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herding cats

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19. I workout 5 days a week.
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 03:57 AM
Jan 2022

Eat extremely healthy, no processed foods, only whole grains, etc. I am thin and fit with a resting heart rate of 65-70, am fully vaxxed and have 2 comorbidities. My 3 year old granddaughter (too young to be vaxxed) also has one.

We didn't choose to be "unhealthy" and were not unhealthy. Yet Covid is a high risk for both of us, so excuse me for not celebrating the "mild" and highly infectious omicron.

The concept of disease prevention is to, you know, prevent it. Which is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to be about. Not making things seem fine for those at the least risk because we're all over this crap impacting our lives adversely and they need bodies keeping the economy flowing. This is a huge risk to people like myself for the sake of keeping the economy moving. Which is NOT supposed to be the focus of the CDC.

At the most gracious take this is a messaging fail, at the worst it's literally the CDC sticking their toe into the economic factor and turning their back on the most vulnerable among us to keep the economy flowing. Public health and deaths of the most vulnerable among us be damned.

Anywho, that's why doctors, researchers, epidemiologist, ED staff (who are extremely burned out and didn't need a free for all approach to further strain them) and the vast majority of the rest of medical field are miffed about this right now. It goes against all the tenets they hold most dear. The CDC is supposed to prevent disease, not let it spread and overload medical professionals, just because it's bad for the economy.

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GOOD LAWD Skittles Jan 2022 #1
Looking forward to the incoming director, new & improved.. appalachiablue Jan 2022 #2
I've heard that sentiment, usually from repukes Skittles Jan 2022 #3
Very GOP, elite, Ayn Rand Libertarian eugenicist, appalachiablue Jan 2022 #4
Dan Patrick, Texas Lt. Governor, suggested old people should just volunteer to die so the economy tblue37 Jan 2022 #42
he is one fine nazi Skittles Jan 2022 #43
Exactly. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #30
This is an unwise spin. Over 1/2 of Americans have a chronic condition, over 1/4 have multiple. RockRaven Jan 2022 #5
Which is precisely the problem. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #12
I certainly hope you are the only one. NullTuples Jan 2022 #21
I am not talking about a mythical standard of perfection. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #33
You: "This is not fat-shaming. It's stating a fact." NullTuples Jan 2022 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author tblue37 Jan 2022 #44
Walensky has been an unmitigated disaster through this entire ordeal. littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #6
Her original acceptance speech was a real turnoff. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #9
Oh, I missed that. Do you have any idea how I can find it? littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #25
Perhaps you can google it. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #34
I'm in the long line with you on that one CentralMass Jan 2022 #23
SHEESH Faux pas Jan 2022 #7
...but this really is the truth YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #8
The previous administration created a deadly situation by promoting the very essence of eugenics. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #13
Exactly!!!!!!!!! Jon King Jan 2022 #15
That's the first thing I thought of when I read the post. BigmanPigman Jan 2022 #17
Just awful. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #10
This has been the case all along. They're trying to sacrifice my husband. onecaliberal Jan 2022 #11
+1 BeckyDem Jan 2022 #28
She did not say anyything wrong at all. Jon King Jan 2022 #14
I workout 5 days a week. herding cats Jan 2022 #19
+2 appalachiablue Jan 2022 #32
Pregnant women also expendable? Nululu Jan 2022 #16
Dear God orangecrush Jan 2022 #18
I'm fucking mortified by some of the comments here. chowder66 Jan 2022 #20
++ CentralMass Jan 2022 #24
The same, what I instantly thought. Dont the appalachiablue Jan 2022 #31
👆🏻👆🏻 onecaliberal Jan 2022 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jan 2022 #38
The absolute base-thinking here blows my mind. chowder66 Jan 2022 #46
Here's the list of comorbidities she's speaking of here. herding cats Jan 2022 #22
The point is not everything you list have equal weight in having adverse effects from COVID YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #40
I didn't list them, the CDC did and with their own qualifiers. herding cats Jan 2022 #45
I did not hear her say anyone was expendable tirebiter Jan 2022 #26
Think about it. Her wording could not be anymore important, agreed? BeckyDem Jan 2022 #29
Exactly YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #41
This is beyond worrisome. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #27
"If they have other problems, that's what it really affects. That's it." dalton99a Jan 2022 #36
That's it, tx. The old, useless eaters need to go! appalachiablue Jan 2022 #37
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