well the herd is not being thinned out at all, or at least very little more than usual; yup, population still exploding just fine?

In some places and under some circumstances it is or will be.

Some schools and work places require vaccinations.

Ha c’mon, it is at least fair to say that much pressure is being brought to bear eh

The camps are a reality now i guess...

Good idea imo, then they would actually have something to scream "Persecution" about for the very first time in history.

Whoever angry-reacted has clearly never seen sarcasm.

If they are complaining, it must be true.

In fact I’d think the better comparison would be prison; where they separate the dangerous from those that can follow the rules and not be a danger to others.
In reality they are probably lucky thet they’re not all sectioned and sent to the loony bin as they’re a potential danger to themselves and others! The psych rule book does get changed every year! But the costs of keeping them would be prohibitive to doing it.

You could also read that as vulnerable. How many of them will die before they work it out? It seems they have to experience it church by church slow learners.

@girlwithsmiles .03%, right? i don't think the figure is even being disputed?

@bbyrd009 for those vaccinated yes. Versus 1.8% death rate for unvaccinated against Covid in US or 2.9 in the UK by the look of this:

[en.m.wikipedia.org]

So yes, it’s really a matter of choosing your odds!

@girlwithsmiles well tbh i am as skeptical of their figures as i am of China’s now, as they are proven liars anyway, and i don’t recall seeing “for those vaccinated” anywhere on the charts?

(Hey Siri, what’s 3.3 million divided by 7.8 billion?) .0004 or .04%, although I guess India will adjust that up some)

Should we maybe dig up a list of things that one is more likely to die of than c19? It is to laugh, sorry. Our posterity is going to wonder what in the actual fuck we were even thinking, i bet

@bbyrd009 yes, I think so too, (about wondering, although social media may allow them some insight). It’s interesting to see the cultural differences in handling Covid 19; but feels kind of surreal when I think of the deaths personally.
Have had no one close die, but a friend at work had a relatively young friend die quite early in the piece.
My family have only experienced the flu like symptoms....so far: have been very lucky. But I do tend to work of the stats as my frame of reference.

"the next pandemic" lol, priceless

@bbyrd009 I would remind you that in the last x years, we've had a bunch of actual or potential pandemics including Zika, West Nile virus, H1N1, H1N5, Ebola, SARS, and MERS. We may now have some new tools, but we don't know what else might be out there.

@racocn8 ok, i don’t know for a fact ok, but I suggest “same as it ever was,” and the (undue) focus is just so dang handy for distracting ppl while you are looting the treasury! As evidence I would point out that the herd is not being thinned at all, the population is still growing apace, and while .03% is tragic, don’t get me wrong, it hardly registers as “pandemics” go

And I don’t think it was “Christians” in the article, but “the unvaccinated” or maybe “anti-vaxxers?”

@bbyrd009 I'd say the pandemic has registered for those that died and their families.

I generalized to Christians because they are so quick to forget the Holocaust, except when they can use it disrespectfully.

@racocn8 “ I'd say the pandemic has registered for those that died and their families.”
not denying that, but 50,000 children die every day, what about them, or the host of other casualties from more common and more preventable problems?

“I generalized to Christians because they are so quick to forget the Holocaust, except when they can use it disrespectfully”
Ah, never heard any Christians do that, so i dunno

@bbyrd009 Christians frequently refer to the use of abortion as a Holocaust.

[asanet.org]

Or the present for that matter!

They have no clue about much of anything.

For myself I would replace "is" with used to be.

@oldFloyd Excellent point.