CountDrewku

You don't need a mask if you're social distancing. You've got some major cognitive dissonance going on. There's absolutely no scientific backing behind what you just said. Your own health anxiety is talking. People are looking at you weirdly because it looks like you're in full psychosis mode doing illogical things.

The biggest issue is that the minority of people like you are dictating how everyone else has to lead their lives. Dirty looks aren't "intolerance". Now, if they were telling you that you could not wear a mask that might be intolerant (see how that's similar to telling people they have to wear masks).

Almost no one is wearing any mask appropriately. Even the n95 needs to be changed more than daily. I highly doubt any decent percentage of people are doing that. At this point it's just a statement and nothing to do with protecting themselves or anyone else. Alternatively, they're suffering from psychosis.

Excuse me? What fantasy world are you living in where this isn't affecting you?

https://nypost.com/2021/12/10/prices-spike-6-8-percent-most-...

>The average hourly wage for production and non-supervisory workers is up 5.8 percent over the last year. It’s up 10.3 percent if we want to go back two years.

Hmmm...

https://www.axios.com/wages-inflation-economic-data-c912afdb...

"For all the hype that wage growth has received this year, pay isn’t keeping up with price growth. Real earnings, or wage growth less inflation, turned sharply negative the last two months, after eeking out gains over the summer, consumer price data out Friday show."

The article you linked reeks of gaslighting by the administration to try and portray this in a positive light. They literally came out and said they were going to do this-

https://nypost.com/2021/12/08/white-house-working-with-media...

“The fact is the unemployment rate is about half what it was a year ago. So a year ago, people were in their homes. Ten percent of people were unemployed. Gas prices were low because nobody was driving. People weren’t buying goods because they didn’t have jobs. Now more people have jobs. More people are buying goods. That’s increasing the demand. That’s a good thing.” -Jen Psaki

So, don't worry about it guys Build Back Better will fix it....

The title of that article should be enough to let you know how outside the norm that is.

Do yourself a favor and look up leading causes of child death.

That's one link vs several I gave you. Are you implying that your science is better than mine? Why? What standard proves this? All of the links I gave you are peer reviewed studies. You've proved nothing.

I'll choose my studies over yours. You're just bloviating cult like adherence to "the science".

COL is lower in many places for a reason. This is not enough to state that somewhere else is "better" to live. It is only better for individuals making money in a higher GDP country. What do you think happens to that country if everyone decides to move away? This is a case of wanting to have your cake and eat it too. It only works if a small percentage of people do it.

> I will keep wearing my N95 to all the dirty looks I keep getting and boost as much as the boosts are there.

The masks have never been about protecting yourself but have at it. I don't care what you do just stop forcing your attitude on everyone else. At this point you're just trying to make a statement, not protect anyone.

>Asymptotically spreading COVID has been discussed and documented all over the world. I don’t believe this question is in good faith.

Then you should easily be able to back that up with data. So please provide it. Hypothesis are not evidence. I have plenty of evidence that shows the opposite.

https://adc.bmj.com/content/105/7/618

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200710100934.h...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32430964/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32914746/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmv.26394

Have fun. If you'd like more to keep you busy let me know :).

>Some people would like to spend time with their families this Christmas without having to worry about their children being vectors for a fucking plague that has now mutated to dodge the vaccine.

Normal people will not be wearing masks to Christmas. Why would we worry about children being vectors? "The science" doesn't back this up and even if it did there's a vaccine for it. Are you confused about how the vaccine works? If COVID is this big of a deal then you should just avoid Christmas and leave the rest of us alone. Why are you venturing out if it affects you that much? I have a hard time believing you're acting in good faith when it comes to stopping COVID infection and then talking about social gatherings. It appears that you just want to control others.

>Wear a mask ffs so we can move on with our lives.

Massive strawman happening here.

I've already moved on with my life.. That happened like year ago when everyone was able to get the vaccine if they wished. You have health anxiety, get it treated please and stop turning your personal fears into authoritarian rhetoric you think you have the right to shove down other people's throats.

>Anyway, speculation aside, there’s also quality of life to consider. A lot of other places in the world really emphasize this.

Ok feel free to give me some. I'd like to know the COL in these places as well.

A lot people here tend to complain about the US but are living in ridiculous high cost coastal areas and are unaware of more affordable options. Most of them are willingly sacrificing QOL because they refuse to change their attitudes.

Don't bother with CO. Our front range is well on the way to becoming SF 2.0. There's already a staggering amount of homelessness and the COL is through the roof.

