If the majority of Americans were vaccinated, the variants would have less of an impact. And yes, rich nations need to do more to help others get the vaccine. It will help them, and ultimately us.
I'd like to see more people get vaccinated. But we cannot force them. It's too dangerous for kids and it's deadly for certain people.
The biggest problem is that we had leading democrats saying last year that they wouldn't trust the vaccines. And now they say we should trust the vaccines. That's not a mixed message, not at all!
I’ve been told the vaccinated are passing this as well…and a majority of Americans are vaccinated. 70% of people over 18 are vaccinated
Yep, so that sounds like a majority to me.
Maybe we need vaccine vigilantes. Jab the antivaxxers while they sleep
That's a good way to get yourself killed. People do own dogs, guns, knives, and baseball bat, don't you know.
Exposed? Everyday you are exposed to something unless you live in fear and chose to stay locked up in your home. Stop shutting things down and ruining financial lives of people.
You're absolutely right. I heard a story about a woman who was carrying on about masks or something, all the while puffing away on a ciggie or maybe it was a vape.
I'm going to go out right now and eat some raw fish! Or maybe just go to a nearby cow pasture and just take a bite out of a cow. Rawr! 😈
Hope everyone that works there fares OK, and those that visited just before.
Sometimes I jest, but I actually do share in your sentiment.
652,000 dead and counting…..
Fake news. Even Dr. Fauxi has a fake name.
Ok. Close the stores indefinitely then.
people shouldn’t be “bribed” into getting breathed upon by people who just got off a flying bus with 200 unvaxxed people so they can buy a homepod
They can breathe on me. I'm actually more concerned that they don't wash their hands after using the toilet!
If everyone was vaccinated then there would be no argument….
Even vaccination rates for Polio, which is far more deadly, never reached anything close to 100%. You should brainstorm a better idea.
Don’t think there’s a trillion dollars sitting in a chest just to be doled out...
You're right, there's not.
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Yes, and guess what? That's less than 1 percent of the total population of the United States. I don't want to sound glib, but are you seriously going to let a tiny fraction of a percent ruin everyone else's life and dictate how the rest of the nation should act? I would hope not. It sucks that that people have to say goodbye to their loved ones, but life moves on.
It's not like we haven't had to do that throughout the history of humans. Maybe the lucky ones just get killed by volcanoes. The victims of the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD may have gotten cooked in their sleep, but at least they didn't have to wear 10 feet of masks for months on end while listening to all the screeching!
In the words of one Yoda, "Death is a natural part of life." Live your life to the fullest, and if it's your time to go, it's your time to go.
Yoda was a wise master.
Your math is flawed because the denominator includes people who haven’t been infected. When you just include people who are infected, it’s around 1%. Which doesn’t sound like a lot, but I bet you wouldn’t go on a roller coaster where you have a 99% chance of living
I did. Repeatedly. And I survived. Oh wait, did I?
No pulse, no pulse!
Oh no, nevermind, I was checking my knee. Yep, there's a pulse in my neck and another one in my wrist. I think I survived. Actually, I've survived a lot in my life. Here are just a few things I survived:
* The Three Stooges
* Godzilla and Rhodan movies
* The Addams Family
* Boy Scouts
* Tang
* The government's "food pyramid"
* Government schooling
* Two college degrees
* A hurricane
* The Brady Bunch and Little House on the Prairie.
* Seeing prairie dogs.
* Hearing Prairie Prince on drums.
* A Meat Loaf concert, an Atlanta Rhythm concert, and 2 Peter Gabriel concerts
* 35 Ted Talks on YouTube
* A day in California
* A week in NYC, with 2 taxi rides in same
* Being on two juries
* Paying taxes...something around a half mill by now, and this damned country is STILL broke!
* The Carter administration and 12% inflation
* Tiny Tim on television (that was especially traumatic)
* The Sonny and Cher variety show
...and the rise and fall of Saturday Night Live.
Hmm…it’s funny that the same people against protecting kids by monitoring iCloud photos for CSAM in the name of “Freedom” and “Privacy”, are for enforcing mandatory masks and vaccines on the unwilling (trampling on their “Freedom” & “Privacy”) to protect themselves.
Bit of a double standard if you ask me.
BTW, don’t please don’t assume my position on either of these issues.
Not me. I hate all government intrusion. Government screws up everything. Yeah, even more than Hollywood!
Deaths from pandemics tend to get people in such a tizzy.
Not as much as somebody saying they don't believe the fake doctor, the fake President, or the incompetent...oh, nevermind!
