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Nah, ain’t about politics at all

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  • JollyJ Jolly

    How many here have had COVID? 👋

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    Copper
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    #41

    @jolly said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:

    How many here have had COVID? 👋

    I have

    But I still follow the rules

    Because science

    ![alt text](cd93ec82-17b2-40a7-8929-b942f8a1e26d-image.png image url)

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      #42

      That's funny.😂😂

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        @bachophile I don't think it's necessarily mistrust of government. It's a cultural signal to be anti-vax. Some people are getting vaxxed in secret so their family and friends don't know.

        It's a similar phenomenon to virtue signaling.

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        @xenon said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:

        @bachophile I don't think it's necessarily mistrust of government. It's a cultural signal to be anti-vax. Some people are getting vaxxed in secret so their family and friends don't know.

        It's a similar phenomenon to virtue signaling.

        I wouldn't be surprised at all if there is vaccination going on behind the backs of family and friends. I wish more would.

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        • brendaB brenda

          @xenon said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:

          @bachophile I don't think it's necessarily mistrust of government. It's a cultural signal to be anti-vax. Some people are getting vaxxed in secret so their family and friends don't know.

          It's a similar phenomenon to virtue signaling.

          I wouldn't be surprised at all if there is vaccination going on behind the backs of family and friends. I wish more would.

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          taiwan_girl
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          #44

          @brenda I think you are right.

          When people are asked if they will get vaccinated (for job reasons, etc), there is a relatively "high" percent that say they would never do it.

          For example, one US medical group workers said that 20% or so would not get vaccinated.

          However, when final results were in, the un-vaccinated were less than a couple %.

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            Jolly
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            #45

            At the end of the day, people have to eat and pay the rent.

            They may get vaxxed, but it leaves a nice, slow burn in place...

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              #46

              https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/health/vaccine-misinformation-consequences/index.html

              "Strong Conservative", after survived hospitalization with COVID-19, decides to get vaccinated, but is losing friends over it.

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                Jolly
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                #47

                Wonder how long they had to hunt for that story...

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  Wonder how long they had to hunt for that story...

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                  bachophile
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                  #48

                  @jolly
                  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2784480

                  lots of them out there....

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                    Jolly
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                    #49

                    Well, duh.

                    This cohort study found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not a stable trait precluding vaccination but, instead, is labile.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      At the end of the day, people have to eat and pay the rent.

                      They may get vaxxed, but it leaves a nice, slow burn in place...

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                      @jolly said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:

                      At the end of the day, people have to eat and pay the rent.

                      They may get vaxxed, but it leaves a nice, slow burn in place...

                      As part of living in a civilized society, EVERYBODY has to put aside some of their personal preferences and beliefs.

                      You may be right, but if vaccine or testing requirements remain, I doubt it will bother people for too long. People have pretty short memories.

                      I remember when smoking bans were first put in place in Taiwan (and Taiwan had a pretty bad smoking culture). People against the smoking bans had the same passion as many people show against vaccines.

                      One year, two years after the ban were placed, there were no words of protest against it.

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                        #51

                        America ain't Taiwan.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          America ain't Taiwan.

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                          taiwan_girl
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                          @jolly

                          Maybe I am not making you understand me.I think it applies to any country.

                          Want to get on an airplane? have to go through an x-ray machine.

                          But I think that X-rays machines are sucking the soul from my body. I cannot agree.

                          Okay. Than you can't fly.

                          My kids will be starting school next year.

                          Okay, you need immunization X, Y, Z

                          But I dont believe in those.

                          Okay, you cannot go to a public school.

                          Wearing clothes is like wearing a mask. An infringement on my rights.

                          Okay, but you are no longer allowed to go out in public.

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            @jolly

                            Maybe I am not making you understand me.I think it applies to any country.

                            Want to get on an airplane? have to go through an x-ray machine.

                            But I think that X-rays machines are sucking the soul from my body. I cannot agree.

                            Okay. Than you can't fly.

                            My kids will be starting school next year.

                            Okay, you need immunization X, Y, Z

                            But I dont believe in those.

                            Okay, you cannot go to a public school.

                            Wearing clothes is like wearing a mask. An infringement on my rights.

                            Okay, but you are no longer allowed to go out in public.

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                            #53

                            What exactly is being protected?

                            I mean exactly, without question.

                            That is unknown.

                            The question is not, what is the law? I don't think the mandate is actually a law.

                            The question is why?

                            The answer is just not very well defined.

                            I think we can all agree with, shut up. But there is an element of doubt.

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                              Jolly
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                              You're mandating a vaccine that does not prevent infection from the disease you may possibly be infected by. It also does not prevent you from transmitting that disease to others, whether they have been vaccinated or not.

                              So, why the mandate? And if the mandate is so effective, why limit it to only companies with over 100 employees?

                              I certainly can see government trying to persuade people to take the COVID vaccine. I can understand insurance companies raising rates on the unvaccinated.

                              But the COVID vaccine is not a vaccine in the traditional sense of the word, and the approach of public health should reflect that.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                “Government propaganda for your five year old”

                                https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/big-bird-vaccine-announcement-sparks-backlash-conservatives-gop-n1283425

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                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

                                      … People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
                                      …
                                      In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
                                      …
                                      Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
                                      …
                                      … the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …

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                                        https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

                                        … People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
                                        …
                                        In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
                                        …
                                        Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
                                        …
                                        … the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …

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                                        @axtremus said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:

                                        https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

                                        … People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
                                        …
                                        In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
                                        …
                                        Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
                                        …
                                        … the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …

                                        Ice cream sales and murder rates.

                                        (For @George-K and other latin nerds, post hoc, ergo propter hoc. )

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                          https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

                                          … People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
                                          …
                                          In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
                                          …
                                          Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
                                          …
                                          … the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …

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                                          Jolly
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                                          @axtremus said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:

                                          https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

                                          … People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
                                          …
                                          In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
                                          …
                                          Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
                                          …
                                          … the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …
                                          Yep, it doubled up in those red counties to 70 per 100,000 people. It's easier to get infected if one is out living life, instead of cowering in the basement.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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