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Do you remember 3 weeks to 'flatten the curve'? And its not over yet but we're 18 months in! The virus, the treatment are transformational. They are the cata

Do you remember 3 weeks to 'flatten the curve'? And its not over yet but we're 18 months in! The virus, the treatment are transformational. They are the catalysts to technocratic governance.

labster 5y ago
You make it sound like a bad thing. The curve was flattened, millions of lives were saved, and life goes on mostly as before.
- ajsnigrutin 5y ago
  Except that you cannot buy a graphics card anymore.. or a car.. and food is expensive.. and fuel too.. and blue paint also.
  - tjr225 5y ago
    I have a home, two cars, food, and blue paint. I’m not rich by any means, but my life has never been more abundant. A coworker gave me a graphics card, too!
    - skhr0680 5y ago
      Gas is getting to 2008 levels where I live, surely you would notice that if you have two vehicles
      - omgwtfbyobbq 5y ago
        It's getting up there, but still has a way to go before it hits the high ($4.05) from 2008. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/xls/pswrgvwall.xls https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/xls/pswrgvwall.xls Adjusted for inflation that's about $5.15/gallon.
      - labster 5y ago
        Nope, haven’t noticed since everyone is WFH now.
      - tjr225 5y ago
        I’m working from home, dog. Day care is 2 miles away. In spite of a bicycle shortage I bought an ebike and a child seat and take my kid to day care that way! I don’t even really like working from home(been remote since 2018) so when I want to go into the office I take the train into the city.
    - Mountain_Skies 5y ago
      Do you have cake you can hand out too?
      - tjr225 5y ago
        I could probably make that happen if I really wanted to.
  - forgotmyoldname 5y ago
    Graphics cards don’t really have anything to do with the pandemic. It’s more to do with scalpers and crypto clownery. Some countries have had absolutely disastrous bouts of covid this past year (like Vietnam) and it screwed up supply chains a lot. Companies canceling orders because of expected drop in demand that didn’t happen are all rushing to put those orders back in, and it turned into a mess. There are plenty of factors at work here because each country that contributes to the chain had some different sort of problem.
bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Re your 1st paragraph: Ahh, yeah, when things change beyond first estimations, let's use outdated statements made using old data to conclude "They were lying from the beginning, it's been planned all along!". Meanwhile it's month 18 in USA because the antivax folks started with the premise of non-cooperation ("because I hate the other party") and worked from there to invent all sorts of excuses why their non-cooperation is justified, so the government, who needs to care for all, including the beligerent, have to keep policies to keep everyone somewhat protected, ie masks, distancing, and proof of vaccination checks. Compare that to Portugal with 98% vaccination rate and no more vaccine proof checks required. Yeah yeah you can still get the virus if you're vaxed, but it'll then be just like a bad flu, actually fulfilling the mistaken belief that many deniers had in the beginning...
- jtbayly 5y ago
  If 100% of the population were fully vaccinated tomorrow, would that end the pandemic?
  - hattmall 5y ago
    I think what your missing is that it's been over for a while in a lot of places. Like there's a lot of places that by last May there was no way to know anything was going on and school started back just fine in August of 2020.
  - bellyfullofbac 5y ago
    It would probably end the restrictions (to which the "I've got their plan figured out"-contrarian will reply "No, I bet the tyrannical governments have worse plans"). The scientific literature says the vaccinated have lower viral load and are less infectious, if the load on hospitals and careworkers get reduced, what would prevent the relaxation of the restrictions? Currently careworkers have been under extra pressure for 18 months, imagine a car engine being revved too hard and too long that suddenly blows, and apply this analogy to them, obviously not the entire industry in a day, but maybe over a semester...
    - 5y ago

Do you remember 3 weeks to 'flatten the curve'? And its not over yet but we're 18 months in! The virus, the treatment are transformational. They are the catalysts to technocratic governance.

labster 5y ago

You make it sound like a bad thing. The curve was flattened, millions of lives were saved, and life goes on mostly as before.

ajsnigrutin 5y ago
Except that you cannot buy a graphics card anymore.. or a car.. and food is expensive.. and fuel too.. and blue paint also.
- tjr225 5y ago
  I have a home, two cars, food, and blue paint. I’m not rich by any means, but my life has never been more abundant. A coworker gave me a graphics card, too!
  - skhr0680 5y ago
    Gas is getting to 2008 levels where I live, surely you would notice that if you have two vehicles
    - omgwtfbyobbq 5y ago
      It's getting up there, but still has a way to go before it hits the high ($4.05) from 2008. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/xls/pswrgvwall.xls https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/xls/pswrgvwall.xls Adjusted for inflation that's about $5.15/gallon.
    - labster 5y ago
      Nope, haven’t noticed since everyone is WFH now.
    - tjr225 5y ago
      I’m working from home, dog. Day care is 2 miles away. In spite of a bicycle shortage I bought an ebike and a child seat and take my kid to day care that way! I don’t even really like working from home(been remote since 2018) so when I want to go into the office I take the train into the city.
  - Mountain_Skies 5y ago
    Do you have cake you can hand out too?
    - tjr225 5y ago
      I could probably make that happen if I really wanted to.
- forgotmyoldname 5y ago
  Graphics cards don’t really have anything to do with the pandemic. It’s more to do with scalpers and crypto clownery. Some countries have had absolutely disastrous bouts of covid this past year (like Vietnam) and it screwed up supply chains a lot. Companies canceling orders because of expected drop in demand that didn’t happen are all rushing to put those orders back in, and it turned into a mess. There are plenty of factors at work here because each country that contributes to the chain had some different sort of problem.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago

Re your 1st paragraph: Ahh, yeah, when things change beyond first estimations, let's use outdated statements made using old data to conclude "They were lying from the beginning, it's been planned all along!". Meanwhile it's month 18 in USA because the antivax folks started with the premise of non-cooperation ("because I hate the other party") and worked from there to invent all sorts of excuses why their non-cooperation is justified, so the government, who needs to care for all, including the beligerent, have to keep policies to keep everyone somewhat protected, ie masks, distancing, and proof of vaccination checks. Compare that to Portugal with 98% vaccination rate and no more vaccine proof checks required. Yeah yeah you can still get the virus if you're vaxed, but it'll then be just like a bad flu, actually fulfilling the mistaken belief that many deniers had in the beginning...

jtbayly 5y ago
If 100% of the population were fully vaccinated tomorrow, would that end the pandemic?
- hattmall 5y ago
  I think what your missing is that it's been over for a while in a lot of places. Like there's a lot of places that by last May there was no way to know anything was going on and school started back just fine in August of 2020.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  It would probably end the restrictions (to which the "I've got their plan figured out"-contrarian will reply "No, I bet the tyrannical governments have worse plans"). The scientific literature says the vaccinated have lower viral load and are less infectious, if the load on hospitals and careworkers get reduced, what would prevent the relaxation of the restrictions? Currently careworkers have been under extra pressure for 18 months, imagine a car engine being revved too hard and too long that suddenly blows, and apply this analogy to them, obviously not the entire industry in a day, but maybe over a semester...
  - 5y ago