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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by stronglikedan on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:03AM (#29119389)
> some assholes will use it as an excuse not to get vaxxed

Well, they've succeeded in holding out long enough, now that there's no longer a good reason to get vaxxed. Because, as most people are starting to realize, the pandemic is over (at least in the US).

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by cossatot on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:20AM (#29119641)
A simple look at the time series shows that this is not the case in many places (e.g., Oregon, where I live): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/oregon-covid-cas...
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by datameta on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:34AM (#29119850)
It's potentially almost over thanks in large part to all the people who made the sensible society benefiting decision of taking the vaccine and/wearing a mask when in a non-dining public indoor space.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by switchbak on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:16AM (#29119583)
1500 deaths a day, how is the pandemic over?
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by mikeyouse on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:07PM (#29121222)
Whether it's gun violence, suicides, drug overdoses, car accidents, or now Covid -- the US has an insane threshold for what counts as an acceptable death rate.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by kibwen on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:12AM (#29119518)
> the pandemic is over (at least in the US)

That remains to be seen. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years will be the test of this hypothesis.

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