Honestly, it's astounding that humans have done as well as they have.
In Australia we have 95% vaccination rates and we haven’t had quarantine, testing etc rules in place for like 2+ years now. Everything is fine.
The US is sitting at around 80% vaccination rate. Therein lies the problem.
So, not so much “humans” as “some humans”.
I'm here in Australia and now, 4.5 years in, still haven't had it. I mask whenever outside and use good hand hygiene at a times. I carry alcohol hand sanitiser and have wipes in the car for when I take my mask off in the car to wipe my face. I haven't had a cold, flu, RSV, or covid since 2019 when I started wearing the mask because of bushfires. I work with vulnerable people who could get very sick from covid and so I don't want to carry it person to person, and I also have an immune compromised partner who I don't want to give it to. Honestly it is not a big ask and it is very effective to just mask up.
Lotta slaves and genocided populations in the ground underneath all that.
But even still it does seem like the awfulness should have been even more rampant than it has been.
Feels like dumb luck.
We had a good run
Yes and in Nassau county NY, they’ve now made it ILLEGAL to wear a mask unless you can prove to a cop you’re doing it cause you’re sick.
Deadass.
Apparently the law exists because “bad actors” were protesting certain policies while “undercover” in a mask. This law was designed to “protect citizens and law enforcement from people hiding their identities to commit crimes.”
bad actors” were protesting certain policies while “undercover” in a mask. This law was designed to “protect citizens and law enforcement from people hiding their identities to commit crimes.”
Translated from Cop to English: people protest against genocide, cops want it to be easier to recognize them so they can persecute them as punishment for their constitutionally protected criticism of the cops' favorite fascist apartheid state.
Sometimes I think we are pushing the limits of some people's ability to live in a large modern society.
I disagree with a lot of what the people in this article are saying, except for not testing. I see no point, because my behavior won't change. Not because I'm going to "hide it on my vacation" but because I'm going to rest in bed and mask in public regardless of what virus I'm infected with!
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