Post-COVID Plans

There have been several people in my life -- family, specifically -- who went off the deep end with this stuff. A combination of covid, the political environment magnifying the fart of every asshole, and people at home with nothing to do but "research" means a lot of really, really fucking stupid people became only more firm in their beliefs. They won't be missed. In fact, in a way I'm thankful covid has allowed me to see them for who they are.

On the flip side, our company has grown much stronger during this, and when push came to shove it became clear who was genuinely caring as well. I hate that covid happened, but I'm glad it separated the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.

 

There's a growing trend of sporting venues specifically, and companies in general (such as airlines) only allowing attendance or otherwise use of their services for those who are fully vaccinated.

What we're seeing in the US, and granted it's on a state-by-state basis, is very different, sadly, from what y'all are still experiencing in Canada. Down here things are still terrible, but nowhere near the extent they used to be, and certainly trending in a proper direction to where it's reasonable to start to plan things again.

 

Your big rebuttal to my entire post is "here's a paper that says it's unclear whether suicide rates in England have increased during the beginning of the pandemic"? In what was a throw-away comment to a larger point?

Okay, I will even steelman your argument for you. Let's assume that not only have suicides not gone up one iota in England or anywhere else in the world, but that, contrary to what Johns Hopkins says about every previous pandemic, suicide rates never go up for its entire duration...however long that will be. How does that change the point of my post?

I remember being called paranoid and delusional when I would tell people years ago that I was worried about all the chemical, biological, and genetic agents being cooked up in labs all over the world, and how catastrophic it would be if it got out and caused a worldwide pandemic. Some people looked at me as if I had sprouted a second head or escaped from the local loony bin.

I even remember being called paranoid and delusional in January/February 2020, when I told everyone that would listen that the coronavirus was hyper-deadly and would permanently change our world, back when the popular articles in Slate, MSNBC, and CNN were telling us it was less dangerous than the common flu and wearing masks was racist.

But hey man, just continue ignoring reality, binge watch some Netflix, and keep dreaming about some September concert that may or may not be cancelled! I'm sure everything will be wonderful and happy. Don't listen to the naysayers, until, that is, you're told to again.

 

If you think I believe that’s forty thousand vaccinated and healthy people at a Ranger game two weeks ago, well, I simply DO NOT believe it.

 

I wouldn't believe it if you told me forty thousand people at a Ranger game could read.

 

There is a big market for fake vaccination cards. I know many people who have them.

 

I read a comment on reddit earlier and I 100% believe it: "If we had to fight WWII again, we would lose."

 

Concerts.

That's pretty much the only activity that Jungle Julia and I do outside the house, and I still want to see Nine Inch Nails before I die or Trent Reznor stops touring.


On another note, I kind of agree with KIMaster.

I don't think it will be quite as bad as he says, but I do have a bad feeling that the authorities will keep the power of shutting down an industry/ business as an ace up their sleeve whenever they need to exercise some power for whatever reason.

 

how is that not illegal?

 

I'm not sure there is a law in place preventing it. Even if there is, who is going to check to see if your card is fake? For the record, mine is real. I was actually vaccinated.

 

I think it was more a "WWII US population is swapped out with current US population" scenario.