• Spitfire@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Feels like a combination of vaccine distrust and misinformation, cost of medical care, and the spread through coming to work sick as many can’t afford not to.

    It’s a horrible situation all around that will continue as it was mismanaged from the start.

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      1 year ago

      and the spread through coming to work sick as many can’t afford not to.

      In March of 2019 2020 I said this would change nothing about how businesses run, and within two years we would be back to sending people in to work sick. What I didn’t predict was the CDC actually changing fucking medical guidelines to benefit business instead of following the actual timeline it takes from infection to no longer spreading COVID.

      It fucking sucks so hard being right. It was like overnight from “You’re heroes!” right back to “You’re lucky to have a fucking job! You should be thankful to me for keeping you employed!”

      No one in corporate America gives one fucking shit about our lives. Why aren’t more Americans ready to fucking strike over it? Probably because they’re fucking stupid.

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    1 year ago

    Wearing masks and thinking of others in society doesn’t fit the me, myself, and I above all else narrative of a true Maga Patriot

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      1 year ago

      I agree but I’m pretty sure the vaccine is still free at like cvs and targets. Similar to their flu annual flu shot

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      It’s still free and they’ve offered multiple courses of it since it came out and they’ve been pretty liberal with it. When I was living there I got the 1st and 2nd dose plus 2 courses of boosters all for free.

      I would think the majority of deaths are from some combination of poor general health in the population which is also aging, antivax/antimask/conservative bullshit, and workers rights sucking wrt sick time/etc.

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        Isn’t it being free ending now for some insurances? I don’t know if it has already happened or it’s happening soon, but unless something has changed again, it’s happening.

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    1 year ago

    I feel at this point most if not all of us know someone who died from covid. If that can’t convince the idiots to stay on top of their vaccines, I don’t know what will.