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What is the end game with Covid?
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You're on gbatemp, do not expect them to awaken but expect a whole lot of woke.
You would think younger gamers would say fuck the Government but instead they worship them.
The sooner people understand that SARS-CoV2 is here forever and every person in society will have to deal with it, the better, Even if we reached 100% vaccination rate nothing would really change because breakthrough cases would never be zero. As I said a number of months ago now, the research should be going into treatment options (I've been reviewing recent meta analyses on Ivermectin and decided it's a dead end, but there are so many others to look at). The window for prevention closed a long time ago. Yes, you can keep getting boosters that may or not keep you safe for the next 50 years, but ultimately the best thing is to get as healthy as possible (even those of us that are otherwise vulnerable).. and more importantly, try to live your life without the fear that has been normalised the last couple years.
- After there are now Alternative Vaccines on the Way,we have a Chance of very high Vaccinationquotas world wide.
- Maybe yes,because this is a political/touristical/economical Decision....unfortunately.,that has nothing to do with Health and Covid....
- With Valneva,Novavax and Coronavac (formerly Sinavac) there are "cheaper" Vaccines on the Way.
- Yes and maybe more to come.....
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Seems it'll become endemic much like the flu. Responsible adults will continue being responsible adults, anti-vaxx nutters will continue to live in a state of denial while the virus kills off a war's worth of them each year. Governments that prioritize public health over short-term economic gains will be rewarded in the long run. So yeah, this is pretty much the new normal.
I'm sceptical about whether that is actually what is going on or just the optics. Seems more like short term economic gain for certain entities over just about everything and everyone else. I'm not sure I could convince those people I know that have lost their business that this was a good thing for them.
What is the end game with Covid?
I asked that same question a good friend of mine a wile ago
" Covid ? What is that ? "
Dude, like the whole reason we are wearing those masks ?!
" wait, I thought these masks were trendy "
but I don't blame him
our local society sucks
I asked that same question a good friend of mine a wile ago
" Covid ? What is that ? "
Dude, like the whole reason we are wearing those masks ?!
" wait, I thought these masks were trendy "
but I don't blame him
our local society sucks
Does it ever feel claustrophobic in that hostile hate bubble you live in? Seriously... if you're looking for government cultism, you're on the wrong side of the aisle.
As fun as "Fsk it!" is as a health policy, so long as there is ANYTHING that can be done, it should be. Covid is dangerous, there are clear and present options to help handle it, and it benefits humanity to do so. A 100% vaccination rate might not end it overnight, but as the boosters become more potent and it gets more and more choked out of the population, it'll decrease and eventually die off. The road might be long and annoying and expensive, but the potential is still there, and it only gets more difficult to deal with the longer we try to ignore the problem... oh hell, this turned into climate change, didn't it?
They did, before Covid. I remember people going on about how evil and corrupt drug companies were. Or how Johnson & Johnson knew about the Asbestos in their baby powder. Their baby powder is still banned, lol.
Shit, I wonder if something will happen, and get people to think big oil are the good guys next.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/...hit-with-largest-criminal-fine-in-us-history/
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-cancer/
I'm not an anti-vaxer, but I find it amusing just how quickly people's perception on big drug changed. The same companies that tried to get weed banned all those years, are now the "good guys".
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Obviously I'm not referring to the US when I say "governments that prioritize public health over short-term economic gain," that's the exact opposite of how we operated during the pandemic. The COVID relief package passed in 2020 was distributed almost entirely among millionaires and billionaires thanks to loopholes purposefully included in it. Elsewhere in the world though, they ensured small businesses actually got the relief they needed to keep them operating, as well as implementing rent/mortgage freezes which benefited the middle and lower classes.
imo, the end game is complete control of most of the public through various means of superficial fear.
a perfect plan really.
a perfect plan really.
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we are all playing Nostradamus at this point but here's what I hope & think will happen (wishful thinking yes, let's be optimistic shall we?)
- Omicron and other variants becoming less deadly
- More treatment options available
- Improved vaccines
all of the above will effectively allow us to progressively exit the state of permanent crisis that we're in.
That's assuming the "antivaxxers" won't be against taking treatment pills. I believe once they get really badly ill, they'll agree to taking the pills no matter what (though it might be too late for some). Right now, among those of them that fall ill, some are asking for the vaccine after being hospitalized, which of course isn't helpful. So if they are offered pills they will take them.
- Omicron and other variants becoming less deadly
- More treatment options available
- Improved vaccines
all of the above will effectively allow us to progressively exit the state of permanent crisis that we're in.
That's assuming the "antivaxxers" won't be against taking treatment pills. I believe once they get really badly ill, they'll agree to taking the pills no matter what (though it might be too late for some). Right now, among those of them that fall ill, some are asking for the vaccine after being hospitalized, which of course isn't helpful. So if they are offered pills they will take them.
Simmer down, Neo. This isn't the V for Vendetta, covid is not a submission tool from big gubernment, and honestly, if there was a totalitarian regime running the world with that level of cold calculating ruthlessness and resources, don't you think they'd at least be doing a better job keeping the planet sustainable for the long run?
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Nope, I'm not a Wachowski Brother, Hollywood programmed revolutionary, but thankx for the analogy. And having worked years in the health industry, I must ask, when was the last time you remember them shutting down the world for Sars which was more lethal, or how come they didn't shut down bars and clubs when the AIDs virus became wide spread? How come we all drive vehicles which mame or murder people on a daily basis? How Come we use Cell Phones which clearly state in the agreement that it is frying your head!!! Why are we in pursuit of self driving cars and have left the horse, camel, and other suitable animals in the past, when they were biodegradable, could re-produce them selves, lived off of nature, gave back to nature, and so forth? Who put us all in such a big hurry and where is it that we have to be?!?!
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