Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.

[Neoplatonist1]

A fresh take: number of life-years cost by COVID-19 versus life-years cost by lockdown:

Combining these analyses, we found that an estimated 18.7 million life-years will be lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. Comparative data analysis between nations shows that the lockdowns in the United States likely had a minimal effect in saving life-years. Using two different comparison groups, we estimate that the COVID-19 lockdowns in the U.S. saved between a quarter to three quarters of a million life-years.

https://www.revolver.news/2020/08/study-covid-19-lockdowns-deadlier-than-pandemic-itself/

[Kiero]

Austria has been in strict lockdown for almost a week. Meanwhile two days ago, this was their political elite: https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1464292714485362697

It's all about public health, though...

[dkabq]

It is never going to end.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-state-of-emergency-omicron-variant

Or maybe they will cease after they run out of Greek letters. They only have 9 more to go.

[HappyDaze]

It is never going to end.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-state-of-emergency-omicron-variant

Or maybe they will cease after they run out of Greek letters. They only have 9 more to go.

Nah. They can use strings of Greek letters next and make variants that sound like fraternities and sororities. Eventually, we'll see the Lambda Lambda Lambda variant.

[dkabq]

It is never going to end.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-state-of-emergency-omicron-variant

Or maybe they will cease after they run out of Greek letters. They only have 9 more to go.

Nah. They can use strings of Greek letters next and make variants that sound like fraternities and sororities. Eventually, we'll see the Lambda Lambda Lambda variant.

Followed by Omega Mu...   

Btw, I believe that I am going to lose my #-of-local-mask-mandates "bet". I am now revising it to we will be wearing masks until our Dear Leader is voted out. Not a big fan of the Rs, but the Ds are fucking clown shoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Dmj1OArD0

[FelixGamingX1]

Big bad Omicron is on the loose!

[HappyDaze]

Big bad Omicron is on the loose!

The next wave of the virus will remake Megatron into Galvatron!

[Kiero]

Our nationwide mask mandate is back on again, announced today. I'll be ignoring it as usual, still haven't worn one and don't own one.

I'll be out every single day, maskless, as is normal. I might taunt the muzzled drones in the shops by whistling as I go.

[Neoplatonist1]

Our nationwide mask mandate is back on again, announced today. I'll be ignoring it as usual, still haven't worn one and don't own one.

I'll be out every single day, maskless, as is normal. I might taunt the muzzled drones in the shops by whistling as I go.

What's your solution to the pandemic, Kiero? Just let it rage?

[Kiero]

What's your solution to the pandemic, Kiero? Just let it rage?

If there ever was a pandemic, it passed last summer. And yes, "let it rage", same as we have done every fucking year before 2020.

If you still believe there's an active outbreak going on that merits all this bullshit right now, you're tapped in the head.

[dkabq]

What's your solution to the pandemic, Kiero? Just let it rage?

If there ever was a pandemic, it passed last summer. And yes, "let it rage", same as we have done every fucking year before 2020.

If you still believe there's an active outbreak going on that merits all this bullshit right now, you're tapped in the head.

I am in the "let it rage" camp for the young and healthy. If the old, those with co-morbidities, or anyone else wants to take the proffered therapeutic, go for it. And feel free to wear a mask (or two if St. Fauci style is your thing), N-95, or full-face respirator to your heart's content. Otherwise, stop stepping on my dick.

YMMV.

[Kiero]

I am in the "let it rage" camp for the young and healthy. If the old, those with co-morbidities, or anyone else wants to take the proffered therapeutic, go for it. And feel free to wear a mask (or two if St. Fauci style is your thing), N-95, or full-face respirator to your heart's content. Otherwise, stop stepping on my dick.

YMMV.

I'd be perfectly happy with that situation, but the authoritarian cunts in government and their supporting Karens can't possibly allow people to make their own choices and not join them in their fear delusion.

This is the unfortunate truth that prevented my own government joining the rest of Europe in lockdowns:



Even by their own bullshit, confected stats, they can't show a worsening situation that would justify tightening restrictions. So they hope to have appropriately massaged them in three weeks time.

[Kyle Aaron]

In Australia we're basically at 90% vaccination nationally. So here, I say let it rip.

[Neoplatonist1]

What's your solution to the pandemic, Kiero? Just let it rage?

If there ever was a pandemic, it passed last summer. And yes, "let it rage", same as we have done every fucking year before 2020.

If you still believe there's an active outbreak going on that merits all this bullshit right now, you're tapped in the head.

Just to be clear, "bullshit" means everything--vaccinations, social distancing, handwashing, masks, self-isolation, contact-tracing, testing--or does it mean just mask-wearing?

[Kiero]

Just to be clear, "bullshit" means everything--vaccinations, social distancing, handwashing, masks, self-isolation, contact-tracing, testing--or does it mean just mask-wearing?

All of it. None of this charade, no part of it, was ever necessary for a seasonal bug less deadly than the flu to anyone under 65.

Real pandemics don't require a marketing budget. There's no reason we should be living any differently now than we did in 2019 and all the years before it.