yetMy employer's "polite" request was "Get the vaccine or get fired, and fuck all the times you had our back." Getting fired means no income, because the employer is the entire province, so no job, no house, no pension, and I would have to move. — Book273
I did the research; there are no appreciable flaws in the science of the vaccine, the side effects are negligible. However, since one can still be infected and infect others, not a lot of motivation there. — Book273
You obviously don't know what Libertarianism means. — Harry Hindu
Why you still vote for the same people that have been in power for 50 years and expect things to be different? — Harry Hindu
Hopefully this new Omicron variant causes less severe disease and becomes the dominant strain. — The Opposite
If it is a lab leak and how China dealt with that then I'd like my 45 billion EUR spend on Covid measures back. — Benkei
And we'd probably be far less relaxed next time something like this happens.
My concern is establishing the truth.
When a person is acting suspiciously, it is the duty of the police to investigate them and the same applies to state actors: the international community must investigate suspicious state activities for its own security.
In China’s case, no proper investigation has been conducted. So, pressure must be put on Western governments to take appropriate action. — Apollodorus
These days, China is the usual suspect for everything bad, so let's blame China — baker
Murican culture is shapeless, shape-shifting. China at least has definition. — baker
Well, that's the issue - the West doesn't know enough about them. — The Opposite
Maybe you should try living in both? Compare and contrast?
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