Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

@nessisonett yeah hope you feel better soon. I was the only one with uncontrollable shivers in my family. good times.

Just curious — In Europe, the UK, and elsewhere outside of the U.S., is there a lot of anti-vax, anti-mask, use of unapproved treatments, conspiracy theory, plandemic, and general mistrust of the scientific community and public health officials?
As society here teeters again on the brink with the current wave, I just wonder how things are going elsewhere. Are the hospitals all filling up where you are? What are the general attitudes of the people towards vaccination and treatment?

@Th3solution Probably not as much as in the US, but yeah, still o ton of that. A lot of people still somehow convinced covid is largely harmless or not real at all.
Here in Poland the situation has been surprisingly good for a few months now (100-300 daily cases looks good compared to the peak of 35,000 in March) but I fully expect it to get worse again before the end of the year.

@Th3solution I saw on the news over the weekend that 78% of the adult population has been double jabbed.

Going round shops and stuff, masks seem to be less popular.

As for the other stuff, I don't pay much attention to it so couldn't say how much of it is out there.

@Th3solution @JohnnyShoulder In the UK, the deniers are pretty much universally thought of as crackpots. They 100% aren’t given the crazy national platform that they are in the States. There’ll always be wackos but they’re few and far between and seem to primarily be old men who used to have respectable music careers.

@Voltan @JohnnyShoulder @nessisonett Ok, I figured. The group of conspiracy theorists seems to grow daily, but I do think it’s more that they are becoming more vocal rather than more numerous. The fact that this is all an elaborate plan to enslave the people, all engineered by… I’m not sure who or why, but whatever. People are so distrusting of the public health authorities that they’ve chosen to follow a train of thought that leads them to a tangled web of hearsay and speculation that I can’t even understand where people are coming from.

@Keith_Zissou Did you get the 4G or 5G dose?

@Keith_Zissou I know a few who were wiped out by jab 2, but personally my arm ached a bit more and that was it. 💪

@Keith_Zissou Dunno, I went out out the Saturday after my 2nd jab and the hangover was a whole lot worse than the after effects of the jab. 😂

@Keith_Zissou I guess I had a similar reaction. The arm was sore for a couple days and I was basically feeling like I hadn't got enough sleep the next day (it was bad enough that I just went to sleep at like 2 p.m.) and that was it.

@Keith_Zissou I’ve had a weird feeling of a lump in my throat since my jab. I got hit pretty bad by it though. Everyone’s experience is different!

@nessisonett It all depends where the tracking device settles in.

@Th3solution Dang, I better call 0800-R1GHT-SA1D-FRED

We're up to 3 separate exposures at my daughter's school now. Lol. It's only been two full weeks of school.

Stocked up on ivermectin though, cause god only knows what's in that vaccine, so not too worried personally.

@zupertramp Is that ivermectin stuff the horse bum medicine that Joe Rogan was taking?

@nessisonett yes. Mr. "If you're young and healthy you don't need the vaccine" feels he needs a livestock dewormer. The jokes continue to write themselves.

@zupertramp He does seem to be making an ass of himself. Ba dum tss

It boggles the brain that people refuse to have the vaccine because they don't trust science or modern medicine, but will happily take worming treatment meant for horses and cows because Fox News says so. 🤦‍♂️

@mookysam @nessisonett @zupertramp Well, my aunt Millie got COVID and ate sardines dipped in buttermilk for 10 days and she survived so it’s proof it works.

But I’m going with the notion that amongst all my friends who play video games for at least 20 hours per week, none have died from COVID, so clearly playing video games is protective. I’m trying to increase my game time to get extra protection. I mean, there’s proof right there!

@mookysam I can't get my head round it either, literal evidence that a subset of people can't escape out an echo chamber or critically evaluate what's on their social media feed. I'm surprised American private healthcare will fund covid treatment for unvaccinated adults. Seems an obvious way to save a buck or two given they can barely provide type 1 diabetics with insulin.