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  • Ramanisky2-2

    Oy Vey so much delusional smugness.
    America is Fucked.

    • She's morbidly obese. She should get the VaxPhanLo
    • Her family's insurance premiums should double and she should be charged double should she find herself in the icuwhatthefunk
    • shut your stupid face, thumbhead.Nairn
  • drgs0

    I had to read it 4 times

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/…

    Anti-Maskers Ready to Start Masking—to Protect Themselves From the Vaccinated

    An anti-vaccine conspiracy about the vaccinated is leading some anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers to contemplate wearing a mask and social distance.

    The conspiracy—which comes in several shapes and sizes—more or less says the vaccinated will “shed” certain proteins onto the unvaccinated who will then suffer adverse effects.

    • those idiots will believe anythingmonospaced
    • Too bad they vote too.grafician
    • sounds like some psy-ops just to get them doing what they're supposed to do.ayport
    • Sings "one way or another"AQUTE
    • *these idiots will believe anything from certain sources, jfcwhatthefunk
    • Too bad they reproduce.utopian
  • utopian2

  • utopian4

  • SimonFFM1

    Lockdown in New Zealand after 1 corona case has been found. One.

    • yes but remember they're virgin territory to the virus. all four (?) variants have yet to work their way thru the kiwis...hans_glib
    • Simon, the sanity has left the building long ago.pr2
    • uhm...they vaccinated 3M out of 4.8M people, so yeah, they'll be finegrafician
    • @grafician they have given out 2.2mil shots, but most of those are the first dose. Most people there are unprotected.robotinc
    • @pr2 this is how one prevents a pandemic, unlike America's pro endemic mindsetrobotinc
    • Probably why they haven't had a case for many months...just a thought.BusterBoy
    • My sisters bf was on a jobsite that had one of the caseshardhat
  • grafician-4

    JUST IN: Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who is fully vaccinated, tests positive for coronavirus.

  • utopian12

    • I hope he dies (just kidding!) so all your pro-vaxers can start shitting your pants again.pr2
    • TL

      LOL
      grafician
    • uhh, pr2, nobody has ever said the vaccine keeps you from getting covid-19. Only person here shitting anything is you, as usual.monospaced
    • This just shows that you actually don't understand the science, or you haven't paid any attention to it. Pathetic.monospaced
    • pro-vaxers <=> science mindedrobotinc
    • pro-vaxxer = anti-vaxxer
      both are controlled by emotions and not science.
      pr2
    • http://c.tenor.com/B…robotinc
    • holy shit your mental acrobatics are insane. vaccines are invented by scientists, and are the result of rigorous science.monospaced
    • These scientists do this and are urging the world to get vaccinated. That isn’t emotion, that’s literally the science speaking you back assward clownmonospaced
    • The only people who question the need for these vaccines are anti vax morons, not scientists.monospaced
    • The science shows that the vaccines will ensure even Abbott will be saved from a covid death. That’s how the science works, and you can’t argue against that.monospaced
    • mono's last 4 paragraph prove my point: "pro-vaxxer are controlled by emotions and not science"pr2
    • No it doesn’t. If you want to argue against the fact that the vaccine keeps you from dying of covid, go ahead. But science isn’t on your side.monospaced
    • You seem so emotionally charged you can’t even accept that the science made the vaccine and that it works. Accept it or reject it. That’s your choicemonospaced
    • I am accepting what the planets best science is saying. You are not. That isn’t emotion, it’s just fact.monospaced
    • I see this news as positivedorf
    • I read a Twitter post hoping that Abbott loses his ability to walk, LOLutopian
    • Don't even have to test or isolate if we're double vaxxed in the UK. could start a wave of 1000 hospitalisations p/d in the unvaccinated without our protectionkingsteven
    • unvaccinated != antivax, vaccinated != pro vax of course. the 'ill wait and see' camp are unaware of the protection they are getting from the conscientiouskingsteven
    • antivaxers are beyond reasoning, when it comes to the crunch we'll find there's not that many who won't take it. we're just not quite there yet unfortunatelykingsteven
    • I think it’s sensible to be cautious about big pharma and not blindly following “the planet’s best science”, which isn’t immune from influence.mort_
    • While I have been vaxxed, I would have concerns about the scale and rate of this operation and the past behaviour of some of these companies.mort_
    • So I would tend not to demonise anyone who is unsure or deliberating. But anti-vaxxers with no valid objections are a different beast.mort_
    • “Why is the FDA funded in part by the companies it regulates?”
      https://theconversat…
      mort_
    • I agree mort_. I was hesitant. I don't have 'normal' vaccines. But I weighed the risks for myself and others and chose to get vaccinated.formed
    • I kinda figured 'well, worse comes to worse and the vaccine causes horrible damage later on, I'll be in the same boat as most people."formed
    • @mort not demonize, but educate the on the fence types. They are the weak links. I mean, it's been long enough that they could "do their research".garbage
    • All they've read are from reactionary hack types. It's like asking Michael Jordan for baseball tips.garbage
    • Anti-vaxxers and on-the-fencers are the weak links that are causing all of this. It's as simple as that.garbage
    • So yes, people that do understand medicine are fucking annoyed and rightfully emotional about people who don't fucking get it.garbage
    • Also Gregg Abbott won't die because he's afforded health care that the majority of his constituents don't have access to. But I wouldn't care if he did.garbage
    • Bonus is that their taxes pay for his health care that they can't buy for themselves. He'll come out of this in a "COVID is a wimp" way and lose no support.garbage
    • A bored yawn to all the anti-vaxxers. YAAAAWN.sandpipe
    • ^ I wish it were that simple.garbage
    • ^ I know. But I'm tired of discussing with these kind of people. There is no progress at all. And it ruins my nerves...sandpipe
    • I hope he dies. He's killing people with his words and his deeds.CyBrainX
  • grafician-7

