Post AcDIMAmtxVVnM3raSW by mattblaze@federate.social
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(DIR) Post #AcD1jETihlDAEzIjWC by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-11-26T20:10:53Z
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In 2020, the emergence of COVID-19 gave us a stark, terrifying, but very valuable lesson in how thin our collective values are once push comes to shove. Within WEEKS after lockdowns started, the op-ed class repeatedly suggested that- We should suspend child labor laws (they claimed, incorrectly, that children weren't harmed by COVID)- The elderly have already lived long enough and should be willing to die now to help the economy.- The weak and compromised should be regarded as expendable.
(DIR) Post #AcDIKS2SqhNoHLK0MS by hannu_ikonen@med-mastodon.com
2023-11-26T21:21:09Z
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@mattblaze One more: some op-ed on TheAtlantic proposed suspending labor law and Drafting physicians against their will if they refused to work in unsafe conditions
(DIR) Post #AcDIKTqq6tGxtrtkWG by hannu_ikonen@med-mastodon.com
2023-11-26T21:40:42Z
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@mattblaze Source:https://medium.com/illumination/the-case-for-drafting-doctors-c9664de7346a
(DIR) Post #AcDIKVhLFArbczTBzc by hannu_ikonen@med-mastodon.com
2023-11-26T21:42:17Z
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@mattblaze "The title and subtitle are tame enough: “Doctors Are Holding Up Their End of the Bargain. Society Is Not...The original title (as evidenced in the URL as well as the browser tab title) was actually “The Case for Drafting Doctors”. I am unsure as to why the new title was chosen, because this title is much more representative of the author’s thesis."TheAtlantic tried Whitewashing the title amid outcry.
(DIR) Post #AcDIM76beItfw13GcK by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-11-26T20:15:14Z
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These proposals weren't roundly dismissed and condemned as evil and fundamentally incompatible with how a functioning society should act. They were printed in mainstream newspapers and discussed seriously by cable news talking heads. And this wasn't after some prolonged period of suffering and deprivation. This was milliseconds after the stock market started going down a bit.
(DIR) Post #AcDIM92mRV1bwjHEvo by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-11-26T20:36:01Z
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"How low does your 401(k) have to go before you consider cannibalism as a viable option?"
(DIR) Post #AcDIMAmtxVVnM3raSW by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-11-26T22:06:15Z
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If you're going to play the "What? I don't remember anyone advocating that we regard the elderly, weak, or compromised as expendable. I demand PROOF" game, let me point out that:- Yes, you do.- This was just 3 years ago.- You aren't very good at being a troll.- "Do your own research".
(DIR) Post #AcDIRar6T0WBeOPgem by wendyg@mastodon.xyz
2023-11-26T20:40:24Z
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@mattblaze The vast majority of society did not act in accordance with that, though.
(DIR) Post #AcDIRbyEJzoT6mktP6 by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-11-26T23:20:30.167383Z
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sure looks like they are now
(DIR) Post #AcDISNpMOHErXAyUF6 by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-11-26T20:41:06Z
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@mattblaze The rich also refused to get PPE for health care workers and organized blockades at hospitals. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/hospitals-face-a-white-house-blockade-for-coronavirus-ppe.htmlRepublicans used covid for political gain & let over 1.18 million Americans die of covidhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/desantis-antivax-florida-trump
(DIR) Post #AcDITAybegkXy2g3xQ by phillmv@hachyderm.io
2023-11-26T21:01:21Z
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@Npars01 @mattblaze oh my god i’d forgotten about this story. what a fucked up thing. i wonder if someone ever got to the bottom of what went on here; was someone reselling it?
