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Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.

Started by Zirunel, May 31, 2020, 04:01:23 PM

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yancy

Quote from: Shasarak on July 05, 2021, 06:53:55 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on July 05, 2021, 11:37:35 AM
Quote from: Kiero on July 05, 2021, 11:04:21 AM
Needless to say I don't own a mask and have never worn one.
Needless to say you probably live in your mother's basement and have no employment that requires you to leave it.

Thats the type of person who needs triple masking.

Yeah, no reasonable person gets so bent outta shape about someone else not wearing a mask; he got some kinda deep-seated mask issues.

I bet he was born with a caul like the kid in The Shining :/
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Kiero

Quote from: yancy on July 05, 2021, 07:14:37 PM
Yeah, no reasonable person gets so bent outta shape about someone else not wearing a mask; he got some kinda deep-seated mask issues.

I bet he was born with a caul like the kid in The Shining :/

Yep, all the OCD neurotic weirdos have been indulged by society as a whole and now they can't handle things being returned to the actual normal (fuck their "New Normal").

As an aside, one of my kids was born en caul. It's supposed to be lucky.
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FelixGamingX1

Spoiler alert, mask mandates are likely to make a comeback before mid August.
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HappyDaze

Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on July 22, 2021, 11:47:03 PM
Spoiler alert, mask mandates are likely to make a comeback before mid August.
It's all part of the Pillow Prophet's vision that puts Trump back in the White House on August 13, 2021.

Zelen

Quote from: FelixGamingX1 on July 22, 2021, 11:47:03 PM
Spoiler alert, mask mandates are likely to make a comeback before mid August.

Sadly pretty likely. We already know this is completely ineffective at reducing spread in any significant way (and has yet to be shown in actual studies to have any effect at all). But we've already entered the phase where people aren't talking about deaths anymore, we're just talking about "cases."

The pressure is on Florida and Texas to stand against masks and against mandatory vaccinations. Neither De Santis or Abbott really have a spine, but they hopefully perceive that if they bend on these issues they'll break their political careers. If they are able to stand against the manufactured regime-propaganda pressure, ideally other states will be compelled to be defectors too.

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Mistwell

#1943
Quote from: Ratman_tf on July 23, 2021, 10:59:54 AM
And lockdowns.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9813079/LA-restaurants-close-California-coronavirus-hospitalizations-hit-highest-point-months.html

Just to be clear, despite your article and you implying "lockdowns" in relation to LA restaurants, TWO restaurants decided on their own to close here in LA.  And I suspect that was cover for economic issues (restaurants open and close all the time - it's a volatile and difficult business, and we have tens of thousands of restaurants in LA.) So far, no lockdown.

My favorite bar just asked (on a voluntary basis) that unvaccinated customers use the outdoor tables rather than indoor ones.

I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

Ratman_tf

Quote from: Mistwell on July 24, 2021, 11:56:29 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on July 23, 2021, 10:59:54 AM
And lockdowns.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9813079/LA-restaurants-close-California-coronavirus-hospitalizations-hit-highest-point-months.html

Just to be clear, despite your article and you implying "lockdowns" in relation to LA restaurants, TWO restaurants decided on their own to close here in LA.  And I suspect that was cover for economic issues (restaurants open and close all the time - it's a volatile and difficult business, and we have tens of thousands of restaurants in LA.) So far, no lockdown.

My favorite bar just asked (on a voluntary basis) that unvaccinated customers use the outdoor tables rather than indoor ones.

I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

That post was in reply to FelixGamingX1's "Likely to make a comeback", which I think it's likely that Lockdowns make a comeback.
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moonsweeper

Quote from: Mistwell on July 24, 2021, 11:56:29 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on July 23, 2021, 10:59:54 AM
And lockdowns.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9813079/LA-restaurants-close-California-coronavirus-hospitalizations-hit-highest-point-months.html

Just to be clear, despite your article and you implying "lockdowns" in relation to LA restaurants, TWO restaurants decided on their own to close here in LA.  And I suspect that was cover for economic issues (restaurants open and close all the time - it's a volatile and difficult business, and we have tens of thousands of restaurants in LA.) So far, no lockdown.

My favorite bar just asked (on a voluntary basis) that unvaccinated customers use the outdoor tables rather than indoor ones.

I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

Yeah, because African-Americans have absolutely no reason at all to distrust experimental injections pushed by the government..... [sarc/off]  ::)
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Kiero

#1946
Quote from: Mistwell on July 24, 2021, 11:56:29 AM
I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

I'm brown, I'm not "reluctant" to get vaccinated (the term itself is more NLP bollocks, implying that if only you could find the right lever, people could be persuaded). I have no interest whatsoever in a therapeutic treatment for the common fucking cold.
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HappyDaze

Quote from: Kiero on July 25, 2021, 10:06:20 AM
Quote from: Mistwell on July 24, 2021, 11:56:29 AM
I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

I'm brown, I'm not "reluctant" to get vaccinated (the term itself is more NLP bollocks, implying that if only you could find the right lever, people could be persuaded). I have no interest whatsoever in a therapeutic treatment for the common fucking cold.
Funny, I haven't seen anyone require a hospital admission for a "common fucking cold* but I've seen plenty lately for Covid-19. Your dismissal of reality is foolish and harmful to others.

Eirikrautha

Quote from: HappyDaze on July 25, 2021, 12:36:40 PM
Quote from: Kiero on July 25, 2021, 10:06:20 AM
Quote from: Mistwell on July 24, 2021, 11:56:29 AM
I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

I'm brown, I'm not "reluctant" to get vaccinated (the term itself is more NLP bollocks, implying that if only you could find the right lever, people could be persuaded). I have no interest whatsoever in a therapeutic treatment for the common fucking cold.
Funny, I haven't seen anyone require a hospital admission for a "common fucking cold* ...

That statement alone disqualifies your opinion on this issue.  People (especially the old and vulnerable... the same people threatened by Covid19) are hospitalized and die every day from the common cold.  You are so ignorant that it should hurt to be you.

HappyDaze

#1949
Quote from: Eirikrautha on July 25, 2021, 12:41:59 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on July 25, 2021, 12:36:40 PM
Quote from: Kiero on July 25, 2021, 10:06:20 AM
Quote from: Mistwell on July 24, 2021, 11:56:29 AM
I do wish we could increase our vaccination rates here. Rather than the conspiracy theory nutters like Spinachcat being the major issue here, it's more often African Americans and Hispanics who are reluctant to get the vaccine. One from distrust of Government, the other from distrust of chemicals in general, mostly.

I'm brown, I'm not "reluctant" to get vaccinated (the term itself is more NLP bollocks, implying that if only you could find the right lever, people could be persuaded). I have no interest whatsoever in a therapeutic treatment for the common fucking cold.
Funny, I haven't seen anyone require a hospital admission for a "common fucking cold* ...

That statement alone disqualifies your opinion on this issue.  People (especially the old and vulnerable... the same people threatened by Covid19) are hospitalized and die every day from the common cold.  You are so ignorant that it should hurt to be you.
Oh, do shut up, you foolish child. You know nothing of value in this conversation. Go back to your elfgame-talk. A self-limited viral URI (aka, "common cold") is not going to get someone admitted.