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This darned pandemic has thrown up some challenging times for the societies that we all live in.
I think that most places have had to deal with panic buying in supermarkets - the headline item is usually toilet paper.
Here in Australia (where there are a vanishingly small number of local cases - nationally single digits in weeks, in Victoria the State in which Rockman & I live, zero for 49 days) we are having to cope with another shortage. A surreal shortage that is undermining the very fabric of society.
Due to demand, the supermarkets are having to ration the number of Lobsters that can be bought (a traditional Christmas fare).
A bewildering juxtaposition and (IMHO) rather funny.
Explanation. We're having a 'trade dispute' with China. A vast amount of lobsters are normally exported to China. That is being blocked, so the diverted supply is hitting the shops here at crazy low prices. Hence the demand.
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CaptainCorella
This darned pandemic has thrown up some challenging times for the societies that we all live in.
I think that most places have had to deal with panic buying in supermarkets - the headline item is usually toilet paper.
Here in Australia (where there are a vanishingly small number of local cases - nationally single digits in weeks, in Victoria the State in which Rockman & I live, zero for 49 days) we are having to cope with another shortage. A surreal shortage that is undermining the very fabric of society.
Due to demand, the supermarkets are having to ration the number of Lobsters that can be bought (a traditional Christmas fare).
A bewildering juxtaposition and (IMHO) rather funny.
Explanation. We're having a 'trade dispute' with China. A vast amount of lobsters are normally exported to China. That is being blocked, so the diverted supply is hitting the shops here at crazy low prices. Hence the demand.
I have a six-month supply of rice, canned beans, and canned veggies. Bought it last Spring.
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This darned pandemic has thrown up some challenging times for the societies that we all live in.
I think that most places have had to deal with panic buying in supermarkets - the headline item is usually toilet paper.
Here in Australia (where there are a vanishingly small number of local cases - nationally single digits in weeks, in Victoria the State in which Rockman & I live, zero for 49 days) we are having to cope with another shortage. A surreal shortage that is undermining the very fabric of society.
Due to demand, the supermarkets are having to ration the number of Lobsters that can be bought (a traditional Christmas fare).
A bewildering juxtaposition and (IMHO) rather funny.
Explanation. We're having a 'trade dispute' with China. A vast amount of lobsters are normally exported to China. That is being blocked, so the diverted supply is hitting the shops here at crazy low prices. Hence the demand.
I have a six-month supply of rice, canned beans, and canned veggies. Bought it last Spring.
We should get together.... and make a great Lobster stir fry!
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I am ready to roll up my sleeve and take the vaccine and i wish i could take it now instead of waiting 6 months , but this is a process .
Me too as I'm still getting over it, never want it again. Going into my 3rd week, a visit to the emergency room because my O2 dropped into the 70's and 80's, coming home with 2 machines to help my breathing...hoping I'm immune now at least until I get vaccinated.
Same here. I am now 9 to 10 months in so becoming more concerned about immunity. I want to get it in the March/April time frame. I was lucky as I seem to have avoided most of the longer term affects. Hope you continue to recover.
I'm so overjoyed about the vaccine's availability. The beginning of the end of this strangest of times. Be safe until we're hopefully all on board with receiving the vaccine.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
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I am ready to roll up my sleeve and take the vaccine and i wish i could take it now instead of waiting 6 months , but this is a process .
Me too as I'm still getting over it, never want it again. Going into my 3rd week, a visit to the emergency room because my O2 dropped into the 70's and 80's, coming home with 2 machines to help my breathing...hoping I'm immune now at least until I get vaccinated.
Same here. I am now 9 to 10 months in so becoming more concerned about immunity. I want to get it in the March/April time frame. I was lucky as I seem to have avoided most of the longer term affects. Hope you continue to recover.
I'm so overjoyed about the vaccine's availability. The beginning of the end of this strangest of times. Be safe until we're hopefully all on board with receiving the vaccine.
Thanks all, haven't needed oxygen today, hopefully I've turned the corner,. Video chat with doctor tomorrow, hoping he tells me to get some mild exercise and be on my way.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
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Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
One of the most egregious examples: [en.wikipedia.org]
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
One of the most egregious examples: [en.wikipedia.org]
In this day and age it's just willful ignorance and stupidity to not want to take a vaccine for the Corona virus. It's unrealistic to think that your genetic adaptation to the amount of sun you are exposed to has any tangible connection to the way your immune system works. The people that refuse to take it are unethical and irresponsible and will increase the damage that this virus will cause to people and to society in general. There is always the option to play the history card, and there is also the option to be rational and responsible and not play the history card.
