General Discussion

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

57. Also, carriers infect others. Right. We shouldn't copy antivaxxers

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 04:15 AM

Apr 2022

in "forgetting" the genuinely evil dynamic at play here. Power seeking and factional malice is how the right, and plentiful useful idiots, turned an initially stoppable pandemic into a politically driven holocaust with over a million dead in the U.S. alone and more every day.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

94 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Covid infections are up by 68%, over the past two weeks, in my county [View all] Siwsan Apr 2022 OP

Hospitalizations so far not picking up which is great though. Lucky Luciano Apr 2022 #1

This is incorrect. Hospital rates are up AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #18

Fair enough, but I don't count the eligible unvaccinated. They deserve what they get. Lucky Luciano Apr 2022 #21

That's not right of you to do though AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #23

Some people have limited access to vaccinations nitpicker Apr 2022 #43

Also, carriers infect others. Right. We shouldn't copy antivaxxers Hortensis Apr 2022 #57

Genesse/Flint may be good at testing the water. May provide some advance clues empedocles Apr 2022 #2

Masks are quite effective even if only one person wearing one SheltieLover Apr 2022 #3

BA.2 (BA.2.1 & BA.2.2) . . .. Lovie777 Apr 2022 #4

Apparently BA.2.12.1 (for places that actually do subtyping, like in NY, but sadly not many others ) BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #10

Isn't it possible that there might be an advantage wnylib Apr 2022 #37

The vaccine makers have been working on ones that would try to deal with Omicron BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #39

I had the Asian flu in the 1957-58 pandemic. wnylib Apr 2022 #41

Well the influenza viruses are configured and act differently than SARS CoV2 BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #48

Yes, I'm aware that the Plague was caused by bacteria, not a virus. wnylib Apr 2022 #49

If you think about it BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #59

Thanks. Very interesting. My childhood wnylib Apr 2022 #64

It definitely sounds like quirks in the immune system BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #78

Sure looks like there is a connection between covid and wnylib Apr 2022 #83

That should hopefully be something for to really need to dive into BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #84

I heard about MIS-C in children soon after wnylib Apr 2022 #85

I have a small stash... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #5

I'm not surprised. llmart Apr 2022 #6

Case counts are meaningless. SoonerPride Apr 2022 #7

How does that work for infants and children? phylny Apr 2022 #11

It works just fine. SoonerPride Apr 2022 #24

Okay. phylny Apr 2022 #27

In "rare cases." SoonerPride Apr 2022 #29

"Infants and children are not the demographic threatened by Covid." phylny Apr 2022 #31

I guess we can disagree on what constitutues acceptable risk. SoonerPride Apr 2022 #32

It said that deaths were rare, not that wnylib Apr 2022 #35

Thank you. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #54

Alas, my doctor is among those people, wnylib Apr 2022 #68

Polio and chicken pox are my main examples. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #73

A very painful, crippling aftereffect of wnylib Apr 2022 #75

I keep talking about it, Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #77

We will pay the price down the road. wnylib Apr 2022 #82

Permenant? Zeitghost Apr 2022 #58

"Permenant? How could that even be known at this point?" BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #60

Is that really a serious question? wnylib Apr 2022 #70

Regarding long term heart disease wnylib Apr 2022 #71

Because of how BA.1 & BA.2.x is configured as a variant BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #33

Exactly correct! beaglelover Apr 2022 #14

Covid is just too tricky of a virus for me to treat lightly Siwsan Apr 2022 #15

"Case counts are meaningless." BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #25

OK, add the word "essentially" SoonerPride Apr 2022 #28

Sorry to have dropped that load on you BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #30

I think that's easy to say if you live in an area with low spread, but some of us aren't that lucky liberal_mama Apr 2022 #36

Oklahoma has averaged 75 cases a day for the two weeks. SoonerPride Apr 2022 #38

So people who wear masks aren't living? Who knew. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #55

+1 gulliver Apr 2022 #88

Post removed Post removed Apr 2022 #8

Buh-bye! demmiblue Apr 2022 #12

I keep missing the comments of the trolls who attack my Covid posts!! Siwsan Apr 2022 #13

Would you like me to... AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #19

Sure! Siwsan Apr 2022 #22

Post removed Post removed Apr 2022 #50

Yer gonna go bye bye Sugarcoated Apr 2022 #51

Enjoy your stay. ancianita Apr 2022 #52

lol what did that person say? AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #65

It was blasting right wing talking points about COVID. ancianita Apr 2022 #67

Of course! AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #69

Yes, keep on masking! Quakerfriend Apr 2022 #9

There was not one Covid patient in the Hospital where hubs had his surgery...big hospital. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #16

Funny thing - I haven't had a cold in over 2 years. Siwsan Apr 2022 #17

No colds or anything else for me since June 2013! Knock wood! Lucky Luciano Apr 2022 #26

COVID is not the cold, or a flu. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #56

we also jumped up this week in my state bigtree Apr 2022 #20

Adding one (my) data point. Precipice_dweller Apr 2022 #34

Welcome to DU BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #42

I'm glad you recovered. Welcome to DU. NNadir Apr 2022 #79

I got you beat. We're up 138% over 2 weeks ago. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #40

Another 303 have died in Kansas since April 1st Bengus81 Apr 2022 #44

Arlington County VA just upticked to 100 cases a day nitpicker Apr 2022 #45

Spring break ended Monday. Got a notice from the school today there was a positive case. haele Apr 2022 #46

10 new cases in the past 2 wks here in my home county in Upper Michigan Kaleva Apr 2022 #47

This number can be very deceiving. When counts are low, even a few more people can make Quixote1818 Apr 2022 #53

This is why both metrics need to be looked at BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #61

Surely the coalmine canaries are exhausted by now? BSdetect Apr 2022 #62

I'm hoping TheFarseer Apr 2022 #63

You can't do this again? AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #66

If masks limit the spread, then why aren't they working in S. Korea, Germany, and Vietnam? Yavin4 Apr 2022 #74

Masks limit the spread AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #76

The virus is seasonal. Yavin4 Apr 2022 #72

seasonal, meaning any occasion where large numbers of numbskulls gather unprotected bigtree Apr 2022 #80

The virus spreads in places where people don't crowd as well. Yavin4 Apr 2022 #86

Antartica wasn't responsible for spreading it into my state bigtree Apr 2022 #87

We cannot stop the virus from spreading no matter what we do. Yavin4 Apr 2022 #89

"There's nothing that we can do about the spread." False. bigtree Apr 2022 #90

Two years of rising cases across the country and the planet Yavin4 Apr 2022 #92

I'm working up my own anecdotal report bigtree Apr 2022 #93

"The only control we have is to get vaccinated and boosted regularly." BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #81

130% Here, But... ProfessorGAC Apr 2022 #91

On the way back from the Big Island to Germany DFW Apr 2022 #94