COVIDiots

[Vrede too]

Poor drunken baby can't handle having now flubbbed with his former buddy in this tangent. Awww.
Where does billy.pilgrim live?

[billy.pilgrim]

That cdc map with all the red counties in the SE. Easy to poke fun at Alabama and a few others that only had a couple of you counties, but sick to look at Florida with none, zero, zilch, nada. Fuck you Ron DeSantis.

By "you counties", do you mean "blue counties" ?

That would make sense.

And I guess it depends on which CDC map one is looking at.There are a variety of options from which to choose.

When outdoors in the neighborhood we are no longer wearing masks. But to do most any shopping indoors, yes, masking is required. I *think* it's up to the business, and slowly more places are opening up again (like bars and restaurants), although I haven't tried going to any yet. Not sure how one can eat at a restaurant or drink at a bar with a mask on, but so far haven't tried.

This pandemic really sucks. If everyone would just get vaccinated it might be over a lot quicker. And given how fast the Delta variant spread from India, it's looking like the whole world needs to be at least 75% vaccinated. And maybe a new vaccine as well.

Not paying attention and let the phone substitute you for yellow.

[billy.pilgrim]

Theater of the absurd, our Congress at work.

I'm sure they were arrested as the dems were last week.

[Ulysses]

That cdc map with all the red counties in the SE. Easy to poke fun at Alabama and a few others that only had a couple of you counties, but sick to look at Florida with none, zero, zilch, nada. Fuck you Ron DeSantis.

By "you counties", do you mean "blue counties" ?

That would make sense.

And I guess it depends on which CDC map one is looking at.There are a variety of options from which to choose.

When outdoors in the neighborhood we are no longer wearing masks. But to do most any shopping indoors, yes, masking is required. I *think* it's up to the business, and slowly more places are opening up again (like bars and restaurants), although I haven't tried going to any yet. Not sure how one can eat at a restaurant or drink at a bar with a mask on, but so far haven't tried.

This pandemic really sucks. If everyone would just get vaccinated it might be over a lot quicker. And given how fast the Delta variant spread from India, it's looking like the whole world needs to be at least 75% vaccinated. And maybe a new vaccine as well.

Not paying attention and let the phone substitute you for yellow.

Thank you for the respectful response.

Too bad not everyone here has your good manners.

[Ulysses]

Theater of the absurd, our Congress at work.

I'm sure they were arrested as the dems were last week.

Actually I did some more searching, and apparently it was just about 50 of the con cucks who walked out of the House. And, apparently they were let into the Senate, maskless.

The big difference is that while a majority of the House Goppers remain unvaccinated, a majority of the Senate GOP is fully jabbed.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5655 ... te-protest

Plus Google shows the House GOPers have walked out of the House chamber numerous times in the past. Too bad it wasn't a permanent walk. But I guess the voters will have to see to that next year.

[billy.pilgrim]

That cdc map with all the red counties in the SE. Easy to poke fun at Alabama and a few others that only had a couple of you counties, but sick to look at Florida with none, zero, zilch, nada. Fuck you Ron DeSantis.

By "you counties", do you mean "blue counties" ?

That would make sense.

And I guess it depends on which CDC map one is looking at.There are a variety of options from which to choose.

When outdoors in the neighborhood we are no longer wearing masks. But to do most any shopping indoors, yes, masking is required. I *think* it's up to the business, and slowly more places are opening up again (like bars and restaurants), although I haven't tried going to any yet. Not sure how one can eat at a restaurant or drink at a bar with a mask on, but so far haven't tried.

This pandemic really sucks. If everyone would just get vaccinated it might be over a lot quicker. And given how fast the Delta variant spread from India, it's looking like the whole world needs to be at least 75% vaccinated. And maybe a new vaccine as well.

Not paying attention and let the phone substitute you for yellow.

Thank you for the respectful response.

Too bad not everyone here has your good manners.

