Covidiots thread

[esquared]

Got plenty of deplorables in California.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-backing-anti-maskers-storm-064942994.html

Trump-backing anti-maskers storm California shop: ‘I don’t want underwear over my face!’

 

[shortylickens]

Got plenty of deplorables in California.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-backing-anti-maskers-storm-064942994.html

Trump-backing anti-maskers storm California shop: ‘I don’t want underwear over my face!’

I read it.
America is full of morons.
I dont need any more evidence. This is so sad it makes me wonder what our future is.

 

[Jhhnn]

I read it.
America is full of morons.
I dont need any more evidence. This is so sad it makes me wonder what our future is.

It's maybe 50 people in a metropolis of 10M. I wouldn't get too worked up about it.

 

[pmv]

What on earth was this about?

Probably belongs in a covmaniacs thread.

Wisconsin police arrest hospital worker suspected of intentionally spoiling Covid vaccine doses

Investigation launched after medical centre says worker admitted leaving 500 doses out of refrigeration

www.theguardian.com

Wisconsin Hospital Worker Fired For Deliberately Spoiling COVID-19 Vaccine

Aurora Medical Center said an employee admitted to intentionally ruining 500 doses of a vaccine by removing them from refrigeration.

www.huffpost.com

Edit - of course the guy was a conspiracy-nut

US pharmacist who tried to ruin Covid vaccine doses is a conspiracy theorist, police say

Misinformation about the vaccines has surged online as rollout has been susceptible to local disruption

www.theguardian.com

 

[esquared]

It's maybe 50 people in a metropolis of 10M. I wouldn't get too worked up about it.

I posted it bcause I was more amused by this:
"I don't wear underwear over my face! I'll pull off my underwear right now and put them over my face."

 

[feralkid]

I posted it bcause I was more amused by this:
"I don't wear underwear over my face! I'll pull off my underwear right now and put them over my face."

Wow, what does that even mean? "I don't wear undies on my face; you wanna see me do it?"

No thanks, lady.

 

[mikeymikec]

It's maybe 50 people in a metropolis of 10M. I wouldn't get too worked up about it.

Look at the infection rates, it really isn't just 50/10M. The figures don't get that high without plenty of fucking idiots walking around.

I bet the neighbouring employees to that market aren't at all surprised.

The ones I feel really sorry for are those trying to make money for rent, trying to take all the precautions they can and probably without particularly supportive management either. Once the infection rates get sufficiently high, I doubt it makes much difference how cautious those employees are.

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344371642361925632

the difference is remarkable

 

[pmv]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344371642361925632

the difference is remarkable

It is, and I'm very much of the view that Boris's government has completely screwed this up (thanks partly to the prevailing ideology that is obsessed with outsourcing everything to private companies so that your pals can make a profit off of it, and partly to the constant push from the owners of capital to re-open everything to keep the profits flowing in). So I could believe that it's a real thing. I don't think 'population density' is nearly sufficient to explain it.

But at the same time, as one of the twitter thread comments says, I'd want to see how it relates to the level of testing. Looking it up, tests per-capita in Ireland is currently running at about half the figure for the UK.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 136,641,901 Cases and 2,949,409 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...

www.worldometers.info

Tests per million for UK 806,479
for Ireland 483,672

I wouldn't want to risk jumping to conclusions about numbers that are actually down to more testing, which would effectively be encouraging Trump's attitude of "don't test becuase it might make us look bad"

 

[KMFJD]

 

[brycejones]

Lordy, that's some fucked up self centered whining.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Self awareness not found, lol

 

[Motostu]

The expression 'They'd cut their own nose off to spite their face' would seem to apply here. How seriously stupid. And, posting it to brag on how dedicated they are to being stupid.

 

[theeedude]

Oh noes, he's unable to help them... so sad for them... because selling window blinds for $7000 is something only he can do, no competition in that space, amirite?

 

[compcons]

Oh noes, he's unable to help them... so sad for them... because selling window blinds for $7000 is something only he can do, no competition in that space, amirite?

I am definitely looking forward to the post where they are complaining that they have not had any income in 16 weeks and their estimated income for the year is at 50% and they will have to go on food stamps.