When I go to the store and buy milk I have to trust the "system" and that the people in the business of producing and delivering milk to my supermarket are acting properly and responsibly.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
I’m not a lockdown-sceptic; just unhappy with the U.K.’s messy tier-system.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
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It has been UK medical law since 1984 that no-one can be forced to take a vaccine or any other medical treatment against their will.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
It has been UK medical law since 1984 that no-one can be forced to take a vaccine or any other medical treatment against their will.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
It has been UK medical law since 1984 that no-one can be forced to take a vaccine or any other medical treatment against their will.
I certainly wouldn’t advocate mandatory vaccination and it should always be a personal choice but yesterday there was a woman interviewed on BBC news who claimed that she doesn’t need the vaccine because she is incapable of catching disease as she is protected by god.
It is beyond belief that in the 21st century this level of stupidity still remains in a society that has free access to information.
Belief in the supernatural leads to ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
One of the most egregious examples: [en.wikipedia.org]
In this day and age it's just willful ignorance and stupidity to not want to take a vaccine for the Corona virus. It's unrealistic to think that your genetic adaptation to the amount of sun you are exposed to has any tangible connection to the way your immune system works. The people that refuse to take it are unethical and irresponsible and will increase the damage that this virus will cause to people and to society in general. There is always the option to play the history card, and there is also the option to be rational and responsible and not play the history card.
When I go to the store and buy milk I have to trust the "system" and that the people in the business of producing and delivering milk to my supermarket are acting properly and responsibly.
Apparently another factor is the (false) rumour that the vaccine contains pork gelatin and is thus unacceptable to Muslims.
The manufacture of some flu and measles vaccines does involve pork gelatin, and has caused concern in the past (to strict vegetarians as well as Muslims) and this has produced the idea that "all vaccines have it" - which none of the Covid vaccines do.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
It has been UK medical law since 1984 that no-one can be forced to take a vaccine or any other medical treatment against their will.
I certainly wouldn’t advocate mandatory vaccination and it should always be a personal choice but yesterday there was a woman interviewed on BBC news who claimed that she doesn’t need the vaccine because she is incapable of catching disease as she is protected by god.
It is beyond belief that in the 21st century this level of stupidity still remains in a society that has free access to information.
Belief in the supernatural leads to ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
It has been UK medical law since 1984 that no-one can be forced to take a vaccine or any other medical treatment against their will.
I certainly wouldn’t advocate mandatory vaccination and it should always be a personal choice but yesterday there was a woman interviewed on BBC news who claimed that she doesn’t need the vaccine because she is incapable of catching disease as she is protected by god.
It is beyond belief that in the 21st century this level of stupidity still remains in a society that has free access to information.
Belief in the supernatural leads to ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
There are millions of people like that in the US. They are also the ones who refuse to wear a mask.
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Here in the U.K. today there are reports of a reluctance by a significant percentage of ethnic minorities to have the vaccine.
Religion once again demonstrating it’s ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
Some members of the UK’s black community fear they might be being used as guinea pigs for a vaccine that has been quickly developed. Some would say that the history of institutional racism plays it part in fuelling such fears, but there’s also a history of blacks in Africa and the USA being experimented on with potential new treatments for various diseases and so there’s of course a lingering distrust.
My partner is black and is sceptical over the vaccine. Although she’d rather not take it, I’m sure, ultimately, she will. I’m not sure if her reasoning is founded on any of the above, however. For her, it’s more about the principle of being ‘forced to’ As everyone here knows, I’m a lockdown-sceptic, but not a covid one. I will be having a vaccine. I visit a London hospital every six months, so may even be one of the first in line.
It has been UK medical law since 1984 that no-one can be forced to take a vaccine or any other medical treatment against their will.
I certainly wouldn’t advocate mandatory vaccination and it should always be a personal choice but yesterday there was a woman interviewed on BBC news who claimed that she doesn’t need the vaccine because she is incapable of catching disease as she is protected by god.
It is beyond belief that in the 21st century this level of stupidity still remains in a society that has free access to information.
Belief in the supernatural leads to ultimate wickedness and ultimate stupidity.
Nate
There are millions of people like that in the US. They are also the ones who refuse to wear a mask.
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You couldn't pay me enough money to put this in my body.
Alaska Health Worker Had a Serious Allergic Reaction After Pfizer's Vaccine
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