• rozako [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I want a vaccine as badly as anyone, but I’m at the point I’m almost pissed off at the news every day on the newest “promising vaccines” because it really is giving everyone false hope and making them act less safe 😔

    • OhWell [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The Pfizer vaccine made a lot of news where I live, but not one mainstream report about the CEO selling off over 60% of his stocks after it was announced, or the fact they've provided very little evidence that it works in all age groups and with people like me who have pre-existing medical condition.

      A vaccine is not going to bring the jobs back either. That's what a lot of people fail to understand. This an economical apocalypse. We could've at least used some kind of relief fund to help workers who are struggling, but congress wasted most of the year pointing fingers back and forth and not wanting to do anything for us. Biden will come in next year and push austerity and probably give us tax credits at the expense of completely his lifelong career dream of defunding social security.

      • rozako [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Or that it only works at really extreme levels iirc so transportation will be difficult.

        And sadly until the economic issues affect them, people won’t care that a lot of people are unemployed now sadly. They may sympathize with all the deaths and etc and may outwardly sympathize with workers struggling, but they won’t see it as a big issue in their minds. At least the people I interact with :(

        • OhWell [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I've already been told "well, just get a job as an essential worker". I'm sure that will be what we're told more often next year.

          The next far right reactionary movement that comes out of these economic conditions and as a backlash to Biden, is going to be worse than anything we've ever seen before.