How can there not be a COVID-19 thread?

[Alli]

So Kay Ivey was in the news for a day, for her "no nonsense" approach to blaming the unvaccinated for Alabama's issues with Covid.

Memaw is conflicted. She wants to do the right thing, but she also wants to be liked by the rest of the right.

 

[Thomas Veil]

So Kay Ivey was in the news for a day, for her "no nonsense" approach to blaming the unvaccinated for Alabama's issues with Covid.

Only there's a bit of an issue of Ivey specifically being the one to blame the unvaccinated, as if her party hasn't had a hand in making this an issue.


You can stop @ 5 minutes to get the relevant part

I think the more likely reasoning for Ivey's new outlook & potentially other politicians is this...

I saw that and I have the feeling she’s really going to pay for that.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Memaw is conflicted. She wants to do the right thing, but she also wants to be liked by the rest of the right.

I saw that and I have the feeling she’s really going to pay for that.

I think that's correct. She has a base to appeal to, and like some other governors & a former president thought we all could just coast thru this. Unfortunately some place had to be the worst case scenario, and it's currently her state. So like the Youtuber pointed out, it's time to blame the very people that were fed constant partisan points on mask, and vaccine hesitancy. All the while seeking to distance herself & others from their part in all of this.

If she's so mad, why didn't she hammer home the point she's been ( I'm assuming ) vaccinated earlier?

It should have been a focus much earlier, not when so many are entrenched in a line of thinking.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I’m actually pretty concerned right now. My daughter’s family is going on a long ago booked vacation to Florida…with an overnight stay in Alabama.

If you think I haven’t been forwarding articles and drilling mask-wearing into her…

 

[Alli]

I’m actually pretty concerned right now. My daughter’s family is going on a long ago booked vacation to Florida…with an overnight stay in Alabama.

If you think I haven’t been forwarding articles and drilling mask-wearing into her…

Somewhat off topic, but where are they stopping in AL? Some areas are better/worse than others. I take it they’re heading to Orlando in FL?

 

[Thomas Veil]

No idea in AL, but their ultimate destination is Florida’s panhandle.

Edit: she tells me Decatur.

 

[Alli]

No idea in AL, but their ultimate destination is Florida’s panhandle.

That’s all my neck of the woods. I’m actually flying into Pensacola tomorrow.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Hypocrites

 

[Thomas Veil]

Absolute insanity. Pure, hardcore insanity. They are still holding superspreader events…with Trump as the headliner no less.

'Dangerous and stupid': ER physician on packed, maskless Trump event | CNN

Maskless supporters packed a Phoenix theater for a chance to see former President Donald Trump as Covid-19 cases in the area have more than doubled due to the contagious Delta variant. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.

www.cnn.com

 

[JayMysteri0]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1420050609538015237/

 

[SuperMatt]

I saw a piece in The NY Times (one of two that caught my ire) from Bret Stephens about COVID:

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1420201405512437766/

 

[User.45]

I saw a piece in The NY Times (one of two that caught my ire) from Bret Stephens about COVID:

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1420201405512437766/

Honestly, I don't read anything from Bret Stephens. I gave him 3 or 4 shots but he came out ALWAYS underwhelming in all of those instances. So underwhelming/bad that I actually looked him up never to ever waste time on what he writes. He does not deserve my time.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Yeah...

I'm beginning to realize that those who bitched the loudest when we were asked to wear masks until a vaccine comes along, will be doing their part to take us back to those days.

Arkansas Reports 33 New Covid-19 Patients Placed on Ventilators in Single Day

The state has seen a terrifying covid-19 surge of the delta variant while just 36% of residents are fully vaccinated.

gizmodo.com

Arkansas hospitals placed 33 new covid-19 patients on ventilators Tuesday, according to the state’s department of health, bringing the total to 205 patients struggling for life on the machines. Sadly, that’s the highest number of patients on ventilators since January, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, and it’s due largely to the state’s desperately low vaccination rates.

