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That’s quite the age split too. What the hell is going on?
Team owner Franceso Aquilini took it a step further, tweeting: “Hey Vancouver Sun change the headline to ‘Former Canucks anthem singer,'" followed by the hashtag #wearamask.
lol
Anthems at sports events are dumb and unnecessary anyways. Fire all anthem singers.
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A take on a recent Chapo was Fauci should have resigned when it became clear he had fed the public blatant misinformation about masks for the first critical months about the pandemic, and that a common thread in our politics is this insane narcissism from basically everyone in politics.
I completely agree. Have some dignity and gtfo when you fuck up that bad.
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Gotta love the Nucks
Have we heard anything on how states/pharmacies/vaccination centers plan to track which vaccine someone gets. Obviously lol at anything being done well in USA#172, but that will be a pretty important process to get right I would think. If 3 or 4 vaccine candidates get approved, there’s going to have to be some way to know which one a given individual needs to get for their second dose.
Just tell them innocent people are never on trial.
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People said masks weren’t necessary because there were not enough for healthcare workers, who knew they were effective.
If we wanted to kill a few hundred more doctors and nurses, we could have created a panic on masks in spring.
Regardless of whether it was the right move or not, it’s wild that Fauci still has his job. Not only is he still in his job, he’s idolized. He’s Neville Chamberlain.
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Terrible take. At some point if you expect people to trust institutions those same institutions need to trust people.
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But the same thing happened in every Western country. People still trust the NHS. Canadians still trust their system. The problem in America is a partisan political issue.
Every western countries govt or health department told their citizens mask were not effective? That’s wild and makes me hate civilization even more.
I’m not sure I believe other countries trust their institutions anyways. They may trust them more than the Americans trust their own institutions but my read is institution trust is eroding world wide on average.
The WHO made such public and at that point if you remember, people followed what they said.
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Yeah I mean we’re living through one of the worst events in American history, especially for civilians. Something like 40% of the country thinks it’s a joke and another 40% is just like “Ehhh whatever, wear a mask and keep on living.” It’s unreal.
I imagine that people’s views will change somewhat after the winter, but at this point I’m just not sure. I feel like that 80% I mentioned would only adjust their feelings if a loved one died or they themselves were hospitalized. Pew says 54% of Americans know someone who’s been hospitalized or died from COVID already and public attitude is still awful.
Yup nailed it. @BestOf in case nobody has yet. My friend’s Dad could have come to Thanksgiving at my friend’s house, outdoors distanced with propane heaters. Would have been my friend, his wife and daughter, and his dad. My friend was going to prepare the whole meal and buy the heater. It was 60 degrees out.
His Dad passed and chose to go to a large indoor gathering with his brother, my friend’s uncle.
My friend told me he’ll never be able to look at his father the same way after this.
Meanwhile my dad won’t quit going to his bowling league with 50 people indoors and 25% mask compliance until the state shuts it down, despite my mother being in poor health. They’re already violating the mask rules, so it’s even worse.
Like putting that risk on my mom too, how do I ever forget he did that? I never will. Plus I’m mad at him for increasing the chances I lose him unnecessarily so he can bowl. He has a fire pit and a screened in porch with a space heater. He could socialize safely. But nope gotta keep on living bowling.
A lot of us are reckoning with the reality we never knew: nobody cares about anybody. I’ve reached out to aunts, uncles and cousins to check in and they were basically shocked. One of my cousins I’m closest with didn’t even respond.
I haven’t even tried to process all of that cognitively. We live in a selfish cesspool of a society. When you say people would rather have a third TV or an iPhone than see their neighbors get healthcare, I think it’s worse. I think half the country would light their money on fire before they’d see it taxed and used to help other people get healthcare.
On the other hand, my friend and his wife and daughter are becoming like family to me, so at least there’s that.
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There are people who I think I will forever see with a huge “I DON’T CARE ABOUT WHETHER OTHERS LIVE OR DIE,” tattooed on their forehead. How am I supposed to pretend I don’t remember this?
As George Carlin said, we have almost an entire generation who’s ethos is, “Gimmie it, it’s mine!”
There was a covid death where I live related to pickle ball. Someone played pickle ball, got covid and one of their parents got covid from them and died. Imagine a loved one dying because you just had to play pickle ball. I hope pickle ball was worth it.
People just don’t think it’ll happen to them. BUT it does happen. Sadly, too many people are just too selfish and there seems to be no way to get through to them.
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