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    I almost some days that the people who know how all the various technologies work that keep our society functioning would just...step back...for a couple of months.

    Let all the Internet experts shoulder the load for a while, see how that goes.

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    I could imagine in an alternate reality where a lot more people were vaccinated, masks might not be so important. Unfortunately we have anit-vaxxers like RFK Jr., Fox news, others around their social media circles and right to choose bunch promoting Covid disinformation around the vaccines and boosters that we all have to pay the price for. I don't know how many more of them will have to die or get ill before any of that changes, if ever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    I could imagine in an alternate reality where a lot more people were vaccinated, masks might not be so important. Unfortunately we have anit-vaxxers like RFK Jr., Fox news, others around their social media circles and right to choose bunch promoting Covid disinformation around the vaccines and boosters that we all have to pay the price for. I don't know how many more of them will have to die or get ill before any of that changes, if ever.
    Enough people in my state are vaccinated. Those who choose not to get vaccinated will pay the price. The rest of us should not have to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    I could imagine in an alternate reality where a lot more people were vaccinated, masks might not be so important. Unfortunately we have anit-vaxxers like RFK Jr., Fox news, others around their social media circles and right to choose bunch promoting Covid disinformation around the vaccines and boosters that we all have to pay the price for. I don't know how many more of them will have to die or get ill before any of that changes, if ever.
    I understand that RFK Jr is a true anti-vaxxer but I'm confused by the often repeated claim that Fox News is anti-vax. Are people just confusing anti-vax with anti-mandate, as some of their personalities claim to be? Whats the deal with that?
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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    It is curious why the CDC has never recommended better quality masks despite wide availability now (I had quality masks in March of 2020 but hey bf wanted protection from the awful smoke of west coast climate fires so had N95s then by coincidence). Why the CDC doesn't stress ventilation. And why what is actually a norm in many countries is to self-test yourself before all social events is kind of unheard of here. But that will never be a norm for most if test kits are near $30 and hard to find of course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    I understand that RFK Jr is a true anti-vaxxer but I'm confused by the often repeated claim that Fox News is anti-vax. Are people just confusing anti-vax with anti-mandate, as some of their personalities claim to be? Whats the deal with that?
    Did I say that Fox news was anti-vaxx, or that they were the source of disinformation? Though I don't know what others might say. You can google Tucker Carlson as easy as me and believe it or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    Did I say that Fox news was anti-vaxx, or that they were the source of disinformation?
    Yes, you said "Unfortunately we have anit-vaxxers like RFK Jr., Fox news, others around their social media circles...".
    You can google Tucker Carlson as easy as me and believe it or not.

    I've personally never paid any attention to Tucker Carlson so I'm not sure what he believes, but have watched/listened to the network's hard news segments and have never heard anything other than vaccine support. I'd never considered that people would equate one person for an entire network.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    Did I say it disputed what you said. I just found the details interesting. Maybe you knew all of that.
    Oh, ok. Yes I knew that stuff at a summary level. Unfortunately I listened to too much of the live Fauci versus rand Paul congressional hearing. I only listened to it because it was a beautiful evening and I was driving around in my convertible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yppej View Post
    Enough people in my state are vaccinated.
    How much is enough? Enough so that the ICUs and hospitals only fill up with the unvaccinated, but don't overflow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    Oh, ok. Yes I knew that stuff at a summary level. Unfortunately I listened to too much of the live Fauci versus rand Paul congressional hearing. I only listened to it because it was a beautiful evening and I was driving around in my convertible.
    My humble apologies. Some of it I didn't know and I found interesting. The term HUNH somewhat baffled me. Driving around in a convertible on a nice day sounds quite nice right now.

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