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The vaccine works on the new variants. The variant spreads faster than previous ones, but in the end the rules don't change: Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't
by meekmockmook 6y ago
The vaccine works on the new variants. The variant spreads faster than previous ones, but in the end the rules don't change: Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't go inside with people if possible.
People were sharing on a Facebook and tweeting that the new strain was being spread through touching surfaces and farts and that masks no longer work.
Big Tech is poison and many thousands would still be alive today if they had never logged on. These companies are no longer defensible.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe problem is that, because the variant spreads faster than previous ones, rules which were sufficient to keep previous ones in check will likely be insufficient to keep the new one in check. We'll have to get stricter about the rules, get vaccine rollout accelerated quite a bit, or find ways to handle a lot more disease than currently exists. I have no doubt some people shared weird falsehoods about it, but there's still a true reason for concern.
- meekmockmook 6y agoSpeaking from California, the only change we could make is convincing law enforcement to enforce the rules (they won't) and changing the bizarre vaccine restrictions that are leaving 75 percent of our doses in a freezer while thousands who are offered it say no thanks. A massive percentage of the public has decided to give up on safety protocols and if Thanksgiving and Christmas didn't change any minds, why would this? What good did terrorizing the people who are already following the rules with this variant panic do? "THE VACCINE MIGHT NOT WORK NOW!" only scares people who want the vaccine. The media frenzy around the variant did absolutely no good.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoWhat you're saying is probably true. But I don't think the media should refrain from reporting true, relevant information just because they don't think it will do any good if it's known.
- meekmockmook 6y agoOh, of course news should be reported. But a week straight of panic mongering headlines? That does people a disservice and spreads fear for $. Big Tech and corporate media have a profit incentive in spreading terror.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoFair, I certainly can't endorse a lot of the headlines I've seen. Headlines are just very bad and we as a society have got to find a way to fix them.
- wwweston 6y agoWhat's bizarre about the vaccine restrictions? The publicized plans I'm aware of start with healthcare workers and long-term care residents, which is pretty much what I expected. I've heard there are about 3 million of those people and 1 million doses, so even if over half of those people for some reason are refusing doses, there's no reasons to expect that we're through that crowd yet. I've got several acquaintances who work in both areas and what I'm hearing that there are challenges: not ones that have to do with "rules", but actual supply and logistics. Still, among these are people who've received their first dose.
- meekmockmook 6y agoThere's been a serious problem im CA with Healthcare workers rejecting vaccines which are then either discarded or put away in a freezer. Only 25 percent of the supply has been used, including the ones reserved for dose 2.
- corona-research 6y agoLol