Corona Virus is now officially not a pandemic emergency

[AdahnGorion]

As the title says, WHO have announced that Corona Virus is not a threat anymore (not that we didnt new that, but its official now)

https://apnews.com/article/who-declares-covid-emergency-over-pandemic-8b6445735df5218b5d9d6ec32fa047ca


How does that make you feel? For me it makes little difference now, but I reckon that some regions of the world still have issues? and for them it might be nice to see it coming to a complete end.

[Acetyl]

Messaggio originale di Ulfrinn:

Messaggio originale di abraham:

200 million deaths? What a gigantic lie. There have only been about 6 to 7 million covid deaths globally. You are either a troll or your mind has gone to mush.

Yeah, even the official numbers which most believe to be inflated already, place worldwide deaths over the past 3 years at less than 7 million. In contrast, in 2019 alone, 10.85 million died of heart disease, 7.69 million for smoking. If we divide the 6.87 million for covid over 3 years by 3 to get a per-year average, that's 2.29 million per year. According to the 2019 statistics, that's less than the number of deaths for indoor pollution, outdoor pollution, alcohol use, obesity, high blood sugar, smoking, and high blood pressure.

Let's not forget autoimmune disease, which is masked by being split up into several more specific or downstream conditions. It would be like considering every type of cancer unique rather than pooling the counts together.

[Doomerang]

Wonder if they include all the mental health suciides Covid caused as Covid deaths. Was it really worth it

[Holografix]

Messaggio originale di Doomerang:

Messaggio originale di Holografix:

not pandemic, but now endemic.

"from frying pan into the fire."

Oh hey. Welcome back

thx Doomer.

[Ulfrinn]

Messaggio originale di Eld3r:

Messaggio originale di Ulfrinn:

Are you trying to get yourself banned? I can't imagine any other reason someone would think it be acceptable, and not against TOS to send a message that does nothing more than call someone and expletive.

i dont mind a ban given what i responded to

You responded to an opinion he has every right to have. If you can prove it wrong or have something to add, feel free to do it. But if all you can do is type insults then maybe avoid public forums.

[Siluva]

Messaggio originale di Grynn:

They're getting ready for pandemic 2.0.

The corona virus was a test to see how people would react to aggressive government restrictions under the guise of "crisis". So long as they use that word they can get away all sorts of things.

I put my bets on a beta test for the carbon footprint pass.

[Acetyl]

Messaggio originale di Siluva:

Messaggio originale di Grynn:

They're getting ready for pandemic 2.0.

The corona virus was a test to see how people would react to aggressive government restrictions under the guise of "crisis". So long as they use that word they can get away all sorts of things.

I put my bets on a beta test for the carbon footprint pass.

They're already surveying forests in terms of their biomass as it relates to units of carbon. Remote biometrics were brought in via covid. Lot of scientific literature being published on using eg mmWave based radar to assess CO2 flux around the airways, infer hormone and metabolic status via wireless blood glucose estimation, skin reflectivity and conductivity, etc. By tracking everything you buy they know what it took to make it, and thus that aspect of your load on the energy balance of the system. Energy balance being a key aspect of a technocratic somewhat centrally planned economic system. They would then seek to decouple finance and industry, which have merged since the late 1800's. You would have a pool of investors who have the resources, they would allocate funds to projects based on feedback from modulatory layer of experts who assess proposals for projects. That's how it would be stratified.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

can we have a happy future please

[RRW359]

Messaggio originale di Siluva:

Messaggio originale di Grynn:

They're getting ready for pandemic 2.0.

The corona virus was a test to see how people would react to aggressive government restrictions under the guise of "crisis". So long as they use that word they can get away all sorts of things.

I put my bets on a beta test for the carbon footprint pass.

Seriously does nobody care that regardless of wheather Covid happened or not people in the US are going to need an arbitrary new form of ID in order to not be considered a security risk? In fact it's due to Covid that it was pushed back first 3 and now 5 years.

[Acetyl]

Messaggio originale di KyokoKirigiri:

can we have a happy future please

We will have only what we work to create. The world is a mirror.

[skOsH♥]

Messaggio originale di Acetyl:

Messaggio originale di KyokoKirigiri:

can we have a happy future please

We will have only what we work to create. The world is a mirror.

I say we try this mirror idea and just try to focus on positivity.

[ZZZZZ]

I can still wear mask in public and noone thinks Im a creep for it

[RRW359]

Messaggio originale di Eld3r:

Messaggio originale di RRW359:

Seriously does nobody care that regardless of wheather Covid happened or not people in the US are going to need an arbitrary new form of ID in order to not be considered a security risk? In fact it's due to Covid that it was pushed back first 3 and now 5 years.

are you referring to real id?

that will be required for travel and access to certain federal facilities and travel can still be done with other forms of id

not everyone is required to have it

If you want to board a plane you are required to have it, and Amtrak isn't a viable means of travel considering how underfunded it is and how cargo trains make its schedule inherently unpredictable and if driving is a privilege like the law says it is then we need to stop treating people who can't do it for one reason or another like sub-humans. There are States where you can get an ID allowing you to do everything including vote but if you didn't pay extra you can't be allowed on a plane (which as a reminder are private property that could refuse your money themselves if they thought you were at risk). Hell if you live in parts of Washington near the border you literally can't leave the area without coughing up an extra $40 to uncle Sam after 2025.

[Acetyl]

In the technocratic model it is desireable and necessary to greatly increase mobility of labor while minimizing freedom of movement. Hence remote work and fiber optic spine laid for 5G, AI, etc.

[RRW359]

Messaggio originale di Eld3r:

Messaggio originale di RRW359:

If you want to board a plane you are required to have it, and Amtrak isn't a viable means of travel considering how underfunded it is and how cargo trains make its schedule inherently unpredictable and if driving is a privilege like the law says it is then we need to stop treating people who can't do it for one reason or another like sub-humans. There are States where you can get an ID allowing you to do everything including vote but if you didn't pay extra you can't be allowed on a plane (which as a reminder are private property that could refuse your money themselves if they thought you were at risk). Hell if you live in parts of Washington near the border you literally can't leave the area without coughing up an extra $40 to uncle Sam after 2025.

it is not required to board a plane yet and when requirements for real id are enacted one can still use other forms of id to board a plane

not sure about what your reference to washington is about

No they can't. Currently you can use other forms of reference to board a plane but every online source I can find from the government says that won't be the case when it's enacted and you will need to have one on your person in order to board.

Look up Point Robert's for what I mean with Washington. Literally no way to get to any other part of the US without flying and if you look up Washington ID prices an enhanced ID (they combined EID and realID for whatever reason) is more expensive then a normal ID.

Also to clarify when I said you are considered a criminal without one, I didn't mean it's a crime but the entire MO behind this is post-911 hysteria and the assumption that if you don't have one you can't be trusted not to blow a plane up.

[Acetyl]

Messaggio originale di Eld3r:

https://www.tsa.gov/real-id

Beginning May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, state-issued enhanced driver’s license, or another acceptable form of ID to fly within the United States.

Once you establish this precedent it becomes a chokepoint you can begin to modify. For example by adding stipulations that you must do this that or the other to renew a real-id.

A good example is the federal preemption of preventing cell tower siting on the basis of health concerns written into the 1996 telecommunications act. This forms a key chokepoint where you can control everything without have to go around and outmaneuver every individual locality. Then just layer more and more on through a central body like FCC as needed.