Making people feel like idiot scum for not being vaccinated when you're happily approaching your 70% target already doesn't help (using up 85%of your vaccine stock in doing so). — Isaac
LOL! First you say I'm:
'encouraging' . . . everyone to get it creates a demand — Isaac
Then you say I'm making them:
even less likely . . . because all you've done is entrenched their paranoia — Isaac
Which is it? — James Riley
Uh, no. We aren't happily approaching our target. — James Riley
That's why we have variants. — James Riley
The answer isn't to coddle the Faux-News-hesitant, and hope they come along while we vax up the rest of the world. The answer is to vax up the whole fucking world, including us. We are already on the losing side of this while others clamor for the vax. Seems the foreigners (many who want the vax) are ready to play ball. Get them the vax. But little good that will do if all the imbeciles in America are listening to you and we create new variants and render the vax useless. — James Riley
No, no. Just nice to get a take from someone who's looked at some research. — Srap Tasmaner
I've only dug into the culture war part of it, which ... <sigh>. — Srap Tasmaner
— Cheshire
Both. Encouraging is an intentional activity, it doesn't imply success. — Isaac
61% and still rising. In what way is a figure over 60 and still rising not approaching 70? How far past 60 would a still rising number have to be before you'd consider it to be approaching 70? Are you using some idiosyncratic number line? — Isaac
No, it categorically isn't. But then the actual facts have never bothered you have they? — Isaac
So no actual argument then, just spittle-flecked invective. — Isaac
How, exactly, do you plan to 'vax up the whole fucking world'? — Isaac
What method do you advocate which doesn't include reducing current vaccine demand in the US? — Isaac
Why do you emphasize harmFULL? — Prishon
I emphasized potentially.↪Prishon Distribution of a potentially harmful argument that others mistake for medical advice. — Cheshire
Don't see how. I essentially provided a single sentence that I've had to requote against misstatement several times.Its getting all mixed up now. — Prishon
If I am failing in my efforts to gin up U.S. demand then you would champion my driving them away. — James Riley
A goal that we would have met long ago, but for the likes of you and Faux News and Tucker Carlson, et al? We'd be at 80% months ago, but for the dummies who think they know better than the CDC and Fauci, et al. — James Riley
Well, if you really want to help, you'll quit undermining efforts to get people to distance, mask and vax ... — James Riley
your pseudo-scientific questioning of people who you couldn't even carry the corn in their shit. — James Riley
There were providers standing around with their thumbs up their ass because there was little demand. — James Riley
The very fact that you write "harmful" lroves that you emphasize harmful. Why didnt you write "potentially harmless"? — Prishon
There's more than one demographic in receipt of your rhetoric. — Isaac
Any evidence for that, or just more of your storytelling? — Isaac
I asked what your plan was, not mine. — Isaac
I've asked before for you to back up these accusations, but you've failed to do so. — Isaac
What is 'psuedo' about the scientists I've cited, are you suggesting the BMJ is a 'pseudo' scientific journal, is the World Health Organisation a 'psuedo' health organisation? — Isaac
If you can't provide any evidence you shouldn't be making such strong statements. — Isaac
Evidence? — Isaac
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