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Stories like this happen going on since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m shocked at the number of people who casually skip over the body bags and refrigerated

Stories like this happen going on since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m shocked at the number of people who casually skip over the body bags and refrigerated trailers to declare COVID to be vastly overblown.

topspin 5y ago
We're past shock. Shock was appropriate in early 2020, when there was no meaningful defense and bodies stacked up in coolers. Today there are effective vaccines that, when applied broadly, preclude this outcome. But there are intransigent demographics that won't act in their own interest and this is exactly what one should expect.
toomuchtodo 5y ago
Check out the content in https://reddit.com/r/COVIDAteMyFace https://reddit.com/r/COVIDAteMyFace It’s morbid, for sure, but eye opening (ignore the distasteful comments sections, focus on the post content; posted to provide some semblance of insight into the unvaccinated’s take on COVID after unsuccessful outcomes). My ~90 year old grandmother refuses to get vaccinated due to misinformation on a major news network. She asked me if I get my flu shot, and why bother with a vaccine if it’s only good for 8 months. Local hospital ICUs are at capacity. No amount of data or critical thinking will change her mind. She is upset she can’t travel or cruise without getting a vaccine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- deleted 5y ago
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- Huwyt_Nashi_064 5y ago
  In fairness, there's no shortage of schadenfreude in the opposing echo chambers too. Plenty of obnoxious vaccine advocates suffering untimely deaths, miscarriages, strokes, etc.
- Huwyt_Nashi_065 5y ago
  In fairness, there's no shortage of schadenfreude in the opposing echo chambers too. Plenty of obnoxious vaccine advocates suffering untimely deaths, miscarriages, strokes, etc.
  - belltaco 5y ago
    Source? What does plenty mean? Like a dozen?
- tzs 5y ago
  A lot of the posts on COVIDAteMyFace (and the more general LeopardsAteMyFace) consist of a series of someone's social media comments where they repeat all the usual COVID conspiracy theories and misinformation (and often insults directed toward all of us stupid sheeple who get vaccinated and wear masks) followed by a social media post where they say they have COVID and need prayers, followed by a social media post from a family member or friend asking for more prayers because the person is now on a ventilator and not doing well, finally followed by family or friends posting that the person has died and listing a GoFundMe page to help pay the bills and mortgage and such for the spouse and children left behind. This last part, the frequent GoFundMe requests, raises a question--do these people not have life insurance? I haven't seen any conspiracy theories or other misinformation about how life insurance is a sheeple thing or a commie plot or satanic etc, so I wouldn't expect there to be any particular correlation between the kind of person who ends up on COVIDAteMyFace and the kind of person who does not have life insurance.
  - MattGaiser 5y ago
    I suspect the correlation is whether you plan with your brain or plan with your gut.
akudha 5y ago
I have family in CA. I am concerned about the recall election. As bad as the situation is today, it might get worse if a republican replaces Newsom, which looks like a possibility :(
- tzs 5y ago
  I came across this striking graph showing COVID rates per 100k over the course of the pandemic so far in the US broken down by county voter distribution in the 2020 election [1]. It is striking how different COVID rates have been between Republican counties and Democrat counties. I found this on Reddit. It claims to by from the NY Times and the MIT Election Lab, but I can't find the original so do not know if that attribution is accurate. [1] https://i.imgur.com/bQFbGVL.png https://i.imgur.com/bQFbGVL.png

topspin 5y ago

We're past shock. Shock was appropriate in early 2020, when there was no meaningful defense and bodies stacked up in coolers. Today there are effective vaccines that, when applied broadly, preclude this outcome. But there are intransigent demographics that won't act in their own interest and this is exactly what one should expect.

toomuchtodo 5y ago

Check out the content in https://reddit.com/r/COVIDAteMyFace https://reddit.com/r/COVIDAteMyFace It’s morbid, for sure, but eye opening (ignore the distasteful comments sections, focus on the post content; posted to provide some semblance of insight into the unvaccinated’s take on COVID after unsuccessful outcomes). My ~90 year old grandmother refuses to get vaccinated due to misinformation on a major news network. She asked me if I get my flu shot, and why bother with a vaccine if it’s only good for 8 months. Local hospital ICUs are at capacity. No amount of data or critical thinking will change her mind. She is upset she can’t travel or cruise without getting a vaccine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Huwyt_Nashi_064 5y ago
In fairness, there's no shortage of schadenfreude in the opposing echo chambers too. Plenty of obnoxious vaccine advocates suffering untimely deaths, miscarriages, strokes, etc.
Huwyt_Nashi_065 5y ago
In fairness, there's no shortage of schadenfreude in the opposing echo chambers too. Plenty of obnoxious vaccine advocates suffering untimely deaths, miscarriages, strokes, etc.
- belltaco 5y ago
  Source? What does plenty mean? Like a dozen?
tzs 5y ago
A lot of the posts on COVIDAteMyFace (and the more general LeopardsAteMyFace) consist of a series of someone's social media comments where they repeat all the usual COVID conspiracy theories and misinformation (and often insults directed toward all of us stupid sheeple who get vaccinated and wear masks) followed by a social media post where they say they have COVID and need prayers, followed by a social media post from a family member or friend asking for more prayers because the person is now on a ventilator and not doing well, finally followed by family or friends posting that the person has died and listing a GoFundMe page to help pay the bills and mortgage and such for the spouse and children left behind. This last part, the frequent GoFundMe requests, raises a question--do these people not have life insurance? I haven't seen any conspiracy theories or other misinformation about how life insurance is a sheeple thing or a commie plot or satanic etc, so I wouldn't expect there to be any particular correlation between the kind of person who ends up on COVIDAteMyFace and the kind of person who does not have life insurance.
- MattGaiser 5y ago
  I suspect the correlation is whether you plan with your brain or plan with your gut.

akudha 5y ago

I have family in CA. I am concerned about the recall election. As bad as the situation is today, it might get worse if a republican replaces Newsom, which looks like a possibility :(

tzs 5y ago
I came across this striking graph showing COVID rates per 100k over the course of the pandemic so far in the US broken down by county voter distribution in the 2020 election [1]. It is striking how different COVID rates have been between Republican counties and Democrat counties. I found this on Reddit. It claims to by from the NY Times and the MIT Election Lab, but I can't find the original so do not know if that attribution is accurate. [1] https://i.imgur.com/bQFbGVL.png https://i.imgur.com/bQFbGVL.png