 

[feralkid]

I am definitely looking forward to the post where they are complaining that they have not had any income in 16 weeks and their estimated income for the year is at 50% and they will have to go on food stamps.

-posted by the widow, no doubt.

 

[uallas5]

Very alliterative headline says it all:

Canadian cabbie carts COVIDIOT to cop shop - New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)

play stupid games...something, something, something.

 

[dawp]

well, who didn't see this coming...

Wisconsin Vaccine Saboteur Steven Brandenburg Was a Flat-Earther

Steven Brandenburg also allegedly carried a handgun to work, and believed the sky was actually a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.”

www.thedailybeast.com

you'd think he'd be smarter than this, but then he's apparently an antivacer

 

[esquared]

well, who didn't see this coming...

Wisconsin Vaccine Saboteur Steven Brandenburg Was a Flat-Earther

Steven Brandenburg also allegedly carried a handgun to work, and believed the sky was actually a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.”

www.thedailybeast.com

you'd think he'd be smarter than this, but then he's apparently an antivacer

There's a lot of anti vaxxers out there but not many flat earthers. This guy is way out there.

I can never read the daily beast, as its blocked for me. Here's a Yahoo link.

https://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-vaccine-saboteur-steven-brandenburg-193736813.html

 

[dawp]

There's a lot of anti vaxxers out there but not many flat earthers. This guy is way out there.

I can never read the daily beast, as its blocked for me. Here's a Yahoo link.

https://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-vaccine-saboteur-steven-brandenburg-193736813.html

According to divorce records reviewed by Milwaukee ABC News affiliate WISN, Brandenburg’s wife Gretchen told a judge that her husband was storing bulk food and guns in multiple rental units, fearing that the government was planning attacks on the electrical grid and the nation’s computer networks. She said she was so scared for her safety, and that of her children’s, that she left town.

looks like he really went off the deep end.

 

[Viper1j]

Somebody needs to tell this asshole, if he doesn't like wearing a mask, he's going to HATE having a ventilator.

 

[pmv]

well, who didn't see this coming...

Wisconsin Vaccine Saboteur Steven Brandenburg Was a Flat-Earther

Steven Brandenburg also allegedly carried a handgun to work, and believed the sky was actually a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.”

www.thedailybeast.com

you'd think he'd be smarter than this, but then he's apparently an antivacer

Oh come on, the sky is a "shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God"? What do you have to believe in the US to fall far enough outside the 'mainstream' to get a clinical diagnosis?

(That you were sent back from the future to save someone from an unstoppable killer cyborg? Maybe that would do it?)

Edit - though I guess it's already been established that a belief in the existence of secret Jewish-controlled space laser weapons isn't sufficient, so maybe even a belief you were on a mission to stop a cyborg-assasin-from-the-future wouldn't get you a diagnosis...

 

[Viper1j]

What on earth was this about?

Probably belongs in a covmaniacs thread.

Wisconsin police arrest hospital worker suspected of intentionally spoiling Covid vaccine doses

Investigation launched after medical centre says worker admitted leaving 500 doses out of refrigeration

www.theguardian.com

Wisconsin Hospital Worker Fired For Deliberately Spoiling COVID-19 Vaccine

Aurora Medical Center said an employee admitted to intentionally ruining 500 doses of a vaccine by removing them from refrigeration.

www.huffpost.com

Edit - of course the guy was a conspiracy-nut

US pharmacist who tried to ruin Covid vaccine doses is a conspiracy theorist, police say

Misinformation about the vaccines has surged online as rollout has been susceptible to local disruption

www.theguardian.com

In a perfect world, his punishment would be to be injected with the Covid 19 virus, in its purest form.

And being left to die a slow, painful, death.

 

[Jhhnn]

looks like he really went off the deep end.

I always feel badly for conspiracy theory flip outs. I hope he can be helped.

 

[MtnMan]

I always feel badly for conspiracy theory flip outs. I hope he can be helped.

Pharmacy is a science based profession. Pharmacy students need a solid grounding in chemistry and physics and may need to complete coursework in microbiology, sociology and microeconomics. Mathematics is essential to science courses, so two semesters of college mathematics are also often required for acceptance into a pharmacy program.

How the fuck does someone that achieves certification in this profession so totally loose their connection to reality and the science they mastered?