Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

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I an genuinely curious about leftist takes on Covid because in theory I dont see why there cant be bipartisan opposition.

Are leftists really okay with the establishment of a medical apartheid? Especially if that medical apartheid happens to be disproportionally non-white? (It is, whites are too compliant).

Are leftists really okay with the accelerator on wealth disparity being firmly depressed since the pandemic began? Jeff Bezos is doing mighty well for himself lately. If I were particularly cynical, I might even think the ongoing lockdowns and measures were cooked up for plutocrat benefit to choke out competition.

Are leftists really okay with the countless dollars funneled into big pharma that have failed to deliver substantive neutralizing immunity? Whatever your feelings on socialized healthcare, I want a fuck of a lot more for our money than the garbage Pfizer, Moderna and what have you have offered so far. Id take increased healthcare capacity or even just better fucking pay for our healthcare workers over that any day.

Are leftists really so naive as to believe that the massive amounts of data being collected and aggregated under the auspices of contact tracing and vaccination tracking wont be abused by the "fascists" (as they define them at least) of tomorrow?

I dont know, I like to believe they have more of a clue than none. Perhaps they lack the convinction to speak these concerns aloud and out themselves as an "anti vaxxer" or some such nonsense. They do tend to be quite image-conscious dont they?

Are you talking about the liberal left (who have been mostly cancelled and outcast), the socialist left (who have been hijacked from the identitarians) or the progressives (who are behind this)
 
Are you talking about the liberal left (who have been mostly cancelled and outcast), the socialist left (who have been hijacked from the identitarians) or the progressives (who are behind this)
I can't think of a single "name" example from any of those groups that hasn't gone full exterminate-the-unvaxxed. (Obviously a bunch of normal people haven't gone crazy, but normal people don't decide what happens.)

A couple* of the "dirtbag" or "post-" left, and a couple lefty journalists on Substack, have remained rationally skeptical or stuck to non-authoritarian principle, and that's it.

*I almost said "a handful" but that would be overstating it. I can think of exactly four: Greenwald, Tracey, Khachiyan, and that agitated Australian podcast lady who gets banned from Twitter all the time (Amy Something). Probably not an exhaustive list, but maybe it is.
 
A relative just informed me that her New Year's plans were cancelled by the event people because of the dreaded deadly Omicron.

Did people cancel stuff for Delta this much? We are shutting down at almost Spring 2020 levels.
There seems to be a complete disconnect between competing narratives
- people with little to no symptoms are rushing to the ER and causing chaos because muh omicron
- hotels and restaurants are reporting a lot of cancellations for new year's eve but hope for last minute reservations
- some experts are saying it can't be stopped and it's more similar to the common cold
- the isolation period is being revised to 5 days
- however mandatory testing is still required to attend those events
- Leana Wen said the regular cloth masks don't work
Someone is pulling the rug from underneath the others and I can't even tell who is doing the pulling and who is getting the rug pulled from under them.
 
Uh-oh, I have a light fever (100.8) body aches and that's it. It started yesterday. In a place where I am it' nearly impossible to get tested, so I will never know. I took a sick day at work. After one Tylenol Extra Strength I felt totally fine. I wonder if I should start IVM protocol, but it might be just a regular cold or flu, so IVM wouldn't help in this case.

So far I am loving my rona/cold or whatever it is. I ordered Chinese food, and I am going to watch new Matrix and maybe another movie. Maybe it's just my body telling me to enjoy life for once instead of work work work.
Requiem In Pepperoni.

We will tell everyone your last words were "If only I had been vaxxed"
 
There seems to be a complete disconnect between competing narratives
- people with little to no symptoms are rushing to the ER and causing chaos because muh omicron
- hotels and restaurants are reporting a lot of cancellations for new year's eve but hope for last minute reservations
- some experts are saying it can't be stopped and it's more similar to the common cold
- the isolation period is being revised to 5 days
- however mandatory testing is still required to attend those events
- Leana Wen said the regular cloth masks don't work
Someone is pulling the rug from underneath the others and I can't even tell who is doing the pulling and who is getting the rug pulled from under them.
2022 is an election year. The dial has to be turned back before the consequence of 2 years of unmoderated panic comes home to roost.
 
Ok I have noticed something curious today. I live in the Golden state.
Every day they list case numbers. And a graph highlighting the differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated cases
Last time I saw it it said un vax were 7.1 more times likely to get covid than vaccinated people
Today is says 5.2 times more likely.
Also. We have a website that shows that r- effective number (which i still don’t completely understand 😬)
Currently in my county the R number is 1.24
In the counties with low vaccination rates, the r numbers are like 0.54
My husband says this is just due to lower population but it’s very weird
What does this r number really mean?
Los Angeles county is showing at like 1.59 or something
 
Genuine question for Kiwis on this board. What is the purpose and overall effects of the booster?

After the Corona scare, my family is looking into it. Parents have already gotten it. I am hesitant as I genuinely see no purpose for it as it sounds like it does nothing. For some more anecdotes, I had someone who works in a nursing home in Indiana tell us that old people were catching it in mass where she worked even though they were x3 vaxxed.

Does the vax actually provide any real protections or lessen any symptoms?
 
2022 is an election year. The dial has to be turned back before the consequence of 2 years of unmoderated panic comes home to roost.
Too late. Not going to happen.

Couple of notable stories.





 
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There seems to be a complete disconnect between competing narratives
- people with little to no symptoms are rushing to the ER and causing chaos because muh omicron
- hotels and restaurants are reporting a lot of cancellations for new year's eve but hope for last minute reservations
- some experts are saying it can't be stopped and it's more similar to the common cold
- the isolation period is being revised to 5 days
- however mandatory testing is still required to attend those events
- Leana Wen said the regular cloth masks don't work
Someone is pulling the rug from underneath the others and I can't even tell who is doing the pulling and who is getting the rug pulled from under them.

The confusion you are experiencing regarding the rug pulling is down to the fact that from country to country and state/kommun/county/district the science, response and available data is all different and even within the scientific groups and governments there are wildly differing opinions. It is an absolute mess of info and throw in millions of people commenting on it all, on social media, you have clownworld.

It is a sign that covid has been blown out of proportion and has been mostly used for political gain that it is all so messy and confusing. If it was end of days there would be way less deviation from one train of thought and the actions required to survive. This mess and confusion is a basic technique used to get control over people, divert attention from things and slip stuff in under the radar. It might not be by design but those in the know will make sure it stays this way for as long as is required.
 
Too late. Not going to happen.

Couple of notable stories.





Archive moving at a glacial pace now.
We'll see what the ultimate consequences end up being, but I think you're right. The chance to turn back the clock was right after they won in 2020. Do their purge of the military then halt PCR testing under the current pretext (finally telling people it's worthless) and pretend like Biden cured the illness once cases disappear overnight. But they wanted to ride the tiger a little longer.
 
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