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"stock up and stay home while the virus dies off" Given the existence of animal reservoirs, short-lived immunity, asymptomatic carriers, continued transmission after vaccination, a…

Incredibly disappointing to see foxhop's comments flagged and dead, while pickledhotdog's snark lives on. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html is worth a read. "Don't b…

I'm a very similar anecdote. Yes, covid sucked, but it was a mild 48hr illness in my experience. (And in the experience of dozens of my friends.) It's quite incredible that the GP …

Absolutely. I wouldn't dream of expecting anyone to do anything "at our say so", be that in-person teaching, vaccine-taking, mask-wearing, close proximity in social situations... B…

"I lost my sense of smell and got it back way after my quarantine ended, like months after. Plus there’s a mental fog that lifted a long time later." I've had exactly the same, and…

Don't kid yourself. Children are suggestible and easily manipulated by adults on BOTH extremes of this polarising argument.

"Natural immunity is just as temporary as vaccine immunity, give or take a few months." Citations needed for that claim. Based on the articles below, natural immunity seems to be v…

This reads like a lot of mental gymnastics attempting to excuse the inexcusable. You argue that blocking debate is a righteous act because the theory's "very existence harms public…

Haven’t seen anything online about this. Do you have a source please?

How is this in any way related to the OP's post about lifespan?

Your earlier comment: "Part of the benefit of vaccination is that it prevents spread..." This comment: "The fact it continues to spread..." You can't have both. Which is it?

"it would just appear out of the blue and kill you" I've had it and it didn't kill me. It also hasn't killed my wife, my kids, and the ~20 friends I know who have had it. If you wa…

"The question is will these negative behaviors persist" If governments keep tightening the thumbscrews, they most certainly will. People are being stretched to breaking point aroun…

“Everyone was out horsing around, shopping, dining out, ignoring the mandates, and there was zero enforcement. Everything was half assed and even the politicians were flouting the …

“Covid is a scary, scary disease. Deadly, highly contagious even before symptoms…” Getting really tired of hearing this. To a HEALTHY human, it’s like a bad cold. Me and my family …

So... your solution is to force every child to suffer equally in the same disadvantaged position??

Understandable but disappointing that there's no sound. I filled the silence with a 'hurricane wind' track from Spotify, because I'm sad like that... https://open.spotify.com/episo…

14 comments in 14hrs. For comparison, a post about TikTokers trading stocks has 168 comments in the same time. I find it incredible that this bombshell hasn't elicited more of a re…

"There is more to living than not dying."

When the alternative is invasive, Orwellian monitoring and inhumane enforcement by an authoritarian state, I'll take 40% compliance every time. Remember... governments NEVER give u…

"It’s a bit different. The State Governments are enacting health measures that only have any authority under temporary declared state of emergency, and immediately cease as soon as…

As mad as they might seem, this is precisely why those protesters have been on the streets - because the slippery slope is all too real. Allow your government a little taste of aut…

I know it’s comforting to imagine that anyone who says something that you don’t like is just a troll, but I’m not here to lie, distort reality, or say things without proof. Both ca…

"it's incredibly harmless" The two healthy middle-aged people I know who have died within 24hrs of vaccination would beg to differ.

But how is this different from previously? Flu, common cold, various other viruses... all present a similar threat to that from covid and spread as easily. What has changed with co…