“No one would take those odds, like, here, have a one-in-20 chance of going to hospital. So I think there’s some really serious misconceptions about the risk of COVID right now and we have to tackle that better.”
‘I wish I had known better. I wish I had listened to my grandchild who asked me to get vaccinated and I just hope that I can survive this to make it to this event next year. If only I had listened.’
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“I guess what people are kind of losing track of is the risk-benefit part of the equation,” said Saxinger, reached via telephone on Thursday.
“And a lot of that risk has been shifted by the Delta variant, which is so much more transmissible and aggressive at spreading.”
📍LET THIS SINK IN—When 8 infants die, 3 million pillows are immediately recalled. Nobody says, “But but but… We need to learn to live with pillows that suffocate babies!” ➡️Meanwhile, 480 kids have died of #COVID19–an astounding 20 died last week alone! https://t.co/7XECRLkM4t
A quick thread:
It’s hard to explain just how radicalized ivermectin and antivax Facebook groups have become in the last few weeks.
They’re now telling people who get COVID to avoid the ICU and treat themselves, often by nebulizing hydrogen peroxide.
So, how did we get here?
Here’s something I’ve never seen before & can’t find anywhere: a fed agent seized $115K from a man @RDUAirport. The agent says he’s going to launch a fed investigation of money laundering & drug activity.
Then offers the man a way out: surrender his cash & no investigation:
Almost every Capitolism newsletter from @scottlincicome has a couple “I can’t believe we do things this way” headbangers. This time, on US ports and shipping woes. There’s lots more than just these excerpts, including the obligatory mentions of the Jones Act and union contracts.