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Re:Update on Omicron by chiefalchemist on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:31PM (#29373783)
Again, I'm just the messenger. But the gist I get is this: locking down select subsets (of high risk individuals) is doable simply because locking down everyone is doable.

But speaking for myself, the fact that early on there were such a ridiculous number of deaths in retirement homes (primarily in NY, NJ, PA and CA) never smelled right to me. We had data - openly mentioned in the media - about Italy and the elderly and yet the same thing happened here? It's been all down hill since then.

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Re:Update on Omicron by JumpCrisscross on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:39PM (#29373882)
> locking down select subsets (of high risk individuals) is doable

We can’t convince an idiot minority to spend five minutes getting a shot. We’re supposed to trust them to confine themselves at home?

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Re:Update on Omicron by chiefalchemist on Sunday November 28, 2021 @06:10PM (#29374197)
You don't understand the problem, do you? Nor do you understand you're part of that problem.

It's - by definition - is a pandemic of everybody. Anyone who suggests otherwise is suspect. Those ppl fuel the discontent. The fact that they're allowed to furthers the divide.

The phrase that comes to mind is: "Divided we fall." An absolute truth if there ever was one.

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