The Coronavirus, not the beer
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acesfull86
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https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/denmark-ends-covid-restrictions-when-will-the-us-open-society/
Denmark is one of those countries that the American left loves to point to and say, “Why can’t we be more like them?” This week, for once, there should be bipartisan agreement to this sentiment.
The Scandinavian nation has announced COVID no longer poses a threat to society, and is ending nearly all of its restrictions.
The realization that the COVID emergency is over and life should get back to normal has dawned on much of Europe, but across parts of America, and right here in New York City, our feckless leaders can’t take yes for an answer. So, for God’s sake, What metric are they looking for to end this? Give us a number of deaths, cases, hospitalizations, infection fatality rate, anything, that means we can ease restrictions.
Increasingly, it appears that governors like Kathy Hochul and Gavin Newsom, who insist our children wear masks all day, while they gallivant about maskless, have no intention of ever letting this end. If they did they would be setting guidelines for easing restrictions, instead they plot out an endless quagmire of shifting events and possible variants.
What makes the position of the “restrictions forever” crowd utterly untenable is the research showing that our lockdowns never worked in the first place. A new Johns Hopkins study shows that our hysterical effort at shutting down society reduced COVID mortality by just 0.2%. 40 million thrust out of work, a third of small businesses ruined, education of kids ignored, overdoses skyrocketing, shelves empty, all for 0.2%.
Denmark is one of those countries that the American left loves to point to and say, “Why can’t we be more like them?” This week, for once, there should be bipartisan agreement to this sentiment.
The Scandinavian nation has announced COVID no longer poses a threat to society, and is ending nearly all of its restrictions.
The realization that the COVID emergency is over and life should get back to normal has dawned on much of Europe, but across parts of America, and right here in New York City, our feckless leaders can’t take yes for an answer. So, for God’s sake, What metric are they looking for to end this? Give us a number of deaths, cases, hospitalizations, infection fatality rate, anything, that means we can ease restrictions.
Increasingly, it appears that governors like Kathy Hochul and Gavin Newsom, who insist our children wear masks all day, while they gallivant about maskless, have no intention of ever letting this end. If they did they would be setting guidelines for easing restrictions, instead they plot out an endless quagmire of shifting events and possible variants.
What makes the position of the “restrictions forever” crowd utterly untenable is the research showing that our lockdowns never worked in the first place. A new Johns Hopkins study shows that our hysterical effort at shutting down society reduced COVID mortality by just 0.2%. 40 million thrust out of work, a third of small businesses ruined, education of kids ignored, overdoses skyrocketing, shelves empty, all for 0.2%.
sturg33
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They love the power... And even if they didn't, their idiot voters are so irrationally scared they are trapped into "taking this seriously" forever.
People are masking their children and putting experimental gene therapies in them because of the .00000001% chance their child might get sick.
The real sick ones are these adults that are still doing this with all we know now.
sturg33
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Well, we know how easy they are to control.
Additionally, "fighting covid" gave their pathetic lives meaning. Its their religion now
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
sturg33
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Liberal policies always, 100% of the time, hurt their constituents.
And then they claim to be the solution for the problem they created
It didn't make sense to vaccinated healthy people even when we didn't know that vaccinated still spread the virus at the same rates.
People are just idiots and can't think clearly through the fog of war the media launches against America daily.
zitothebrave
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just an aside. Denmark has 81% fully vaccinated 60% boosted. US isn't close to those.
We are basically done with the pandemic side as long as a truly nasty variant doesn't show up. Now that Vaccine rates are shooting up deaths and hospitalizations per case are dropping.
Yeah - Thats why they are doing it and not because its basically a cold now.
acesfull86
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If it were up to me, we’d have no restrictions right now, but part of the frustration here is a lack of transparency on what the criteria are for lifting restrictions. Earlier in the pandemic we got the vague curve flattening, later there were vaccination rate targets, but at this stage in the pandemic, goalposts have gone from moving all over the place to disappearing completely.
It’s a big reason why many are saying this is no longer about public safety and more about retaining power.
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zitothebrave
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I understand that. I think the best path forward would be to just give semi intelligent guidance like Denmark has.
I think New Hampshire has handled COVID pretty solidly overall. Once vaccines were available for everyone restrictions were basically gone. Guidance is basically wear a mask if you think you're sick or are sick but show no symptoms. I'ts pretty well laid out. Unfortunately parts of the country have over politicized things. It's worth noting that NH is run by a Republican and a pretty conservative one at that (baffles me that every state around NH has legal weed but NH doesn't)
acesfull86
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LA mayor says not to worry about those maskless pictures of him at the football game - he was holding his breath the whole time!
Whew, that was a close call…
Whew, that was a close call…