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There was a thread on r/vancouver about the recent protests, and someone (claiming to be an Afghan refugee) said something on the lines of "fuck some of y'all are so entitled and have zero sense of what's going on outside your bubble".
...and then some whackjobs held a vigil for the coyotes that were killed in stanley park...like seriously.
Alberta's UCP government is asking Ottawa for immediate help to lessen pressure on the province's health-care system, which is overburdened with COVID-19 patients.
Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver formally requested aid and an immediate meeting with federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair in a Tuesday letter.
He asked for the federal government to provide aero-medical evacuation capability to relocate patients out of Alberta, and intensive care unit (ICU) registered nurses and respiratory therapists to assist in Alberta's critical care response.
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To the people who were thinking of maybe giving the Conservatives a chance at doing a better job with covid (despite not even knowing what they'd do other than it would possibly be something different): Look at Alberta. That would be the entire country.
(and yes I know, provincial parties aren't the same as federal parties)
There was a thread on r/vancouver about the recent protests, and someone (claiming to be an Afghan refugee) said something on the lines of "fuck some of y'all are so entitled and have zero sense of what's going on outside your bubble".
to be fair we were told stay tf home, build blanket forts then not to venture past metrotown or the bridges, hard not to get stuck in a bubble mentality
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I mean, that was a pretty small portion of this pandemic, and any perspective at all would make being bombed seem a bit worse than having to get your cactus club door dashed.
You’re probably being sarcastic and I didn’t get it though.
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I've been wrecking my brain trying to find a good analogy to some of these anti-vaxers, specifically to this common misconception they continue to parrot:
"People vaccinated can still get COVID! And they can still pass it! No point in getting vaxxed then!"
My argument is always explained as follows:
"Virus transmission is very simple, the more the virus has a chance to multiply within your body, the more transmittable you are as a carrier. When vaccinated, your body has the necessary immune response to effectively slow and minimize the ability for the virus to spread and multiply within your body, effectively allowing your immune system to destroy the virus in a quick manner. This results in the inability for the virus to spread to another person as easily, as it simply cannot multiply, and your body defeats it sooner. It’s very simple science, none of this is complicated.
Think of it the same way as having an infection, what happens when you take antibiotics versus if you don’t? The infection can multiply and effectively become more transmittable from person to person. When taking the antibiotics, while you can still pass said infection, but it is mitigated and ultimately destroyed within days of taking the dosage."
The above seems to quell some of their argument, but I'm trying to break it down to an even dumber way of explaining it, a simple, idiot-free analogy. Something along the lines of thinking vaccines are like say, sun screen. You don't put any on, your skin is more exposed to UV damage, you put some on, while you can still get burned, you're less susceptible. Seems simple enough, but I need an analogy to the whole transmission narrative.
I honestly think I spend way too much time thinking about this shit, too many idiot friends that are against getting vaccinated, and I'm tired of arguing with them
The Atlantic had a good piece that offered these simple analogies, actually:
Casting the spread of infection as fire, and humans as the kindling that the flames need to persist. They’re sprays of flame retardant that can waylay fire on the move, while also shielding vegetation from the worst of the burn. The more trees are protected, the sooner the fire has nowhere left to go.
Another option: thwarting bugs with insecticides, given that curbing an infestation in one apartment slashes the chances that it will move next door.
I've been wrecking my brain trying to find a good analogy to some of these anti-vaxers, specifically to this common misconception they continue to parrot:
"People vaccinated can still get COVID! And they can still pass it! No point in getting vaxxed then!"
My argument is always explained as follows:
"Virus transmission is very simple, the more the virus has a chance to multiply within your body, the more transmittable you are as a carrier. When vaccinated, your body has the necessary immune response to effectively slow and minimize the ability for the virus to spread and multiply within your body, effectively allowing your immune system to destroy the virus in a quick manner. This results in the inability for the virus to spread to another person as easily, as it simply cannot multiply, and your body defeats it sooner. It’s very simple science, none of this is complicated.
Think of it the same way as having an infection, what happens when you take antibiotics versus if you don’t? The infection can multiply and effectively become more transmittable from person to person. When taking the antibiotics, while you can still pass said infection, but it is mitigated and ultimately destroyed within days of taking the dosage."
The above seems to quell some of their argument, but I'm trying to break it down to an even dumber way of explaining it, a simple, idiot-free analogy. Something along the lines of thinking vaccines are like say, sun screen. You don't put any on, your skin is more exposed to UV damage, you put some on, while you can still get burned, you're less susceptible. Seems simple enough, but I need an analogy to the whole transmission narrative.
I honestly think I spend way too much time thinking about this shit, too many idiot friends that are against getting vaccinated, and I'm tired of arguing with them
I'd argue that it's easier to just get new friends
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832 cases on Thursday 
there's sure a lot of unvaccinated left, Coronas gotta catch dem all
