***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[osh kosh bosh]

I'm telling you that we don't know if a two-week break with have the same effect at longer months-long break

Don't whine about people not responding to what you actually said if you want to do **** like this

I asked that question to make a point.

you accept that past closures were indeed harmful
so the actual assumption is that shortening it to two weeks negates the harm.

and as I said, it doesn't have to have the same effect.
intermittent school has been harmful, so naturally continuing a harmful police is harmful.

 

[Nike Jordan]

The New York Times is the white moderate that MLK warned us about.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I asked that question to make a point.

you accept that past closures were indeed harmful
so the actual assumption is that shortening it to two weeks negates the harm.

and as I said, it doesn't have to have the same effect.
intermittent school has been harmful, so naturally continuing a harmful police is harmful.

I have zero interest in continuing this discussion with you

Have a good night

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Always ends up like this...

this is amusing coming from mr "well what about the nazi's and the rwandan genocide"

 

[wavycrocket]

 

[yobyellav]

I’m not sure how anyone takes Ted Cruz seriously. Dude has to be an embarrassment to his loved ones.

 

[gry60]

this is amusing coming from mr "well what about the nazi's and the rwandan genocide"

I could have used any other example during that discussion to illustrate that fighting words lead to fights.

 

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[gry60]

GOP governors play down Omicron 'hysteria' while also asking for help

“Given the clinical profile so far of Omicron, it’s not justifiable to let fear overwhelm you,” Florida’s governor says.

www.politico.com

 

[dacomeup]

it's simple nuance, it's not the flu BUT
if you are double vaxxed and boosted. the risk of a severe reaction to covid is small.
most teachers are vaxxed, boosters are available

Bomani talked about this on his pod today. People keep talking about symptoms being mild — but that just means in the medical sense where hospitalization isn’t required. It’s weird how dismissive people are being of loss of smell/test, brain fog, etc, that clearly demonstrate neurological issues that none of us would’ve deemed mild prior to COVID.

 

[dacomeup]

What a spineless coward . One day he’ll realize that regardless of what he says, they still don’t love him like that

 

[biggie62]

Bomani talked about this on his pod today. People keep talking about symptoms being mild — but that just means in the medical sense where hospitalization isn’t required. It’s weird how dismissive people are being of loss of smell/test, brain fog, etc, that clearly demonstrate neurological issues that none of us would’ve deemed mild prior to COVID.

Not to mention, how many of these cases are mild(like mine was) because we have been vaccinated and boosted? That needs to be taken into perspective too.

 

[IATT]

 

[Brownstone]

I am vaccinated and I got COVID recently, thought my chest was caving in, exhaustion etc....can't imagine if I wasn't.

 

[dinyc3st]

Minneapolis school bus drivers were offered an 11 cent raise so they went on strike.

The state dot can’t find workers to save their life.

St. Paul public works damn near went on strike and still can’t find help.

A lot of government jobs pay like **** but teachers have it the worst.

Bruh, what??? LOL

 

[dinyc3st]

Is that real???

 

[mplsdunk]

Bruh, what??? LOL

ELEVEN CENTS! In 2022.

The vote to strike was unanimous too.

edit, I think it's still in mediation. a couple days left until they can actually go on strike. I just looked up the job, it pays like 19 something bucks an hour. you can go drive a dump truck with the same union and same class b license for 33.50 an hour for reference to how awful that pay is.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Is that real???

It's a 'shop.

 

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[gry60]

Bomani talked about this on his pod today. People keep talking about symptoms being mild — but that just means in the medical sense where hospitalization isn’t required. It’s weird how dismissive people are being of loss of smell/test, brain fog, etc, that clearly demonstrate neurological issues that none of us would’ve deemed mild prior to COVID.

On NPR, they profiled a baker who still hasn't recovered her senses of taste and smell long after COVID. She owns a shop and said that she relies on memory to continue working since everything smells like burnt wood or trash to her.

This is an example of how "mild" symptoms can affect people for a non-negligible amount of time.

Another one is athletes' performance being severely impacted over time. There are plenty of documented cases in many sports.

Most importantly, we know that the rate of those affected by long COVID is significantly higher than those who die from it. It is estimated that 100 million people worldwide are suffering from it.

But watch somebody say that these concerns are the same as anti-vaxx concerns.

Not to mention, how many of these cases are mild(like mine was) because we have been vaccinated and boosted? That needs to be taken into perspective too.

The vaccination rate of children 5-11 currently stands at 20% in many areas. I haven't been able to see what the national numbers look like, but considering that parents are more reluctant to vaccinate their kids, I wouldn't be surprised that the national rate is still way under 50%.
That's why vaccine availability alone is not enough to justify a return to "normal" life; the medicine is ineffective if people don't take it.

Mandates are a necessary step to get out of the pandemic faster, they've already been proven to work for businesses, and politicians have both the power and legal precedent to implement them. Not doing so at this point is simply catering to the ostriches among us.

 

[had pants]

 

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