    Just found this on pr2's profile page

    Bruh...

  • slappy1

    Hang in there NSW, it's going to get worse before it gets better.

    https://www.covid19data.com.au/c…

    • How can NSW get any worse? Oh sorry yeah the virus!MrT
  • Ramanisky22
  • Ramanisky22
    • Vince McMahon calls for Matt Baker from Ocean Beach! HAHAAQUTE
  • Ramanisky20

    • I mean, are we supposed to feel sorry for these unvaccinated people in the USA? sure in other countries where vaccines are hard to come by (i.e. Australia).inteliboy
    • But aren't Australians all descendants of criminals? Shouldn't we rather focus on Kenya?uan
    • it came to this: an ICU dr telling people unscientific lies about immunization.pr2
    • what lies?monospaced
    • Nobody said the covid vaccine made you immune. That is what the science deniers say, not what the science says.monospaced
    • Sounds like you've been fed lies, just like these poor brainwashed, science denying fools who didn't get vaccinated.monospaced
  • Gardener2

    • someone needs to invent that urgently for UKshapesalad
  • neverscared1

    Man Sentenced for Smuggling 80 Pounds of Speed Disguised as COVID Vaccine
    A Polish man covered his van in magnetic stickers with the BioNTech logo to evade authorities.

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/…

  • pr2-6

    "Individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection are unlikely to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before."

    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/…

    • First thing it says is that it’s not peer reviewed and should NOT be used to guide medical advice. Their emphasis.monospaced
    • It also concludes that if you’re unvaccinated you should get vaccinated. Either that or risk death from Covid infection.monospaced
    • They also limited previously infected as only the last 42 days. They threw out anyone who had it before that. Not very good angle there to ignore the majority.monospaced
    • EVERY paper in preprint is not peer-reviewed. How is this a news to anyone?pr2
    • It’s not news to anyone. But it is important if you’re going to cite it. Obviously.monospaced
    • the purpose of this study is not to find out if you should or shouldn't get vaccinated. don't confuse the aims. there a plethora of quality papers about it.pr2
    • It is saying that the vaccine works if you haven’t had Covid yet. If you’ve survived Covid it might be less effective. This isn’t news to anyone.monospaced
    • It supports the case for getting vaccinated. Nothing else.monospaced
    • but what about freedom?

