Coronavirus / COVID-19

[ReluctantSamurai]

The Bevis & Butthead Syndrome may be the worst "disease" sweeping the US:

https://khn.org/news/article/over-ha...s-in-pandemic/

Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases.

A KHN review of hundreds of pieces of legislation found that, in all 50 states, legislators have proposed bills to curb such public health powers since the covid-19 pandemic began. While some governors vetoed bills that passed, at least 26 states pushed through laws that permanently weaken government authority to protect public health. In three additional states, an executive order, ballot initiative or state Supreme Court ruling limited long-held public health powers. More bills are pending in a handful of states whose legislatures are still in session.

In my line of work, weekend warriors, otherwise known as do-it-yourself'ers, can only kill you with faulty wiring projects. These self-appointed DIY'ers are going to be the cause for thousands of deaths sometime in the future:

In at least 16 states, legislators have limited the power of public health officials to order mask mandates, or quarantines or isolation. In some cases, they gave themselves or local elected politicians the authority to prevent the spread of infectious disease.

This quote from Arkansas Sen. Trent Garner high-points the abysmal arrogance of lawmakers:

“What the people of Arkansas want is the decision to be left in their hands, to them and their family,” Garner said. “It’s time to take the power away from the so-called experts, whose ideas have been woefully inadequate.”

And where do such idiots like Sen. Garner go when they get seriously ill? Yep, the "so-called experts".

The biggest idiots of all, so far, are Montana state legislators:

Montana’s legislature passed some of the most restrictive laws of all, severely curbing public health’s quarantine and isolation powers, increasing local elected officials’ power over local health boards, preventing limits on religious gatherings and banning employers — including in health care settings — from requiring vaccinations for covid, the flu or anything else. Legislators there also passed limits on local officials: If jurisdictions add public health rules stronger than state public health measures, they could lose 20% of some grants.

How about this one Montana?

https://www.wired.com/2014/09/peter-...a-photographs/

CFR for Ebola ranges from 25% in mild variants, to as high as 90% in the Ebola-Zaire variant.

These self-appointed "medical experts" had better get familiar with these "old friends":

https://hcavirginia.com/blog/entry/h...e-are-they-now

I wonder which so-called experts these Bevis & Butthead nut-jobs will turn to when Ebola or something similar turns up in America again...as it inevitably will...

[Montmorency]

Australia has overtaken the US in vaccination rates, most of its full-dose spread having been achieved over the past two months. Meanwhile, the US seems to be experiencing an unprecedented surge of STIs due to a lack of education and medical infrastructure, as well as declining condom usage.

I just noticed that Romania basically halted vaccination during the summer, what's up with that? @edyzmedieval

[edyzmedieval]

Unfortunately, the situation in Romania is catastrophic. There's no sugarcoating around it, it's catastrophical.

In the summer, the government announced the pandemic is over. It was incredibly short sighted so as a result, a already vaccine-skeptic population straight up ignored the pleas (pleas, public, on TV, on radio, YouTube, everywhere) of the doctors. Now, well... how do I put this kindly, we are doing worse than Italy is doing last year when the pandemic started. I cannot express my fury and straight up disappointment, we're close to 20.000 cases a day for the past 2 weeks or so. And our vaccination rate is 34% as of end of October 2021.

Why? Historical distrust of governments and a general lack of trust in everything around us. It's a catastrophe, there are literally no more beds available. For 2 weeks now.

[spmetla]

My heart goes out to you folks and I hope you stay safe.

[edyzmedieval]

Thank you @spmetla.

The EU, of which I am a big fan of, has contributed significantly to the recent efforts. Thank you as well to the governments of the countries, particularly Italy and if I remember well, Denmark and France as well. We got sent monoclonal treatment vials (from Italy), ventilators & other supplies.

[Crandar]

Thank you @spmetla.

The EU, of which I am a big fan of, has contributed significantly to the recent efforts. Thank you as well to the governments of the countries, particularly Italy and if I remember well, Denmark and France as well. We got sent monoclonal treatment vials (from Italy), ventilators & other supplies.

What's the position of the church? I have read that it is quite ambivalent, with some bishops supporting vaccination, others vehemently rejecting it and Daniel refusing to express his opinion. His silence is viewed as an implicit disapproval of vaccination.

[edyzmedieval]

They're currently trying to stay out of the spotlight because of a investigative journalism piece that was released about a week ago. That piece became #1 on Trending over here and it really had a crater effect on their public image.

This week they came out saying the population needs to respect the recommendations of doctors - quite ambivalent.