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Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Twirling Time, Jan 21, 2020.

  1. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    Your last sentence is why the ignorami piss me off so much.
     
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  2. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    Jim Jones in the age of the internet.
     
  3. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Virginia opened vaccinations today to anyone ages 16 or older.
     
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This will never happen. ... but a pretty large percentage of Americans are subsidized by our government in the form of transfer payments of one sort of another (in other words, being subsidized by other people. ... many of whom want everyone who can getting vaccinated).

    I hate what America has turned itself into in this regard, and I'd love to see it unwound. ... but given that the opposite is happening and the freebies have been accelerating. ... Why not say, if you are receiving an unemployment check, student assistance, a SNAP EBT card, a "stimulus" check, have your health insurance premiums subsidized by others, are on Medicaid, or are receiving any other transfer that other people are on the hook for. ... your choices are: 1) Provide a good health reason for why you can't get vaccinated, 2) get vaccinated, or 3) lose what you are collecting? Choice is still yours.
     
  5. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    The same should be the case for all government subsidies be they farm, government subsidized contracts with businesses, discounted use of federal land, etc.
     
  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Jersey did as well.

    I get Pfizer 2 a week from today. Going to a Nats-Yankees game 12 days after that so I have to get tested first since I won't be two weeks past my second shot.
     
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  7. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    My only problem with getting tested is that I get hit with a fifty dollar co-pay.
     
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Great additions.
     
  9. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    I don’t even think 30 years ago anyone would’ve argued with vaccinations being mandatory to do most things in public life. The anti-vaxxer movement was allowed to fester under the banner of freedom for way too long. Born in rich, liberal enclaves and picked up by the paranoid right, it’s an infuriating movement.
     
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  10. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    I got stabbed. My GF got stabbed. My 22 year old got stabbed - all this morning.
     
  11. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Free and reduced lunch for their kids
     
  12. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Kids don’t get to pick not being born to dipshits.
     
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