dta1984

Great, you "literally" made my point for me. Those variant names are plastered all over this thread and there's no crying about that.

When did it change? So it's ok to call the variants by where they are coming from? UK, South Africa, Brazil etc.

No doubt the early decisions saved lives.

Agreed. Everyone is so easily offended lately. As far as the naming, we have always named viruses from the origin. I suppose the origin of this "virus" is still debatable to some . See; spanish flu, Asian flu, russian flu, Fiji measles, German measles etc.

Lol can't forget this gem

It's not racism

Lol what? You can disagree with my name reference if you want, but it isn't related at all to Georgia.

Lol stop it.

Disappeared or re classified? Hmm

Florida looking good https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2021/03/18/how-ron-desantis-won-the-pandemic-492163

Fair enough, still laughable

On a roller coaster? Lol come on loosen up.

The China virus is slowly turning us into China https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/no-screaming-on-roller-coasters-under-californias-covid-19-plan/

Great choice, quality food to keep that immune system kicking Fortunately, mask less is coming to a state near you soon vaccinated or not.

Lol "masks are for theater after you've been vaccinated or had the virus." Get him senator Paul!

Perhaps I missed it, but my issue with that poll, besides it being a small sample size, is the categories. You're not capturing every african american in that "black" category right? What about african american republicans or trump supporters or rural dwellers etc. You can fit into multiple categories. I didn't see how the "primary" category is determined. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/12/976172586/little-difference-in-vaccine-hesitancy-among-white-and-black-americans-poll-find

Texas doing well

^^ exactly how it should be. No need for the bs "selfish" name calling.

It's pretty clear who is living in fear.

Nice deflection, man

Absolutely, if you are in the high risk category, you should be weighing the vaccine risk.

The pharmaceutical companies would never lie to us https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-largest-health-care-fraud-settlement-its-history

Ya not sure he quite understands the distrust of the african american community against vaccines. The vaccine mistrust is for a good reason. Stan van gundy had an excellent response in an interview about this a few days ago. I'll see if I can find. .. As far as being selfish..... it's just weird to me that so many (non at risk) people are rushing to take the vaccine. Vaccines have a typical 10yr trial period. You are now participating in a vaccine trial. https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation So we all of a sudden develop a vaccine for a coronavirus that we have never vaccinated against in record time using a new method? Hmm, just seems like being cautious about it should be the common sense thing to do. Not being "selfish.".

Weird, maybe I missed it, but the 1200 person survey you linked just lists republican men as the top (not just white). It is well publicized that there is a high percentage of ; healthcare, nursing home, prison, military and other front line workers are refusing. African Americans; https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210202/black-vaccine-hesitancy-rooted-in-mistrust-doubts "New CDC figures show that of those who have received at least the first dose of a vaccine, 5.4% are Black people, compared to 60% who are white people. According to recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, about 35% of Black Americans said they don’t plan to get the vaccine, citing fears about safety and concerns that the vaccines are so new." You are correct, I am in the anti COVID (china virus) vaccine at this moment, thanks.

Ouch, quite the reference to African Americans, Latinos, health care workers, military, police and those who chose not to.