The number of covid-19 patients currently hospitalized in Arkansas is 1,025, another high that hasn’t been seen since January of this year. The state recorded 2,052 new cases on Tuesday, with 10 new deaths from the disease.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, tweeted about the depressing milestones on Tuesday, urging residents to get vaccinated.

“Today our hospitalizations crossed the 1,000 mark. I will meet with my COVID Task Force tomorrow morning to discuss ways to increase hospital capacity. Vaccines are the best antidote for our increasing numbers; the best antidote for fear is counsel from a trustworthy advisor,” Hutchinson tweeted.

Why the realization?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1419715086982303748/

FFS

It makes you realize why some are so desperate to be blame China or create elaborate conspiracies. The group first to yell "personal responsibility" is the last to take it themselves.

 

[Herdfan]

Yeah...

I'm beginning to realize that those who bitched the loudest when we were asked to wear masks until a vaccine comes along, will be doing their part to take us back to those days.

Well, I am here.

All I will say is if there is a problem getting people to get the vaccine, bring back mask mandates is not going to help. It will probably hurt.

 

[Eric]

Well, I am here.

All I will say is if there is a problem getting people to get the vaccine, bring back mask mandates is not going to help. It will probably hurt.

They all say that until they're on a ventilator and you see them on the news saying "I wish I would've listened". The takeaway is for some absolutely nothing short of knocking on deaths door will convince them otherwise. Fine if they want to eat their own but when it infects others it's flat out irresponsible.

 

[Deleted member 199]

They all say that until they're on a ventilator and you see them on the news saying "I wish I would've listened". The takeaway is for some absolutely nothing short of knocking on deaths door will convince them otherwise. Fine if they want to eat their own but when it infects others it's flat out irresponsible.

Don’t assume they all even get to that point of realisation.

my wife’s uncle never wore a helmet, got hit off his motor bike, ended up in a coma for.. 8 days I think.

“recovered”… back on the bike, no helmet.
the progression for some people about any kind of negative consequences to their actions seems to be:

1. Zero thoughts about it
2. “It won’t happen to me”
3. It happens
4. Change nothing
5. It can’t happen again
6. Go to step 3.

 

[SuperMatt]

Iowa’s governor is blaming the resurgence of COVID-19 on immigrants crossing the border….

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds blames unvaccinated migrants for recent Covid spike

"Part of the problem is the southern border is open and we’ve got 88 countries that are coming across the border and they don’t have vaccines," she told reporters Tuesday.

www.nbcnews.com

Is there a high speed rail taking them straight from Texas to Iowa as soon as they cross?

 

[JayMysteri0]

CDC: Color-coded map shows where Americans need to wear masks again, and where you can go maskless, outside of schools

Vaccinated people can still spread the Delta variant, which is one of the biggest reasons masks are being recommended indoors again.

www.businessinsider.com

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1420475298051678212/

 

[Thomas Veil]

Shaking my head.

The Covid-19 vaccine has become so polarizing that some people in Missouri are getting inoculated in secret for fear of backlash from their friends and family who oppose vaccination, a doctor told CNN Wednesday.

"They did their own research on it, and they talked to people and made the decisions themselves," Frase told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "But even though they were able to make that decision themselves, they didn't want to have to deal with the peer pressure or the outbursts from other people about them ... 'giving in to everything.'"

In a hospital produced video, Frase said one pharmacist at her hospital told her "they've had several people come in to get vaccinated who have tried to sort of disguise their appearance and even went so far as to say, 'please, please, please don't let anybody know that I got this vaccine.'"

This is what it’s come to. We have people ashamed of doing the right thing, the lifesaving thing.

Unbelievable.

Some people in Missouri are getting vaccinated in secret to avoid backlash from loved ones, doctor says | CNN

The Covid-19 vaccine has become so polarizing that some people in Missouri are getting inoculated in secret for fear of backlash from their friends and family who oppose vaccination, a doctor told CNN on Wednesday.

www.cnn.com

 

[SuperMatt]

Holy cow, look at West Virginia on this chart projecting when each state will get to 70% vaccination rate... you might need to scroll down.