Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Dec 31 2021 02:34pm)
i am listening to you right now
that being said, the mess in 2020 and early 2021 was more or less inevitable, but my original point was about firing healthcare workers for not taking the jab when you are already shorthanded
that must mean compliance is more important than treating people and the vaccines we have do not slow the spread
my mom works in a hospital (not healthcare though) and their ER is constantly full even without any rona patients, german doctors worked until they drop before the pandemic and nobody gave a fuck
dont get me wrong, i would make vaccine that provides the classic immunity mandatory for everyone tomorrow
the pandemic is slowly winding down and the worst is behind us, its not going to be permanent
however full emergency rooms will continue to be normal
btw, i am not saying its you or anyone else here, but you do realise how dumbasses there are even among doctors? i am tired of the "i am a doctor, i am right" argument, inam interested in results
i have seen people with the same education deny the existence of the virus or deny the existence of our immune system
the problem are not unvaxxed in general, the problem are unvaxxed AND unhealthy/elderly people
Having an issue was inevitable, but the degree was not. We could have handled this way better by following the science. Pandemics aren't a new thing. We know how to handle them, and ignored it. We had a president who wouldn't even endorse mask wearing. The simplest, lowest cost, lowest intrusion policy that is massively effective for fucks sake.
The entire argument that "It's unvaxxed and unhealthy people" misses a very important point. YOU DO NOT GET TO SELECT YOUR OWN POPULATION DURING A PANDEMIC. It doesn't matter one fucking bit if your entire population are obese smokers. When there's a pandemic you have to make policy around the population you have, not the population you wish you have.
This next line is the most important one IMOAnd again, you're falling back on "full ER's were normal" when I already explained how that talking point is incomplete. A full ER isn't abnormal. Every ER being constantly full with no relief for over a year is not. It's hard to believe you are listening to me when you are still saying the same thing. ICU nurses having to take on twice as many patients is not normal. ERs being full even after pulling every available staffer is not normal. This happening to every city at once is not normal.
This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Dec 31 2021 04:16pm