Be wary of people trying to abuse language and connotations to shame, pressure and govt-coerce people into taking it.
Covidians who pinned the world's hopes on vaccines own the decision to shutdown. They don't get to pin their failure on other people.
@Synclair jesus fuck.... they haven't even bothered to take the article down!!!!
choice quotes 2 seconds in:
"The prospect of Americans lined up like sheep to “take a needle” peddled by a fraud like Donald Trump"
". While most medical experts have already recoiled in horror at the idea of a vaccine strangely timed to come out by November 3rd, a good number of credulous Trump supporters would doubtlessly gladly bare their arms,"
60% were already double jabbed. So much for 'safe and effective'.
Remind us again why you want to mandate vaccination before people get their rights back again?
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Covid vaccination centres vandalised in France - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57883397
Good, sadly. The ethical thing to do at this point is quit until the government stops making it effectively mandatory. By giving people vaccines you're participating in the coercion.
Church of England criticised over suicide of falsely accused priest - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-57780729
'Father Alan Griffin, 78, died in November 2020 having spent a year under investigation without ever having the allegations set out to him.
Coroner Mary Hassell said the claims were "supported by no complainant, no witness and no accuser".'
@stephanlivera note how dementia and Alzheimer's are top comorbidities of covid deaths.
"A slide presented during the meeting showed that 0.3 percent of 12- to 25-year-olds have landed in the emergency room following vaccination. ... In other words, the CDC is suggesting that within this group, it is preferable for 3,000 12- to 17-year-olds to go to the emergency room after getting vaccinated than for 200 12- to 17-year-olds to be hospitalized from Covid-19."
Utter madness.
https://wired.com/story/the-cdc-owes-parents-better-messaging-on-the-vaccine-for-kids/
@Synclair I was a little child at the time. But I have heard of that event fwiw.
"Ontario gyms are changing the way they operate to accommodate post-lockdown fitness - The Globe and Mail" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/article-ontario-gyms-are-changing-the-way-they-operate-to-accommodate-post/
So gyms are re-opening here, and you don't have to wear a mask during exercise. But you do otherwise.
During exercise, your metabolism - and thus the amount of air you breathe - increases by a factor of approximately 10x.
But I'm sure that 10% of the time you're wearing a mask will totally help! 😂
Everything You Need to Know About Walmart Insulin | Diabetes Strong
https://diabetesstrong.com/walmart-insulin/
Interesting reading. tl;dr: the claims that insulin is a "100 year old drug" re: accusations of price gouging ignore the fact that modern insulins are very different - and better - drugs than older formulations.
Good on Walmart for bringing the cheap stuff back to the market. But there are big downsides compared to the newer, patented, insulins.
There's trucks going around Toronto with loudspeakers trying to convince people to get vaccinated.
One actually tailgated me while I was riding my bike, while saying how great it was seeing everyone outside walking and cycling. So I gave him a middle finger and he stopped that annoying patter and backed off. Loser.
1/ Pressure Against Proof-of-Work Growing in Europe
https://twitter.com/GKBoris/status/1413259622237020162?s=20
Members of the European Parliament want to push a framework that would outlaw proof-of-work in a regulation of “Markets in Crypto-assets” (MiCa) proposal.
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RT @GKBoris
"I believe that, at the end, the game saved hundreds or thousands lives by helping to implement some necessary restrictions sooner than they'd be implemented otherwise."
Meanwhile the Czech Republic has one of the highest per-capita rates of death with covid in the world.
Watch "How I think it’s like trying to get a toddler to eat something they ont want to #shorts" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/EhQtBJuS7MA?feature=share
TIL there exists an uncanny valley of acting.