(DIR) Post #AcDITBxvyfo32FN2Y4 by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-11-26T21:13:15Z
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@phillmv @mattblaze Republicans did all they could to worsen the pandemic, including Kushner confiscating medical supplies. https://www.salon.com/2020/04/09/house-probes-role-of-jared-kushner-as-federal-government-seizesorders-of-covid-19-medical-supplies/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/jared-kushner-let-the-markets-decide-covid-19-fatehttps://www.gq.com/story/trump-admin-confiscating-coronavirus-supplieshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/03/jared-kushner-no-government-background-scolds-states-requesting-supplies-nationalGOP incompetence in a crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/us/politics/jared-kushner-coronavirus-trump.htmlIllinois governor had their national guard protecting their shipments. https://www.salon.com/2020/04/21/states-smuggle-covid-19-medical-supplies-to-avoid-federal-seizures-as-house-probes-jared-kushner/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/08/coronavirus-illinois-gov-pritzker-says-states-were-forced-compete-in-sick-hunger-games-competition-for-ppe.htmlhttps://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f033d50a-7f5e-11ea-a805-7371ca3c09de.html
(DIR) Post #AcDIWnvXIKz7dfyHuS by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-11-26T23:21:28.521433Z
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Meanwhile the democrats only did *some* of what they could do to worsen the pandemic.
(DIR) Post #AcDIXv93wXnsJbpZ4a by Npars01@mstdn.social
2023-11-26T21:00:57Z
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@mattblaze Someone paid Dr. Drew, Dr. Oz, and Dr. Phil to spread covid disinformation.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-01/coronacheck-elisa-granato-is-not-dead-covid-19-vaccine/12193636https://www.primetimer.com/item/From-Dr-Drew-to-Dr-Oz-to-Dr-Phil-Can-we-get-rid-of-TV-doctors-who-are-wrong-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic-DjSkxlhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-oz-shouldnt-be-a-senator-or-a-doctor/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/how-dr-mehmet-oz-boosted-joseph-mercola-covid-misinformation/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/dr-oz-has-ties-to-hydroxychloroquine-companies-as-he-backs-covid-treatment.htmlWe still don't know who paid them.https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/john-oliver-rush-limbaugh-coronavirusOver 7 million people died globally of covid. 1.18 million were Americans. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
(DIR) Post #AcDIYAIpaVWvKFW4si by maggiemaybe@hear-me.social
2023-11-26T22:38:48Z
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@Npars01 @mattblaze Dr. Mercola, one of the “Disinformation Dozen”, got a free PPP loan. So taxpayer dollars paid him to sit online and spew anti-VAX nonsense and Covid minimizing lies.Twitter recognized his website as dangerous so you couldn’t tweet any links to his website, but he was allowed to have a Twitter account with a checkmark, before you could purchase them. It was so ridiculous.
(DIR) Post #AcELSHdHusSNLGvpr6 by Greengordon@spore.social
2023-11-27T01:33:05Z
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@mattblaze Almost like the media are owned by literally evil billionaires."Within WEEKS after lockdowns started, the op-ed class repeatedly suggested that- We should suspend child labor laws (they claimed, incorrectly, that children weren't harmed by COVID)- The elderly have already lived long enough and should be willing to die now to help the economy.- The weak and compromised should be regarded as expendable."#cdnpoli #covid
(DIR) Post #AcELSIUohrH61HyaI4 by nosat@liberdon.com
2023-11-27T11:28:57Z
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@Greengordon @mattblaze not to mention all the big pharma propaganda to inject yourself with their toxic crapcan you believe people believed all these corporate lies... safe and effective 💀
(DIR) Post #AcEMwMw8rOj4Qyf0Lo by HumongusChungus@poa.st
2023-11-27T11:45:37.802990Z
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@Greengordon @mattblaze
(DIR) Post #AcF0CCfGiSBDQBJEwa by Greengordon@spore.social
2023-11-27T19:05:07Z
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@nosat @mattblaze @nosat I thought I blocked you. I have no use for reality deniers. Vaccines work.
(DIR) Post #AcFReyu5eh4Ru2Bm76 by ghast@liberdon.com
2023-11-28T00:13:13Z
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@mattblaze Present data indicating children, as a group, were at risk from covid.