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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #6575 on: January 12, 2022, 09:00:37 AM »
My work said starting in Feb, anyone who is not vaccinated has to get tested weekly and wear a mask 100% of the time on company property.  Fun.  I hope the SC limits that OSHA order a little bit.
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« Reply #6576 on: January 12, 2022, 10:10:42 AM »
I've long thought that covid originated in a lab and escaped by accident, but that info was hidden by the govt and media.

This article adds some evidence to my beliefs, but I don't know the accuracy of it.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hidden-military-documents-reveal-nih-intent-create-sars-cov-2-using-gain-function-research
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« Reply #6577 on: January 12, 2022, 10:36:14 AM »
I've long thought that covid originated in a lab and escaped by accident, but that info was hidden by the govt and media.

I am also still of this opinion. We are considered crackpots for one of the most logical explanations, as well as one of the most plausible explanations.
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« Reply #6578 on: January 12, 2022, 10:51:01 AM »
I've long thought that covid originated in a lab and escaped by accident, but that info was hidden by the govt and media.

This article adds some evidence to my beliefs, but I don't know the accuracy of it.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hidden-military-documents-reveal-nih-intent-create-sars-cov-2-using-gain-function-research
Lots of little details in that.  Including talking about Ivermectin as something that inhibits the virus and talk about spike protein vaccines may be problematic. 
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #6579 on: January 12, 2022, 11:00:24 AM »
My work said starting in Feb, anyone who is not vaccinated has to get tested weekly and wear a mask 100% of the time on company property.  Fun.  I hope the SC limits that OSHA order a little bit.

Your employer could still enforce that, regardless of the SC decision as a condition of employment, IIRC.

Iowa governor has made a proclamation that Iowa will not enforce any vax/mask mandate from OSHA, but that hasn't stopped employers from creating that policy. A lot of school districts are starting to require vax mandates for staff and students, haven't heard any scuttle from the state to stop them. Iowa is an at will state, so you can be terminated without cause.
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« Reply #6580 on: January 12, 2022, 11:02:30 AM »
I am also still of this opinion. We are considered crackpots for one of the most logical explanations, as well as one of the most plausible explanations.

You don't have to know the truth to reject obvious lies and misinformation from " legitimate authorities".

If "legitimate authorities" have demonstrably spread misinformation and lied to you multiple times - you question the truth content of everything they say going forward.

Once you allow yourself to question or reject statements by lying authorities you expand the Overton window on what is possible.

You can now weigh all possibilities.

You hold all sources to the standard that caused you to reject the lies of "legitimate authorities".

You don't logically reject one set of liars and gullibly accept others.

I considered the bioweapon/gain of function, attack/escape theory early on and nothing has falsified it as far as I can tell. It is a real option on the table still.

The official narrative is filled with so many lies, contradictions and incoherencies that I'm finding it hard to trust anything said by those who hold/held to the narrative. Including President Warpspeed.

It is hard losing confidence in all the institutions you've trusted your whole life, but nobody said rejecting lies and demanding truth was easy.

Not knowing the whole truth is better than believing lies masquerading as truth.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #6581 on: January 12, 2022, 11:32:19 AM »
The politicians have to Do Something to appease the people who they have scared shitless.
 
And they have to do MOAR of it! MOAR!
 
They are going to FIGHT this! That's what politicians do!
 
They fight hard on your behalf. Just ask them. They'll tell you about that. MOAR.

It is for your own good, and if you question it, you are denying science (we've had over a year of instruction on that concept), and endangering others. And if you say that Junior probably won't eve notice catching the bug, and that the risks of the vaccine outweigh the benefits in young people, you are shouted down. Long Covids! Long Covids! Never mind that they aren't venting the kids, etc... Because they don't need to.
 
They're so damn scared of catching what isn't even the worst cold that I've had... Omegatron was about two days of nasal nasty, coughing, still have a bit of a sore throat.
 
Maybe I should day home for a month and try to get disability for Long Covids...
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #6582 on: January 12, 2022, 11:38:45 AM »
And people have even put down family pets because they're worried about catching the covids from their doggies... Who haven't been going to the store to buy all the stuffs...
 
And doubtless now someone will call me a science denier. Because I haven't believed the twisted numbers from the start.

China cooked up a propaganda blitz, because they needed to cover for removing the folks in Hong Kong who had been protesting since June of 2019... And bam, there's a bug...
 
Oh, and saw something but didn't have time to trace it yesterday - CDC allegedly agreed that the "from" numbers are under 10% of the "with" numbers that everyone keeps spittlescreeching about.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #6583 on: January 12, 2022, 12:38:15 PM »
Your employer could still enforce that, regardless of the SC decision as a condition of employment, IIRC.
That's true, but many businesses are only making it a big stinkin' deal either because of the cover the government mandate provides or because of the threat that it comes with.

My company appears to be waiting until it starts getting enforced.  The owner doesn't think the mandate is legal or ethical and is hoping it gets sorted out by the Supreme Court before he has to start implementing it.

