All things political. Coronavirus Edition. (3 Viewers)

[Maxp]

I fear we are really going to be in a bad place due to the obvious cuts to the federal agencies that deal with infectious disease, but also the negative effect the Affordable Care act has had on non urban hospitals. Our front line defenses are ineffectual and our ability to treat the populous is probably at an all time low. Factor in the cost of healthcare and I can see our system crashing. What do you think about the politics of this virus?

 

[SamAndreas]

lolololololol

If 234 000 deaths from COVID-19 could have been prevented with a primary series of vaccinations (https://bit.ly/3XrFXfz) between June 2021 and March 2022, I estimate that 140 400 of these deaths would have been among Republicans. This is, of course, not a surprise because Republicans are less likely to be vaccinated than Democrats, and, as the Texas Department of Health put it, “Texas Data Shows Unvaccinated People 20 times More Likely to Die From COVID-19” (https://bit.ly/3H0ACog). The Republicans die at higher rates than Democrats mostly in counties with low vaccination rates.

You really should read what you post. I am blown away of how often you guys post an article to back up your claim and it is utter garbage.

Your author also has a paper "The fascist threat" the phantom of leftist fascism. TOTALLY unbiased I am sure.

Can you give actual evidence of the claim that republicans died 3.5 to 1 because they did not take the vaccine as stated above by your buddy?

I will continue to wait. I may go make popcorn.

You ought to put some cold cottage cheese on that hot popcorn it's real good that way.

 

[RobF]

lolololololol

If 234 000 deaths from COVID-19 could have been prevented with a primary series of vaccinations (https://bit.ly/3XrFXfz) between June 2021 and March 2022, I estimate that 140 400 of these deaths would have been among Republicans. This is, of course, not a surprise because Republicans are less likely to be vaccinated than Democrats, and, as the Texas Department of Health put it, “Texas Data Shows Unvaccinated People 20 times More Likely to Die From COVID-19” (https://bit.ly/3H0ACog). The Republicans die at higher rates than Democrats mostly in counties with low vaccination rates.

You really should read what you post. I am blown away of how often you guys post an article to back up your claim and it is utter garbage.

Your author also has a paper "The fascist threat" the phantom of leftist fascism. TOTALLY unbiased I am sure.

Can you give actual evidence of the claim that republicans died 3.5 to 1 because they did not take the vaccine as stated above by your buddy?

I will continue to wait. I may go make popcorn.

I'm not at all blown away by how often you completely fail to comprehend an article and then confuse your own lack of comprehension with that of others. Because you do it all the time.

It's particularly impressive here, because the opening paragraph clearly states what you're denying - that Republicans died in excess numbers compared to Democrats since the Covid-19 vaccines were introduced - and you just skipped right past that and went on to further reasoning.

Or, wait, maybe you think Republicans suddenly started randomly dying in extra numbers since the Covid-19 vaccines were introduced for reasons totally unrelated to Covid-19 or vaccination? Because sure, that's totally plausible.

 

[samiam5211]

It's ok, you listened nicely and followed the science. You will be perfectly fine. The poison they put inside of you knows you are a democrat.

How long until my organs explode from all of the spike proteins?

I've been waiting for quite some time.

How long until you moronic "purebloods" realize that the rest of us have moved on with our lives, that are still in progress BTW.

 

[bird]

How long until my organs explode from all of the spike proteins?

I've been waiting for quite some time.

How long until you moronic "purebloods" realize that the rest of us have moved on with our lives, that are still in progress BTW.

One wonders what happens when one of the kids of these MAHA Moms get diphtheria or when one of their sons gets mumps and is rendered sterile.

Forking people.

 

[Optimus Prime]

One wonders what happens when one of the kids of these MAHA Moms get diphtheria or when one of their sons gets mumps and is rendered sterile.

Forking people.

Just one? After that mom goes public with her story she will see the full fury of the far right MAGA conspiracy storm rain down on her

“A deep state liberal plant!”

“A pathetic stunt to discredit MAHA”

“Her son isn’t really sick!”

“She probably doesn’t even have a son!”

“Here’s an old picture of her acting in a high school play. Acting! Open your eyes people!”

 

[Dragon]

Just one? After that mom goes public with her story she will see the full fury of the far right MAGA conspiracy storm rain down on her

“A deep state liberal plant!”

“A pathetic stunt to discredit MAHA”

“Her son isn’t really sick!”

“She probably doesn’t even have a son!”

“Here’s an old picture of her acting in a high school play. Acting! Open your eyes people!”

It’s a cult. You can’t reason with people who are living in an alternate reality. Unfortunately, when cults infiltrate politics and gain power, they don’t just harm their own members—they harm everyone. I can’t help but wonder if they’ll try to outlaw vaccines the same way they’ve targeted women’s healthcare.

 

[MT15]

Yes they will try to outlaw vaccines. I’m hoping that won’t go anywhere but there’s a nonzero chance they will succeed. And if we get another pandemic, we will be screwed.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Robert F Kennedy Jr reportedly sought to block the historic and pioneering new Covid-19 vaccinations in 2021, six months after they began being rolled out at the height of the pandemic when many thousands of people were dying of the virus.

In a petition filed with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2021, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the $1.8tn Department of Health and Human Services – who was not an elected politician or public official at that time – called on health officials to rescind emergency government authorization for the shots and to refrain from approving any Covid vaccine in the future, the New York Times reported on Friday.

The petition, the newspaper reported, was filed on behalf of Children’s Health Defense, a non-profit organization that Kennedy, now 71, led and had founded.

It argued that what Kennedy claimed to be the risks of the vaccines outweighed the benefits. He also said that they were not necessary because there were alternative treatments for Covid-19 already available, including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, both of which had been promoted by Donald Trump, then the US president.

However, such alternative treatments were found by public health experts to be ineffective, while the ground-breaking vaccines dramatically reduced both the lethality and severity of the coronavirus and ultimately helped to save millions of lives in the US and across the world.

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna led the charge in the US to develop groundbreaking vaccines using new technology in record time, also heavily backed by the Trump administration at a time when a terrified public was desperate to resist the virus, to which humans did not have immunity.

Kennedy’s petition came five months after Trump announced that the FDA’s green light for the vaccine was imminent under a $20bn program he had dubbed Operation Warp Speed and described as “a monumental national achievement”.

Kennedy will face pressure during confirmation hearings in the US Senate next week over his anti-vaccine stance and pushing of debunked theories, such as a link between the increase in childhood vaccine schedules and a rise in autism rates.

Trump has said he supports an investigation into the issue, despite outcry from leading voices in the public health sphere who have long seen Kennedy’s views and outsize influence as dangerous but are now acutely alarmed as he stands on the brink of becoming US health secretary……..

RFK Jr reportedly sought to block Covid-19 vaccinations at height of pandemic

Trump’s pick to lead US health policy lobbied to rescind 2021 authorization and to deny any future vaccine

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dragon]

Are Trump and his henchmen trying to destroy the U.S.?

It increasingly feels that way every day, given their actions and rhetoric:

• Undermining Healthcare
  Spreading anti-vaccine propaganda has jeopardized public health and eroded confidence in science-based medicine.
• Restricting Women’s Healthcare
  Ongoing attacks on reproductive rights have restricted access to critical healthcare services for women across the nation.
• Undermining States’ Rights
  Proposals to prosecute doctors who perform abortions for non-resident patients, even in states where abortion is legal, blatantly disregard states’ autonomy.

 

[Neworleansfan]

The fact that Dr. Fauci needed to be preemptively pardoned shows how messed up this country is.