister got a test today which thankfully came back as negative. Back to work tomorrow. Yippee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 4:49 PM, sblfilms said: He then for the third time mentions he has a PhD in molecular biology, at which I cut him of I say “I do not care about your credentials”. This reminds me of some annoying girl in high school. She would refute your view (even if you were a teacher) by saying, "BOTH of my parents are DOCTORS" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Having read the news, from what I can tell: Australia -- Top news stories are all on Omicron, and what we need to do UK -- Top news stories are all on Omicron, and what we need to do Canada-- Top news stories are all on Omicron, and what we need to do US -- Top stories are either on some dudes text messages from over a year ago or whether the NFL is funneling money to "woke" groups Sometimes I wonder if your country is in a different world than the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Sometimes I wonder if your country is in a different world than the rest of us. "SOMETIMES"?!?!?!?! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Having read the news, from what I can tell: Australia -- Top news stories are all on Omicron, and what we need to do UK -- Top news stories are all on Omicron, and what we need to do Canada-- Top news stories are all on Omicron, and what we need to do US -- Top stories are either on some dudes text messages from over a year ago or whether the NFL is funneling money to "woke" groups Sometimes I wonder if your country is in a different world than the rest of us. Somehow Saskatchewan is still seeing a decrease in cases...I don't even know how. I'm sure we'll see an Omicron wave soon, though. I have no confidence that any of the idiot provincial governments (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec) will handle this new wave any better than those in the past. Fuck, you can't even get a booster in all those provinces yet despite the fact that the federal government has confirmed that all those provinces have enough boosters for everyone 18+. Like, just have walk-in clinics and let everyone get a shot, it's not difficult! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 1 hour ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Sometimes I wonder if your country is in a different world than the rest of us. Sorry bud, but America is the main character in this storyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 46 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Somehow Saskatchewan is still seeing a decrease in cases...I don't even know how. I'm sure we'll see an Omicron wave soon, though. I have no confidence that any of the idiot provincial governments (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec) will handle this new wave any better than those in the past. Fuck, you can't even get a booster in all those provinces yet despite the fact that the federal government has confirmed that all those provinces have enough boosters for everyone 18+. Like, just have walk-in clinics and let everyone get a shot, it's not difficult! It's frustrating. My region was able to process >20k doses per day earlier this year, and are only administering ~5k/day right now. I would think we could do more. [I noticed you left out the NDP govt. in BC, which is also doing the same thing.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Omicron is the third story on both WP and NYTimes. I don’t get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 It's sad to see Quebec has totally given up on this wave atm. Their numbers are spiking like crazy right now (today was nearly 2,400 new cases). I look forward to father Doug giving us a stern lecture about being disappointed in us while doing nothing till next year and spending the holidays with his anti-vax daughters. 20 minutes ago, Joe said: Omicron is the third story on both WP and NYTimes. I don’t get it. Because in other countries its the leading story every night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 The reaction is mostly "oh, another variant, ok" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 This country does not care in any way if you live or die and our collective brains are fried from this fact and this is nearly completely the fault of the right and its cult Of death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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