COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[MechAg94]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U77MA42hrHA
Definitely NOT a Cult
Paul Joseph Watson

This one is pretty good...... and accurate.

[charby]

Iowa is now mask free

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/05/20/covidkim-trends-again-as-iowa-governor-reynolds-signs-face-mask-mandate-ban/?sh=64245b7f140d

[MechAg94]

Iowa is now mask free

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/05/20/covidkim-trends-again-as-iowa-governor-reynolds-signs-face-mask-mandate-ban/?sh=64245b7f140d

Should have also banned masks.   

[Ben]

Just for clarity in my mask reporting: Idaho has been mask free statewide for some time. Boise only recently dropped their mandate after Biden's recent announcement. Same with some of the stores, like Costco and Cabelas. Though there was no state requirement, they still required masks in their stores until very recently.

So my observations are just what I'm seeing regarding masked / not masked now that there are no requirements in the vast majority of businesses in these parts.

[RocketMan]

NC went mask free Friday last week per the governor's latest edict.  He made some exceptions like public transportation, schools, government buildings, etc.
I stopped wearing mine as soon as I got the word.  Still seeing quite a few in the national chain stores.  Some of the smaller local stores, hardware in particular, gave up on masks a few weeks ago.

[charby]

Should have also banned masks.   

She made it personal choice to mask or not.

[Perd Hapley]

She made it personal choice to mask or not.

Personal choice? I seem to remember that concept from a couple of years back...

[K Frame]

So I just got back from a maskless trip to the grocery store, same one I talked about in the post below...

I could feel them all around me, looking at me, waiting to pounce, daring me to cough...

Mask Karens!

[WLJ]

Tell them you identify as masked

[Perd Hapley]

Tell them you identify as masked

Tell them they should identify as immune, 25 years old, and with zero comorbidities.

[JTHunter]

So I just got back from a maskless trip to the grocery store, same one I talked about in the post below...

Only one store has actually stopped me from entering - Menards.
No grocer, hardware, "big box" store, or "Walfart" has stopped me in the last 15 months.  Only when I have gone to a doctor myself or taken my remaining parent have I worn one.  And the only reason I submit to that is their memory of the doctor's orders and their lack of technical jargon is such that I have to hear those instructions.
No "karen" has said anything to me once I'm in the stores, despite my age and weight giving me 3 co-morbidities (HBP).

[Ron]

Looks like they are ending the pandemic!

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/caught-red-handed-cdc-changes-test-thresholds-virtually-eliminate-new-covid-cases-among

Next up ... aliens!

[WLJ]

Next up ... aliens!

Build the dome!

[MillCreek]

So I just got back from the Costco in Marysville, 45 miles north of Seattle.  For the first time, I saw a sign at the entrance stating that firearms were prohibited except for law enforcement officers.  Second, they has a mask optional if fully vaccinated sign.  I would say that about 80% of the customers were wearing masks.

[MechAg94]

Looks like they are ending the pandemic!

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/caught-red-handed-cdc-changes-test-thresholds-virtually-eliminate-new-covid-cases-among

Next up ... aliens!

That sort of thing makes me really wonder.  Are they trying to get around the "pandemic hysteria" they helped create or trying to hide the possibility the vaccines might not be as effective as they promised?

[Ben]

So I just got back from the Costco in Marysville, 45 miles north of Seattle.  For the first time, I saw a sign at the entrance stating that firearms were prohibited except for law enforcement officers.  Second, they has a mask optional if fully vaccinated sign.  I would say that about 80% of the customers were wearing masks.

I will check that firearms thing the next time I go to my Costco to see if it is Costco-wide. They are usually pretty lock-step for all their stores so it wouldn't surprise me to see a sign (that I didn't see - "Oh, you guys have a no firearms thing? Huh. News to me").

[230RN]

That sort of thing makes me really wonder.  Are they trying to get around the "pandemic hysteria" they helped create or trying to hide the possibility the vaccines might not be as effective as they promised?

Now that's thinking like a counter-intelligence agent.

Too bad "thinking like a counter-intelligence agent" is pop-psych labeled as paranoia.

On the other hand, maybe it's a good thing that "thinking like a counter-intelligence agent" is thought of as paranoia.

'Tis a puzzlement.

Terry, 00230RN

[JTHunter]

How many of you have seen the news that even "Freaky Fauci" is questioning the "source" of this virus?
https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-apos-not-convinced-apos-120653229.html

And now we find out that the ChiComs had an idea that something was going on at the clinic over a month before they said anything to the WHO.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/wuhan-lab-staff-sought-hospital-care-before-covid-19-outbreak-disclosed-wsj-2021-05-23/

[Ben]

So friendface is apparently no longer censoring posts that point to the Wuhan lab as a virus source. It's nice how the big tech is able to tell me what to think and when to think it. So much easier not using my brain.

[fifth_column]

So friendface is apparently no longer censoring posts that point to the Wuhan lab as a virus source. It's nice how the big tech is able to tell me what to think and when to think it. So much easier not using my brain.

The sad thing is how many people don't even realize this is going on for them.

[Perd Hapley]

Fauci now permitting us to think a lab accident was responsible for the Wuhan pandemic, it's like a cult leader suddenly getting a new revelation.

[MillCreek]

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/with-idaho-governor-gone-lieutenant-governor-bans-mask-mandates-in-state/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR05N9ecli0UVcQVxDQtQoUNrtRGnku3neOVHN5ZnwB7QceWXfnM4alU-Mo#Echobox=1622223801

With the Idaho governor attending a convention out of state, the lieutenant governor issues an executive order banning all mask mandates in the state.  It is not yet known if when the governor returns, he will issue another executive order overturning the lieutenant governor's executive order.  Both politicians are Republicans. I snorted when I read a comment on FB describing Idaho as the Florida of the north.

[WLJ]

Didn't even know "punk" rock was even still around.

NBC News
@NBCNews
A Florida concert promoter is charging $18 for tickets for an upcoming punk-rock concert to people who are vaccinated and $1,000 to those who are not.

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/05/29/punk-rock-concert-promoters-higher-ticket-price-for-unvaccinated-people-deemed-the-least-punk-thing-ever/

[WLJ]

Those darn far right Trump people

Protest held over Tenn. store’s ‘not vaccinated’ yellow star badges
https://www.wave3.com/2021/05/30/protest-held-over-tenn-stores-not-vaccinated-yellow-star-badges/



The article basically blames Marjorie Taylor Greene (r) from GA. and Trump
Here's what wiki has to say about her

Marjorie Taylor Greene (born May 27, 1974), also known by her initials MTG,[2] is an American politician, businesswoman, and far-right[3] conspiracy theorist[4] serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district.[5] A member of the Republican Party and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, Greene was elected to Congress in November 2020 and sworn into office on January 3, 2021.

Greene has supported disproven far-right conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate and QAnon,[6][7] as well as other unevidenced conspiracy theories including false flag shootings and 9/11 conspiracy theories.[8][9] Before running for Congress, she supported the execution of prominent Democratic politicians[10] and as a congresswoman equated the Democratic Party with Nazis.[11][12] Greene also supported Trump's efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene

[Angel Eyes]

Protest held over Tenn. store’s ‘not vaccinated’ yellow star badges
https://www.wave3.com/2021/05/30/protest-held-over-tenn-stores-not-vaccinated-yellow-star-badges/

 

Somebody did not think this through.