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Administration Rejected October Proposal of “Free Rapid Tests for the Holidays”

14 points by vo2maxer 5y ago

yuppie_scum 5y ago
There wasn’t omicron then
- bigodbiel 5y ago
  Much deadlier delta though
  - browningstreet 5y ago
    My company pushed hard for RTO all through delta and just paused all RTO today, citing omicron numbers. I just looked in my state (a different one from the HQ) and we're still trending down.
- coolso 5y ago
  There was still 1-1.5K deaths per day, something the previous administration was attacked for every single day.
  - kadoban 5y ago
    What would you like the current administration to do about those?
    - coolso 5y ago
      I suppose do the things it swore it would do: eg, reduce deaths, not have far more than the last administration during the same time period. Be “better prepared” and “smarter” about things. And so on.
      - kadoban 5y ago
        You must notice how those are the fuzziest, least actionable requests possible? If you don't like the man, fine, but what's the point of complaining that he doesn't have a magic wand?
        coolso 5y ago
        > You must notice how those are the fuzziest, least actionable requests possible? You should blame Biden for speaking in platitudes; I’m just repeating his failed promises. I’m not the President; he is. And he told us he had all the answers.
        kadoban 5y ago
        Please feel free to quote any times Biden told us he had "all the answers" or any of those other statements. I strongly suspect that what he says and what you hear are not the same thing.
        _-david-_ 5y ago
        >I'm not going to shut down the country. >I'm not going to shut down the economy. >I'm going to shut down the virus. https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1322254443644026880?lang=en https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1322254443644026880?lang...
        coolso 5y ago
        > “220,000 Americans dead,” he said during the Oct. 22 debate. “You hear nothing else I say tonight, hear this. Anyone who … is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America.” This implies that under Biden there'd be fewer than 220K deaths. Anybody would want to vote for something like that right? Unfortunately, so far there've been over 400K under Biden. But he gets a pass. > He added: “And so, folks, I will take care of this. I will end this.” It still exists. And likely always will. This is just the tip of the iceberg, Biden was full of these sorts of quotes during the debates and interviews leading up to the election. He's never been called out on them. He also, strangely, was never called out on telling the vaxx'd that they don't need to wear masks over the summer, which he then had to quickly walk back, but not before it likely contributed to a much more rapid spread than would've otherwise existed - and also likely encouraged the unvaccinated to stop wearing masks also.
ipspam 5y ago
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14 points by vo2maxer 5y ago

yuppie_scum 5y ago

There wasn’t omicron then

bigodbiel 5y ago
Much deadlier delta though
- browningstreet 5y ago
  My company pushed hard for RTO all through delta and just paused all RTO today, citing omicron numbers. I just looked in my state (a different one from the HQ) and we're still trending down.
coolso 5y ago
There was still 1-1.5K deaths per day, something the previous administration was attacked for every single day.
- kadoban 5y ago
  What would you like the current administration to do about those?
  - coolso 5y ago
    I suppose do the things it swore it would do: eg, reduce deaths, not have far more than the last administration during the same time period. Be “better prepared” and “smarter” about things. And so on.
    - kadoban 5y ago
      You must notice how those are the fuzziest, least actionable requests possible? If you don't like the man, fine, but what's the point of complaining that he doesn't have a magic wand?
      - coolso 5y ago
        > You must notice how those are the fuzziest, least actionable requests possible? You should blame Biden for speaking in platitudes; I’m just repeating his failed promises. I’m not the President; he is. And he told us he had all the answers.
        kadoban 5y ago
        Please feel free to quote any times Biden told us he had "all the answers" or any of those other statements. I strongly suspect that what he says and what you hear are not the same thing.
        _-david-_ 5y ago
        >I'm not going to shut down the country. >I'm not going to shut down the economy. >I'm going to shut down the virus. https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1322254443644026880?lang=en https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1322254443644026880?lang...
        coolso 5y ago
        > “220,000 Americans dead,” he said during the Oct. 22 debate. “You hear nothing else I say tonight, hear this. Anyone who … is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America.” This implies that under Biden there'd be fewer than 220K deaths. Anybody would want to vote for something like that right? Unfortunately, so far there've been over 400K under Biden. But he gets a pass. > He added: “And so, folks, I will take care of this. I will end this.” It still exists. And likely always will. This is just the tip of the iceberg, Biden was full of these sorts of quotes during the debates and interviews leading up to the election. He's never been called out on them. He also, strangely, was never called out on telling the vaxx'd that they don't need to wear masks over the summer, which he then had to quickly walk back, but not before it likely contributed to a much more rapid spread than would've otherwise existed - and also likely encouraged the unvaccinated to stop wearing masks also.

ipspam 5y ago

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