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What year does NOAA choose as the beginning for "record"? It's relevant to the discussion.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Humans have existed for 200,000 years.

This all comes off as political or quasi-religious because I can assure you that the author knows average people will read that headline and assume "begining of time". Hence I call bullshit.

As a millennial, I remember my Mom buying those Snack well cookies for herself, thinking they were more healthy than traditional cookies. I assume they compensated for less fat with added sugar.

Do you guys think the mid-late 20th century phenomena of fat = bad, sugar = no comment, has anything to do with this battle?

The West has the same thing. Journalists have had their bank accounts closed over political commentary. Classic social credit system.

In Australia you are forbidden to communicate with fellow citizens in public.

I don't recall China demanding that. You guys live in a bubble.

The United States, Western Europe and Australia are totalitarian.

Something both true and much harder to say than China.

cOnSpIrAcY tHeOrY

The author of this piece, Kevin Drum on 7/15/19 - "Reactionary American whites, as always, won’t give up their power unless it’s taken from them....Liberals need to be as Lincolnesque as possible in this endeavor, but we also need to be Lincolnesque in our commitment to winning America’s latest race war."

My point - that kind of extreme rhetoric, borderline sociopathic, certainly racist, is behind much of America's "rising rage".

If this is a good faith question that's fine. A health passport to buy groceries is the hill to die on because you are consenting to a lifetime of injections just to live.

No one should be under the impression that the next booster won't be mandated. You give these people an inch and they take a mile.

And it's also not a government thing. I would think that the White House is upset with New York's decision because they preferred private business restrict access to the unvaccinated, New York might have jumped the gun, revealed the play etc.

I sent AOC a dm on Twitter when she had them open asking how on Earth she doesn't pursue a drone delivery ban, considering how many delivery drivers it would put out of work. No answer.

It's a serious question. Why downvote? Because you think it's coming but don't want to warn people?

I'm not a dev, I just like tech stuff. I say this because I actually work with lower middle class Black and Brown people, though I'm White and lower middle class.

Let me explain something to you guys, we worked through each "wave" and didn't really care. We were not "forced" to work. It was never a big deal.

The whole "woe is the working class during Covid" was just an excuse for neurotic professional class workers to WFH.

Does anyone believe this will be expanded to grocery stores, pharmacies and other basic services come fall? My job is already close to pushing mandatory vaccination and I'm trying to decide whether I should pack up my things and leave?

30 year resident and heartbroken.

Nice going New York City, banning 60% of Black residents from participating in life.

Death exists and is amoral.

Here's some not so positive data - "recent University of Miami law school graduates borrowed a median of $163k, two years later were earning $59k or less."

Segregation is immoral.

lol you guys with focus group dialectic games. My dude. Forcing someone to stay in their house under threat of gunshot is tyranny. Same with covering their face.

Is that argument clear enough?

I just heard a 2020 remaster of Black Sabbaths symptom of the universe and it sounded great. Drums were way heavier.

That being said, it's so different from the original that it makes me a bit uncomfortable.

Company town meet company country.

Using state violence to force citizens to wear a mask and stay within a defined distance of their homes is tyranny.

Very few people would disagree with this, unless they themselves are tyrants.

The Australian regime has lost all credibility in democratically dealing with Covid-19.

Using the military to crush dissent and enforce police state dictates should be treated as a human rights violation.

As a New Yorker fearing the same authoritarianism come this fall, I stand with Australians protesting against tyranny.

Society has a hierarchy right? The top of that hierarchy. At least in regards to Western states.

France has transformed into a full blown police state (Australia, NZ close behind) in just 1.5 years post Covid new normal.

I just don't think any of the signals that would point to an inevitable conclusion look all that strong.

And 6 months from now it's booster shot or no more employment. Same with 6 months after that.

Use your heads, this isn't supposed to end.

ISP's don't ban you from using the internet for saying things they disagree with.

Google, Facebook and Twitter do.

Question if it's even possible to answer.

How does the average cycle count for a Covid-19 test compare to a flu test?

Does anyone know if their is a correlation between how contagious a variant is and how lethal it is?

For example, MERS has a 35% CFR but wasn't a global health disaster because it wasn't highly contagious. Same goes for Ebola, which is even more fatal but even less contagious.

My point/question - the more contagious a Covid-19 variant = lower CFR?

What ruling class wouldn't want a population of children? Much easier to manage.