      *spits
      GuyFawkes
    • um, yeah ok once again you show total disregard to how science works. any study has an AIM and proves something in context of that AIM.pr2
    • here specifically if those who had covid are as protected as those with vaccines. the study might lead to other conclusions but since that wasn't the AIM,pr2
    • those findings are not conclusive.pr2
    • papers that actually AIM to find if vaccines are good for you will show more nuanced findings: yes, if you are older or have comorbidity, inconsequential...pr2
    • ... but probably recommended when you are young and healthy.pr2
    • and not recommended for children (including those above 12).pr2
    • happy you both and your families are still alive and can argue in perpetuum on an online forum :-)uan
    • I did not show disregard for how science works, not at all. The AIM here is to say that a covid infection MAY have a period of immunity attached. Not news.monospaced
    • But nothing about the finding implies a vaccine isn't useful or necessary.monospaced
    • My family I know will be safe. Same can't be said for pr2's considering he doesn't mask and doesn't vaccinate.monospaced
    • but he got it already...so he is got vaccinated by nature.uan
    • Maybe.monospaced
    • science paper says: u got covid it's as good as if you were vaccinated;
      mono: "Maybe" then "i'm not anti science"
      sure you are note, sure you are not.
      pr2
    • No it doesn’t say that. The article says “maybe” you clown. It hasn’t even been peer reviewed nor is very complete.monospaced
    • The overwhelming majority of the science on the subject says to get vaccinated. You’re denying that and finding weak fringe studies instead.monospaced
    • The fact that 90% of current ICU covid patients are unvaccinated is the science you need to see.monospaced
    • dude, every time i read something you write i have a hard time believing that someone can be so obtuse to fundamental logic.pr2
    • mono's logic: ICUs are filled with unvaccinated people who NEVER HAD covid before = vaccinate people who had covid. fuck me!pr2
    • Your logic is that it’s better to risk death and accept loss of life for chance of some resistance than get vaccine which is almost guaranteed to save youmonospaced
    • And it’s not just people who aren’t vaccinated. There are 10-20% who were. That’s why it’s important. But go ahead and ignore the science you fucking retard.monospaced
    • My logic beats yours any day of the week. Because I am more informed, more well read and far more educated than you. And I don’t question the experts like you.monospaced
    • I’m also not irrationally scared of masks, the vaccine, or so emotionally driven like you, so I can see clearly. You have issues.monospaced
    • You live in fear, you live to spread fear, and you ignore anything that threatened that. That is why you are considered qbns #1 CUNTmonospaced
    • sure you are more informed, sure you are. here is your lollipop.pr2
  • Nairn0

    I'm guessing we're down to about 25% of people in shops here in London wearing masks now. If that.

    Good job.

  • api13

    Good news for kids and parents!
    New Study: Children are much less likely to fall seriously ill

    Children's immune systems seem to be better prepared for coronavirus attacks than those of adults. According to a new study, this probably explains why children are much less likely than adults to become severely ill with Covid-19.

    The cells of the upper respiratory tract are already on heightened alert in children and can quickly fight the virus in the event of infection before it massively multiplies, writes a team led by lung researcher Irina Lehmann of Berlin Charité in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/…

    Of course, there is always this one child in the media who became very ill with covid, but fortunately these are extreme exceptions and not infrequently diagnosed by pre-existing conditions.

    • good news_niko
    • Good news, everyone!nb
    • good luck not getting downvoted by the mob who doesn't want fear be taken away from their self identity.pr2
    • lol, you’re scared of a vaccine, and masks!monospaced
    • Also, this isn’t news. We ALWAYS knew kids we’re nearly all safe from covid complications. But they can still contract and spread it asymptotically.monospaced
    • That is the point of this and why it’s important to mask and vaccinate still. And that’s why he isn’t downvoted you ass backward clown.monospaced
    • Hey pr2, notice the upvotes? Your assessment of the entire situation is wrong. Can’t see the forest for the trees.nb
    • hey we should respect pr2's feelings to believe whatever he wants. even when it puts people's lives at risk. he's *that* special. <3 u prsarahfailin
    • Pr2s just scared guys, lets cut her some slackGuyFawkes
    • science says: kids are not at risk and neither are they major spreaders; the pitchfork crowd: that's why you gotta mask up and vaccinate. This is the sort...pr2
    • ...of twisted logic people like me have to deal with.pr2
    • can we force people to start reading books and actually use their brains? Of course not, so we just accept the reality of the mass stupidity.pr2
    • get a copy of the vaccine card and wave at at any given moron who requests it.pr2
    • the science does show that children are spreaders, though, you're full of shitmonospaced
    • in fact, a kid came home from camp with covid this summer, gave it to his grandmother, and she died from itmonospaced
    • pr2, you live in NYC right? How you gonna deal with the fact you can't go into any restaurant or show for the foreseeable future?monospaced
    • if you have any science to show that kids don't spread covid, share it. You won't, though, because you're a dishonest shit.monospaced
    • if i knew you have an honest bone in your body to bother reading, i could overwhelm you with papers.pr2
    • but it's obvious you prefer an anecdotes (some kids returning form a camp) to rigorous studies.pr2
    • Your entire position is reliant on fringe anecdote, which you use to ignore the vast majority of science. You can’t even deny this. You’re a joke here.monospaced
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  • Krassy2

    U.S. will begin wide distribution of Covid booster shots next month, saying vaccine protection wanes over time

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/…

    • It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, top U.S. health officials saidKrassy
    • Israel in 4th wave and about to offer boosters.fadein11
    • Less people will get booster I believe.Beeswax
    • Sign us up.monospaced
    • aww shit not again.. the second shot was already so horrible with effects.. never had such a bad fever in my life.neverscared
    • Better than deathmonospaced
    • no shit .. sherlock.neverscared
    • That was meant for someone else. Relax ;)monospaced
  • MrT0

    New Zealand lols. Comments are good too...

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt125…