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Umm.
Some of your list is nonsense like ending the state of emergency. It ended in 2023. That was 1.5 years after the vaccines were readily available and nearly 3 years after the first detections. Most people dying at that point were people making that choice. It was bad, but not an emergency anymore. That's normal. RAT tests were also available by that time
And stuff like the 5 day quarantine period was done worldwide. That's the minimum period. When that change was made everyone who wanted a vaccine was already vaccinated. You'll note that diseases like influenza which can also kill don't and didn't have a minimum quarantine period. This doesn't mean the period can't be longer
Or do you propose the full 10 days even in 2024? I'm sure Trump followers will certainly follow that
In fact, trump has all but eliminated the chances of eliminating many diseases in many countries now because he's spread distrust
What part do you think Trump did well? When Trump gave Rat tests to Putin, that was really useful. I bet the first thing Putin did was share them to people in need on a non partisan basis and not boast what a great leader he was
For a moment I'd like to step away from directly replying to your comment because every revision I write ends up being all caps screaming at you. Instead I'd like to ask you a question:
Do homeless people deserve to die? They have the option of getting a job and finding a place to live. They're choosing not to. They chose to live how they are, right? And the disease and crime that affects the community around them because they're cut off from government services like plumbing and mail... that's not an emergency, right? It's just normal.
Transitioning back to your covid denialism... let's step away from the people you explicitly write off and talk about the people you implicitly wish death upon:
Do disabled people deserve to die because you have an axe to grind with Trump supporters?
There's so goddamned much in your comment that it feels irresponsible to let even a single line go without direct confrontation. You repeat the covid denialist lies about "a pandemic of the unvaccinated." You ignore the effects of the virus in total. You ignore the scale of the pandemic today.
One last question: Do you even wear a mask in public anymore? Do you deserve to die if the answer is no? Do you deserve to be disabled for the rest of your life? Do the people in the grocery store deserve to die just because you walk past them?
What in God's name are you talking about
I'm not American, but from what I can see, CDC have a free program for Covid vaccines for those without insurance
Vaccination reduces death and other side effects 10x
If the disabled people aren't vaccinated, it's their own fault.
The only ones I feel sorry for are those with compromised immune systems or who can't vaccinate (for valid reasons)
However, those guys are also in trouble with the flu too unfortunately
That's over. It's 200 bucks now
You're a eugenicist then. There actually are people who can't be vaccinated because of health issues. And you're ignorant of more than that. Vaccinated people can still get the disease. And even asymptomatic cases have a high risk of long term effects.
Oh and by the way fucking no one's been getting the boosters for the new variants so you're writing off most of the human race.
Oh shoot I didn't read enough before I called you a eugenicist. You're sad about it. Well then.
Disabled and immunocompromised are two totally different things mate.. If you can't walk, you're considered disabled, but there is no reason you can't get vaccinated
And even many immunocompromised people can get vaccinated. To be blunt, anyone who actually knows an immunocompromised person isn't going to visit them when they have the flu, simply because there is no mandatory quarantine period.
The common cold, flu and herpes can kill immunocompromised people. So, I hope you're willing to isolate when you have a cold sore.. In fact, you could argue that almost every person on this planet is contagious for something at the moment.
As I said, with the exception for people who CANNOT get vaccinated, there is literally NO reason why they shouldn't have been vaccinated by the time Biden became president. And guess who was responsible for not isolating and telling people not to wear masks? His name sounds like Tramp.
It's very annoying when someone is this condescending and it's because they made a mistake while following the conversation.
People are disabled BY covid. Covid does both, in fact. Even if you're vaccinated.
None of the shit you're saying right now is honestly even relevant because you're talking about a vaccine only strategy that's entirely voluntary for the individual and that vaccine isn't going to stop the pandemic or even spare people from the effects of it over the long term.
Liberals today are now saying the exact same thing Trump cultists were saying in Aug 2020 word for fucking word.
One good reason is the vaccine didn't exist at that point >_>
NO. THAT WAS BIDEN AND THE LIBERALS. GET IT STRAIGHT.
When the fucking chuds were doing their fishnet mask protest bullshit it was still normal to mask. It wasn't until the DEMOCRATS started trying to manufacture the sociological construction of the end of the pandemic that all of a sudden it became weird to mask.
https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/how-liberals-killed-masking-unlocked
I know asking people to listen to something is a stretch but if you want an example of what I'm talking about, this podcast episode is reading a timeline so you can just skim through. I also recommend their Covid: year X episodes for a timeline of administrative actions. They're all very long I'm sorry.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/05/13/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-covid-19-response-and-the-vaccination-program-3/ Notice who wrote that..
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-masks.html https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-downplaying-virus-mocked-wearing-masks-months/story?id=73392694
You must have a short memory. In fact, Trump even harrassed Biden for wearing a mask during the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSFjfyEx-o
Literally all I have to do is look at the dates on the URLs you linked
You didn't read my comment. You don't know what is even going on in this argument.
If you can't be bothered to put in even an iota of effort then just sit down and shut up
Nobody knows what's going on in this argument..
Because every response you make is some weird tangent. You get a link that shows trump sabotaging the covid response. And you think the date is what matters?
I bet you read books by checking the copyright
Hence why this comment is my last
If you can't even fucking pay attention to what's being said, like I fucking told you, sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up. I'm not kidding. Pay the fuck attention and make a salient point to the argument or don't fucking participate. I don't understand how this is so fucking hard for you.
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