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Apple to Require COVID Testing for Employees Starting Next Month, Still No Vaccine Mandate
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But who wants to go there I would pick some place nicer like Greece or Italy
Yes indeed. I had a good friend damn near die from the ‘Rona. He was unvaccinated. His wife is vaccinated. She had almost no symptoms. Is it 100% effective? No. Nothing is. Do people who are vaccinated still die from it sometimes? Yes. Do unvaccinated get it and do fine? Yes of course. It’s all about the odds. Your chances of survival are MUCH better if you are vaccinated. I agree it is a personal choice. My friend who nearly died was an anti COVID vaxer before. That changed. Something about starring death in the face at 53 and being pulled back from the reaper tends to alter one’s opinion.I work for law enforcement. This is a local news that was hit recently in our department. It’s sad people.
Metro sergeant, 36, dies of COVID, the second officer death in 2 weeks
Metro Police announced the death of a longtime sergeant from COVID-19, making him the fourth Metro officer to die from the coronavirus and third within the past two ...m.lasvegassun.com
Veteran Metro Police officer dies of COVID-19
A veteran Metro Police officer died this morning from COVID-19 complications, the department announced. The death of Lt. Erik Lloyd, who had a nearly ...m.lasvegassun.com
Another scare tale. Funny eh, vaccinated in hospital dying. Great job vaccines! That and the death and adverse effects. People will be lining up…oh yeah, they are! Mission almost complete governments - you’re tyranny to get every soul jabbed is working - almost. Until 3rd booster deaths disguised as Covid has its cover blown!
Great hyperbole…because the facts aren’t in line with the hyperbole.
Not sure why anyone would want to get tested all the time instead of getting 1 or two shots (and yes I am all for people having the choice) just seems like constantly getting tested would be a pain after awhile (not to mention getting the q tip shoved up your nose all the time.)
My son, who is vaccinated, still gets tested weekly. I had a scare a few weeks ago as I was in close contact with someone who tested positive and I ran to get a test...thankfully negative.
If that were the case, most people would already be dead. We do not live in a Hollywood disaster movie.
Covid testing how it is done today can only determine with a reasonable chance that your body is infected with a corona variant virus (including influenza variants) or not.
And here's the catch: while the traditional news media hunts for the bad, sensational and wants you to be scared, a positive test result does not confirm that you will get sick badly or even die. In fact most people hardly notice anything. And another thing: if the test result is negative and/or when you are proven to be protected by natural immunity and/or vaccine, you can always be a carrier and spread a virus. That is simply how it has always has been. I'm not trying to offend anyone, but most people really would not want to know what they carry on your body/clothes not visible for the eye. The immune system is always hard at work (or should be)
I'm not saying that vaccination is good or bad, I do have all the usual shots myself. But keep in mind that we do not get vaccines for ALL diseases. Now and in the future. Lots of diseases you just have to go through. As most of us know most people hardly notice anything during their lives, while others are always sick.
Kind of stupid comparison. A seatbelt does not protect you against an accident, it can reduce a possible injury of a mechanical impact during an accident. A vaccine is similar in that it can reduce the chance of getting sick or even die. The difference is that a seatbelt is an external aid and can always be replaced if necessary. A vaccine on the other hand is chemical that is put inside your body and is permanent.
You put the numbers out of context. 10-30 times is the chance that a vaccine may help if you are weak already (high age, obesity, bad health). For ages 65 and lower the morbidity rate drops below a promille before vaccination. For all the hope is that current covid vaccines may help those that eventually do get sick much later. To make it less bad and uncomfortable.
actually, as a trump supporter myself, I never had plans to get the vaccine in the first place. Because I already have the antibodies for it, and my general distrust for big pharma.
Who was president had nothing to do with it for me. I still wouldn’t get it if trump was president.
Having the antibodies makes it so you really don't need the vaccine. Still doesn't change the fact that the majority of Trump supporters would get it if he was president and told them to.
Actually no, when trump *recommended* supporters get the vaccine, they booed him.
Almost as if they aren’t a cult (who follows everything he says), and can think for themselves.
