Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

So now it is self-selecting for stupid people and there’s a decent chance if they survive they end up even more stupid than before. Good grief.

 

"That's OK, we Republicans think with the right side of our brains. We'll be OK."

 

How we fucked up the vaccine that would’ve been likelier to convince young Americans to get vaccinated:

High Hopes for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid Vaccine Have Fizzled in the U.S.

I was pissed the day it was paused and remain pissed.

 

The Michael Schur parody almost makes the Cole Beasley idiocy worth it.

 

For fuck’s sake, just get vaccinated.

A COVID-19 outbreak that killed two IT staffers in Manatee County government and hospitalized three others has forced the shutdown of the county’s administrative building in downtown Bradenton.

At 2:30 p.m. (Friday), the county announced on Facebook that it was immediately shutting down the building to the public and sending employees home. Epidemiologists with the Florida Department of Health of Manatee County are now working on contract tracing.

“It’s been devastating to staff and it’s been difficult for the organization,” County Administrator Scott Hopes said. “The SARS virus is still in our community and the vaccine protects people.”

On Monday, one of four IT staffers who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 died, according to Hopes. A fifth IT staffer who went to the doctor on Wednesday, died at home Thursday from COVID-19.

One staffer in the department who worked closely with the other five and didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated. All five who contracted the virus had a sore throat as their initial primary complaint.

“These were not elderly employees,” Hopes said.

Both staffers who have died, a man and a woman, were in their 50’s. Those who were hospitalized were as young as their late 30’s, according to Hopes, causing him concern that we could be seeing one of the stronger variants in these cases. …

Citing universal vaccine availability in May, commissioners argued that it was past time to continue requiring masks, social distancing and other protective measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“Let’s get past the mandatory decisions,” Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said at the time. “We can’t continue to rule people’s lives this way.”

Their decision came three days before the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionupdated its COVID-19 guidance to say the people who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks at all.

“People can make their own decision. All COVID regulations that were instituted and mandated for Manatee County government property should be removed immediately,” added Commissioner George Kruse.

On Friday, however, one commissioner who hadn’t been interested in the vaccine left Hopes’ office and immediately went to get vaccinated, according to Hopes.

County staff are now being encouraged to receive the vaccine. Next Friday, the county will host a vaccine event for staff members and their families. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are expected to be offered.​

https://www.bradenton.com/news/coronavirus/article252212853.html

 

Our country is flaming out because people are getting so narrow minded based on the luxury of what people accomplished before them.

Just read Cole Beasley’s view of vaccines and got infuriated. You question the vaccine NOW but never questioned ANY medicine before? How about the prior vaccines? How about the pasteurized food in your refrigerator? How bout the cellular service all around you? How about the nuclear reactor in your neighborhood university or the nuclear missies and reactors on subs? Or even the chemotherapy medicines in your town? NOW you question the govt science?

 

And shocking, Whitlock takes the contrarian views

 

I was hoping a guy named Sam expected to be some sort of a team leader would be a fraction as good as the last one.

Oops.

 

... says the idiot who was overly proud to sit in front of a large display of fully automatic weapons.

Guess she thought regular usage of said weapons helped people live.

 

Not getting his logic here. He's claiming that getting the vaccine will impede his quality of life.
Yet -- like it or not -- the unvaccinated must be tested every day. They must wear masks in the team facility. There are some places in the team facility from which they are banned. If they leave the hotel bubble and spend time with those outside the team, they are subject to $50,000 fines.
The vaccinated, on the other hand, don't have to be tested. They don't have to wear masks. They can go wherever they please.
Which sounds better to you?

I'm also amazed that in football, allegedly the ultimate team sport, the culture isn't urging everybody to get vaccinated. Surely these people are smart enough to understand that falling short of the 85% threshold puts them at a competitive disadvantage against opponents that hit the mark.