The Biden Administration and All Things Politics
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Douchebag K
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and "I'm gonna shut down the virus"
Trump is an A grade loon but Joe's an A grade ****wit
Trump is an A grade loon but Joe's an A grade ****wit
Douchebag K
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lol no all she's done is kick the can down the road
Douchebag K
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Dude in the state of Victoria we're at that 95 % double vaxxed rate and opened up early december We're now getting 30-40,000 cases a day from a population of 6 million And we're in summer
Anyone who says they can "stop" a viral pandemic is a charlatan And those who profess loudly that this shouldn't be politicised seem to be the ones doing so most forcefully
The Thriller
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Amazing the enthusiasm some have for Covid. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. They’re the same idiots who think Jan 6 was a great day
Al-O-Meter
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Couldn't agree with this one more. Spot on! The VENN diagram appears to be concentric circles between the would-be authoritarians who recently praised Dick Cheney in the course of their January 6 themed political rally for the least several weeks along with the media who sees dollar signs with the ratings the January 6 and COVID content is hauling in. They're totally the same idiots. Those doing the enthusiastic blah-blah-blah January 6, and those doing the enthusiastic blah-blah-blah COVID are the same people.
No, they haven't.
Red
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So, can I assume 95% boosters administered as well? Boosters seem to be important, and likely will continue to need them moving forward. Probably annual, at least, when it’s endemic. T cell vaccines would likely improve the situation as well, rendering longer lasting immunity.
T-cell vaccines could top up immunity to COVID, as variants loom large
Peptide jabs targeting T cells could be especially useful for people with compromised immune systems, as backups for spike-based vaccines, or against Omicron and other emerging variants.
www.nature.com
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Red
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You’re right. In hindsight, as the president, who normally might be expected to offer hope to his fellow citizens, it would have been better if he had said: “My fellow Americans. Fellow citizens. My friends. Things really don’t look too good at the moment. The truth is, I don’t believe it’s going to get better anytime soon. I could stand here and say we’re gonna beat this thing, and I’m going to get it done. But what would be the point? No species lasts forever, and it may be that the handwriting is on the wall. It’s that grim. Cherish your loved ones, my fellow Americans, and pray for our safe delivery”.
Douchebag K
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So, can I assume 95% boosters administered as well? Boosters seem to be important, and likely will continue to need them moving forward. Probably annual, at least, when it’s endemic. T cell vaccines would likely improve the situation as well, rendering longer lasting immunity.
T-cell vaccines could top up immunity to COVID, as variants loom large
Peptide jabs targeting T cells could be especially useful for people with compromised immune systems, as backups for spike-based vaccines, or against Omicron and other emerging variants.
no our booster rollout has only just recently started as we were prob the last in the world to roll out vaccinations. Yup you're right the T cell thing is hugely overlooked. So is general messaging about health which is so important in the outcomes. Even simple messaging about Vit D, C and zinc which are all shown to be important
Douchebag K
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Americans might need hope, but we want, and vote for, doom gloom and beating the other guy, the 'Merican way. Our motto should be "Give me victory or give the other guy death."
The President of the U.S. is in a national leadership position. Leaders often attempt to inspire and give hope.
I agree with you that the U.S. has a very skewed view of what a President is. Especially since we seem to be headed down a path of pushing celebrities into candidacy and considering their "performances" more than their relevant professional performance. The U.S. President is the national level administrator. That's the job. We should hire (elect) people with political administration skills. But we're electing people currently as ideological figure heads. They are not administrators, they are mouthpieces that echo what their voters want to hear. We are on a dangerous path.
The Thriller
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Often, we’re not even electing them because we like them. We’re electing people because they trigger the tribe we hate.
JimLes
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The rise of populists and demagogues has led to a situation where if you're not promising that everything is going to be magical and amazing the moment you get elected--you're not going to get elected.
It's ridiculous. A president isn't supposed to offer you hope, they're supposed to offer you a sober, realistic look at things. Hope is nice but it doesn't do much for you in the long run.
I wish politicians had more cajones and people weren't looking to them to tell them fairy tales. We needed to be told this pandemic would last years. We needed to be told the vaccine would not magically fix everything. We needed to be told that some of our fellow humans are idiots and would refuse to get vaccinated no matter what.
We need to be told resources are finite. We need to be told that manufacturing jobs aren't coming back. We need to be told that both capitalism and democracy are in their end-stage.
gandalfe
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Democrats definitely learned their lesson in 1980, watching Jimmy Carter lose in an embarrassing fashion because he told the truth. Hell, he's the last president to have a serious primary challenger.
Al-O-Meter
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It has been all downhill since 431 BC when Cleon of Athens hit the scene.
With all due respect, I think you are confusing presidents with administrators. The former is supposed to lead. The people will take a leader who is strong and wrong over one who is weak and correct. It is administrators that are supposed to offer you a sober, realistic look at things. What makes or breaks a good President is the administrators he surrounds himself with.
Have fun with that. Even the authoritarians are now capitalists. So-called "communist" China has multiple stock exchanges. Capitalism isn't going away anytime soon.
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