Worth the read. A band replies to fans complaining about vax requirements.

[kpete]

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[druidity33]

1. Love these guys...

seen 'em a couple a times. Here's a good track by them...

K&R

[Sentath]

5. Thank You

.. good gosh that is a lot of notes

[IronLionZion]

2. The more anti-vaxxers we have,

the fewer anti-vaxxers we will have soon enough. Why argue with these idiots when we can just wait?

[malaise]

7. That is my exact position

If they choose to cull their herd, who the fuck am I to stop them. If people are so fucking ignorant that they choose to reject knowledge, let then "Cain" themselves.

[onenote]

13. Because they pose a threat to children of folks who aren't anti-vaxxers?

It's not just anti-vaxxers that are getting sick and dying.

Does that not bother you?

[IronLionZion]

15. What exactly are you doing about it?

[onenote]

21. Supporting candidates who favor vaccine mandates. Arguing with anti-vaxxers on social media.

What am I not doing? Shrugging my shoulders and saying let the anti-vaxxers do whatever they want, no matter what the cost tot he rest of us.

[IronLionZion]

22. Good luck with the social media arguments

I'll support good candidates but I am done arguing with conservatives on social media.

[Dorian Gray]

24. Luckily

on average, the risk to children is less than many other risks that we live through and don't think about much. As parents we can mitigate that risk by reducing their exposure to the anti-vaxxers. I know in some states that is A LOT harder and difficult for the parents, and even in this state, I'm counting down the days until we can get my ten year old vaccinated.

Wear masks, be safe, and try to do activities where vaccines are mandated if possible.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Unfortunately, it won't work out that way.

The death rate from Covid simply isn't very high. Not at all enough to cull the herd.

Plus, apparently an awful lot of them totally deny they have Covid even when in the hospital and getting ready to be put on a ventilator. Some of them see the light shortly before they day and admit they were wrong. Others, those who recover, simply dismiss the seriousness of it.

So no, thinking that any significant percentage of them will soon be gone is not going to happen.

[IronLionZion]

16. Over 680,000 have died already

disproportionately in some big swing states like Florida, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, etc.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. And meanwhile more than 10,000 babies are born every day in this country.

So, depending on exactly where we start with those deaths, and I'll go with January, 2020, more than 6.3 million babies were born in the same time. As bad as Covid is, it's just not killing a population impacting number. So please stop hoping that the anti-vaxxers will eliminate themselves. They won't. All they'll succeed in doing is getting a lot of others sick, and killing some of them.

To keep the numbers in perspective, the Black Death in the 14th Century did briefly kill more people than were being born. But the 1918 flu pandemic barely killed as many people as were otherwise being born.

[IronLionZion]

19. If it mostly takes down conservatives

and young people are more liberal, then we might see some electoral implications and policy changes from a generation who grew up with this pandemic and doesn't want to repeat it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Still not in the kind of numbers to make a remote difference.

Yeah, the babies being born are just babies, but meanwhile how many millions and millions of people are Trumpers, or anti-vaxxers, or just in any other way have gone to the dark side?

Vastly more than are dying from Covid.

Now, if a new variant appeared that was even more infectious than Delta and killed at least half of those who got it, then you could hope the conservatives would lose significant numbers.

[Karma13612]

25. But, in Alabama, some food for thought:

More deaths than births……..

[link:https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-pandemic-caused-deaths-to-outpace-births-in-alabama-2021-9|]

Just sayin’……..

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

26. I had seen that, but Alabama does seem to be an outlier.

[halfulglas]

3. Love that one statement, "Stop being so spoiled."

[GusBob]

10. Me too

I also laughed at the "I cant wait to not give a shit" line

[robbob]

4. Amping the many great and supportive replies

I like the one that said “don’t know when common sense became political”.

[Initech]

6. Hey, live music is a reward for a functioning society.

And if you want society to function again? There's only one thing you need to do - get the damn vaccine! Otherwise, stay home and shut up.

[pandr32]

12. Agreed. Living in a society comes with laws and responsibilities.

[mjvpi]

17. Yes, the "R" word that has yet to form meaning for single dimensional Freedumbs.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

9. I heard about this on The Current this morning

(Minnesota Public Radio station that plays awesome music.)

Always loved Trampled By Turtles.

[dalton99a]

11. Kick

[Karma13612]

23. Here ya go! This is how you tell

People straight out what the story is.

Well done! Not sure who the band is, but glad to hear they are practical, and support the vaccine and masks, etc. Tell people how it is.

And I am still pissed at my Guitar hero Eric Clapton for being such an idiot with his anti-vax stance a couple months ago. Does he not realize he can be an influencer? OK, so not anymore. But at one time he was a household name.