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Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...xodus-of-americas-health-care-workers/620713/

Well this is the sort of sobering shit I don't ever need to see.

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the health-care sector has lost nearly half a million workers since February 2020. Morning Consult, a survey research company, says that 18 percent of health-care workers have quit since the pandemic began, while 12 percent have been laid off.
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Autocorruptor said:
Between all that have been laid off or quit, thats 30% of the health care workers. Fuck.
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Hard to blame them. Conditions were already shit for front line workers with how ungodly entitled people can be, but now with all of this anti-science, anti-medicine, anti-vaccine bullshit going around it's even worse.

Lives have been threatened. I wouldn't want to be a nurse right now.
 
TotalAbsolutism said:
Hard to blame them. Conditions were already shit for front line workers with how ungodly entitled people can be, but now with all of this anti-science, anti-medicine, anti-vaccine bullshit going around it's even worse.

Lives have been threatened. I wouldn't want to be a nurse right now.
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That only covers those who quit out their own will, though, not those who were laid off right when the field needs more workers.
 
OverMaster said:
That only covers those who quit out their own will, though, not those who were laid off right when the field needs more workers.
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Some of the lay-offs were probably people who refused to get vaccinated.

Not sure what proportion specifically, but I can't fault that proportion of layoffs.

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How viable would declaring Martial Law in order to prevent any more infections be?
 
Daytripper said:
How viable would declaring Martial Law in order to prevent any more infections be?
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AFAICT that didn't work so well in China. You can probably find other dictatorships which have externally published statistics (i.e. from the WHO or some other UN agency) to see if one of them did a martial law declaration, and what the effect was.

I think the problem with martial law is that you suppress the information which you need to deal with the problem, and some assholes always find their way around the travel restrictions.
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...ope-with-life-in-a-pandemic-a-new-study-finds
While the World Health Organization recommended that people avoid too much COVID-related media for the benefit of their mental health, our research reveals that memes about COVID-19 could help people feel more confident in their ability to deal with the pandemic,
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That is right, scientists recommended looking at memes to make you feel better. Literally. I am not making this up.

Although it should be noted that "The type of meme matters, too: People who viewed memes featuring cute babies or baby animals were overall less likely to think about the pandemic or the effects it has had on them." So try to keep nihilistic memes to a minimum, for best results.
 
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Autocorruptor said:
Although it should be noted that "The type of meme matters, too: People who viewed memes featuring cute babies or baby animals were overall less likely to think about the pandemic or the effects it has had on them." So try to keep nihilistic memes to a minimum, for best results.
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Am I doing it right?

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Autocorruptor said:
https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...ope-with-life-in-a-pandemic-a-new-study-finds

That is right, the World Health Organization recommended looking at memes to make you feel better. Literally. I am not making this up.

Although it should be noted that "The type of meme matters, too: People who viewed memes featuring cute babies or baby animals were overall less likely to think about the pandemic or the effects it has had on them." So try to keep nihilistic memes to a minimum, for best results.
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I'm sorry but how did you misread your own quote?

It specifically says the WHO are the ones saying don't look at Corona memes, while the people who collaborated for this study are the ones recommending you do look at memes to reduce stress against the WHO advice.
 
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I'm sorry but how did you misread your own quote?

It specifically says the WHO are the ones saying don't look at Corona memes, while the people who collaborated for this study are the ones recommending you do look at memes to reduce stress against the WHO advice.
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I just reread the article, and yeah, you are right. My bad. I edited my post in response.
 
I was talking to some acquaintances, and the subject of COVID vaccination came up. I asked one of them if they were vaccinated, and discovered they were an anti-vaxxer. This was somewhat of a shock for me.

I have heard of these people on the news, and even seen one or two on the forums, but never encountered one IRL.
 
Autocorruptor said:
I was talking to some acquaintances, and the subject of COVID vaccination came up. I asked one of them if they were vaccinated, and discovered they were an anti-vaxxer. This was somewhat of a shock for me.

I have heard of these people on the news, and even seen one or two on the forums, but never encountered one IRL.
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And to think, all of this most recent swell of anti-vax seems to have started with some British guys trying to scam some money selling vaccines and an old doctor who lost his medical license due to stealing narcotics for personal use and claimed he could cure autism by giving children pills made out of his own bone marrow.

Nowadays, there are multiple millionaires and maybe billionaires sucking money out of people they've duped with anti-vax bullshit. It's a helluva an industry.
 
Never forget that Andrew motherfucking Wakefield, one of the big 'heroes' of the movement, had a financial interest in split vaccines when he came out specifically against the combined MMR vaccine; and only pivoted to full-on anti-vax when he lost all credibility as a result of his shady dealings.
 
TotalAbsolutism said:
Never forget that Andrew motherfucking Wakefield, one of the big 'heroes' of the movement, had a financial interest in split vaccines when he came out specifically against the combined MMR vaccine; and only pivoted to full-on anti-vax when he lost all credibility as a result of his shady dealings.
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I think after losing his medical license he had little choice if he wanted to maintain his awesome lifestyle.
 
Well my Christmas is ruined, my dipshit of a sister got COVID. And well that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Just spent the last 20 minutes going on a tirade.
 
Knightfall said:
Well my Christmas is ruined, my dipshit of a sister got COVID. And well that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Just spent the last 20 minutes going on a tirade.
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Sorry, man. There's nothing quite like COVID to find out which of your family members are dipshits.
 
Unfortunately I'm now among people who had close family taken by Covid.

My cousin. Just two weeks a go started feeling unwell, got to hospital and was diagnosed with COVID-19, few days a go doctors managed to cure him from virus but it caused extensive damage to his lungs and had to be connected to respiratory device. He lost 70% of his lungs capacity. Yesterday night he passed away.

He was 34, married, no children, youngest of his siblings. Strong healthy man who eat healthy food, regularly trained at gym and was amateur kickboxer. He bought some land few months a go and planned to build a house when spring comes. He wasn't vaccinated.

A good, strong healthy man is now past tense after two weeks after being infected.

My heart goes to his wife, mother, bothers and sisters who mourn him.

Please have yourself and your family members vaccinated if possible. It doesn't matter how healthy person is. Without vaccination they are gambling with thier lives.
 
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