Was reading this post and was absolutely terrified. It's gonna be bad.

Take away is that current lock downs are basically useless against the new strain as it has mutated enough to be more transmissible thru/around mask. Vaccines are still likely to work, and its not more deadly (seems like), but just going to blow thru our preventive measures like nothing.

Reposting because the first post didn't get enough traction and I need people to commiserate with me. Pulled out the money shot image, because I know libs don't read .

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I’m confident that the Biden administration will exercise more centralized control and we’ll have some real experts managing the distribution where it’s been largely a political exercise up until now…..

    I'm not so confident.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The Lord Jesus could be managing the distribution of PPE, and we still wouldn't be much better off, all because our dumbass federated system where every state, county, town, and hamlet is able to do their own thing. Along with a population that doesn't care and feels not being able to sit down at a restaurant is literal slavery.

      • Homestar440 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I just read that Montanas new governor is gonna lift restrictions, says he wants to move away from public mandate to “personal responsibility”. :agony-consuming:

    • Not_irony [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      But I do think that best-case scenario, we’re going to be in this until the end of 2021 maybe slightly into 2022.

      Note that the much less fussy Astra Zeneca isn’t expected to be approved until April.

      :this-is-fine:

      • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I work on software related to Covid and folks at the public health organization I am working alongside do not expect 2021 to look any different to 2020. It’s going to be really interesting seeing liberals justify nothing changing after months of a Biden admin with control of Congress

        • Not_irony [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Honestly, what could possibly be different in 2021? Even with Biden being a "competent leader", There is no talk of doing anything of the scale required

    • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Even in exemplar blue state New York, you have to fill out a 51 question form to get a fucking vaccine.

      The U.K. has utterly fucked up handling covid too, but at least the vaccination process for my elderly parents was them getting an unprompted phone call and being asked “when can you come in to be vaccinated next week?”.

    • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      you see, the Wall Street Journal & Wash Post won't be complaining about it so that makes it all good dontchaknow