The Silent, Vaccinated, Impatient Majority

By artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 12:51am |

Politicians calculate that vilifying a minority group is shrewd https://t.co/Mx3JhQvDSd
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) January 18, 2022

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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/01/politicians-against-unvaccinated-djokovic/621242/

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two things I posted elsewhere definitely fit here better; this

Mexican TV Host loses it , calls all antivaxxers "morons"
"You damned antivaxxers, gaggle of morons! Stop with your bullshit and at least put on a god damned face mask, and stop hitting the brakes for the entire world! Yes, you antivaxxers, you are a moron! Put on a face mask!" pic.twitter.com/EYb5WCcByB
— Dallas (@59dallas) January 15, 2022

and this

Europe's loud, rule-breaking unvaccinated minority are falling out of society

By Rob Picheta @ CNN.com, Updated 12:53 PM ET, Sun January 16, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 12:57am

Required read. Even for those who have no concerns related to Covid. If you need serious medical care of any kind, chances are it's going to be a way tougher row to hoe than ever before. If you don't have a savvy advocate with much time to spare, you're probably screwed

Both my elderly parents got Covid-19.

Finding them a life-saving treatment, when their doctor and hospital offered no help, was a nightmare.

My journey, in my new column:https://t.co/TMgiFhsN4N
— Michael J. Stern (@MichaelJStern1) January 15, 2022

...I get that the U.S. health care system is under siege from the highly transmissible omicron variant that is sickening even triple-vaxxed people like my parents. But at the moment, American health care feels like the Wild West.

I put the bulk of the blame firmly on the anti-vaxxers. They are closely followed by the people who wear their masks as chin straps. But if I’m being honest, President Joe Biden’s administration carries some of the blame....

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 1:19am

First 4 months are growing pains, after that you own it.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 2:54am

Public service announcement! watch for em so you get some before they're all gone!

SCOOP: The Biden administration is planning to announce tomorrow a plan to distribute hundreds of millions of N95 masks at pharmacies and other sites.

The masks will be sourced from the Strategic National Stockpile.

w/ @adamcancryn: https://t.co/G564vyuPwf
— David Lim (@davidalim) January 18, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 7:21pm

p.s. if you haven't done so already - here's the link to get 4 free rapid tests per household, is quick, just name & address

https://special.usps.com/testkits

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 7:25pm

Why is the US death rate from COVID-19 so high? https://t.co/0xjxdMaYHw pic.twitter.com/9pueJaOyVt
— Kevin Drum (@kdrum) January 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 7:37pm

Good man, that he is publicly talking about this will undoubtedly change some minds:

Stephen A. Smith after Covid: If I wasn't vaccinated, 'I wouldn't be here'

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Updated 1:23 PM ET, Tue January 18, 2022

New York (CNN Business)Stephen A. Smith returned to ESPN's "First Take" Monday after a bout with Covid-19, which the commentator said nearly killed him.

"For me personally, it hit me differently," Smith said.

Smith explained that he tested positive for the virus late last month and wound up in the hospital over the New Year.

"[Doctors] told me, had I not been vaccinated, I wouldn't be here. That's how bad I was," he said. "I had pneumonia in both lungs. My liver was bad, and it ravaged me to the point where even now I have to monitor my volume, get to the gym every day ... I'm still not 100% with my lungs, but I'm Covid negative ... I'm on the road to recovery."

Smith added that he had a 103 degree fever every night, "woke up with chills and a pool of sweat and was coughing profusely."

"And it got to a point that right before New Year's Eve, I was in the hospital into New Year's Day," he said. "That's how I brought in the New Year.

Smith added that "if it wasn't for several doctors ... I wouldn't be here." He proceeded to thank those doctors as well as ESPN executives including the network's chairman, Jimmy Pitaro, for checking on him.

"I wanted to take a moment to say to folks out there that (A) the vaccine, according to [doctors], saved me," he said. "Now, everybody's different because my sister smokes and she had Covid and she was fine in 3 days, 3-4 days. Me? I don't smoke, and it almost took me out."

Smith also added that wearing a mask is important [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/18/2022 - 10:35pm

The Silent, Vaccinated, Impatient Majority

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