darksabre

It didn't have to be this bad. Problem is, we've now reached a point where we can fix it and we don't want to. That must say something about us, like, existentially, right?

So that gets me to my point, which is that perhaps you need to consider that your experience is not the experience of many others. My experience was not too bad either, but I can't let that discount the significantly worse experiences of countless others, then, now or going forward. The pandemic has been brutal, regardless of how sheltered I have been from it.

I'm not trying to be mean to you or anything here, but every post you make about the pandemic makes it seem as though it really hasn't affected you very much.

Israel used a very accelerated vaccine schedule which limited the efficacy. Easily found via google.

I just want to know when we will be satisfied. I think COVID has done a pretty nice job of circulating and killing, of messing peoples lives up in all sorts of new and exciting ways. I'm pretty satisfied with the death toll, pain, and suffering; B-, pretty good plague. But I guess a lot of people are just not feeling sated. We have (had?) the opportunity to really put this whole thing to bed pretty quickly. A miracle of modern science was given to us and we said "No, thank you. I believe the virus deserves a chance to continue for several more years. It hasn't even mutated that many times! Just give it a chance to achieve its dreams." And so now we get to re-calibrate for the long-haul of COVID. We could have had normalcy, or at least something pretty close to it, but we rejected that. The only question now becomes: whose hunger will be satisfied first, the virus', or ours?

That's the whole point of the vaccine. Not getting back to normal is how you compound the tragedy of the pandemic by crippling the global economy again. A lot of pain and suffering was caused by the measures that were required to suppress the spread before the vaccine. The vaccine is supposed to prevent that from happening again, but it doesn't work if people don't use it. Getting back to normal is the goal. The alternative is more pain and suffering.

They don't care.

That's not what I'm saying. The idea that there's some kind of dividing line between the poster and their posts is unscrupulous.

Who makes the posts?

Thomas Vanek being a good dude should come as no surprise, but it's still nice to see him get credit where it's due.

As though this somehow proves Florida's numbers weren't fudged too? Not sure anyone here is going to be surprised that craven politicians did craven politician things.

How the turn tables https://www.sabrespace.com/community/topic/23886-updated-evander-kane-cleared-in-sex-offense-investigation/?do=findComment&comment=791454

I think the catch here is if the dangerous ignorance of enough people starts leading to harm amongst the rest of the community. Case in point is the unvaccinated who are filling hospital beds that other people need? What if a small rural hospital has to treat a bunch of morons who drink poison and it overwhelms their facility/staff? This stuff has consequences outside of the individual.

I'm just struggling to see how what a news network like Fox is doing is any different than a cult? Inciting your followers to poison themselves is not exactly protected speech. Bingo. This is what I'm getting at. There's a "danger to the public health/order" element here that I think should be in play.

Being stupid is one thing, a news outlet inciting people to poison themselves is a significant step beyond.

You're not really disagreeing with me, given that Toews has worn the C since basically day one.

The problem with this is that none of us are the ones doing the anointing, it's the Sabres front office. If they do finally get around to trading Eichel there is little doubt that they're pinning this team's future success on Cozens. They are choosing him over Jack to be the #1 guy.

I'm really trying to understand how this kind of stuff could be protected under the Constitution. At some point you have to hold these "news" outlets accountable as public health risks. There are limits to protected speech and doing this kind of thing seems like it would meet the criteria for not being protected.

Very excited for the goalposts to be moved. I'm sure Fox news is getting right on it.

I'm shocked. No one could have predicted the vaccine would be approved. 😂

This is the thing. Jack knows people are gonna be all over anything he posts looking for meaning. He's trolling and it's funny.

If someone gets the scoop that RJ hates Jack then I'll re-evaluate my opinion lol

I'm with you on this. It's not like they're going to exclude other Sabres greats who left the team in less than pleasant ways. No Hasek saves in the RJ highlight reel I guess? So why exclude Jack, a player who hasn't even left yet? He really should be in the video. It doesn't matter that much to include him in it. Not including him just makes the whole situation look even dumber.

I have something I want to say about Abbott and his ilk but I'm sure our resident Neville Chamberlain will come riding in to cry foul, so I will refrain.