You're not a fan of freedom of religion, I take it. And this "deadly disease" was not stopped in its spread by the vaccines or lockdowns. Sweden is a good example of a nation that handled the pandemic better than most with basically no lockdowns. Most of the difference in death rates between countries could be attributed to differences in public health. Italy, for example, had a very old population vulnerable to the virus. Most of the deaths in America were among people with up to 4 comorbidities (aka - pre-existing health conditions). So, if isolating the weakest among us from open society was done instead of making everyone lockdown, that might have worked better.
Sweden is a relatively isolated country of about 10 million. Probably not a good example.
A better example would be Japan, which went into a total lockdown, canceled the Olympics, and strictly enforced social distancing. (It helped that mask-wearing was already popular in Japan, and they don't hug or shake hands when greeting; they do that whole bowing thing.) With a larger elderly population and high population density, Covid should have decimated them. But instead, total Covid Fatalities in Japan were about 50,000, compared to over a million for the US.
The world would be truly better off if Religion just went away.
Depends on the country, if you want to answer that question, but for the US, clearly, the public has been lulled into a mental state that is more open to federal control of things. FISA just got reauthorized with far more power than before to spy on everyone, and it barely made the news. During the pandemic, the feds also worked in collusion with tech and social media companies to censor various speech that went against certain narratives concerning vaccines, therapeutic measures, and COVID in general. Many of the things censored turned out to be true. So far, no one in government has been held accountable for putting pressure on these companies, despite this violating the First Amendment. On the state level, the broad powers allowed for governors and legislatures call into question just how much of our rights are actually just privileges that can be limited by government as they see fit.
Actually, most of that stuff that spread on the internet was bullshit, and frankly, not enough was done to censor misinformation. Take your boy, Hydrochlorinequinine.
17,000 people died because they believed the shit that was spread on the internet and amplified by the Orange Shitgibbon. Of course when Trump caught Covid himself, he didn't take HCQ, he got the best of care at Walter Reed with treatments not available to the rest of us.
Not really. It got to the point that the definition of vaccine has changed. In the past, something had to provide immunity to be called a vaccine. This is why the flu shot was not called a vaccine. It only provided resistance. When the vaccines first rolled out, they were claimed to provide immunity. It was quickly determined they didn't. Then, they were sold as providing resistance. That didn't work out too well either, since the version of the spike protein provided by the vaccines didn't match the various mutations that had occurred since the development of the vaccines. When that stopped being a selling point, they tried to say it reduced your chances of ending up in the hospital. When a significant portion of people ending up there were shown to be fully vaccinated and boosted, people started asking what the point of the shot was.
Actually, the vaccine did it's job, new cases and deaths dropped once it was distributed. Another achievement you clowns won't give Biden credit for.
Then, there's the fact that the spike protein itself is pathogenic. It causes myocarditis and clotting even without the rest of the viral structure. With the vaccines not conforming to cGMP standards, some batches caused significantly more and worse injuries than others. So, getting the shot was a roll of the dice. In many ways, certain batches were far more dangerous than getting the virus itself.
Yeah, I don't have time for dumb conspiracy theories.
When considering the rise in interest rates, the rise in housing costs (both in rent and buying homes), and the comparatively low change in wages and salaries, that is already economic doom to a certain extent.
You know, I was out and about yesterday with the Missus. We went to a concert from the local youth orchestra. A whole bunch of parents who could apparently afford to buy their kids expensive instruments. Then we went to the Red Lobster. Apparently, a lot of people going out for expensive food that day. Finally, Walmart. Crowded parking lot of people filling their carts with stuff.
For the Dystopia, you guys all seem to think exists...it wasn't very dystopic.
