Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus

I have two close friends that have Covid, I heard from both of them today which is jarring and quite a coincidence I guess, since one didn’t get it from the other, they hadn’t seen each other in months. Neither of them had been vaccinated, and both are males in their 50s. One is very overweight and doesn’t take care of himself, the other was scheduled for major surgery tomorrow that has to be rescheduled. I am so concerned for both, tough roads ahead for them I fear.

Michigan’s numbers are still really bad so I shouldn’t be surprised, but man, the number of people I know who have had it is now well into the double digits.

I’m glad I’m vaccinated and I’m still being careful, but damn I’m worn out on this.
 
I just found out today that Montana is trying to make it illegal for businesses, including hospitals, to require their employees to have ANY vaccines. The bill failed in the state senate twice, but on its third time passed through. It’s now sitting on Greg Gianforte’s desk for him to sign into law. Unfuckingbelievable.
 
This is analysis for Walmart workers in WI. Walmart is the largest employer of Americans. Imagine what this looks like if you did the analysis for all 50 states. Workers rights are something that everyone should be concerned with because it affects us all.

More than 7,500 Covid-19 infections and 133 deaths could have been prevented if Walmart offered employees two weeks of paid sick leave, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The public health not-for-profit Human Impact Partners calculated the impact that better paid sick leave could have had for employees of Walmart, the largest employer in the US, using findings from the University of Wisconsin that universal sick leave could lead to a nearly 6% reduction in coronavirus infections and deaths for workers in Wisconsin.

 
This guy's videos tend to be more about (as far as I can tell -- I've only seen 4 or 5) film analysis (or film narrative analysis), but this particular video struck a chord which I think you can appreciate why I am posting it in this particular thread.

"A dimension of narrative that I like to bring up pretty regularly is the idea that one purpose of fiction is that it allows a place to practice intense emotions and states without exposing of to the complextiesi or harms of those states in reality. This is typically in the context of the fanciful: reckless stunts, wild sex gunfights or general risky behavior. [...]

Watching a disaster film in a disaster is an example of this, particularly one that is as sociologically driven as 'Contagion' is an extension of this.

Rather than practicing intense emotional states before they happen, this instinct to expose ourselves to what we're already experiencing, amplifying existing emotional states, it works as a form of emotional innoculation. I am scared and anxious and uncertain and so I will make myself more scared and more anxious and more uncertain because it's still fiction it's still safe it has an end it's still bounded."

It continues and there is further discussion on themes and burn out (and even now, so soon, the video is slightly dated, mentioning the sitting US president recommending Hydrochloroquinine etc) but I think the greater points are still germane and it's still worth watching.

 
In Alberta, people 30 and up can book vaccination appointments starting tomorrow. Finally. We're the worst in continent right now and they refuse to enforce restrictions.
I have a friend out there (I lived in Fort McMurray as a child) who works in Health care, I can't believe the nonsense I've been hearing out of your Province. It sounds like you need some political shakeups.

~ Says the guy living in Georgia =(
 
In Alberta, people 30 and up can book vaccination appointments starting tomorrow. Finally. We're the worst in the continent right now and they refuse to enforce restrictions.
Hooray for vaccination appointments for people 30+. Boo for y'all being the worst on the continent.
 

In rural counties of Oregon, 50% of the population has vaccine hesitancy.

They have plenty of shots available, but the compare that to getting all dressed up with nowhere to go. People are not coming in for those shots.
 
I'm all for it. Closer we get both kids vaccinated, the closer we get to going back to Disneyland!
 
I love the Babylon Bee.

One of the biggest things that needs to be done to overcome vaccine hesitancy, is to tell people that if they get vaccinated they can start living life as normal. You’ve got a lot of messaging out there that says “get the vaccine, but nothing’s really going to change.“ Well, if that’s the case why fucking bother?

Also, the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for a grand total of six complications out of 6 million doses, was a horrible fucking move.
 
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