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thucythucy

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3. Doesn't the virus understand how tired we are of wearing masks?
Sat May 14, 2022, 05:41 AM
May 2022

Doesn't it know how much we long to get back to "normal"--you know, our usual posture of ignoring the needs of anyone other than ourselves?

After all, this is 'Merica! To defeat fascism our forebears put up with gas and food rationing, blackout curtains, curfews, a universal draft. All so we wouldn't have to bear the unbearable: wearing a piece of cloth on our faces, keeping a reasonable distance. And then, two years into the war, everyone decided they were tired with all that nonsense, declared victory, and moved on! Isn't that how it worked? So why can't we do that now?

Think of the children who can't see each other's faces during active shooter drills! Think of the mega-corporations and their millionaire and billionaire owners! How can they be expected to thrive without packed malls and subservient workers?

O the humanity!




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Covid ba.2 in New England: [View all] Tomconroy May 2022 OP
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Do you know why North America is the only region with growing cases? TIA. progree May 2022 #2
North America is not the only region increasing unc70 May 2022 #5
That's why I specified REGIONS as opposed to some individual countries here and there progree May 2022 #12
Most Western European rates are much higher than USA unc70 May 2022 #20
Yup, I was talking about whether rates are increasing or decreasing, not whether the rates are high progree May 2022 #21
South Africa is currently getting hit with ba.4&5. Cases rising. Tomconroy May 2022 #6
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Doesn't the virus understand how tired we are of wearing masks? thucythucy May 2022 #3
It's hitting NYC hard Dorian Gray May 2022 #4
Maybe not, my daughter in law tested positive, and is now negative, and my son did not. Unless he dem4decades May 2022 #8
Aw, happy Dorian Gray May 2022 #26
My daughter and her husband left yesterday for a 5 day vacation in NYC liberal_mama May 2022 #17
Thank you Dorian Gray May 2022 #25
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Sounds like they're Dorian Gray May 2022 #43
Both of our kids had it at different times and nobody else in our household caught it. Ace Rothstein May 2022 #22
It's like that, right? Dorian Gray May 2022 #24
Yep. Ace Rothstein May 2022 #28
Has the hospitalization rate started to climb? Roland99 May 2022 #7
Give it six weeks. nt Samrob May 2022 #10
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:( Roland99 May 2022 #23
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The hospitalization rate in CT has started to climb. However Tomconroy May 2022 #41
Lots of sober Tickle May 2022 #9
Get your second booster, folks. roamer65 May 2022 #13
Getting mine tomorrow. panader0 May 2022 #15
.. roamer65 May 2022 #16
In my county in New York, we have been at over 500 cases per 100,000 for a while now liberal_mama May 2022 #14
The rationing worries me Meowmee May 2022 #29
This opinion deserves its own OP. n/t Ms. Toad May 2022 #32
Especially since the opinion was written by Zeke Emmanual liberal_mama May 2022 #34
Yes. Ms. Toad May 2022 #37
because of all the stupid selfish assholes who stopped masking Skittles May 2022 #27
Yup. Ms. Toad May 2022 #31
I just don't understand why there hasn't been a stronger government response to this, even at... keep_left May 2022 #33
It will. Ms. Toad May 2022 #30
Experts are out fighting for their online relevancy BannonsLiver May 2022 #36
Although I'm putting on a mask again there is no real Tomconroy May 2022 #38
Wasn't taking about you tom BannonsLiver May 2022 #39
Oh, I know. I was just taking a roundabout shot at the covid Tomconroy May 2022 #40
PS: since I've done the only thing that actually is proven to Tomconroy May 2022 #42
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