Current Events > Imagine if the delta variant really starts to spread across the US again in the

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next couple of months. Will states go back into lockdown?

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Depends on the vaccination rates

COVID is over we are not going to lockdown over it. Enough people have the vaccine for us to start saying masks are optional.

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it already here we are waiting for fauci

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No

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SocialistGamer posted...

Will states go back into lockdown?

I hope so, but I doubt it.

MelbuFrahma4 posted...

COVID is over we are not going to lockdown over it. Enough people have the vaccine for us to start saying masks are optional.

California has 18 deaths per day over the last week on average:
https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/state/california

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Nightmare scenario.

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I mean the US never really went into lockdown. Rich people went into hiding while working class people brought them stuff. Even that was so taxing to the pyramid scheme that is the American economy that it almost collapsed so no, we would rather reach a point where we would be burning bodies in the streets rather than do any sort of real lockdown. (No I'm not saying we will be burning bodies in the streets, just that even in that circumstance we would still not close anything down).

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delta variant? probably not unless vaccine related immunity is only good for 6 months. the real issue is that a faster spreading virus in a country with low vaccination rate means you've got a perfect breeding ground for a mutation strain that beats the vaccines on the market.

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The US will never have enough people follow lockdowns/get vaccinated for covid to ever go away. We will forever have covid season in steed of the flu season now

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No. Business owners own this country and theyre not going to allow a second lockdown. Too many people flat out ignored the rules the first time around, so it really only punished the people who tried to follow them. There are tons of people who never even quarantined. They were out on their bike every day, trying to shop and socialize, etc.

Now that I think about it, even during fires and floods and tornadoes us Americans often don't evacuate and take shelter. Getting everyone to stay home sounds very improbable. But damn do I wish we could.

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https://abcn.ws/3gGsu0f
The delta coronavirus variant is infecting a mounting number of people in rural Kansas and Missouri.
The variant, first detected in India in October, was upgraded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week from a "variant of interest" to a "variant of concern." The CDC estimates the delta variant accounts for about 10% of new cases in the U.S.
Missouri had the highest percentage of the delta variant at 6.8% of reported cases as of May 22, the latest CDC data.
Data from the CDC shows high community transmission in rural parts of Missouri and Kansas -- regions already struggling with slow vaccination rates.
In southwest Missouri there's been a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Kendra Findley, the administrator of community health and epidemiology with Green County, said that random testing of virus samples shows increasing cases of the delta strain.
"It shows us that what we've got in the community is a much more infectious variant that we are having to deal with, which shows why we have such an explosion of cases not just in Greene County, but in southwest Missouri," she told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued a news release Wednesday saying that the state "is experiencing a rise in individuals contracting the Delta variant," while urging locals to get vaccinated.
Missouri is now leading the nation with the most new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the last seven days, according to The New York Times tracker.
Mercy Hospital Springfield issued a plea on social media for Missourians to get vaccinated, painting a somber picture of the crisis unfolding at hospitals in the area.
"Bed capacity is strained. ED waits are long. COVID patients are younger, sicker and unvaccinated. Vaccines are free, available and effective. What are you waiting for? 82? 102? 152? What about 1? 1 person you care about? You?" wrote Erik Frederick, Mercy's chief administrative officer chief administrative officer.
In Missouri, 43.4% of the population has initiated vaccination and 37.7% have completed vaccination, according to state data.

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Of course it's Missouri. Fuck this state.
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There will never be any more lockdowns. Politicians, businesses, and people in general just won't do it. We're never going to fully get over this.

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Our vaccination rates have basically stagnated at around 45%

So this is a real possibility lol


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The dominoes are falling rather perfectly for a really shitty rest of 2021 imo

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I do not support going into lockdown to protect a bunch of cowards that are scared of a vaccine even if they start dropping like flies. This is a preventable disease at this point.

Atralis posted...

I do not support going into lockdown to protect a bunch of cowards that are scared of a vaccine even if they start dropping like flies. This is a preventable disease at this point.

Your post would make sense if you werent talking about 55% of the population

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Samurontai posted...

Your post would make sense if you werent talking about 55% of the population

hey man I really don't give a fuck about them

ive done my part for over a year and got vaccinated as soon as I could. literally couldn't give two fucks that are willingly offering themselves up to die

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metralo posted...

hey man I really don't give a fuck about them

ive done my part for over a year and got vaccinated as soon as I could. literally couldn't give two fucks that are willingly offering themselves up to die

So edgy.

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It's not edgy at all

While I feel sorry for the immunocompromised who can't get vaccinated, you can only tell a child so many times to not touch the hot stove top.

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Will_VIIII posted...

It's not edgy at all

While I feel sorry for the immunocompromised who can't get vaccinated, you can only tell a child so many times to not touch the hot stove top.

yep lol.I've protected these people for more than a year. Fuck em now.

