its weird how little people are talking about and preparing for the B117. Like, we've learned nothing and everyone that I know that knows about what is going to happen is like "lol, yeah, its gonna suck, butwhatchagonnado?
so far overall cases are going down, so it "might" not matter and the vaccines "might" be enough to stop the spread. but i got my eyes on texas
"Good news people, now that Biden is in charge the color scheme is less scary"
"It means the same tho"
holy god, not you, but does this make me so mad these days. billionaires got billions richer and our entire economy is dying in slow motion. like, maybe, actually doing something for a few months would be cheaper than not doing something.
Americans would rather die than have billionaires pay a little more in taxes.
"Silly commie, don't you know somebody has to extract profit for an activity to be a real work, else ypu are smooching people with honest jobs like, uuh, pundits and fluffers"
It's good, actually.
MMT stands for Modern Monetary Theory. The big takeaway is that countries like the United States -- countries which issue their own fiat currency, pay obligations in that currency, and have robust productive capacities -- can do a whole lot more deficit spending before it becomes an issue. This doesn't mean that we can print unlimited money and solve big problems with it, but it does mean that we can print far more money than we currently do without risking consequences like runaway inflation. It's a direct answer to "but how are you gonna pay for it?" deficit scolds.
Unsurprisingly, there's a nice Citations Needed episode on the subject where they interview one of the leading MMT economists.
Lost the plot while posting all over the site. I thought MMT was some new virus strain or something
I hope the Citations Needed guys are remembered after the revolution. would it be cringe if we made emotes :citations-needed:
i'll give it a listen. was gonna make a joke about Ted Cruz says otherwise, so just pretend that I did
B117 is one of the least concerning varianta to have emerged globally in the past few months. The Brazillian and South African variants show some sign of immune avoidance/ vaccine resistance
yeah, i've been watching those, too. love how we are basically breeding the virus at this point. who ever is running this simulation is just playing the "contagion mode" tutorial
lmaoooo what a nightmare. reminder that covid gives you neurological damage
My beautiful brain! (I'm actually concerned of cognitive decline anyways so it is pretty scary.)
yes i have a mild TBI so I actually just applied to volunteer at a vax place to get one faster (hint hint)
I'm considered to be an 'essential worker' and can opt into the next phase... but I'll probably wait until actually essential workers get theirs first. My job being 'essential' is bull.
its weird how little people are talking about and preparing for the B117.
I think most people are either blissfully unaware, or they were so invested in the "2020 sucked but 2021 is gonna be so awesome and positive" meme that it kinda breaks their brains to find out we've barely started the new year and 2021 doesn't look to be any better, if not a lot worse.
what a great time to repeal the stay at home order Newsom
:agony-mescaline:
Indoor dining just opened up to 25% in my state. It's very cool :agony-deep:
Nice try Mr. FBI, but it sucks that it doesn't really narrow it down much, huh? I could be anywhere. Anywhere. Look behind you.
bruh I'm MSS, how dare you suggest I work for Amerikkka, my salary comes from Xi himself
vaccines “might” be enough to stop the spread
So far it looks like they are so we should stop with the doomerism.
The vaccines are highly effective.
Yeah, I'm more worried about them fucking up distributing the vaccines than I am worried about the new variants.
I think the fucking up has been mostly overblown. It's a problem, but shots are getting into arms. It will have an effect.
Notice how it's shifted from "it's going to take years we're all doomed" to "not enough black people getting vaccines" (valid concern, they make up something like 40% of health care providers in NY and are barely getting shots).
The media wants you doomscrolling.
Weren't the vaccines found to be less than 50% effective with the South Africa strain?
Edit: looks like they're about 57-60% effective with the South Africa strain according to several articles.
That's still not bad. It's just as vital as ever that we vaccinate.
Getting a vaccine could be the difference between getting horribly sick and dying from the SA strain vs getting it and beating it without severe COVID. Even if it has somewhat evolved around natural immunity.
A guy I follow on twitter explained it as the goal of vaccines is to reduce COVID to a much less deadly disease. It still does that.
Certainly, I just think it's important that we keep in mind how rapidly new strains are arising and that vaccine and immune resistant strains already exist.
