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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

December 18, 2020 04:33 AM Forum: Politics

"Herd Immunity" And The Swedish Experience...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

It was a total failure and Sweden admits it...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2020/12/17/keilar-roll-the-tape-herd-immunity-nr-vpx.cnn

December 18, 2020 07:26 AM Forum: Politics

MAGA World Resists Vaccinations

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell
Part of what I posted in another thread....

"So now, at a time when we need to work together as a society rather than as a crowd of individuals, we've been betrayed by conservatism. As historian Neil J. Young puts it, "Now, 40 years later amid a global pandemic, that unbridled individualism has shown its deadly dimensions in Trump and the Republicans' lack of response to COVID-19...it's evident in the millions of Americans who—in refusing to wear masks, practice social distance, and momentarily deny their self-gratification—have selfishly exploited the language of 'individual responsibility' as license for their own recklessness."

The usual suspects called my post stupid and worse.  The article I posted is abso-damn-lutely right on point.

Dave
The Arizona GOP: "die for something or live for nothing"  (properly credit: a Rambo movie). "This is who we are and what we do"....

December 18, 2020 05:14 AM Forum: Politics

MAGA World Resists Vaccinations

Posted By Rod Kaufman

I'll take yours if you're ahead of me in line:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/16/maga-coronavirus-vaccine-446022
The last poll I saw said 48% of Republicans won't take the vaccine while the article says 80% of MAGA Trumptoids won't take it. 
More for the rest of us...

December 18, 2020 11:51 AM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by David Cotterell
...when the time comes for your age group, occupation (front-liners) or however they sort it out.....

I'm definitely going to take the jab.  Probably won't happen up here until late spring, early summer...

What about the rest of youse guys?

Dave
I'm batter-up!...

December 18, 2020 02:48 PM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
Been reading about some serious side effect potentials.....I will be opting out for a good long while to see which way the odds go. Besides I have already been down the covid yellow brick road and from what I can see repeat infections have been almost non-existent so far. 
What serious side effects and where have you been reading it? A couple of people who had a history of allergies had a reaction to one of 'em. One or two may have had some other significant side effect. And that's been it. I'm curious if "serious side effects" is being advanced and by whom...

December 19, 2020 04:22 AM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

And here comes Tucker Carlson and the rest of the clowns at Faux news...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/12/18/tucker-carlson-vaccine-false-jba-lon-orig.cnn

December 19, 2020 08:31 AM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
And here comes Tucker Carlson and the rest of the clowns at Faux news...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/12/18/tucker-carlson-vaccine-false-jba-lon-orig.cnn
And now the leaders of the studies fellow faux news hostess Laura Ingraham cites as evidence to not wear a mask tell her she's full of shit:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/media/laura-ingraham-coronavirus-studies-masks-fox-news/index.html

December 19, 2020 09:43 AM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Oh, and the patriarch of Faux news misinformation on the coronavirus vaccinations, Rupert Murdoch, got into a caravan today to be escorted for his coronavirus vaccination in England...

December 19, 2020 09:53 AM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Mask-denialism???  

So CNN creates this new syndrome?  

You guys are just off your nut loony!  tongue
Faux news is pushing it in their words and deeds...But, then again, when push comes to shove in court the default position of the Faux news lawyers is that Tucker Carlson's audience KNOWs he's not stating facts...

December 21, 2020 02:10 AM Forum: Politics

Poll: who will be taking the Covid vaccine?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Ask Rupert Murdoch:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2020/12/20/rupert-murdoch-covid-19-vaccination-fox-news-misinformation-rs-vpx.cnn