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I think that people who are capable critical thinking realize that getting vaccinated is one of those rare things that benefit everyone, including themselves. Those who aren't great at it see getting vacinated as some sort of defeat or concession, which combined with a big ego is something they're just not capable of handling like an adult

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NN)Most of the 43 people known to have been infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the United STates had mild symptoms, but most had been vaccinated and 14 of them had already had booster doses,

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trees said:

When and how are we going to vax the entire population of Africa? Entire population of India? And poorer middle eastern countries and all the Stan countries? How? People will continue to travel in and out of those countries and to the west to reinfect with fresh anti body resistant covid.

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JohnnyTripsAlot said:

So do people believe that the pharmaceutical companies are in no way at all taking advantage of this situation?

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JohnnyTripsAlot said:

So do people believe that the pharmaceutical companies are in no way at all taking advantage of this situation?

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feevers said:

gopher said:

So I have definitely put a dent in my ego with mushrooms, the problem is it slips back in over time if you don't make an effort to maintain it, like no time at all, was like 48 hours for me

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If we're defining the ego as our sense of a unique self/identity separate from everything else, it seems like in most cases it actually comes back stronger once the afterglow fades away. It's almost like a self-defense mechanism, you can't have the "all one" thoughts co-existing with the 'me me me' thinking that the ego generates

I think that people who are capable critical thinking realize that getting vaccinated is one of those rare things that benefit everyone, including themselves. Those who aren't great at it see getting vacinated as some sort of defeat or concession, which combined with a big ego is something they're just not capable of handling like an adult.

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JohnnyTripsAlot said:

So do people believe that the pharmaceutical companies are in no way at all taking advantage of this situation?

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trees said:

Whatre we gonna do about the giant poor countries plus animal reservoirs of covid that will continuously cultivate new beautiful strains of covid?

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feevers said:

trees said:

Whatre we gonna do about the giant poor countries plus animal reservoirs of covid that will continuously cultivate new beautiful strains of covid?

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Uhm, get vaccinated? Not going to happen, but that's largely because of people using the kind of flawed thinking you're using..

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bodhisatta said:

JohnnyTripsAlot said:

So do people believe that the pharmaceutical companies are in no way at all taking advantage of this situation?

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Yea don't you just hate how construction companies take advantage of tornados

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trees said:

Ever seen a grocery store in Kenya? You guys are blatantly pretending that the billions who dont even have access to vaccines are antivax assholes.

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