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Covid, the "lockdowns" etc.

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

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Kiero

Quote from: SHARK on November 01, 2021, 04:50:34 PM
Yeah, "Rules for thee, but not for me!" is right, Pat. And it is despicable and an injustice.

Standard issue hypocrisy for all of this bullshit. Notice at the G7 earlier in the year and everything subsequently that our elites only pretend to be concerned about covid theatre while the cameras are running? However, they're fine with all their menials (guards, servants, etc) being permanently masked up and maintaining the charade.

They know it's bollocks and are laughing at how compliant all the sheep are following along with it.
Currently running: Tyche\'s Favourites, a historical ACKS campaign set around Massalia in 300BC.

Our podcast site, In Sanity We Trust Productions.

deadDMwalking

Quote from: Kiero on October 30, 2021, 02:47:43 PM
What I do regularly to stay healthy is exercise, every day. And not eat crap. I don't smoke and hardly ever drink alcohol.

Now I pity you.  You can do everything right and still get hit by a bus.  Nobody lives forever.  Have some fun.  Remembers, it's the journey not the destination.  We're all going to the same place, but don't hurry!
When I say objectively, I mean \'subjectively\'.  When I say literally, I mean \'figuratively\'.  
And when I say that you are a horse\'s ass, I mean that the objective truth is that you are a literal horse\'s ass.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter Drucker

Kiero

Quote from: deadDMwalking on November 02, 2021, 02:47:06 PM
Now I pity you.  You can do everything right and still get hit by a bus.  Nobody lives forever.  Have some fun.  Remembers, it's the journey not the destination.  We're all going to the same place, but don't hurry!

Every moment before I get hit by that metaphorical bus is spent in peak health, which is a boon all of it's own. I never wake up feeling like shite for no apparent reason, as seems to be common with people my age. I don't have any lingering injuries or age-related degeneration. I look much younger than I am. That's winning.
Currently running: Tyche\'s Favourites, a historical ACKS campaign set around Massalia in 300BC.

Our podcast site, In Sanity We Trust Productions.

HappyDaze

Quote from: Kiero on November 02, 2021, 03:10:50 PM
Quote from: deadDMwalking on November 02, 2021, 02:47:06 PM
Now I pity you.  You can do everything right and still get hit by a bus.  Nobody lives forever.  Have some fun.  Remembers, it's the journey not the destination.  We're all going to the same place, but don't hurry!

Every moment before I get hit by that metaphorical bus is spent in peak health, which is a boon all of it's own. I never wake up feeling like shite for no apparent reason, as seems to be common with people my age. I don't have any lingering injuries or age-related degeneration. I look much younger than I am. That's winning.
Oh...winning like Charlie Sheen?

Ghostmaker

Quote from: Kiero on November 02, 2021, 03:10:50 PM
Quote from: deadDMwalking on November 02, 2021, 02:47:06 PM
Now I pity you.  You can do everything right and still get hit by a bus.  Nobody lives forever.  Have some fun.  Remembers, it's the journey not the destination.  We're all going to the same place, but don't hurry!

Every moment before I get hit by that metaphorical bus is spent in peak health, which is a boon all of it's own. I never wake up feeling like shite for no apparent reason, as seems to be common with people my age. I don't have any lingering injuries or age-related degeneration. I look much younger than I am. That's winning.
Or as I like to put it, 'Getting old sucks but it beats the hell out of the alternative' :)

Ratman_tf

The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung


Garry G

Quote from: Eirikrautha on October 31, 2021, 12:38:27 PM
Quote from: Garry G on October 30, 2021, 09:41:01 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on October 27, 2021, 08:18:22 PM
Quote from: Garry G on October 27, 2021, 07:45:13 PM
I'm not as knowledgeable...
You could have stopped there and been equally as accurate.

I'm asking to be educated on the subject but you don't seem able.
It's not my job to educate you.  Isn't that what your side says about race and CRT?

My side? I didn't realise the virus had a political affiliation.

This interests me. Why is there sides in this discussion that are in some sort of Venn diagram with something like identity politics? Kiero rages against a government who pushed through a Brexit agenda he whole heartedly agrees with, lockdowns tend to have a worse effect on impoverished black communities and there doesn't seem to be any particular affiliation for any governments reaction, Australia and New Zealand both went for big lockdowns despite having radically different ruling parties.