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Vaccination rates mean nothing if the delta variant can still infect people. If the cases rise up, people will eventually die and the cycle between life and death will repeat itself until something is done to prevent the spread. However if people ignore the issue at hand, no doubt will the delta variant and it's soon to be highly probable future mutations will explode once again

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Homeless_Waifu posted...

Vaccination rates mean nothing if the delta variant can still infect people. If the cases rise up, people will eventually die and the cycle between life and death will repeat itself until something is done to prevent the spread. However if people ignore the issue at hand, no doubt will the delta variant and it's soon to be highly probable future mutations will explode once again

ok dont care. the vaccine is highly effective for the delta variant after the second dose.

literally don't give two fucks about dipshits who are avoiding the solution.

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Blue states might
Red states laugh at deaths granted people not getting vaccinated is their own fault

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metralo posted...

ok dont care. the vaccine is highly effective for the delta variant after the second dose.

literally don't give two fucks about dipshits who are avoiding the solution.

you tell them!! Now they only have a 99.5% chance of living if they catch the virus, theyre really screwed now that you arent wearing a mask arent they?!

Irony posted...

Blue states might
Red states laugh at deaths granted people not getting vaccinated is their own fault

lol people still think this is a blue/red state thing. Black and Hispanics in blue and red states have lower vaccination numbers than whites. If there is another wave gonna be just like the other ones minorities will end up getting hit the hardest.

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MelbuFrahma4 posted...

lol people still think this is a blue/red state thing. Black and Hispanics in blue and red states have lower vaccination numbers than whites. If there is another wave gonna be just like the other ones minorities will end up getting hit the hardest.

Talking about lockdowns btw

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metralo posted...

literally don't give two f***s about dips***s who are avoiding the solution.

Of all the gimmicks you could have gone for on here this is it, huh?

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there's always going to be something out there to take us all out
if not coroni, it's the guns. if it isn't guns. it's the republican's.
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...the world wont shutdown again tbh
I feel we did what we can with covid19. Its here to stay

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Please go get your vaccination if you haven't, I had a relatively minor case of covid last July and it has damaged my heart and wrecked my dick, you seriously do not want to catch that shit.

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AldousIsDead posted...

wrecked my dick

damn. he can't "get it up anymore" due to covid cock.
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metralo posted...

ok dont care. the vaccine is highly effective for the delta variant after the second dose.

literally don't give two fucks about dipshits who are avoiding the solution.

Yeah, fuck those guys who cant get the vaccine due to health conditions or for other reasons, too! If a few of them have to die so some shit Republicans can die, then so be it!

Youre just shallow and immature as fuck lmao


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Spooking posted...

I don't see another shutdown happening as we have more than half the country vaccinated and the point of the lockdown was to ease overcrowding in hospitals.

We do not have half the country vaccinated though

Barely more than half even have the first dose

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kingdrake2 posted...

damn. he can't "get it up anymore" due to covid cock.

I really can't, it's not a joke and is apparently a relatively common complication. Get your damn shot, kids.

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Whether people want to or not, we will eventually be forced back into lockdown due to several reasons. Vaccination rates, easing restrictions, mask use, etc. For all the talk about how we don't want to spike the ball before the end zone, that's literally what we did

I can vouch that the Delta variant is spreading. (vaccinated here). Maybe the plan is that the 70%unvaccinated LatinX and African Americans catch coronavirus every month and refresh their antibodies.

undefined posted...

I mean the US never really went into lockdown. Rich people went into hiding while working class people brought them stuff. Even that was so taxing to the pyramid scheme that is the American economy that it almost collapsed so no, we would rather reach a point where we would be burning bodies in the streets rather than do any sort of real lockdown. (No I'm not saying we will be burning bodies in the streets, just that even in that circumstance we would still not close anything down).

In Chicago there were refrigerator trucks and tents. Not much difference. Chance are the bodies ended up being burned.

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CobraGT posted...

In Chicago there were refrigerator trucks and tents.

oh god it's happening again.
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kingdrake2 posted...

oh god it's happening again.

Sorry. Last year. I was just saying that the burning in the street scenario is not that far fetched. Although Chicago is not going to lock down no matter what.

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At least Joe Biden is president this time.

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Pepys Monster posted...

At least Joe Biden is president this time.

Yeah, so it probably wont be ignored for several months this time

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It might with the amount of braindead idiots roaming this land.

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hockeybub89 posted...

It might with the amount of braindead idiots roaming this land.

it's already happening. cases going up though it's infecting the tourists mainly. not so much the locals since they chose vaccination over death.
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Pepys Monster posted...

At least Joe Biden is president this time.

cant make people less stupid tho

kingdrake2 posted...

it's already happening. cases going up though it's infecting the tourists mainly. not so much the locals since they chose vaccination over death.

Chicago not only has tourists but due to beaches, the zoo, the aquarium, the planetarium, art museums, natural history museum, and technological museum: locals crowd the lake front. How do we not have a surge? Maybe hospitals are sending people home with a ventilator and a bottle of aspirin?

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