Putin should get a Nobel peace prize or something...

submitted by [deleted] from self.whatever

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

You didn't notice nobody gives a shit about covid anymore?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

You know that whatever the news media considers newsworthy is not always reflective of the concerns of many people.

Because people have increasing immunity and are less affected by weaker strains like omicron, there isn't as much popular interest in this 2-year old story. It's not really 'news'.

But: people DO give a shit about COVID. Masks are still requested in many places; parents are encouraged to vaccinate their kids, and there are sill thousands of new cases and deaths. To see the updates go to: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not that I support Putin (he, too, is an alumni of the WEF), I just want to point out the question you raise:

First you said that whatever is on the news is not always reflective of many people's concern.

Then you said the reason why something is not on the news precisely is because not many people are concerned about it.

Pray, tell, why does anything appear on the news? Are they the fourth estate or just propagandists/advertisers?

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The short explanation is:

1) COVID is still a concern.

2) If it's not in the news lately that's because it's a 2 year old continuing pandemic that's no longer considered as newsworthy as Ukraine attrocities

3) One can read about the people directly affected by COVID on a daily basis by reading the stats at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus

4) Re: news - there are numerous resources available for us to assess, including videos from Ukraine, the EU Parliament &c...

Hope this explains my point

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Masks are still requested in many places

Where America leads the world follows. Covid is over. D3 called it. You have spent 2 years arguing for something that was totally pointless.

Ah, whatever, I don't need to see you eat humble pie.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

And consider that immunity developed with the help of billions of vaccine doses.

mic drop

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Uh huh, except we didn't manage to distribute the vaccine worldwide, and it didn't end up making a difference. People in high population densities were more affected regardless of vaccination status.

As I said, I don't need to see you eat a big ole slice of humble pie, but you should. Bunch of people you thought were crazed idiots ended up being right.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

People in high population densities were more affected regardless of vaccination status.

This was unavoidable. What helped those people are the vaccines, masks, quarantine, &c. You don't have to get your information from me or from Fox News. Simply look back at the discussions in the news of the reductions of infections and hospitalizations that were due to increased vaccinations. The charts are here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus . There will be attempts by authoritarians to re-write that history, but you'll know better than to believe them, thanks to your ability to locate the accurate information about the impacts of vaccinations on outbreaks of new COVID strains.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That's a little insulting you saying I get my news from Fox News. I aggregate from a wide number of politically disparate sources.

Look at the vaccine company's stock prices to see what the world thinks of those vaccines.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Didn't mean to cause offence. As widely reported, vaccines helped improve immunity, as did Big Pharma, which had the ability to quickly produce the vaccines. Yes, drugs are often abused, and can cause additional peoblems. Vaccines merely help build immunity.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You are conflating the vaccines that work with this covid garbage, and I wasn't clear, I only meant this covid garbage, and the investors are fleeing like rats leaving a sinking ship.