Kiero

Quote from: Garry G on November 02, 2021, 07:26:54 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on October 31, 2021, 12:38:27 PM
Quote from: Garry G on October 30, 2021, 09:41:01 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on October 27, 2021, 08:18:22 PM
Quote from: Garry G on October 27, 2021, 07:45:13 PM
I'm not as knowledgeable...
You could have stopped there and been equally as accurate.

I'm asking to be educated on the subject but you don't seem able.
It's not my job to educate you.  Isn't that what your side says about race and CRT?

My side? I didn't realise the virus had a political affiliation.

This interests me. Why is there sides in this discussion that are in some sort of Venn diagram with something like identity politics? Kiero rages against a government who pushed through a Brexit agenda he whole heartedly agrees with, lockdowns tend to have a worse effect on impoverished black communities and there doesn't seem to be any particular affiliation for any governments reaction, Australia and New Zealand both went for big lockdowns despite having radically different ruling parties.

Bahaha, they didn't "push through" shit. We haven't left the EU, we're still paying them and still following their laws. So give me a break.
Currently running: Tyche\'s Favourites, a historical ACKS campaign set around Massalia in 300BC.

Our podcast site, In Sanity We Trust Productions.

Kiero

This is what pure evil looks like: https://twitter.com/WFKARS/status/1455246886135386124/photo/1

A totally unnecessary intervention, with unknown risks (but very worrying outcomes so far) for a cohort at zero risk from covid. No upside, all downside.

Fuckers aren't going anywhere near my children with that poison.

Currently running: Tyche\'s Favourites, a historical ACKS campaign set around Massalia in 300BC.

Our podcast site, In Sanity We Trust Productions.


Garry G

Quote from: Kiero on November 02, 2021, 07:42:02 PM
Quote from: Garry G on November 02, 2021, 07:26:54 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on October 31, 2021, 12:38:27 PM
Quote from: Garry G on October 30, 2021, 09:41:01 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on October 27, 2021, 08:18:22 PM
Quote from: Garry G on October 27, 2021, 07:45:13 PM
I'm not as knowledgeable...
You could have stopped there and been equally as accurate.

I'm asking to be educated on the subject but you don't seem able.
It's not my job to educate you.  Isn't that what your side says about race and CRT?

My side? I didn't realise the virus had a political affiliation.

This interests me. Why is there sides in this discussion that are in some sort of Venn diagram with something like identity politics? Kiero rages against a government who pushed through a Brexit agenda he whole heartedly agrees with, lockdowns tend to have a worse effect on impoverished black communities and there doesn't seem to be any particular affiliation for any governments reaction, Australia and New Zealand both went for big lockdowns despite having radically different ruling parties.

Bahaha, they didn't "push through" shit. We haven't left the EU, we're still paying them and still following their laws. So give me a break.

My apologies for making assumptions about your mental health. Physically you're fabulous of course so you have that.

Pat

Quote from: HappyDaze on November 02, 2021, 08:12:59 PM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on November 02, 2021, 06:10:27 PM
Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer's vaccine trial


I keep getting error messages when I try that link. Is it available anywhere else?
Works fine for me. But if you want to see if it's anywhere else, here's the full citation:

Thacker P D. Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer's vaccine trial BMJ 2021; 375 :n2635 doi:10.1136/bmj.n2635


dkabq

So they will soon be jabbing 5 yr-olds. Why?

Vaccinated people carry the same viral load with respect to transmission, which is the reason for mask mandates for vaccinated people. So vaccinating 5 yr-olds isn't going to reduce transmission rates. And it can't be due to their chance of death from covid (in the US, 0-17 year-old deaths from covid are 558).

So why?

Kiero

Quote from: dkabq on November 03, 2021, 01:16:58 PM
So they will soon be jabbing 5 yr-olds. Why?

Vaccinated people carry the same viral load with respect to transmission, which is the reason for mask mandates for vaccinated people. So vaccinating 5 yr-olds isn't going to reduce transmission rates. And it can't be due to their chance of death from covid (in the US, 0-17 year-old deaths from covid are 558).

So why?

So they can shift the balance of risk away from vulnerable children with pre-existing chronic conditions, towards perfectly healthy children. Only sick children are at any risk whatsoever from covid. But all children are at risk of adverse reactions from the jab.
Currently running: Tyche\'s Favourites, a historical ACKS campaign set around Massalia in 300BC.

Our podcast site, In Sanity We Trust Productions.