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Jon King

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22. They made their choice, just like a person riding a motorcycle at 150 mph.

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 11:50 AM

Oct 2021

It is what it is, they made a choice. The only people dying are almost solely people who are not physically fit and still choose not to get a free vaccine that has been available everywhere for a year.

To me zero difference between the guy who decides to take his crotch rocket motorcycle and weave in and out of highway traffic without a helmet at 150 mph.

At some point people make their decisions and the rest of us have to have on with our lives.

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Anyone else find it amazing that 10,000 Americans dying weekly from Covid is now an afterthought?? [View all] NoMoreRepugs Oct 2021 OP

It seems that most of the politicians act like the pandemic is at an end. Autumn Oct 2021 #1

Very little in the news about the deadly covid. riversedge Oct 2021 #2

My local news (New Mexico) covers in it each broadcast. left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 #60

Another New Mexican mizogan Oct 2021 #67

0.003% of the population dumbcat Oct 2021 #3

And yet, every city, village, and rural area wnylib Oct 2021 #18

Third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, Pinback Oct 2021 #28

It was only #3? ! fescuerescue Oct 2021 #66

Cancer and heart disease continue to be the heavy hitters Pinback Oct 2021 #75

"people within these fortunate populations personally know few or no COVID victims"..... jaxexpat Oct 2021 #69

I know you're just offering context and explaining the excuses, but jeeze Bucky Oct 2021 #29

...and for two weeks we've heard daily about one death on a movie set. spanone Oct 2021 #49

and the white couple; country is brain-dead I swear. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #53

Yep. spanone Oct 2021 #58

Per WEEK. That's a much bigger number than it looks. n/t pnwmom Oct 2021 #61

except when those dadgum workers don't show up WhiteTara Oct 2021 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author Mariana Oct 2021 #72

Remember when people said that we had to shut everything down because "no deaths are acceptable"? nt PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #4

+1 leftstreet Oct 2021 #19

Who said that? Mariana Oct 2021 #73

Corporate McPravda doesn't want to effect GOP in VA Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #5

Deep in a red state no one cares: More deaths, no masks. peacebuzzard Oct 2021 #6

Mother Nature screwed up...... DENVERPOPS Oct 2021 #51

I think it is, peacebuzzard Oct 2021 #71

By my calculations genxlib Oct 2021 #7

You're partially right. If the American killed is an unarmed black person that cops kill, AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 #16

You're Exaggerating! ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #40

Good point malletgirl02 Oct 2021 #80

Last night... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #8

There is an easy fix to your Bill Maher problem Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #12

And that's what I did. 2naSalit Oct 2021 #13

I agree with Bill Maher 100% Jon King Oct 2021 #24

People dying from this aren't just those who "choose to be stupid" Bucky Oct 2021 #33

And for those of us... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #34

We are doing almost everything you are- with masks on. So tell me- Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #37

That's not what I was saying... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #47

my god--stay away from young children! you can still spread the shit orleans Oct 2021 #57

WOW! Just .......wow !! HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #59

The pandemic is over for you? Wow. elias7 Oct 2021 #78

It requires thinking of others for two seconds Pinback Oct 2021 #44

They don't care about gun deaths, same with Covid deaths. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #9

But Jerry2144 Oct 2021 #17

They don't really care about blastocysts, it is a patriarchy control issue. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #27

Exactly Jerry2144 Oct 2021 #35

White supremacists have huge control issues. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #36

Compensating Jerry2144 Oct 2021 #48

Cannot disagree. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #50

Right. Almost half of this country is a death cult. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #20

Frogs in the water syndrome and all. Solomon Oct 2021 #10

It's an afterthought to the fact that people would rather die Aristus Oct 2021 #11

Too many... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #15

Whistling past the graveyard. n/t Eyeball_Kid Oct 2021 #14

Media played a big role until vaccination cut the death rates. Hortensis Oct 2021 #21

They made their choice, just like a person riding a motorcycle at 150 mph. Jon King Oct 2021 #22

But when that guy barely survives and has to live the rest Lars39 Oct 2021 #45

Reason more important than Ever to Roc2020 Oct 2021 #23

I was starting to become so tired of Bill Maher lapfog_1 Oct 2021 #25

Natural immunity is the best immunity Bucky Oct 2021 #38

It was inevitable that Americans would just accept twodogsbarking Oct 2021 #26

A shocking figure - given that in 2019, 55,000 a week in the U.S. died from ALL causes put together peppertree Oct 2021 #30

These also stealth ways the pandemic increased deaths by other causes Bucky Oct 2021 #42

Sad but true peppertree Oct 2021 #76

Horrifying. elleng Oct 2021 #31

It's been normalized. SledDriver Oct 2021 #32

The disrespect for human life is truly barbaric dlk Oct 2021 #39

Good point, but the US number is 1100 a day jlerollblues Oct 2021 #41

Yesterday's declining 7 day ave death number was 1366. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2021 #74

No. It's who we are ... complacent sheep it seems. KPN Oct 2021 #43

Someone was saying that was Fake News...Another Chinese Hoax according to some people. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #46

What's even more insane is that anti-vaxxers are voluntarily killing themselves! Initech Oct 2021 #52

Only 64% of democrats believe Voter Suppression is a problem (link) uponit7771 Oct 2021 #54

If those of us who care enough to get vaxxed aren't dying, fuck the unvaxed adults. NightWatcher Oct 2021 #55

What's that saying? Calculating Oct 2021 #56

CDC says . . . Richard D Oct 2021 #62

and don't forget jlerollblues Oct 2021 #65

Was there an official announcement that the Covid-19 pandemic is over? Larissa Oct 2021 #63

NYC without a mask mandate repulses me Polybius Oct 2021 #64

Where does the 10k/wk come from? Snackshack Oct 2021 #68

1,129 is a daily average over the past 7 days NickB79 Oct 2021 #77

Traitor Dan Patrick from Texas said it "there are more important things than living" traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #79