How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Katheryne Helendale]

no no nooooo

way too much friendly fire there. Jonestown is one thing. This is... all of us.

But if everyone except the covidiots are vaccinated, that should pretty much eliminate the friendly fire, yes?

 

[Essence Lumin]

ETA: I don't understand why the software insists on splitting one quote into two. If anyone knows how to avoid this, I'd like to know.

That's okay. The smart people who aren't given to RWNJ conspiracy theories will get the vaccine and thus be protected from the idiots, who will likely die off, and the gene pool will receive a much-needed cleansing.

Yes, though that only works if the vaccine works for a long time which I think is an unknown, or we keep getting it.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Yes, though that only works if the vaccine works for a long time which I think is an unknown, or we keep getting it.

That's true. Hopefully we get some guidance on that very soon.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

But if everyone except the covidiots are vaccinated, that should pretty much eliminate the friendly fire, yes?

That's not exactly how it works as I understand it. As I understand vaccines, vaccinated people would get a less severe case for a shorter time frame. COVID is super nasty and we still don't know how long the jab is good for, and lots of other factors. We're giong to be masking up, distancing, and social bubbling for quite awhile. Just people who've had the jab might be able to expand their circles some more. Preferably with people who have also had the jab.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Yep, I'll be right behind you, Beebs. Grammarly said I didn't need an Oxford comma there.

No commas until you have three items in a list.

 

[Free]

*shakes head in disgust*

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The problem of course is the same people who have refused to wear masks or take any other preventative measures because they claim they "don't work", are also preemptively refusing to take a 90%-effectiveness-rate vaccine because they're idiots.

I don't think that's necessarily a huge issue, because besides protecting n% of people who take them (though I don't think there's any way to know if you're one of the fortunate n% or not, unless you find out the hard way that you're not), vaccines are also a non-lethal way of achieving herd immunity because the lucky n% who can't be infected by the virus won't be able to pass it on to anyone else, and the rate of infection goes right down.

In the UK, we're being told that (by the government's scientific advisors and independent experts as well as by politicians) that, assuming the vaccination programme goes according to plan, we should be able to start easing up on lockdowns and restrictions sometime around next Easter because, by that time, the R-rate should be low enough to mean the virus will be burning out.

From then, we are told, it'll be more like regular flu, in that it'll remain an illness that can kill but, so long as sufficient people keep their vaccinations up, it ceases to be a major threat to public health.

While herd immunity keeps up, anti-vaxxers are pretty safe, just as people who don't bother with a flu vaccination don't run a particularly great risk of catching it most years.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

*shakes head in disgust*

If he did that in the UK at the moment, he'd be hit with an automatic £10,000 fine (several of which have already been handed out).

 

[Free]

If he did that in the UK at the moment, he'd be hit with an automatic £10,000 fine (several of which have already been handed out).

Yeah. A real shame we're not still part of the kingdom, eh?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Yeah. A real shame we're not still part of the kingdom, eh?

You have your freedom and liberty, though.

 

[Free]

You have your freedom and liberty, though.

 

[Free]

The rule is: Everybody is stupid, at least occasionally. (But usually more than occasionally.)

Austin mayor was vacationing in Cabo when he said residents ‘need to stay home'

As health officials warned of a impending COVID-19 spike, Austin Mayor Steve Adler hosted an outdoor wedding for his daughter and then went to Cabo.

www.statesman.com

In early November, as health officials warned of an impending COVID-19 spike, Austin Mayor Steve Adler hosted an outdoor wedding and reception with 20 guests for his daughter at a trendy hotel near downtown.

The next morning, Adler and seven other wedding attendees boarded a private jet for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where they vacationed for a week at a family timeshare.

One night into the trip, Adler addressed Austin residents in a Facebook video: “We need to stay home if you can. This is not the time to relax. We are going to be looking really closely. ... We may have to close things down if we are not careful.”

 

[Free]

The 3 of them hate Trump and the anti-vax crowd - that's a given. So good luck with that.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Since this is the south, you might need to clarify.

This is two different people?

So, funny you should say the south....

Family tree of my northern ancestors indicate a fair bit of inbreeding, including my paternal gramma who was her own first cousin once removed - twice. Because her parents were not only first cousins with each other, but both were first cousins, twice... and it began innocently enough - two pairs of siblings married different people, and then children of one set of siblings married children of the other set of siblings.... and PA is NOT the south.

further back, unless I took a few wrong turns [entirely possible] I've a great manytimes grandfather who married his aunt [she was 20 years younger than his mum], and had children so.....

to be fair, the joke about southern inbreeding is really popular in the south - usually about a neighboring state.

 

[Casey Pelous]

...to be fair, the joke about southern inbreeding is really popular in the south - usually about a neighboring state.

In complete defiance of geography and physics, that neighboring state is almost always Alabama.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

So, funny you should say the south

First draft had Roxanne’s state but I made it more vague since I wasn’t sure she would like that info posted outside the private forum.

And Penciltucky sure is a thing, innit?

 

[Beebo Brink]

No commas until you have three items in a list.

As long as we're doubling down on our collective pedantry, I would have cast the sentence like this:

"Today, both the wife and the eldest daughter of a former local politician..."

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

First draft had Roxanne’s state but I made it more vague since I wasn’t sure she would like that info posted outside the private forum.

And Penciltucky sure is a thing, innit?

Possibly, but this was middle of the state area, not on the southern border....

And the bit about the guy marrying his own aunt was in merry old england so.....

 

[Sovereignty]

Since this is the south-

Sex among siblings: a survey on prevalence, variety, and effects

In a survey of 796 undergraduates at six New England colleges and universities, 15% of the females and 10% of the males reported some type of sexual experience involving a sibling.

 

[Free]

In a survey of 796 undergraduates at six New England colleges and universities, 15% of the females and 10% of the males reported some type of sexual experience involving a sibling.

Feels like it should be higher.