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    I almost hope there is another huge pandemic, it would probably be the best and easiest way of fighting the war against fascism in America.

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      Its probably just anxiety but since the last one I haven’t been able to shake the feeling that another is inevitable.

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      If there is a 2nd American Civil War, I would be alright with conservatives not having vaccines. Disease was the #1 cause of fatalities in warfare, and I would like to have fewer enemies to fight.

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        I dont really know much about this but I know youre probably right in the context of the world wars.

        Was it Spanish flu? IDK, but poor nutrition, hygiene, and close proximity in the trenches was a huge factor.

        In a present day war, it would probably be different? Still some “dug in” defences but far more ranged, airborne, and remotely controlled armaments.

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        Trump once said that Stephen “PeeWee Himmler” Miller said that he wants America to decrease to 100 million people, who all look like him. That’s a 70% decrease in population. You have to wonder how he intends to accomplish that objective.

        Now he’s Trump’s most trusted advisor. He’s like Wormtongue whispering poison into Trump’s ear.

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        I don’t understand this though. The majority of people who would die from this would be his supporters. Why encourage a reduction in your own support?

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          These are people with absolutely no critical thinking skills. They believe that this will work because they demand that it will work.

          Remember that they are both Sociopathic Oligarchs who have everything handed to them on a silver platter, almost literally. They’ve never had to suffer the consequences of their poor behavior, so they’ve never learned their lesson in anything. They think they just manifest anything to happen by virtue of their magnificent ego, and their money, or course.

          It’s true because they demand it, and pay for it.

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            This isn’t wrong. They love seeing powerless people frightened at the fact that they wield power that can hurt them, and what fun is power if you don’t play with it now and then?

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    So this is effectively an ad for the COVID vaccines, hello the walk in appointment I’m actively waiting for! I’ll have fun getting it in 5-10 minutes!

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      Family members just went in yesterday for shots at CVS, but Covid isn’t in yet. They’re thinking early September. So they got flu and something else.

      If it comes out in early September, I’d get my butt in there right away, before they ban it.

      Fucking psychopaths.

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    The pandemic was awesome for us healthy surviving introverts. Not so much for the dead introverts or everyone else.

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      Yeah… I wasn’t a fan, but that’s mostly jealousy talking. As an introvert working in healthcare, it was painful to have to go to work everyday and deal with the dumbest patient population in the history of the country while everyone else got to work from home.

      It was like summer school for adults, but even dumber.

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    Question: since Trump was the administration in charge of those vaccines, can we sue the president for releasing an “dangerous” vaccine, “harming” Americans?

    Like, you can’t have it both ways. You can’t hate the COVID vaccine and ignore that it was done under Trump’s administration. I’m so confused, my head hurts, these people are fucking stupid.

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      Don’t try to make sense of it. These people don’t operate within the confines of logic, only what is convenient to their agenda in the moment.

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      You know these fuckers will keep a supply in the works for themselves.

      Class wars, disasters, make people need a savior.

      That’s the whole fucking game, and the ignorant cunts keep voting for it

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      It’s available in other countries, so rich MAGA Nazis will ALWAYS be able to get it. The rest of us, not so much.

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      Yeah, I’m pretty sure by Make America Healthy Again they mean let all the sick, disabled, and weakened die off from lack of support.

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          Well, orange turd is getting rid of migrants, but as we know, many Americans are not white. So the guy is trying to end the covid vaccine to remove old and weak people which is not a racist move.

          Pig is OK I guess.

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            Trump is not a Nazi. I know the difference because I talked to Nazis from the Third Reich. No Nazi would ever collaborate with Jews no matter what. Trump is a white supremacist, sure. Malignent narcissism, greed, plenty of sadism. But he’s not idealistic like the Nazis were. He’s way too opportunistic for that, way too focused on short gain. Doesn’t mean he’s better, just a different type of evil.

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              No Nazi would ever collaborate with Jews no matter what.

              I feel like that’s painting with a little too broad of a brush. You can find more than a few instances of Nazis working with Jews to some extent, the Jewish councils and police that oversaw the ghettos come to mind for example.

              If it helped them further the goals, some Nazis weren’t totally opposed to working with jews, doesn’t mean they weren’t planning on sending them to the camps eventually, but if they could find a use for them, they would sometimes keep them around, maybe even throw them a bone here or there to keep them compliant.

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        Unless you are wearing a full bunny suit, there are still plenty of membranes and fun bits that viruses can get into. I still mask up when I go shopping or whatever, but I also acknowledge that I am fucked either way on a plane and so forth.

        Masking is at its most effective when the people who are actually sick wear them. It blocks a large percentage of the greatest source of germs (mouth and nose) passively.

        Also: As fun as it is to… use eugenics to tell the white supremacists off, it generally won’t be the chuds who suffer the most. It will be the immunocompromised and those on various medications that otherwise wreak havoc with their bodies.

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          Iirc, glasses help reduce infections, too.

          Back in 2020 I’d wear my p99 respirator and goggles at the grocery store, then a full strip into the washer and shower as soon as I came home.

          Now I’m more relaxed: n95 or kn94 plus standard prescription glasses, washing hands up to the elbow (makes me feel like I’m on MASH). I still strip as soon as I get home, but not because of COVID.

          I’ve gotten relaxed at work over the summer because there were minimal people in the library. I’m going to go back to full masking outside my office now that the students are back, especially since I don’t have a new flu or COVID vaccine available to me.

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            Glasses help in the sense that they protect your eyes from direct splatter. They do not help once germs are aerosolized and being recirculated constantly.

            But yeah, my basic model is more or less a kn95 (that I always should replace more often than I do) to cover my face in stores or whatever where I am not expected to be standing in a crowd for hours on end or sitting down to eat. I keep some with me on travel days but don’t bother to wear it unless I myself feel sick because I am going to inevitably need to eat or drink something or I am in a metal box where all the air is being recirculated constantly.

            But yeah… I at least know that I am most likely not susceptible to long COVID since I literally caught COVID when it was all kicking off back in 2020 and have gotten it again a few times at varying levels of vaccinated/boostered (last summer was definitely bad but nowhere near as bad as being patient 3 or 4 was). Still gonna mask up but I “know” I’ll be fine and am weirdly more worried about the flu.

            But… a lot of people are going to die.

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              Could I ask if you’ve you tried any other respirator masks than those KN95s? It kinda sounds as though you don’t love their fit or durability or the experience of wearing them. There’s a lot of variety to fit folks’ faces better and more comfortably, especially if you can get down with head straps instead of ear loops. This accessory exists to let you use a straw while masked, too: https://sipmask.com/

              It would be a shame to lose vacationing days or have an unexpected health scare if you’re already putting some masking effort in, y’know?

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              a lot of people are going to die.

              Yep. It makes me feel helpless and I hate it.

              Side story:

              I had the sweetest young store clerk at the grocery checkout. We’d already chitchatted about something, so it wasn’t awkward when he shyly asked if I was sick, if that was why I masked.

              I told him “no, I’m fine, but my roommate’s immune system is weak AF. Oh, and my dad died of COVID and I’m still a bit sore there.” and he got big eyes and gave his condolences.

              I’d guess he was 14 when my dad died (Jan 2021), when a lot of people’s dads died. That’s a quarter of a lifetime ago for him. It’s been an age. /feeling old and nostalgic