Anonymous wrote:NP.

I am reading and hearing rumors that Biden is going to announce that the really dangerous part of the pandemic is over and we need to get on with our lives while also taking precautions like masking in public, getting our shots, etc. Basically a more data-driven approach to risk where we acknowledge that people over 80 have different health outlooks and considerations than pre-schoolers or teenagers. So rather than everyone behaving as if they are an obese, immunocompromised 80 year old, we actually look at our true risk profiles based on our health and demographics. This means that most people should be living their lives normally now, perhaps with a mask on in public. Or not, since masks appear to be ineffective against omicron.

Wait, you’re expecting reason to take hold when so many DCUM types take such pleasure in looking down on lower status people who don’t follow the rules? I don’t know that they can give up the COVID hysteria that easily.

Anonymous wrote:Seems this new variant has really twisted the Biden administration around. We're back to lines around blocks for testing. What's next? A national shutdown again?

Wait a minute! You mean to say that managing a national pandemic response is difficult and that virus can be unpredictable?!
Wow, who knew?

NP.

I am reading and hearing rumors that Biden is going to announce that the really dangerous part of the pandemic is over and we need to get on with our lives while also taking precautions like masking in public, getting our shots, etc. Basically a more data-driven approach to risk where we acknowledge that people over 80 have different health outlooks and considerations than pre-schoolers or teenagers. So rather than everyone behaving as if they are an obese, immunocompromised 80 year old, we actually look at our true risk profiles based on our health and demographics. This means that most people should be living their lives normally now, perhaps with a mask on in public. Or not, since masks appear to be ineffective against omicron.

Well, I can see this thread went south pretty quickly.

Where are the rapid tests? Lines around the block again! This administration squandered an ENTIRE YEAR.

Horse paste worked great for that Republican who just died in El Salvador.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep showing us how well that horse paste works. I bet if 500,000 more of you die, that will really prove your point. Don’t give in, keep breathing deep Trumpers.

I have a human scrip in my travel bag as I type this. 12 mg. 1x per day for 5 days if I get symptomatic

Do you admit this publicly?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Vaccines are working great … so long as you’re not so stupid and selfish to refuse them.

Mah freedom. (Y'all cain't take it away.)

Maybe instead of nonsense bills on human infrastructure, we should be focusing on Covid infrastructure

The focus in 2022 will include:

* comply with vaccines or be subject to more negatively.
* move the goalpost on the definition of fully vaxxed
* watch as SCOTUS invalidates the mandae

Anonymous wrote:Costs of MAGA-approved COVID treatments:
Horse paste for humans: $94 for 20 pills
https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/horse_paste

Monoclonoal antibodies: $2,000 and up
https://www.goodrx.com/monoclonal-antibodies

Costs of MAGA-disapproved COVID preventatives that also give you 5G:
COVID-19 vaccine: $150 for full freight
https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/the-price-tags-on-the-covid-19-vaccines

I strongly suspect people refusing to get the vaccine to own Big Pharma aren't owning Big Pharma as much as they think. It's like the guy who picked up deer poop to spell out LGB.

That was me.

However, given that persistent vaccine refusers are some 20-30 million people, public health planning has to account for that. Given that many of them are more MAGA than Trump Himself (the booing when Trump waded into encouraging folks to get the vaccine), I'm not sure that celebrity endorsements will work here.

Also, let's face it, we'd be facing a bad healthcare season based solely on older vaccinated/boosted folks who're still getting COVID. Some focus now has to be on testing - to allow normal life to continue as easily as possible, and on treatment courses for those who do come down with the virus. Presumably we can do this without letting the vaccine giving machinery rust in place, since who knows if 3x boosted folks will be needing another booster in 1-5-10 years. This will cost money, but so what? It costs more money when we get caught flatfooted.

Costs of MAGA-approved COVID treatments:
Horse paste for humans: $94 for 20 pills
https://www.drugs.com/price-guide/horse_paste

Monoclonoal antibodies: $2,000 and up
https://www.goodrx.com/monoclonal-antibodies

Costs of MAGA-disapproved COVID preventatives that also give you 5G:
COVID-19 vaccine: $150 for full freight
https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/the-price-tags-on-the-covid-19-vaccines

I strongly suspect people refusing to get the vaccine to own Big Pharma aren't owning Big Pharma as much as they think. It's like the guy who picked up deer poop to spell out LGB.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep showing us how well that horse paste works. I bet if 500,000 more of you die, that will really prove your point. Don’t give in, keep breathing deep Trumpers.

I have a human scrip in my travel bag as I type this. 12 mg. 1x per day for 5 days if I get symptomatic

Bless your heart.

Anonymous wrote:Keep showing us how well that horse paste works. I bet if 500,000 more of you die, that will really prove your point. Don’t give in, keep breathing deep Trumpers.

I have a human scrip in my travel bag as I type this. 12 mg. 1x per day for 5 days if I get symptomatic