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bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Americans getting booster shots when most of the world is still waiting for their first dose in the same week that they abandon their interpreters and support staff in Afghanistan, both owing due to compounding poor leadership decisions across both parties *takes breath* is a great preview of how the climate change response will look.

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bowser
Apr 7, 2007


he's running.

https://twitter.com/chrisbrown2075/status/1429893436484702236?s=21

I wish there was a way to get accurate statistics for how many families have been destroyed by the pandemic. That's on top of all the ones destroyed by years of Trump and QAnon nonsense. There's gonna be a lot of people who will never apologize or make amends and so they'll spend the rest of their lives being increasingly bitter and lonely.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1430532687056580613?s=21

sorry but it's easier just letting the bodies pile up and occasionally tweeting "get the vax".

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Stereotype posted:

what do all these people think happens when the hospitals are out of oxygen? or when they are triaging people?

it’s going to be millions dead by Christmas. tens of millions who rely on oxygen forever.

Yes, 6 of your child's teachers have died this year (so far) but that trauma is nothing compared to the continued mental strain of remote learning!

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

The Blue MAGA crowd seems to be lining up behind "hospitals should refuse to treat unvaccinated people" :dehumanize:.
https://twitter.com/BrianNumeroDos/status/1431276860462313485?s=20

So what are the chances that Congress passes a "COVID medical debt forgiveness" bill when libs and CHUDS alike find themselves driven to bankruptcy after half their family is hospitalized?

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Five Days at Memorial is one of the most harrowing books I've ever read. Not looking forward to the sequel!!

https://twitter.com/rexchapman/status/1431395313391181830?s=21

Are the levees less likely to fail this time?

Edit:
https://twitter.com/jacksillin/status/1431259559595843586?s=21

so uh... maybe!

bowser fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Aug 28, 2021

bowser
Apr 7, 2007



A series of man-made disasters led to this tweet.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Gonna be great seeing the media completely ignores the skyrocketing death rate and instead asking "Why is the labor shortage getting worse? Could it be that minimum wage is too high? Is it really fair that able-bodied tweens are playing Fortnite instead of getting jobs???"

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

let's go back to work
let's keep working
keep working
KEEP loving GOING TO YOUR JOB
keep going to your job that you hate
keep making money for us
KEEP.
GOING.
TO.
WORK.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Are there still people claiming COVID isn't real at all, or have they all moved on to "It's a real virus but the vaccines are fake?"

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:

I'm trying to imagine how much the average response would be if COVID had a gross physical component. I feel like a few face puss lesions per person would absolutely lead to lockdowns.

"The CDC does not currently recommend covering oozing COVID boils up with bandages"

bowser
Apr 7, 2007


To be fair, we should call him Dr. Falsey.

https://twitter.com/caslernoel/status/1435315291668500489?s=20

I know the Republicans are notorious for never taking responsibility for anything but holy poo poo I am so sick of "Well Democrats can't do good things because it would make the mean evil no-good GOP base angry!!".

bowser
Apr 7, 2007


I'm really curious (horrified) how the existing anti-vax movement will capitalize on new covid anti-vaxxers. Whole bunch of people refusing previously non-controversial shots for themselves/their kids? Republicans arguing that any sort of vaccine requirements for school are unconstitutional?

Since we live in the dumbest reality I'm guessing rumors will spread that Biden is sneaking Covid vaccine into the other vaccines and now they all need to be avoided.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

For a brief moment I really thought maybe after COVID it would be normal for people in the West to wear masks when they're sick. That would save countless lives over the years.


Now of course my eyes have been opened and I realize how utterly ridiculous that idea is... "After COVID"? :lmao:

bowser
Apr 7, 2007



This is probably the best shot we have at getting chuds vaccinated. Have people like this talk to them in their own (deranged, racist) language.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/isaiah_bb/status/1440835525586292745?s=21

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/nolifeneet/status/1436403157425348611?s=21

https://twitter.com/hallequezada/status/1443036375117406208?s=21

Between all the long COVID people, medical staff with ptsd, kids who've seen their parents and teachers drop like flies, and vengeful CHUDs who think Democrats worked with China to kill their loved ones, there's gonna be so many people with lifelong mental issues from this.

bowser fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Sep 30, 2021

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/eoinhiggins_/status/1445208678903189504?s=21

https://twitter.com/opossumpress/status/1445028657249112065?s=21

https://twitter.com/smolearth/status/1444775874675494916?s=21

https://twitter.com/bgonthescene/status/1445118252707889160?s=21



These medical protests are getting out of hand.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

If a new COVID variant emerged that was as infectious and dangerous for cats and dogs as Delta is for humans, do you think people would take it a lot more seriously?