It's the new kinder gentler me

[Ulysses]

That cdc map with all the red counties in the SE. Easy to poke fun at Alabama and a few others that only had a couple of you counties, but sick to look at Florida with none, zero, zilch, nada. Fuck you Ron DeSantis.

By "you counties", do you mean "blue counties" ?

That would make sense.

And I guess it depends on which CDC map one is looking at.There are a variety of options from which to choose.

When outdoors in the neighborhood we are no longer wearing masks. But to do most any shopping indoors, yes, masking is required. I *think* it's up to the business, and slowly more places are opening up again (like bars and restaurants), although I haven't tried going to any yet. Not sure how one can eat at a restaurant or drink at a bar with a mask on, but so far haven't tried.

This pandemic really sucks. If everyone would just get vaccinated it might be over a lot quicker. And given how fast the Delta variant spread from India, it's looking like the whole world needs to be at least 75% vaccinated. And maybe a new vaccine as well.

Not paying attention and let the phone substitute you for yellow.

Thank you for the respectful response.

Too bad not everyone here has your good manners.

It's the new kinder gentler me

You're setting a fine example for the rest of us.

[billy.pilgrim]

By "you counties", do you mean "blue counties" ?

That would make sense.

And I guess it depends on which CDC map one is looking at.There are a variety of options from which to choose.

When outdoors in the neighborhood we are no longer wearing masks. But to do most any shopping indoors, yes, masking is required. I *think* it's up to the business, and slowly more places are opening up again (like bars and restaurants), although I haven't tried going to any yet. Not sure how one can eat at a restaurant or drink at a bar with a mask on, but so far haven't tried.

This pandemic really sucks. If everyone would just get vaccinated it might be over a lot quicker. And given how fast the Delta variant spread from India, it's looking like the whole world needs to be at least 75% vaccinated. And maybe a new vaccine as well.

Not paying attention and let the phone substitute you for yellow.

Thank you for the respectful response.

Too bad not everyone here has your good manners.

It's the new kinder gentler me

You're setting a fine example for the rest of us.

Or maybe I'm just getting lazy

[Ulysses]

Not paying attention and let the phone substitute you for yellow.

Thank you for the respectful response.

Too bad not everyone here has your good manners.

It's the new kinder gentler me

You're setting a fine example for the rest of us.

Or maybe I'm just getting lazy

Nothing wrong with that.

Some people here just live to fight, even when it makes zero sense.

[Vrede too]

Oh, quit whining. You started this round by criticizing the CDC link I posted, the very same one that you would then post an out-of-date pic of an undated, missing-legend map from. Anyone can page back and see this.
viewtopic.php?p=141122#p141122
I could go on since I know how you love to slake your masochism with ongoing humiliations, but I get bored with your lies and denials. So, I'll just leave it with a metaphor for this entire tangent. When you couldn't find a legend for the CDC map, it was the CDC's fault, as if that was ever a reasonable conclusion. Then, when I told you there is a legend and you had the genius revelation that it was your zoom setting, it became my fault for not guessing how you were fucking up this time.

You have yet to apologize for or even admit this stupidity and it's a perfect example of how you're a perpetual victim without the balls to ever admit error.

Now, don't fret about your masochistic needs. You'll do it all again soon.

[Vrede too]

That cdc map with all the red counties in the SE. Easy to poke fun at Alabama and a few others that only had a couple of (yellow) counties, but sick to look at Florida with none, zero, zilch, nada. Fuck you Ron DeSantis.

It's really really bad.

Florida virus cases soar, hospitals near last summer's peak

Hospital admissions of coronavirus patients continue to soar in Florida with at least two areas in the state surpassing the previous peaks of last summer's surge, prompting calls by local officials for the governor to declare an emergency.

A large hospital system in Jacksonville said its hospitals were at maximum capacity, its emergency centers also at a critical point as the state grappled with the new and more infectious delta variant of the COVID-19 virus.

In Brevard County, two hospitals began setting up treatment tents at its emergency departments. And at a Fort Lauderdale park, a long line of cars snaked around a testing site, recalling the first weeks of the pandemic last year.

