Stebo

Vaccines are free in a lot of cases and becoming widely available. You know where I stand on equity issues but that really runs out of steam when people can very easily get a shot if they haven't already.

A bunch of terrible posters are shitting this thread up, but you call me out. You aren't a fan because I am pushing you to do something for once. A bunch of anti-vax posts have no business in this thread nor does anything from Metfan who isn't in this subforum and is only here to drop empty brainless posts. Its not hard to keep this thread on topic if it actually was cleaned up a bit. Its gotten this far just fine until a bunch of dead weight started posting exclusively in here. Oh and there are far more regulars in this subforum that post in here that would absolutely agree with me on this as well, so don't just pigeon hole me for calling it out.

The rate of growth has always been an indicator of downstream values for hospitalizations and ICU. So cases aren't valueless especially as they skyrocket with new variants taking hold too

We are almost to the peak before Christmas

Things are definitely getting worse again contrary to what some would like to believe.

I have never seen you make a weather post ever but we see a bunch of useless covid posts. Patterns are obvious

Bingo

I am using it as a point of reference that you low post posters only are posting in here to have an avenue for your terrible opinions and to drive this thread off topic and that some of you are either socks or trolls.

Plus you are over 200 posts

All these <200 post posters coming out of the woodwork to take up residence in this thread. It isn't coincidence.

Anyone who has known him for years knows you aren't getting anything of substance from Metfan, we don't need empty dumb posts in here. We already get enough from uneducated Ohio posters.

Yeah well move along because we don't need your empty brainless posts here.

I still have snow in the shade at my house.

This is why I am racing to get mine done, chasecation at the end of May.

Exactly because most of the outsiders go elsewhere.

NYC had one and it was overrun with shitbrains.

@Hoosier remind Metfan what subforum he can go post in with his empty posts. We don't need him shitting this thread up.

In other news I found a closer vaccination than Ohio so I am getting that on Tuesday

It will allow for the hospitals to not be overwhelmed. Yes its taking longer but if hospitals don't get overwhelmed, less people die.

Yeah, I attribute that to people being at home more, I think the bigger problem is the amount of extra medical related death.

Suicide numbers are down, interesting because that is what so many liked to beat their chest on, why lockdowns were so bad. Which is concerning is the other medical deaths going up probably because of reluctance to go to the hospitals.

I can, it would mirror the Spanish Flu, if not worse.

I would also put it at 4-5 mill at least.

What facts and numbers do you need to explain that getting vaccinated only helps you and others around you, no matter what. I mean Christ how many times does this need to be explained. Herd immunity isn't perfection, it isn't even great if this is an annual virus, in which case there may never be heard immunity. Its like what someone else said, people are using herd immunity as a crutch to do nothing.