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What did we learn from Covid? (Jen Sorensen) (lemmy.world)

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[–] Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, this reminds me. I was asked to go to a Chiropractic "doctor" this weekend for a check up. That's nonsense to begin with, but I went anyway.

She asked about my back hurting, and I mentioned that I threw it out really badly when I got COVID a year or two ago, and was stuck in bed coughing super hard for a week. Her immediate response was "I've heard the vaccine can do that."

... Like, fucking what? How god damn stupid do you have to be to hear "I threw my back out coughing really hard." and instantly try to insert your anti-science bullshit into the conversation?

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Chiropractor. Stupid. Anti-science bullshit.

You repeat yourself.

[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Measles, that old-timey disease we didn't really think about as kids because of vaccinations. Welp, that's coming back. Thanks to fucking idiots.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's coming back thanks to those vaccine mandates that were brought in.

You don't put people at ease about a new vaccine by saying "you must have it otherwise you can't participate in society". That has the opposite effect and makes people even more reluctant and sceptical. It also gives anti-vaxxers more ammo for their nonsense that they can spread online.

All that combined has led to a big increase in vaccine hesitancy and scepticism, and the worst thing is that it's now harming kids as a result.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

I AGREE! Even though before Covid we also couldn't participate in things like travel or schooling or sometimes even workout with the Right Vaccine!

[–] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I was assaulted by a family member for not giving “IV Ivermectin” to someone with COVID who I had just crash intubated (honestly thought they were going to code, but somehow didn’t) back during the Delta wave.

My view of humanity has gotten pretty pessimistic since COVID. If I had the guts I’d honestly love to go create an insulated community of people who actually think about stuff and want to help each other.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are we still pretending the measures they took actually worked? I mean really guys, if you think that we needed more intervention to stop the covid then I dont really know what to tell you.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Well, we took a ton of half measures and performed a lot of safety theater. Big shocker, it didn't work well. Either way, the point wasn't to stop the disease entirely, but spread out the cases to "flatten the curve" and reduce load on hospitals, which it did do.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it didnt work at all. We literally knew lockdowns didnt work in spring of 2020, it was all a steaming pile of bullshit including flattening the curve.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Strange, because the countries where they did implement those measures came out better than the ones that didn't.

I'm sorry, but you can't argue with history.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apples and oranges. There was a study in spring of 2020 by JP morgan chase that showed the exact thing that anyone that was looking at the data would see, the lockdowns did absolutely nothing. Literally nothing.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Man, a massive corporation whose bottom line would be hugely impacted from a proper lock down said a proper lockdown wouldn't work? That's craaaaaaaaazy 🙄

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Gotcha, we are just going to do science denial now.