They have to plead with people to take the vaccine

[edhopper]

500,000 to 600,000 dead. Over 100,000 hospitalized at any given time. The country shut down. The economy stalled.
Then there is a miraculous vaccine that will protect you from the virus and turn everything around.
And they have to plead with people to get the shot? WTF is wrong with them?
The willful ignorance is truly astonishing.

[lagomorph777]

1. I am hoping Darwin helps us out here.

The idiots are reducing their own numbers in the population; that will help us in future elections.

[Aristus]

3. It only helps if they didn't breed first.

Otherwise, their mouth-breathing spawn are going to continue to drag down the collective IQ of a nation which was never crazy about the intellectually stable to begin with.

[lagomorph777]

7. There's still some downstream effect.

Their reduced lifespan, future income, etc will make it harder for the kids. After about ten generations, even a small difference causes extinction.

But even if only the idiots themselves partially die off, it helps electoral results.

[Aristus]

9. I hope you're right.

I don't like our country's chances of lasting another ten generations. I have a feeling that, in that time-span, we will have Balkanized beyond recognition.

[lagomorph777]

11. Relax. America won't be destroyed by politics.

We'll be fried by our own CO2 first.

[SergeStorms]

25. Like the beginning of "Idiocracy".

Cletus was sleeping with every woman within reach, and then his son, Cletus Jr., on the football field.... "I'm gonna' fuck all y'all". Yeah, the ignorant deplorables procreate at an astonishing rate.

[FoxNewsSucks]

30. The only thing wrong with that intro

was that it is NOT gonna take 500 years. We'll be to that point by the end of the century, if not sooner. And if the world survives.

[FarPoint]

4. I'm not hoping that their lesson be the hard way....

It appears that is what will result...unvaccinated by choice folks...they are setting themselves up for clinical consequences.

[RKP5637]

5. K&R!!! And, ha, their god works in mysterious ways! n/t

[madville]

17. Blacks are the group with the lowest vaccination rate

Followed by Hispanics. How exactly will that help “us” in future elections?

There needs to be more education directed at these underrepresented groups instead of wishing death on people.

[lagomorph777]

18. Yes, education and anything else can be applied to persuadable people.

RW antivaxxer maskholes do not fit in that category.

And if my wishes were powers (they are not), this would be a real thing:

[Lonestarblue]

27. Perhaps one way to get more people vaccinated is to use mobile vaccine facilities.

I’m sure some black and Hispanic people are wary about getting the vaccine, but they are also overwhelmingly the people working odd hours and often two jobs. Equipping vaccine vans and taking them to places of employment gives fast access that means people do not have to take time off from work.

[llmart]

54. They are already doing that in Detroit.

Hope it helps tremendously.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

2. Interesting finding from Alberta, Canada.

Alberta's COVID-19 vaccination rates tied to levels of formal education, data shows

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-vaccination-rates-education-correlation-1.6063373

[AllyCat]

31. Maybe that is why my county has such high vax rates

We also have the greatest number of PhD holders driving cabs ( or so I’m told). 68% have one dose, 61% have both. 96% of seniors, 55% of 12-15 year olds. And still, most folks wearing masks.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

35. Our county....

has the highest number of doc of divinity degrees.

I have no idea what today's vax rate is, it was 28% in April. Everyone we know was vaccinated in Feb, March fully vaccinated.

I received my DD, from the World Church in 1971 for a small donation to Greenpeace, think it was $25.00 Canadian.

[AllyCat]

48. Hoo boy!

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. Synopsis: If you're smart, you'll get the vaccine.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

50. Or, if you're smart, you've already gotten it (them).

Or maybe the vaccine makes you smart in addition to making you magnetic.

[LiberalLovinLug]

56. Maybe you're right. I feel quite smart in getting my first shot as soon as I could

And now I swear I have a much more magnetic personality!

[samnsara]

6. i am for for letting them get sick

[mountain grammy]

8. And we're bribing people to get a FREE vaccination

$1million lottery in Colorado. Unbelievable!

[sop]

10. Someone should start a rumor that the Covid vaccine gets you high.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Or gets you laid.

[sop]

13. Both. There'd be a mile-long line outside CVS in ten minutes.

[RKP5637]

14. The new erectile dysfunction drug. ... n/t

[StatWoman]

15. Don't plead with the reluctant, just send the doses to Mexico.

And we'll pay for it.

There are plenty of people who would love to have these shots.

[raccoon]

19. My feelings exactly! Tell them to get f***** and give the vaccine to someone in a poor country. Nt

[Arkansas Granny]

16. The figures in Arkansas are abysmal. 33% fully vaccinated for the state, 23% for the county

where I live. That's why I am still observing social distancing and wearing a mask in public places. I realize that my chances of being infected are slim and if that happens, it will be a mild case. However, I have grandchildren and great grandchildren who are too young to vaccinate. What if I was asymptomatic and then pass it on to one of them?

[RegularJam]

20. People have to understand this better than they let on.

Everyone I know who is vaccinated fully understands vaccine hesitancy. I can't comprehend why some seem so completely confused over vaccine hesitancy. I will say that the confused group, promoting themselves as being pro-vaccine, are worse at promoting the vaccine than anyone.

[edhopper]

21. It's not that we don't understand why

they have refused the vaccine. It's just that most of those reasons are idiotic and based on false information and assumptions.

I understand why people are creationist or climate change deniers. It doesn't mean what they think has validity.

I don't understand what you mean by "group promoting themselves as pro-vaccine."?

