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Global Covid-19 cases up 80% as new sub-variant emerges (www.straitstimes.com)

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WHO warned that the reported number of cases and deaths do not reflect the true numbers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're the one who said we have enough bullets to stop it, it's you who suggested killing everyone.

And if it's so easy to eliminate an airborne disease, as you say, then why have we never managed to do it in all of human history?

We have been trying to eliminate the flu for over a hundred years, how's that going?

We could have controlled this.

Nope, we could not. It's a rapidly spreading airborne illness that was already in nearly every country on the planet before it was discovered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You’re the one who said we have enough bullets to stop it, it’s you who suggested killing everyone.

Whoa there I suggested massive testing, vaccination, and isolation at the barrel of a gun. You're the one who thinks those methods can't work and we have to jump straight to slaughtering everyone.

We have been trying to eliminate the flu for over a hundred years

And there were assholes like you antagonistic to even trying the whole time.

Nope, we could not. It’s a rapidly spreading airborne illness

Vaccination, isolation, testing.
It could have been done.

All you "can't" fuckos trail off before "...while still maintaining capitalist production modes" like I should care.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then why do we need enough bullets? You suggested we should kill people, not me.

And I'm not antagonistic, I'm a scientist who actually understands how diseases work, unlike you apparently. And I was early in line to get vaccinated, and boosted.

And you think non-capitalist production modes could have mass produced billions upon billions of vaccines and tests in the early months of Covid spreading, before such things were even developed? Because that was impossible.

Sorry to shit on your rather short-sighted worldview, but it's entirely wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (58 children)

mocking voice "I'm a scientist."

Of shutting the fuck up?

Yes, as labor produces vaccines I see no reason it could not do so without it's surplus value being stolen.

Then why do we need enough bullets?

To enforce quarantines, incentivize vaccine uptake, and shoot infected deer.

Christ, why do you shoot (pardon the pun) right past what the guns would be enforcing and in your scenario just start shooting wildly?

You've already admitted it's to preserve capitalism—which is really fucked of you—but Jesus dude

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