Anybody want a Corona?

[spike]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

[McParadigm]

How it started/how it’s going

[JuanHamm]

Dear B or whomever,

Please don’t ban verb and me again. This is rhetoric, not trolling. All consenting adults here.

Best,

mac

Sorry. We didn't realize that you weren't trolling.

Thank you for your service. It doesn't get said enough.

Trolling is just rhetoric using a keyboard.

Just because someone has a different outlook than you and presents it with sarcasm/edge doesn't make it trolling.

Without verb's contributions, this thread would be nothing more than..

-Fuck, a new variant, we're all dead!
-Stickman tweet
-Americans are so stupid
-Stickman tweet
-This one subset of Americans is even moar stupid
-Stickman tweet
-We're all gonna die!

Verb has no outlook beyond "we're all doomed and everyone but me is an idiot who deserves it"

He's just a misanthrope. If he wasn't delighting in peoples fear over the virus it would be something else. The dude just gets off on suffering.

[Bi_3]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

No idea, but the point was their high vaccination rate hasn't stopped them from getting wave after wave and there is no reason to think we are any different. If you're suggesting some sort of global herd immunity would solve this, then lol.

[spike]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

No idea, but the point was their high vaccination rate hasn't stopped them from getting wave after wave and there is no reason to think we are any different. If you're suggesting some sort of global herd immunity would solve this, then lol.

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[verb_to_trust]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

No idea, but the point was their high vaccination rate hasn't stopped them from getting wave after wave and there is no reason to think we are any different. If you're suggesting some sort of global herd immunity would solve this, then lol.

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

I'm starting to think you bought a lot of vaccine stock or something.

[macphisto]

It's really the quote pyramids that keep me from enjoying this thread

I despise the thread title.

[spike]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

No idea, but the point was their high vaccination rate hasn't stopped them from getting wave after wave and there is no reason to think we are any different. If you're suggesting some sort of global herd immunity would solve this, then lol.

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

I'm starting to think you bought a lot of vaccine stock or something.

Covid broke you brain. You can’t really think anymore.

[Bi_3]

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

It's fair to say that the dominants variants have come from nations with low vaccination rates. But so what? Unless we are sealing borders (like stopping the 100k+ people a month crossing the southern border) that won't necessarily matter. Plus, by the time we can vaccinate the 5B unvaxxed folks we will be on double-zeta, meaning the vaccine is gonna be ineffective as target is moving so fast that it's a forever war. It's endemic like the flu, so we should prepare for that.

[verb_to_trust]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

No idea, but the point was their high vaccination rate hasn't stopped them from getting wave after wave and there is no reason to think we are any different. If you're suggesting some sort of global herd immunity would solve this, then lol.

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

I'm starting to think you bought a lot of vaccine stock or something.

Covid broke you brain. You can’t really think anymore.

I don't think about covid at all

[E.H. Ruddock]

Unless we are sealing borders (like stopping the 100k+ people a month crossing the southern border.

Thanks Obama!

[JuanHamm]

Mu in 49 of 50 states now. More virulent the Delta, can escape vaccines.

How many times is this going to have to happen before people start to understand? The magic potions lost to a force of nature. Book your brunch reservations.

Infinity. Infinity times. It's about identity now, not science.

It will inevitably be blamed on people not getting the vaccine that triggered the virus to become resistant to a vaccine it.. had... not been exposed to? I don't know how vaccine resistance works, but if it's anything like antibiotic resistance than it's selection pressure that drives certain mutations to thrive.

these mutations are coming from lands with lower vaccine rates. vaccine availability - and hesitancy in nations with plentiful vaccine - are absolutely to blame.

I don’t follow. Even in very high vaccinated nations, Israel for example, we are seeing wave after wave. The vaccines aren’t stopping infection and hijab viral load anymore and this not as effective at stopping mutations as they were 6 months ago. There are countries with much weaker national health systems and much lower vaccine availability have lower infection/death rates. The countries that have done the best seem to be the countries with lower comorbidities and/or aggressive border control (though to be fair this hasn’t helped Israel)

Even in the US, the largest red (proxy for vaccine hesitation) v blue states don’t show that big a difference:

It really seems like the situation has moved past the “vaccines uber alles” stage, into endemic, but we haven’t.

there was a variant born of Israel?

No idea, but the point was their high vaccination rate hasn't stopped them from getting wave after wave and there is no reason to think we are any different. If you're suggesting some sort of global herd immunity would solve this, then lol.

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

I'm starting to think you bought a lot of vaccine stock or something.

Covid broke you brain. You can’t really think anymore.

I don't think about covid at all

lol

[verb_to_trust]

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

It's fair to say that the dominants variants have come from nations with low vaccination rates. But so what? Unless we are sealing borders (like stopping the 100k+ people a month crossing the southern border) that won't necessarily matter. Plus, by the time we can vaccinate the 5B unvaxxed folks we will be on double-zeta, meaning the vaccine is gonna be ineffective as target is moving so fast that it's a forever war. It's endemic like the flu, so we should prepare for that.

Agreed, but it's not clear on who we can blame and cut off from society here. Can you clarify? It's the most important part.

[Bammer]

Life on earth was fun while it lasted.

Nice knowing ya!

[macphisto]

Life on earth was fun while it lasted.

Nice knowing ya!

Take me with you.

[Bammer]

Life on earth was fun while it lasted.

Nice knowing ya!

Take me with you.

Lambda Lambda Lambda will take all of us.

[Bi_3]

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

It's fair to say that the dominants variants have come from nations with low vaccination rates. But so what? Unless we are sealing borders (like stopping the 100k+ people a month crossing the southern border) that won't necessarily matter. Plus, by the time we can vaccinate the 5B unvaxxed folks we will be on double-zeta, meaning the vaccine is gonna be ineffective as target is moving so fast that it's a forever war. It's endemic like the flu, so we should prepare for that.

Agreed, but it's not clear on who we can blame and cut off from society here. Can you clarify? It's the most important part.

[spike]

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

It's fair to say that the dominants variants have come from nations with low vaccination rates. But so what? Unless we are sealing borders (like stopping the 100k+ people a month crossing the southern border) that won't necessarily matter. Plus, by the time we can vaccinate the 5B unvaxxed folks we will be on double-zeta, meaning the vaccine is gonna be ineffective as target is moving so fast that it's a forever war. It's endemic like the flu, so we should prepare for that.

covid/flu comparison alert!

[verb_to_trust]

I was taking about mutations only. They aren’t coming from more highly vaccinated countries.

And how can you so confidently throw in the towel on the vaccines when less than 30% worldwide have been inoculated lol.

It's fair to say that the dominants variants have come from nations with low vaccination rates. But so what? Unless we are sealing borders (like stopping the 100k+ people a month crossing the southern border) that won't necessarily matter. Plus, by the time we can vaccinate the 5B unvaxxed folks we will be on double-zeta, meaning the vaccine is gonna be ineffective as target is moving so fast that it's a forever war. It's endemic like the flu, so we should prepare for that.

covid/flu comparison alert!

That's all you could really go after in that paragraph, wasn't it?