Florida hospitals reported more than 8,900 patients with COVID-19 on Thursday, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Florida Hospital Association said the state peaked at 10,179 cases last July.

The patient number on Thursday was five times higher than a month ago, and it quickly climbed from about 5,500 in just one week....

AdventHealth said Thursday it had reached a new high on Thursday since the pandemic began with about 1,000 COVID-19 hospitalized patients across its system in central Florida. Twelve hospitals in the state are reporting critical staffing shortages to the federal government.

The state reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an additional 17,500 cases — making one fifth of the national new caseload — and 56 new deaths, raising the total death toll for the state to nearly 38,900....

Just 48 percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated, and hospitals say the vast majority of the patients with COVID-19 are unvaccinated.

Despite calls for him to declare an emergency, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed not to reinstate any pandemic restrictions. In early June the state stopped providing daily figures of cases and deaths, switching to weekly reports.

He signed a law in May a measure that invalidated local COVID-19 orders and gave him power to nullify future ones.

On Wednesday, the governor mocked new federal guidelines recommending use of masks even for those vaccinated against COVID-19. He also took aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, who recently said the U.S. is in an “unnecessary predicament" of soaring cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant.

DeSantis said Florida would “choose freedom over Fauci-ism."

“I think it’s very important we say, unequivocally, ‘No to lockdowns, no to school closures, no to restrictions, no to mandates,’” DeSantis said. “We’ll be holding the line. We will not back down.”

His words drew enthusiastic applause during his appearance in Salt Lake City, Utah, before the American Legislative Exchange Council, a group that pushes conservative policies in Republican-controlled state legislatures.

DeSantis said he opposes those measures because they were ineffective and “had catastrophic consequences" for the economy.

The governor's stance against lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccine passports is a key component of his reelection campaign. The campaign is selling koozies with the phrase “How the hell am I going to drink a beer with a mask on?” and T-shirts reading: “Don’t Fauci My Florida.” ...

Fuck you Ron DeSantis.

[Vrede too]

Maybe he ain't all bad:

The Philippine president told unvaccinated people 'for all I care, you can die any time' as he continues his brutal threats against vaccine deniers

... Rodrigo Duterte told a national address on Wednesday: "For those who do not want it, well, for all I care, you can die anytime."

He also said he wants the police to restrict the movement of people who refuse coronavirus vaccines: "To those people who do not want to be vaccinated, I am telling you, don't go out of your house."

"If you go out of your house, I will tell the police to return you to your home. You will be escorted back to your house because you are a walking spreader."

It's a pretty moot issue, though:

Only 6% of the country is vaccinated, according to Reuters.

Duterte previously threatened to jail people who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine.

Supply delays have also slowed the vaccination rate in some parts of the country, Bloomberg reported.

Idk if this is Duterte's fault.

Can you imagine a US pol saying, "Fine, just die then"? I'd vote for her/him.

[neoplacebo]

Looks like the Phillipine dictator is advocating the same public health policies that I would. If your house can't hold you, the jail can.

[Vrede too]

Looks like the Phillipine dictator is advocating the same public health policies that I would. If your house can't hold you, the jail can.

Maybe not Joe and Jane Blow, but we should be jailing influencers, at least the ones that aren't on death's door.

Conservative Radio Host Battling COVID Needs to Fly to Hospital With Oxygen Machine: Brother

... Last week, family members said that Valentine, who had spread COVID misinformation and mocked vaccines on his radio show, regretted not being a vaccine advocate and was battling COVID pneumonia, but he had not been placed on a ventilator. That decision was revised earlier this week when Valentine’s already severe condition continued to deteriorate.

Karma.

Tennessee governor's religious views became 'barrier' in J&J vaccine rollout, former insider claims

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's personal religious views became an obstacle in Tennessee's rollout of one of the COVID-19 vaccines, a former state health department insider claims.