[The Mouth]

39. Please explain farther

I have been vaccinated.

I really see no reason why we should give the slightest damn about any moron who is "vaccine hesitant".

Haven't we had enough of having to cater to fools?

[OAITW r.2.0]

22. The same people who wouldn't wear masks are the same ones who

won't get vaccinated. Why? Because, at their most basic level, they are anti-socialists. Name me one great society that was built by anti-socialists.

[edhopper]

23. Czarist Russia?

Imperial France?
Middle Kingdom Egypt?

Of course it depends on what you mean by great society.

[Xoan]

24. Ignorance is Bliss ...

if you are a Republican.

[LeftishBrit]

26. Most people whom I know have been delighted to be offered the vaccine

I know people who've waited for hours outside a vaccine centre - sometimes several days running - in the hope that there would be leftover vaccines at the end of the day, that would be offered to passers-by, rather than allowed to go to waste.

I know a man in his 60s, who was offered the first jab in March five and a half miles from his home. Doesn't drive; didn't want to risk public transport; didn't want to risk any delay in getting the vaccine by waiting for a space at a more convenient location. So he walked the 11 miles there and back!

I just can't understand people who refuse it.

I had my 2nd jab 3 weeks ago,

[totodeinhere]

33. You are lucky to have such sensible friends.

But believe me, even of you don't know them there are a lot of stupid people out there.

[Demobrat]

28. They're afraid of needles.

According to my sampling of three, it comes down to they don’t like shots so they just repeat whatever rhetoric they hear to justify avoiding them.

Let them talk long enough and they’ll come around to admitting it.

[AllyCat]

49. Family member who has come up with every possible conspiracy

theory on these vaccines finally told me she was getting one because she found a place that uses that “cold stuff”. Methinks she is afraid of needles and doesn’t want to admit it.

[Demobrat]

57. Cold stuff? Like a numbing agent?

Funny thing is, that shot was like nothing. I’ve had mosquito bites hurt worse.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

29. One young man said he wasn't getting vaccinated because "I don't think I'll get infected."

Is ignorance contagious? It seems to spread quicker than COVID 19.

I'm old enough to remember polio, and how my entire junior high school student body lined up to get our vaccine-laced sugar cubes. Those were simpler times -- there were no anti-vaxxers picketing the school. Everyone recognized the benefit of getting vaccinated.

I wonder if the one-dose Johnson & Johnson can be administered by sugar cube?

[totodeinhere]

32. Agreed 100%.

Until this crisis started I had no idea how completely stupid and clueless so many Americans are. I knew there were a lot of stupid people out there but I didn't know it was this bad. God help us.

[Bayard]

34. I blame Fox

Still spreading misinformation. We're still trying to get my brother, a Fox devotee, to get it. His argument is that no one knows what the long term effects are. My argument--you won't live long enough to find out if you get the virus.

[Marthe48]

37. I am trying not to judge

but I know I lack sympathy.

[llashram]

38. let them get sick and die

trumpiss, fox news, and their propaganda pundits tell them they don't need them or some type of BS about what's in the vaccine, they believe it? Let them die. I believe they are looking for their savior to rise from the pile of excrement that was the sum total of his presidency in August. So like him, to hell with these ignorant willfully hateful dipshits.

[The Mouth]

40. Thank you

Cleaning the gene pool and raising the IQ.

Too many people in the world, let's let the morons self-select out of the population.

[former9thward]

53. Blacks have the highest non vaccination rate.

Followed by Hispanics. Do you still want them all to die?

[llashram]

58. They gain

the consequence of their ignorance. I won't allow myself to care about the consequences of their actions or inaction. Information, educational tools, and scientific proof are available to all. They can avail themselves of all proof mentioned. If after informing themselves and arming themselves with all that can 'save' them, all loved ones and innocent citizens of the general society and they choose not to...if they contract the virus and they die, they die.

[jimlup]

41. I think tax breaks should be given....

$1000 for each vaccinated person regardless of income.

That way everybody wins including those of us already vaccinated.

[edhopper]

42. I don't think that is a good use

of $300 billion.

[jimlup]

45. Why not?

it moves money to people who's money it actually is in the first place and since incentives are needed it is a fair incentive.

I recognize that it might not be politically tenable but let's start the evaluation with some questions. First is would it significantly improve vaccine compliance. I think real data would be needed before any decisions are made but I'll be willing to bet it would.

[edhopper]

46. Because $300 billion dollars

can do a lot more good than giving it to idiots who don't want to end COVID.
The rest of us don't need the bribe and would rather see that money go to infrastructure or healthcare.

[jimlup]

52. Actually I don't agree

agree to disagree?

[edhopper]

55. Sure

[MissMillie]

43. My state just announced a lottery

(Massachusetts)

Starting July 1, any fully vaccinated person can enter to win one of five $1M prizes (or a college fund if you're 12-17 years of age).

You wouldn't think MA, as reliably blue as it is would have to resort to this, but there are areas in the state that aren't at all blue.

I'm eligible to win!! And the first drawing is the week of my birthday!

[edhopper]

47. Let's see if that increases the vaccination rate

my guess, the unvaccinated will think it is a scam.

[NoMoreRepugs]

44. Carlin said it best...

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

We all know he was talking about Americans.

[alittlelark]

51. NM is now offering $100 to get vaccinated

I went to Costco in Albuquerque today to get a scrip for feline friend. The pharmacy was the fullest I had ever seen it - 90% were there for a vaccine shot..............

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