Ugh
Ugh, indeed.
Poland called it playing âRussian rouletteâ to allow a virus to spread freely with no mitigations, such as wearing masks or getting vaccinated.
"We will continue to develop more and more variants, and eventually, one or more of these variants will learn how to evade vaccine-induced immunity," Poland said. âAnd if thatâs true, we will start all over again.â
Pretty sure in most places thatâs actually an âorâ, though.
You know, I look at the statement that this isnât political, andâŚit shouldnât be. But as far as I can tell this is all western politics is now.
Should people take basic health precautions during a pandemic? Are we changing the environment the way basic thermodynamics predicts, and if so, should we keep doing the things that are breaking our world? Should we let trans people play sports or use the bathroom? How about people with dark skin, is it ok for police to murder them? Are concentration camps for children good if theyâre Hispanic? Were the people storming the capitol a right-wing coup attempt, antifa, or tourists? Is asking for someone to be fired just because theyâre an awful racist or raped a few women maybe excessive?
All of these are either questions of basic science, basic decency, or basic reality. And honestly at this point I think even things like taxes fall into that, considering the main debate is âshould rich people pay anyâ. Iâm not saying there arenât political questions out there that one could argue for either way, but they seem to be completely buried by ones where the answer should be obvious. Itâs so frustrating.
It absolutely is frustrating, and infuriating, and exhausting. I wonder sometimes if that is the point - to just get reasonable people so frustrated that they have to check out. I also hate that we have this ridiculous idea that bipartisan compromise should be the goal. No. Some ideas are better than others and going with the best ideas should be the goal. When one side argues that food should contain no arsenic, and the other side insists that food should contain twice the fatal dose of arsenic we accomplish nothing by splitting the difference. Yet that seems to be the goal.
If a variant evades vaccine-induced immunity, that also means that anyone who had Covid-19 will have to roll the dice all over again.
At least someone is trying to stem the tideâŚ
âŚon the other end of the spectrum.
I mean sure, Iâd want this business to refuse me before letting me enter that petri dish with its stale smell of alcohol, cigarettes, and regret.
Looks like anyone who had COVID and didnât get vaccinated is much more likely to suffer reinfection.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.axios.com/cdc-unvaccinated-reinfected-twice-covid-42a274cd-3e6d-4776-92f5-17875b2b1860.html
This is simultaneously sweet, smart, and incredibly sad:
Awkward: Explaining what happened to that 8lbs 3oz bag of rice.
Imagine a major corporation having to take the government to court for the right to keep their customers safe. Topsy-turvy.
Shocked!
