And permantly disfigured even more with long COVID.

They knew what would happen. The US is wealthy with a huge military force. They could have locked down and mobilised their army to protect people until it was over.

But the oligarchs didn't want to slow their profits and give up even an inch of their wealth and power, so COVID was allowed to run rampant. They sacrified their own people to the virus. These people did not willingly sacrifice themselves, they were killed through purposeful negelect.

They also encouraged other countries to do the same. My own country hardly had any deaths before US officials visited and pressured them to open again.

It's no longer tracked properly so who knows the full extent of the death.

This could be one of the largest mass killings in history.

The worst part is when the news tries to spin how traumatic it was for kids to endure our pathectic excuse for a 'lockdown', instead of how traumatic it was to watch our countries murder millions for nothing and hear our friends and families parrot eugenics talking points to try and justify it.

EDIT: [CONTENT WARNING] There is a blue MAGA from another instance in the comments who is hand waving away peoples COVID experiences, so if you have lost a loved one to this disease or had your life or loved ones affected by it, reading the comments here might stir some trauma. Just a heads up.

  • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
    ·
    1 year ago

    What the fuck do you even think my complaint is? it's the rollback of covid precautions at a federal level, cutting the aid they were giving out, ending mask mandate.

    You shitheads acted like vaccines were a magic bullet because it was a convenient lie to tell everyone try to get 'back to normal'. Instead you abdicate responsibility and act like it's the most anyone could done.

      • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
        ·
        1 year ago

        The vaccines literally came out under Trump, what are you on about? Obviously vaccines reduce harm, they both are for them, the only reason they posture one way or another is because of our culture war politics.

        There were concrete things that prevented people from dying and the democrats intentionally rolled them back and declared the pandemic over. Eat my entire ass.

        edit: before I get the fact checking nerds up my ass, I know operation warp speed was technically completed under biden, but it was like a month into his term, I just don't care

        • Farman [any]
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          1 year ago

          From what i remember it was deliveratley delayed because trump was pressuring them not to and they did not want to give in to politics.

          In fact the only ones who did the vaccine rollout rigth were the rusians. They released them before they were fully tested because there was an emergency. And the libs complained endlessly that they were unsafe. When in fact once the data came out they were the most efective ones. Even if they gadnt been you can always use another round of vaccination. Like it happened with some of the chinise and many of the western ones. Other countries un ordered the russian vaccibe because of preassure using this as an excuse. Harming vaccine production and leaving those countries whithout vaccines for almost a year.

          In reality these delays were just ritualistic and made things much worse than they could have been. And in this aspect everyone fucked up even china cuba and iran. The only ones who were the exception were the russians.

          • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            In fact the only ones who did the vaccine rollout rigth were the rusians. They released them before they were fully tested because there was an emergency

            Yes!!! I’ve been saying this for years. I would’ve happily been the first person in line for a test vaccine. The possible risks of a faulty vaccine were so so so much lower than the risks of covid from day 1. We should’ve been pumping them out as we tested them.

          • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
            ·
            1 year ago

            Wearing masks? You mean that thing that the US let people get away with not doing regardless of the party in charge?

            Not sure why you are so keen on downplaying covid but it's some sick shit.

              • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                I thought you dumbass libs were all about harm reduction, now you're fine with people dying from unnecessary covid spread because the virus wouldn't be completely eradicated by masks?

              • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
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                1 year ago

                You have got to be intentionally trolling, fuck the democrats, and fuck you and people like you for protecting their dogshit record. I wear a mask because I care about my disabled comrades and I don't want to make them sick either. People like you have determined that disabled people they are a worthy sacrifice to 'return to normal'.

                At this point I legit can't tell what you're trying to convince me of here, but I just want you to know that you disgust me.

                          • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
                            ·
                            1 year ago

                            Shut the fuck up shut the fuck up

                            Before you say a god damn additional word admit that you either can't keep track of any of the things you've said in this thread or are operating in bad faith.

                            "Why did Biden end masking"

                            You: "Because's only harm reduction, not elimination."

                            "You just claimed that the Biden admin ended masking because it only reduces covid spread"

                            You: "Pretty sure I didn't say that smuglord "

                            Fuckin admit you're acting in bad faith

                            • UlyssesT
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                              7 days ago

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                          • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
                            ·
                            1 year ago

                            I don't care about the article, what the fuck does the article have to do with the Biden admin lifting the mask mandate last year?

                              • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
                                ·
                                1 year ago

                                You've already demonstrated you're not paying attention to anything I say, let alone enough attention to remember your own responses. I'm being way too nice by even responding to you at this point.

                                You say harm is getting reduced, I say you chose to sacrifice disabled people in favor of a vaccine-only approach and arbitrarily "ending' covid. Liberals would administer the final solution if it was on a long enough timescale that shitheads like you could run interference for it.

      • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Not if you use them as an excuse to not actually contain covid. That's actually increasing harm. We do huge mobilization at the drop of a hat to kill middle eastern and eastern European workers, but the only covid response on offer was wait for a somewhat effective vaccine, and in the meantime keep making money for the rich.