EricHiggin said:
SvennoJ said:
Keep on stretching your arguments, however facts are not backing you up. See the post above, "The regions with the highest infection rates are also the ones with the lowest vaccination rates in Germany." and that's not just in Germany, and also applies to the hospitalization and death rates.
How much evidence do you need?
And btw "That's like saying a video gaming addiction has nothing to do with how fun the games are."
That's a true statement, although little instead of nothing. Video game addiction is dopamine addiction.
https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/how-do-video-games-affect-the-developing-brains-of-children/
Which comes from all the little rewards that game companies exploit so well in loot boxes etc. Which is why governments are now starting to regulate these things. Grinding in games is not fun game play, but it is addictive. The most fun games are those you play together with friends, the most addictive are those you grind on your own. Dangerously over eating has little to do with the taste of food.
When I see my kid get 'addicted' to one of those Roblox 'click' 'click' 'click' games to see numbers increase I always ask him, are you having fun. Then after a bit he acknowledges that, no it's actually not fun. He and his nephew actually have auto clickers installed to click for them and leave it running to see what the numbers have gotten up to after getting back from school. That's not fun, but they sure know how to get kids addicted.
Currently he's building in Minecraft again, left Roblox behind. The dopamine reward of creating things is at least something I can get behind. And he plays it moderately as all that planning and building actually takes effort and makes him take a break. The older one is addicted to Rust, playing with his school friends online. At least he's playing with his friends, and he admits solo, it's not a fun game. And easy to walk away from since the server resets every month, you lose everything anyway by design. But certainly something to keep an eye on.
In the latest fun developments, we're now going to send 11 million rapid test kits to schools to take home over the holidays for voluntary self testing. Unreliable tests with the idea that giving everyone 5 self test kits is going to even out the results... Imo, might as well burn that money. It would be more useful to work on better ventilation standards. (In my oldest's classroom it was a fan in a window, the fan broke down and now it's freezing outside...)
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2021/11/18/ontario-giving-students-rapid-covid-19-tests-to-take-home-over-holiday-break.html
One story of the many
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/i-won-t-be-here-next-year-canadians-robbed-of-life-by-delayed-diagnoses-amid-pandemic-1.5671500
Austria breaking the way to vaccine mandates
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/facing-surge-austria-will-mandate-covid-19-shots-lock-down-1.5672903 Austria announced a new national lockdown and a plan to mandate vaccinations as coronavirus infections hit a record high Friday, forcing the government to walk back promises that such blanket shutdowns were a thing of the past. Imposing a mandate would give Austria one of the world's most stringent vaccine requirements. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said those who didn't comply would likely be fined but gave no other details. The moves come as vaccinations in Austria have plateaued at one of the lowest rates in Western Europe and as hospitals in heavily hit states have warned that their intensive care units are reaching capacity. |
How about Gibraltar? So highly vaxed, yet, still such a problem with cases. How can that possibly be? Cancel Xmas? Why not, since everyone is, so safe now? Christmas Celebrations Cancelled in Most Vaccinated Area in the World as Cases Spike (newsweek.com) Gibraltar proves that vaccination does not stop Covid - by Live Beyond Borders - LBB's Newsletter (substack.com) Yet hurray Austria for forcing the vax where like other highly vaxed area's, it's still not going to solve the problem. What then? 3rd, 4th, 5th boosters? Maybe we'll have the small pox pandemic by then like Gates has mentioned? I mean he was right about the upcoming covid pandemic as well coincidentally, wasn't he? |
Your source states only 81% of the relevant population is vaccinated, so similar to some other countries. Your sources still support vaccinations.
"only 2.1% of the 739 residents, who tested positive for Covid, ended up in hospital, and not a single person died"
As has been stated a million times already, vaccines don't prevent Covid, they prevent severe cases. And even then, they aren't perfect.
The bigger issue with Gibraltar and many countries is one thing: complacency.
Guarantee you that the higher number of cases is due to
A: Vaccines effect wearing off------> Get booster
and
B: People stopped wearing masks-------> Wear your masks!
I am sure Gibraltar people and even the government heard the hype of being the most vaccinated in the world, and thought going back to normal would not lead to a rise in cases and thus more lockdowns.
