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From Gallup:
Concern about getting the coronavirus is higher than a month ago among both those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who have not, but the increase is much larger among the vaccinated population.
This fear among the vaccinated is not rational, but as our society grows increasingly hysterical and unhinged, its to be expected.
More irrational behavior...
This fear among the vaccinated is not rational, but as our society grows increasingly hysterical and unhinged, its to be expected.
More irrational behavior...
Although an increasing percentage of Americans perceive the COVID-19 situation to be worsening and more are concerned about catching the disease, there is little evidence that people are altering their behavior to avoid exposure to it.
Mask fatigue appears to be winning out over all this increased worry...
Sixty percent of Americans, down from 68% in June and 79% in May, report they wore a face mask in public in the past week.
Children are not dying of covid. How do we know? If even one child were dying a day (less than the pediatric death rate during an average flu season) the Infotainment Media Complex would be blaring it in flaming red letters.
Much of America is in the grips of a panicked confusion that is a direct result of contradictory information from the government, inflammatory rhetoric from politicians and their minions, and sensationalist reporting full of alarming modifiers and imprecise language. All of it designed to keep the huddled masses scared and tuned in.
What say you?
Related: Covid death rate by state
I reserve to right to take precautions against even those hazards which do not necessarily pose a greater-than-seasonal-flu mortal threat to children.
ReplyDeleteI remember when inflamatory and contradictory "information" from the government didn't matter, and anyone complaining about it was making mountains out of molehills. Much of the issues with the messaging today is a direct result of the Trump-era framing of the pandemic as part of the culture wars. Pandemic issues remain a scissor point for many, it would take a highly imaginative reframing of the issue to rescue it.
I really do not understand what you mean by Trump era framing or what an imaginative reframing of the issue would be.
DeleteI don't know the latter either, but the former is very clear. Taking the pandemic seriously is seen as a hallmark of the cowardly left, wheras manly-man republicans downplay the threat and eschew masks and distancing. It didn't have to be like this. Medicine should not be political. It's obvious to me that this perception was engineered, and like you I don't know how to reverse it.
DeleteTaking the pandemic seriously
Deletelol!
You do have that right, and I will not try to deny you that right. You have the right to take precautions against threats which do not exist, and I will not try to deny you that right either. You do not have the right to demand that I do so.
DeleteIf I am not infringing on your rights, why are you infringing on mine? (Not you personally, of course, but all who are demanding that I take precautions I choose not to take, against an inflated threat.)
Your rights end at the tip of your nasal-mounted genocide sprayer. Wear a mask.
DeleteI may infringe on your rights to whatever degree the exercise of your rights would impinge on mine. Threshold for risk tolerance is a personal thing, but we can discuss and reason productively about how risky a given hazard is, so we should be able to make some progress about how to balance individuals' rights.
DeleteDon't wanna breath my Covid spittle? Wear a mask!
DeleteMask not enough protection for you? Wear a stillsuit!
DeleteStillsuit not enough protection for you? Stay home!
Home not enough protection for you? Nuke from orbit
DeletePut up a chain link fence to keep the mosquitos out!
DeleteDo you want me to suffocate?!
DeleteThere are around 4000 variants of the SARS-COV-2 virus. You need to paint your body with Flex Seal.
DeleteYesterday afternoon the company I work for determined that if we could not maintain a 6-foot distance we must wear masks. Immediately after that announcement a recruiter called me and the first question I had was whether there would be mandatory shots or masks to which she replied absolutely not. I will be pursuing that opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI hate working for stupid people.
Yesterday Scripps Health, which is where my doctors practice, sent out an email to patients saying that "all patients and visitors to Scripps facilities" would have to be vaccinated or would have to have received a negative Covid test within 72 hours before they could enter a Scripps facility.
ReplyDeleteThat must have caused quite an uproar, because about five hours they sent out a "clarification," which I think was actually a policy change in disguise, saying that the policy did NOT apply to Scripps clinics or to people who had doctor's appointments.
From my foxhole, the 'panic' seems far less intense than last spring.
ReplyDeleteI'm just fascinated by the near-homogeneous demographic that is [sometimes violently] opposed to the Trump vaccine.....
60% wore a mask? Not in Cincinnati. Based on my daily travels, shopping, and restaurant visits, I'd say 1% are wearing masks.
ReplyDeleteThe BS around this whole subject is so off the charts it's not even conversational.
No one is killing survey pollsters yet
ReplyDeleteFJ,
ReplyDeleteGood video!
Show me one study that the masks out there other than N95's have any effect at all. To the contrary, they do nothing. If masks worked why wouldn't there be reports out the kazoo?
ReplyDeleteFraming as part of the culture wars?
ReplyDeleteReality check: anything Trump did was dissed on the left (media and much of congress) as wrong and/or backwards. If he said "the ocean is blue" they would screech the opposite. THAT is what politicized what should have been a rational public health discussion and actions. It was clear early that the virus likely came out of a lab in China – a fact beyond doubt at this point.
Trump: "It's a problem from China."
Pelosi: "He's racist. I'll prove how un-racist I am by going to a Chinese new year celebration."
The fact that at least 170 patents – many of them with U.S. institutional fingerprints on them – of all pieces and parts of the virus’ blueprint have been uncovered (4,000 related in all), and strong signs of political cover and shielding by top officials only further politicized the issue. The list is long and includes using known faulty testing and censoring science to achieve political controls that would be thought unthinkable in January 2020.
Striking while the iron is hot, others who jumped in (e.g., Gates, Schwab) who had STRONG motivations for taking advantage of this 'surprising' event to push the planet toward powerful consolidated corporate-government oligarchies in a tremendous power pivot. These types ARE the culture wars, and they brought the battle to their turf with no help (or hindrance) from Mr. Trump.
"the virus likely came out of a lab in China – a fact beyond doubt at this point."
DeleteMy threshold for doubt must be higher than yours. It's plausible, but not settled.
"The fact that at least 170 patents ... of all pieces and parts of the virus’ blueprint have been uncovered..."
I don't know about this, can you help me target my search by naming one such patent?
"others who jumped in (e.g., Gates, Schwab) who had STRONG motivations for taking advantage of this 'surprising' event..."
Who says pandemics are surprising? Pandemics are like storms: you can't predict a particular one, but we know they keep happening. CV-19 wasn't the first and it won't be the last. Gates and Schwab weren't surprised, but that doesn't imply conspiracy, only an average level of foresight. It is precisely the inevitability of these events which makes our governments' lack of preparation such a travesty.
Not that I think we should let the oligarchs like Gates have everything their own way, international emergency or not. I prefer govt. power, which is at least to some extent democratic, to wealthy individuals flexing their financial muscles, no matter how philanthropic they are.
(I happen to believe that Gates' motivation is fairly pure -- there sure are a lot more damaging things he could be doing with all that money -- but he's an individual, flawed like everyone else.)