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« Reply #6584 on: January 12, 2022, 01:29:13 PM »
I work for a large multinationals corporation.

They've been out ahead of the government on a lot of stuff.

But, since many of our customers are the government, we've also had to to the customer's line on a lot of these issues.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #6586 on: January 12, 2022, 02:40:11 PM »
The politicians have to Do Something to appease the people who they have scared shitless.
 
And they have to do MOAR of it! MOAR!
 
They are going to FIGHT this! That's what politicians do!
 
They fight hard on your behalf. Just ask them. They'll tell you about that. MOAR.

It is for your own good, and if you question it, you are denying science (we've had over a year of instruction on that concept), and endangering others. And if you say that Junior probably won't eve notice catching the bug, and that the risks of the vaccine outweigh the benefits in young people, you are shouted down. Long Covids! Long Covids! Never mind that they aren't venting the kids, etc... Because they don't need to.
 
They're so damn scared of catching what isn't even the worst cold that I've had... Omegatron was about two days of nasal nasty, coughing, still have a bit of a sore throat.
 
Maybe I should day home for a month and try to get disability for Long Covids...
IMO, the fear porn is not the cause but a tactic of the whole mess.  "Never let a crisis go to waste."  They decided this was something they could use because emergency powers and public fear are excellent catalysts for the changes they want. 
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« Reply #6587 on: January 12, 2022, 02:44:28 PM »
That's true, but many businesses are only making it a big stinkin' deal either because of the cover the government mandate provides or because of the threat that it comes with.

My company appears to be waiting until it starts getting enforced.  The owner doesn't think the mandate is legal or ethical and is hoping it gets sorted out by the Supreme Court before he has to start implementing it.
My employee waited a while before doing anything.  OSHA issuing their new rules and trying to move ahead with them is why they did so.  They said they will pay for the testing so I can't imagine they would continue to eat that cost and the cost of tracking everything if the rule was struck down. 
I am not vaccinated.  I am feeling pretty stubborn about it right now.  We will see.
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« Reply #6588 on: January 12, 2022, 02:50:04 PM »
I'm beginning to understand why so few people want to work these days, and why "remoting" is so popular.

I am very blessed to be working for a small business, without a lot of the corporate conformity or pressures.
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« Reply #6589 on: January 12, 2022, 05:03:14 PM »
I'm beginning to understand why so few people want to work these days, and why "remoting" is so popular.

I am very blessed to be working for a small business, without a lot of the corporate conformity or pressures.
My brother works from home for a company that is not even based in his state.  They still required vaccination for remote employees. 
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« Reply #6590 on: January 27, 2022, 06:13:10 PM »
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« Reply #6593 on: February 08, 2022, 11:11:47 AM »
But the "science has changed"  [popcorn]
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« Reply #6594 on: February 08, 2022, 11:15:57 AM »
But the "science has changed"  [popcorn]

The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
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« Reply #6595 on: February 08, 2022, 11:20:46 AM »
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
The science is settled!
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« Reply #6596 on: February 08, 2022, 02:19:52 PM »
The redneck part of me wants to yell "Bleep you, bat eater!"
 
I think I'm gonna go out for some General Tso's tonight...
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« Reply #6597 on: February 10, 2022, 08:38:27 AM »
This is kinda how I feel anytime I talk to friends and former coworkers back in California:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/02/10/tech-ceo-in-miami-gives-his-visiting-friend-from-seattle-a-covid-wake-up-call/

I've mentioned it here before, but it's like talking to people from a completely different planet. I know they feel the same way when they talk to me.
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« Reply #6598 on: February 10, 2022, 08:43:17 AM »
The redneck part of me wants to yell "Bleep you, bat eater!"
 
I think I'm gonna go out for some General Tso's tonight...

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« Reply #6599 on: February 10, 2022, 10:00:33 AM »
COVID reparations for "marginalized groups"

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But we can’t truly move beyond the pandemic until we talk about "Covid reparations," or compensation for the people who’ve suffered (and continue to suffer) the most because of government failures and historic inequality. For example, there’s overwhelming evidence Black, Latino and Indigenous people have been disproportionately killed by Covid. The idea of Covid reparations isn’t new, and it’s swirled furiously through my mind over the past 23 months, seeing sirens flash and funeral processions pass with unnerving frequency.

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The first year of the pandemic, the U.S. response was led by a maniacal president who appeared to deliberately let the virus spread and do damage, so the number of people who could collect on Covid reparations would surely be in the multimillions. But that shouldn’t hinder us from considering how reparations could be implemented. All who endured the Trump administration’s incompetence, families of those who didn’t, and anyone still coping with the government’s lingering Covid-related issues deserve pay.
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“Many of us have gone into medicine because we recognize the inequities and we recognize how racism impacts Black communities,” she said. “So for a lot of us, health care work and activism are one in the same.”
To move past the pandemic, we need to talk about Covid reparations
Dr. Uché Blackstock gives insight on what the future of Covid-19 care might look like for marginalized groups who have suffered the most.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/covid-reparations-rcna15501
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