I'd like to see any politician say 10,000 dead pets a week was an acceptable price to pay for freedom and see how that goes for them.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

The Nastier Nate posted:

It’s actually very easy to quarantine domestic pets. Even if you live in apartment in a big city with a dog it’s easy to walk them without running into other dogs.

I meant a scenario where it transmitted as easily between humans as it does now and then from them to their pets - who would be hospitalized/killed at the same rates as humans. Videos of vet clinics full of dogs struggling to breathe would move the American public more than the human suffering of COVID, easily.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/andiallover/status/1451556800130596874?s=21

:getin:

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

What's the magic number of people dying where the cost of labor gets so expensive that rich people start demanding governments impose strict lockdowns to get the Psi variant under control?

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

"it's getting milder! it's getting milder!!", i continue to insist as the variants kill off vast numbers of people

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Did anyone catch this on CNN earlier? Kinda weird...

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Paradoxish posted:

The real lesson from COVID climate change is that a huge number of working scientists in positions to impact policy actually don't give a poo poo about how science is supposed to function at all. Literally just throwing the inconvenient parts of the scientific method into the trash if it means acknowledging a reality that makes them uncomfortable or if it means suggesting anything approaching real caution.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/repdonbeyer/status/1465333819771396103?s=21

Trump/Omicron 2024!!!

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Biden: I know things may seem dire but rest assured getting vaccinated means you are safeguarded from this new variant. I've invited a vaccine scientist here to explain more.

*Chise enters the room in full fursuit*

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

blue MAGA is currently in the process of switching from "get vaccinated, long COVID is real!" to "There still isn't any conclusive data to prove long COVID is real, and the Russians have been spreading disinformation about it to hurt Dems in the polls!"

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/patburkeny/status/1463169434873434115?s=21

I'm sorry but it says here you only got one booster shot. For the Omicron variant, we only cover patients who've had 2 or more boosters so I'm afraid we're going to have to deny your claim.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

We talk a lot about burnout among nurses but man I bet public health experts are about at their limit too.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

cr0y posted:

Uhhh isn't this just because there isn't any evidence period?

Experts confirm there is no evidence that Omicron won't cause you to lose weight and have an increased libido.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1465704609997983766?s=20

How many fat old white dudes died of COVID and can't play Santa this year?

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Mass mild graves.

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Once COVID deaths under Biden surpass those under Trump do you think Republicans are going to put together their own memorial where they pretend to be sad about all the victims?

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Has vaccine production and distribution improved enough that the rich countries can get adequate booster supplies without further denying doses to poorer nations?

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Omicron is mild. Pi is refreshing. Rho is positively delightful. Tau is like your first shot of heroin. Upsilon feels TOO GOOD OH GOD IT'S SO GOOD I'M GONNA C

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1466405878547025931?s=20

I can't ever recall being bedridden for multiple days after a hard day's work but I guess I've lived a cushy life.

It seems inevitable that the eventual 'solution' to COVID will just be not talking about it anymore. It's old news. Can't call them excess deaths anymore after the baseline has been appropriately shifted. Hospitals have always been shortstaffed, what are you talking about?

bowser fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Dec 2, 2021

bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Grabnar posted:

Iceland just got their first case, individual was just boosted https://www.visir.is/g/20212190851d/sa-sem-greindist-smitadur-af-omikron-ny-buinn-ad-fa-orvunar-skammt

“ It was confirmed yesterday that one has been diagnosed with the omicron variant in Iceland. He is now in Landspítali but he had not been traveling abroad, so it is still uncertain where he became infected with the virus. Ţórólfur says that he had just received a booster dose when he was diagnosed with the infection. ”

https://twitter.com/megtirrell/status/1466454777529839618?s=20

Ahahaha. Hahahha. HAHAHAHAHAHA

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bowser
Apr 7, 2007

Even if being vaxxed or boosted means you only have 'mild' symptoms, if this thing is really spreading that quickly and unvaxxed people are hit as hard as they were with Delta, then the death toll is going to skyrocket and hit the poorest places the hardest.


Congrats to Bill Gates for achieving his goals of upholding vaccine IPs and reducing the population in Africa simultaneously, tho :bravo:.

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