What are the other options? After seeing how Europe and other western nations have responded to COVID in the last 2 years I'm less likely to consider moving there. It was actually something I'd considered before all of this.

Maybe you ought to pay more attention to what it actually says instead of getting upset at what is obviously a generalization about the overreaction to COVID when it comes to young children-

>A smaller subset of states reported on hospitalizations and mortality by age; the available data indicate that COVID-19-associated hospitalization and death is uncommon in children.

Here's a more accurate representation -

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Deaths-by-Sex-Ages-0-18-years/xa4b...

Now, go look up how many of those kids were already immuno-compromised.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6937e4.htm?s_cid=mm...

That's just one report that mentions 75% with an underlying medical condition.

When people say it doesn't kill kids they're generalizing, flagging it as misinformation is completely silly. By percentages and how we react to every other virus this is NOT something we should be scared of when it comes to children. We certainly shouldn't be subjecting children to measures that may cause psychological and developmental harm for something that's VERY unlikely to be a threat to them.

Can you provide an example of a child in that age range dying when without a secondary illness that made them high risk? All the examples I've seen are children with cancer or something else.

The percentages still don't pan out to having such massive restrictions on children that young.

What's your stance on sanctuary cities not enforcing federal immigration law then? How about marijuana laws? Seems like the response is that local and state authorities can ignore these federal mandates all they want. You don't get to have it both ways and ask for enforcement when you side with certain laws and ignore it otherwise.

That's a strawman. Look up the word perspective.

Well, this is the issue you have with a lot of these lockdown, mask laws. Are they enforceable? No, unless you have a compliant population and in that case no law is probably necessary.

Almost all western governments did a piss poor job of preventing facts which why we're in the situation we are now. They appear untrustworthy because they've presented partial truths or completely changed their stance throughout.

The difference here is no one is forcing you NOT to take the vaccine.

Yes an authoritarian police state enforcing quarantine in Germany sounds like a great idea. I'm sure there are historical examples they can follow.

We're already at 70% or above for all the age groups that matter

https://data.cdc.gov/Vaccinations/COVID-19-Vaccination-and-C...

What do you mean by complete? A couple months ago 2 vaccinations was "complete".

>Do you really want to roll the dice on an infection and long term consequences including permanent loss of smell (and taste)?"

Do I want to roll the dice on taking constant boosters from a vaccine that caused me nasty side effects? For a disease that I have a .0007% chance of dying from and most likely getting mild cold symptoms?(probably even less since I'm not obese or morbidly ill already). Give me a percentage on how many people have had "long-term" loss of smell and taste.

>The risk from the third shot is essentially immaterial to a healthy adult.

What age and what sex? This idea that there's no risk to healthy individuals taking the vaccine is pure bullshit. Besides it's typically the unhealthy that need vaccination for this disease.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8270733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8416687/

I'm fascinated by this weird trend towards authoritarianism when someone else not getting vaccinated is zero threat to you. The only logical explanation for this is perhaps fear of hospital burden but right now there's still plenty of room https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/hospital-utilization. However, if you believe this is an issue I would ask why the hospitals keep filling up when our high risk population almost 90% vaccinated....

https://data.cdc.gov/Vaccinations/COVID-19-Vaccination-and-C...

Why don't you provide us the death rate percentages on the "vulnerable". They're not pushing this specifically for vulnerable people. How many boosters do I have to get to protect them?

I buy all my glasses online so I usually end up only paying like $250 but that's still a lot to just test this stuff out. I'll give aliexpress a go since it's so cheap.

If our military thought of it during practice then you can pretty much guarantee that some military would have come up with the plan eventually. The Japanese military wasn't inept.

Where do you buy "differential" lenses? Do you just get a lower prescription from your optometrist?

This just searches ultimate-guitar.com for you. Why do I need your app for that? I'll just go to the source.

Thanks. I'll give this a try. I don't like the feeling that if I lose my glasses or contacts I'm helpless.

I'm already vaccinated. I'm not getting the booster. My age group has like a .0007% chance of dying from COVID. A booster isn't necessary. Stop with this anti-science cultish behavior. It's weird. COVID is not going away, getting boosters indefinitely is not a sound plan. I'll take my chances and get the natural immunity which is better and longer lasting.

I don't want advice from Germany. You'd think after what your country did they'd be less inclined to go down the authoritarian route....

What if you can't even see a screen with out glasses? I'm -8 both eyes and I have to be like 6 inches from a 27" monitor to see words clearly.

Seriously considering lens implants since my eyes are too bad for lasik.