At what point did you / will you take the coronavirus epidemic seriously?

[Eddie]

The treatment strategy for COVID has pretty much stayed the same this whole pandemic. It was understood early on that because of its infectiousness it could easily overwhelm health care workers, which would then cascade to devastating a whole host of patients not necessarily susceptible to the worst effects of COVID but still needing medical care. It wasn't just the elderly we were worried about.

This was the messaging the whole government should have been unified with from day one. These talking points should have been repeated every day. It wasn't just about your grandmother, it was about you if and when you needed hospital care.

This is the whole "flatten the curve" concept. Which makes sense, to be honest. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it was an issue of poor communication or an issue of poor understanding, or a combination of both - but the anti-max, anti-vax, anti-distancing, anti-etc. crowd have crowed about how the lockdowns were only supposed to be for 2 weeks - and that the curve would be flattened and we could quickly return to normal. They also tend to be the ones who cry about restrictions being about government wanting control and wanting to exercise power rather than any concern for the American public.

[SeattleUte]

Signed,

The lawyer who thought Alex Berenson was a worthwhile source of health information.

While you were reading tweets from AB I’ve literally been talking to medical professionals from Columbia, UW, Stanford, PSU, and other institutions on the reg.

Were you tubin'? I trust you kept your monitors straight.

[Bo Diddley]

The back and forth between fusnik and SU make me miss CJ and wuap.

[fusnik]

This is the whole "flatten the curve" concept. Which makes sense, to be honest. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it was an issue of poor communication or an issue of poor understanding, or a combination of both - but the anti-max, anti-vax, anti-distancing, anti-etc. crowd have crowed about how the lockdowns were only supposed to be for 2 weeks - and that the curve would be flattened and we could quickly return to normal. They also tend to be the ones who cry about restrictions being about government wanting control and wanting to exercise power rather than any concern for the American public.

It was a Trump and GOP and FoxNews and AB created problem. This starts and ends with them. They’ve decided killing close to a million Americans was worth owning the libs.

We could have figured out a lane between that of Australia/New Zealand and the 1mm death lane we’ve barreled down.

We should have done a brief pause, manufacture and distribute masks to all Americans (which was suggested and declined by the Trump administration) we should have spent resources on a fast, cheap and effective test and shipped them to everyone’s home. A $3 test was developed in the PacNW that was highly effective and took about 5 mins. These should have been sent out to every home/business, but Trump thought testing was dumb. We have this miracle vaxx and now that we have it you shouldn’t be able to participate in modern society without legit proof of vaccination.

Enough carrots, no more flying, no more sporting events, no more crossing across state lines without vaccination.

[Uncle Ted]

Looks like there will be less ICU beds... not necessarily because of more sick people. Because of less staff:

Biden will require vaccines at any health facility that gets government funding. That's nearly all of them.

• The White House has announced a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for healthcare facilities that get federal funding.
• More than 17,000 employees at hospitals that require Medicare or Medicaid funding will have to be vaccinated.
• The move is part of President Biden's larger plan to stop the spread of COVID-19.

[...]

https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-to-require-healthcare-workers-get-covid-19-vaccine-report-2021-9

Many will still refuse and will be fired or will resign.

How much of the current ICU bed shortage is due to the lack of staff?

[fusnik]

Were you tubin'? I trust you kept your monitors straight.

Is this another sex joke?

We’re like 3-4 cocktails in and it isn’t even 5.

[Clark Addison]

The back and forth between fusnik and SU make me miss CJ and wuap.

lol

[Uncle Ted]

It was a Trump and GOP and FoxNews and AB created problem. This starts and ends with them. They’ve decided killing close to a million Americans was worth owning the libs.

We could have figured out a lane between that of Australia/New Zealand and the 1mm death lane we’ve barreled down.

We should have done a brief pause, manufacture and distribute masks to all Americans (which was suggested and declined by the Trump administration) we should have spent resources on a fast, cheap and effective test and shipped them to everyone’s home. A $3 test was developed in the PacNW that was highly effective and took about 5 mins. These should have been sent out to every home/business, but Trump thought testing was dumb. We have this miracle vaxx and now that we have it you shouldn’t be able to participate in modern society without legit proof of vaccination.

Enough carrots, no more flying, no more sporting events, no more crossing across state lines without vaccination.

But, but, but... president elect Joe Biden said he wouldn't require vaccine mandates:

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Joe wouldn't lie to us, right?

[old_gregg]

But, but, but... president elect Joe Biden said he wouldn't require vaccine mandates:

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Joe wouldn't lie to us, right?

remember when the right came unglued when acosta asked dumbass questions like this? yeah.

[Uncle Ted]

remember when the right came unglued when acosta asked dumbass questions like this? yeah.

remember when Biden said, "I wouldn't demand it [making the vaccine] to be mandatory"? The internet does:

So why is this a dumbass question?

[YOhio]

The back and forth between fusnik and SU make me miss CJ and wuap.

Lol. Nothing like an argument over who believes more in science and experts. Our resident heresy hunters are done with the rest of us and now face each other.

[Moliere]

But, but, but... president elect Joe Biden said he wouldn't require vaccine mandates:

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Joe wouldn't lie to us, right?

To be fair, no one is required to get vaccinated. It’s only people that work for medium to large companies. And even then it’s not required because companies can just test weekly.

i am looking forward to the social media outrage from the redhatters on this one. Gonna be fun!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lol. Nothing like an argument over who believes more in science and experts. Our resident heresy hunters are done with the rest of us and now face each other.

Haha.

[BlueK]

Anti-vaxxers can go to hell. Your civil liberties don't give you the right to recklessly infect your neighbor with a deadly disease any more than give you the right to smack them in the head with a baseball bat.

[Northwestcoug]

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I get the reasons why conservatives are up in arms. But does this outrage really sell beyond GOP voters anymore? I would guess that the majority of younger voters have no problem with this.