The governor's office denies there was any delay in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but Fiscus and other insiders tell a different story. They say Lee was motivated by the misconception that the J&J vaccine contained fetal tissue.

"It was a barrier to getting people vaccinated," Dr. Michelle Fiscus told NewsChannel 5 Investigates....

[Ulysses]

Looks like the Phillipine dictator is advocating the same public health policies that I would. If your house can't hold you, the jail can.

Duterte, right?

Here's the CNN video on his speech.

Interesting how he swings between Tagalog and English.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/0 ... n-orig.cnn

[Vrede too]

Duterte, right?

Here's the CNN video on his speech.

Interesting how he swings between Tagalog and English.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/0 ... n-orig.cnn

Yes, Duterte, neoplacebo is responding to a post of mine.

A Missouri doctor says people in her state are getting vaccines in disguise for fear of running into friends or family who might judge them

... Frase said in the video that one pharmacist told her that "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.'"

"They're very concerned about how their people that they love within their family and within their friendship circles and their work circles are going to react if they find out they got the vaccine," Frase said.

Missouri has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Just 41% of the state's population has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, making it the 13th state with the lowest vaccination rate, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

"They did their own research on it, and they talked to people and made the decisions themselves. 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.'"

Frase said the hospital is trying to be accommodating to those wanting privacy.

"Anything we can do to get people in a place that they're comfortable receiving the vaccine," Frase said. "It's not a large number, but every single person that we can reach who wants to get vaccinated and we can provide that for them, that's a win. And we take every win that we can get."

Wow, just wow. Sanity and civic responsibility has to hide in the closet.

[Vrede too]

People are joking about a study that shows ‘extroverted’ men are less likely to follow Covid rules
“Extroverted” men with “greater self-interest” are less likely to comply with coronavirus restrictions, a study from Australian and Canadian academics has found - in news which didn’t surprise most people on Twitter.

The research, published in the Plos One journal on Thursday, involved more than 1,500 participants from Australia, Canada, the US and the UK, who all had their personalities, behaviours and attitudes analysed.

The paper found that 92 per cent of females followed guidance, while only 86 per cent of males surveyed said they adhered to the rules.

It concluded: “The non-compliant group was less agreeable, more extroverted, lower on intellect/openness, and more likely to cope with COVID-19 through denial, substance use, and behavioural disengagement.

“They also checked the news and official sources for COVID-19 information less frequently, were less likely to verify the accuracy of information, and reported less trust in information sources and the government.

“The non-compliant group scored higher on reactance, indicating they are more motivated to fight for their individual freedom … and scored higher on amorality, indicating greater self-interest and disregard for social obligations than the compliant group.”

However, when The Guardian reported on the study on Friday, many people weren’t surprised and joked that they thought this was in keeping with the behaviour of bolshy people.

Arseholes are arseholes study suggests. I mean, who knew? :confusion-shrug:

The biggest trick patriarchy ever pulled was trying to convince everyone women were the “overly emotional” and hysterical ones.

Newsflash! Water is wet.

Outspoken, selfish blokes don't give a shit about others, research suggests

I for one am extremely shocked to learn this brand new information

Must have been a tiny study, it’s VERY hard to find men like that.

damn...I don't think I know ANY

Pains in the arse are always going to be pains in the arse. I'm not sure there needed to be a study to show this.

Yes, but he’s still Prime Minister.

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More tweets at the link.

[Ulysses]

The most notorious Philippines president has to be Ferdinand Marcos, who stole billions and died in exile in Hawaii in 1989 at age 72.

[neoplacebo]

Bullshit. Marcos was a long way from notorious while he was "our" dictator. And he was notorious in that role for more than twenty years. We smiled like hell and gave him most of that money.

[Ulysses]

Bullshit. Marcos was a long way from notorious while he was "our" dictator. And he was notorious in that role for more than twenty years. We smiled like hell and gave him most of that money.

First you say Marcos was not notorious, and then in the next sentence you say he was notorious for more than 20 years.

Which is it?