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My personal view, which is US-based, is that our government is filled with second-rate people from top to bottom. They have continually failed to communicate cl

My personal view, which is US-based, is that our government is filled with second-rate people from top to bottom. They have continually failed to communicate clearly about the virus, testing, masking, and vaccines throughout the past two years. They are still not providing good masks. They still talk about "washing your hands". They are not building better ventilation systems. They are not providing good rapid test kits. They are not passing laws that address our countless medical system inefficiencies. And so on, and so on. Anything they are doing feels imperceptible from doing nothing. I think the sad reality is that we're going to have a lot more needless deaths in 2022. People with disabilities that are impacted by COVID will need to keep locking themselves up indefinitely - no government agency will help them, and their communities will ignore their problems. Vaccines will still not be taken by ~1/3 of the population. Is it even worth trying anymore with them? I guess yes, however frustrating, but only because it makes everyone else safer to do so. I do not see how 2022 is terribly different from 2021.

nradov 5y ago
Most disabilities in general don't increase the fatality rate for COVID-19. Besides advanced age, the real risk factors are chronic conditions like obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and hypovitaminosis D. Those conditions aren't usually classified as disabilities. Governments and communities can help to an extent by facilitating healthier choices but ultimately the patients have to commit to permanent lifestyle changes if they want to reduce their risks.
- phillipcarter 5y ago
  > Most disabilities in general don't increase the fatality rate for COVID-19. That is correct. And most cases of COVID don't result in death or even severe illnesses. But the point isn't that we should just be happy with the majority we have. I work directly with someone whose disability requires them to take immunosuppressants, and so now the pandemic has forced them to either (a) isolate from the rest of the world, (b) risk their body destroying itself, or (c) risk a more severe infection from COVID than someone else like them might have. > Governments and communities can help to an extent by facilitating healthier choices but ultimately the patients have to commit to permanent lifestyle changes if they want to reduce their risks. The point isn't that the governments and communities directly help those who suffer disabilities that make COVID far more dangerous. They point is that things in the US are far, far worse than they need to be, and there are very real things that the government could do starting right now to make it better, but it isn't.
- Warlockcraft 5y ago
  Sadly, the U.S. oligarchs profit from the enslaved suffering from the working class through increasing wealth inequality, water pollution, carcinogenic junk foods, carcinogenic alcohol, carcinogenic junk drinks, broken education systems meant for indoctrinating poor people, elitist healthcare systems meant to protect only the oligarchs, media companies owned by oligarchs, war propaganda in Hollywood to make oligarchs wealthy through blood money, etc. The U.S. is founded on slavery and genocide. It was founded by greedy monsters who promoted misogynistic religion while robbing the natives' land with military puppets. Which the U.S. culture allows religious institutions that promote misogynistic scriptures to make trillions of dollars now. When you get a society influenced by all of these things, it inevitably has poverty, homeless people, crime, domestic violence against women, illiteracy, lower I.Q's, mental health illnesses, personality disorders, health illnesses, sadists, con artists, incels, fascist politicians disguised as democrats or republicans, heavy political corruption, human rights violations, lack of happiness, committed suicides, etc.
Warlockcraft 5y ago
I'm an American. I find modern American society to be borderline braindead in regards to mathematical literacy, scientific literacy, economic literacy, and being able to fluently speak more than 1 language other than English. It is clear to me that older generations of America are more skilled than the younger people now. Back in the past, most older generations of America were much less overweight, obese, unhappy, illiterate, criminal, violent, lazy, spoiled, unprofessional, anti-family, anti-leisure time, etc. They were the ones that actually made America great. But now that American civilization has collapsed because of increasing wealth inequality and decaying infrastructure due to antisocially greedy oligarchs that economically abandoned the working class many decades ago, America is crumbling while China and Russia grow stronger economically, intellectually, and politically. China and Russia will defeat the U.S. in regards to geopolitical power because working class Americans are too poor to afford resources for improving themselves intellectually, financially, emotionally, and physically. Working class Americans have to illegally riot against the ruling class in order to get human rights back and get American civilization to stop collapsing because of increasing wealth inequality and decaying infrastructure. Because the ruling class is ruthless towards working class Americans now. This is why COVID deaths usually happen to working class Americans more than most Europeans for example. Because most Europeans have a social safety net at least.

nradov 5y ago

Most disabilities in general don't increase the fatality rate for COVID-19. Besides advanced age, the real risk factors are chronic conditions like obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and hypovitaminosis D. Those conditions aren't usually classified as disabilities. Governments and communities can help to an extent by facilitating healthier choices but ultimately the patients have to commit to permanent lifestyle changes if they want to reduce their risks.

phillipcarter 5y ago
> Most disabilities in general don't increase the fatality rate for COVID-19. That is correct. And most cases of COVID don't result in death or even severe illnesses. But the point isn't that we should just be happy with the majority we have. I work directly with someone whose disability requires them to take immunosuppressants, and so now the pandemic has forced them to either (a) isolate from the rest of the world, (b) risk their body destroying itself, or (c) risk a more severe infection from COVID than someone else like them might have. > Governments and communities can help to an extent by facilitating healthier choices but ultimately the patients have to commit to permanent lifestyle changes if they want to reduce their risks. The point isn't that the governments and communities directly help those who suffer disabilities that make COVID far more dangerous. They point is that things in the US are far, far worse than they need to be, and there are very real things that the government could do starting right now to make it better, but it isn't.
Warlockcraft 5y ago
Sadly, the U.S. oligarchs profit from the enslaved suffering from the working class through increasing wealth inequality, water pollution, carcinogenic junk foods, carcinogenic alcohol, carcinogenic junk drinks, broken education systems meant for indoctrinating poor people, elitist healthcare systems meant to protect only the oligarchs, media companies owned by oligarchs, war propaganda in Hollywood to make oligarchs wealthy through blood money, etc. The U.S. is founded on slavery and genocide. It was founded by greedy monsters who promoted misogynistic religion while robbing the natives' land with military puppets. Which the U.S. culture allows religious institutions that promote misogynistic scriptures to make trillions of dollars now. When you get a society influenced by all of these things, it inevitably has poverty, homeless people, crime, domestic violence against women, illiteracy, lower I.Q's, mental health illnesses, personality disorders, health illnesses, sadists, con artists, incels, fascist politicians disguised as democrats or republicans, heavy political corruption, human rights violations, lack of happiness, committed suicides, etc.

Warlockcraft 5y ago

I'm an American. I find modern American society to be borderline braindead in regards to mathematical literacy, scientific literacy, economic literacy, and being able to fluently speak more than 1 language other than English. It is clear to me that older generations of America are more skilled than the younger people now. Back in the past, most older generations of America were much less overweight, obese, unhappy, illiterate, criminal, violent, lazy, spoiled, unprofessional, anti-family, anti-leisure time, etc. They were the ones that actually made America great. But now that American civilization has collapsed because of increasing wealth inequality and decaying infrastructure due to antisocially greedy oligarchs that economically abandoned the working class many decades ago, America is crumbling while China and Russia grow stronger economically, intellectually, and politically. China and Russia will defeat the U.S. in regards to geopolitical power because working class Americans are too poor to afford resources for improving themselves intellectually, financially, emotionally, and physically. Working class Americans have to illegally riot against the ruling class in order to get human rights back and get American civilization to stop collapsing because of increasing wealth inequality and decaying infrastructure. Because the ruling class is ruthless towards working class Americans now. This is why COVID deaths usually happen to working class Americans more than most Europeans for example. Because most Europeans have a social safety net at least.