Covfefe-19 The 12th Part: The Only Thing Worse Than This New Board Is TrumpVirus2020

[Kepler]

They could be happy precisely because they are unaware of the alternative.

I realize the Krazy Kristians in these rural communities are trying to Hold the Line at 1599. It's the same story 50 miles outside of every city in the blue states, too. Saying broodsows are happy doesn't mean they wouldn't reach for more if they were educated. Indeed it implies that very thing.

The farm folk will never be free until the last billionaire is strangled with the entrails of the last pastor.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

They could be happy precisely because they are unaware of the alternative.

I realize the Krazy Kristians in these rural communities are trying to Hold the Line at 1599. It's the same story 50 miles outside of every city in the blue states, too. Saying broodsows are happy doesn't mean they wouldn't reach for more if they were educated. Indeed it implies that very thing.

The farm folk will never be free until the last billionaire is strangled with the entrails of the last pastor.

Is this in reference to rebound Covid?

[Kepler]

Is this in reference to rebound Covid?

More of a comment on "rural sociology since Reagan, inclusive."

[walrus]

Weighing in- Why the actual F would they not tell folks to err on the side of caution? I totally disagree with the don't test and just go about your business advice. If you test positive then theoretically you have viral load. I cannot understand the cavalier attitude they are trying to foster that ignores we have large portions of the population that are vulnerable. The vulnerable are still dying. We just seem to think this is OK and oh well. Except I love my upper generation and wouldn't get over it if I didn't test, caused their illness and they got horribly ill or died.

Have been reading the latest researches and altho rebound is fairly common there is sig decrease in long covid if it is used. Long Covid scares me way more than the actual illness. That sh1t is nasty

My nephews wife has long Covid, in medical field, PhD physical therapy, speciality in geriatric PT, vaxxed, hasn’t worked in over a year. Tired all the time, sleeps every afternoon, 2 young kids to take care of. Terrible thing to face every day after leading a very active life.

[leswp1]

My nephews wife has long Covid, in medical field, PhD physical therapy, speciality in geriatric PT, vaxxed, hasn’t worked in over a year. Tired all the time, sleeps every afternoon, 2 young kids to take care of. Terrible thing to face every day after leading a very active life.

Sad. We know someone who is younger than us, has 2 small kids and had to switch jobs because long covid. His work place basically put him in a position to get exposed all the time but when he got it (pre-vax time) they did nothing to support him and tried to claim he wasn't at risk, didn't get it at work, etc. Reprehensible. He moved to a different job but is still following with tertiary care center in a med study because his issues are not fixable

[Drew S.]

Schools should never have closed https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/...study-suggests

[French Rage]

Schools should never have closed https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/...study-suggests

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In-person school contributed to transmission


"More than 70% of transmissions in households with adults and children were from a pediatric index case, but this percentage fluctuated weekly," the study authors wrote. "Once US schools reopened in fall 2020, children contributed more to inferred within-household transmission when they were in school, and less during summer and winter breaks, a pattern consistent for 2 consecutive school years."

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The authors concluded that children had an important role in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and that in-person school also resulted in substantial spread. "Future work could validate the inferred transmissions from a participatory network with onsite visits or other contract-tracing outreach for additional data collection and laboratory confirmation," they wrote. "Any system that leverages digital technologies must make every effort to ensure equitable access."

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Lol some people can’t read studies. Others can’t even read summaries of studies

[MichVandal]

Lol some people can’t read studies. Others can’t even read summaries of studies

Depends on what drew's goals are. Maybe he read it exactly right. The right wanted more people to die.

[rufus]

Drew was just bothered cause he had to look after his kids for a while, instead of having teachers do it.

So inconvenienced. Drew, a real man would have made his wife do it. And fetch him a beer.

[First Time, Long Time]

Schools should never have closed https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/...study-suggests

You don't read much do you...

[Swansong]

Drew, did you even read the headline?

[Swansong]

There has always been a substantial amount of "nuh uh!" in conservative beliefs - rejecting new ideas is a literal core concept of a conservative philosophy - but it seems to have become not just a central tenet of modern American conservatism, but the only tenet.

So look at Covid. Many, many millions dead. Lives destroyed. Society changed. And the right wing looks at that and says "nah it was fine".

[MichVandal]

There has always been a substantial amount of "nuh uh!" in conservative beliefs - rejecting new ideas is a literal core concept of a conservative philosophy - but it seems to have become not just a central tenet of modern American conservatism, but the only tenet.

So look at Covid. Many, many millions dead. Lives destroyed. Society changed. And the right wing looks at that and says "nah it was fine".

I disagree on the last point. Based on how they handled it, "fine" may be the word they would use, but I see it as the goal.

Remember, at the outset, most of the dying were in minorities and places where D's had a big advantage- so it was in their interest to make them die for reasons they could get away with. Once that died down, they could not go back and pretend to care.

Basically, drew read the article correctly, and wanted the increased spread, suffering, and deaths because that's what they wanted all along.

[rufus]

When COVID first started, there was a genuine consensus among the government, and the populace as a whole, that this was something scary, serious, and drastic steps needed to be done to control and ameliorate its affects. Hence, shutdowns and large cash infusions to help people get by during them.

That changed though, after about a month or two, and you had those studies coming out that those mostly affected by the virus were the poors, the minorities, the low wage people on the front lines of the economy. Now suddenly you got those cries to open back up, get back to life as usual, end the shutdowns, get the kids back in schools.

I find it hard to believe those two things are unrelated. Those people were expendable, we could tolerate those losses.