I’m sure that is true for a bunch of Them but hypocrisy is rampant on both sides
Both sides have stooges that don’t think and just cheerlead
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January 6th would like to have a word with you.. And of course they are going to boo him after he pushed not getting the vaccine for months (and this is coming from someone who voted for him). He could have easily won re-election if he kept his mouth and ego in check.
Yes, the Republicans were being jerks and largely continue to be. Doesn't mean their voters can be ignored. Well, they can be, but then they won't get vaccinated.
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Vaccination status is part of medical history. Try rejecting or firing an employee in most jobs for refusing to take a vaccine. I didn't have to prove my measles etc vaccines to go to school or work in my current job. My employer now requires attestation of covid vaccination to enter buildings, but they're evidently dancing around actually requiring proof, and they're eventually requiring in-office work but have no plan for handling employees who aren't vaccinated by then. There's no clear-cut law for this; it's more just a large lawsuit risk.
Dude was praising the Chinese government elsewhere. I don't think he represents Canada, especially considering how many people there are immigrants who fled from China.
The fact they keep moving the goal post is probably my main deterrent to getting the vaccine. Im not stupid I know what is going on here.
You wait and see. Once they have forced one vaccine on everybody, it will be easy to force a second. Before we know it there are compulsory bi-annual vaccine events that EVERYONE MUST ATTEND OR BE IMPRISONED. Does not take long and the next step will be that it is no longer YOUR body for YOU to decide upon, it is now the GOVERNMENTS body, they tell YOU what YOU are allowed to do with it. Frankly a mandatory vaccine is an obvious first step in that direction.
All you fools howling "do the right thing". "get the vaccine". You are the puppets dancing along nicely.
Of course we can eradicate viruses...by eradicating the host. I'd prefer we not all die off so we have to "eradicate" the virus by not allowing it to spread just as we did with polio, smallpox, etc. That means we need effective vaccines for everyone, not just people who feel like taking the shot and the other 1/3 of the population that thinks their freedom to choose vaccine is more important than the vaccine itself and humankind's future health. What don't you understand about this basic science?
No, you are misunderstanding the situation entirely. It is not about selfishness at all. It is about bodily autonomy & NOT letting governments take more control.
They are USING THE FEAR YOU HAVE AGAINST YOU. You need to stop and accept that some people might die from this virus, it is going to be sad, that should not stop you from protecting your freedoms. Only a fool trades their most valuable right for "temporary safety". Once they see you are the fool who will make that trade, it wont be long before they exploit you again. and again. And again. The fight is best fought in the first ditch. Trust me on this one.
Ahh yes. Excellent we have now progressed into name calling & personal attacks. It is now the person who is the problem. Good. Very very good.
Yeeesssssss. Let the hate run through you.
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Cant you see this is exactly what they want & you are the pawn playing into their hands? They want us divided.
"Us vaccinated people are perfect human beings who do everything right."
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"Its those DIRTY unvaccinated, IRRESPONSIBLE, TERRIBLE, DISGUSTING people who are causing all of our problems."
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"If it werent for the unvaccinated our lives would be perfect, we MUST get rid of them"
Cue the professional Facebook researchers and their anti vax nonsense
It's a personal choice when your choice has no effects on broader society.
If you "chose" to not be vaccinated, should you get priority in an ICU if you show up with severe covid symptoms when the vaccine was available?
Should you be required to foor the bill for treatment if you are not vaccinated?
If you expect to be treated and insurance to cover you, you should get vaccinated. SOciety should not be strapped with the cost of a poor choice to be unvaccinated.
Also vaccine mandates date back 115 years. The supreme court has upheld mandates for vaccines.
If you go to school in America you must be vaccinated against smallpox, polio, measeles, meningitis and others.
Depending on how old you are, different vaccines are applicable.
There is no valid reason for not being vaccinated against covid.
Religious reasons? Then you can't possible take some 50 other medications including Pepto and Tylenol.
Because your doctor advised against it? Not unless you recently had covid.
Don't get vaccineate and stay home.
Venues can and are denying access to those unvaccinated.
I fully applaud this.
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