I think all these posters on FR who think this is just the flu and all this stuff is fake should go to an ICU in Michigan and get back to me.
And then maybe talk to all the long haulers out there.
And maybe go to India, Brazil and some parts of Canada.
The only thing that is saving the USA including its hospital system is the strong vaccine campaign initiated by President Trump. But, I worry people, like many on this board, won’t take the vaccine and more will get sick because they have bought into some ridiculous internet conspiracy theory.
They wouldn’t last 5 minutes in an ICU full of covid patients without soiling themselves
Don’t let a handful of fringe conspiracy theorists get you down. No matter how loud they may be, they’re in the extreme minority. By the end of the year, over 90% of US adults will have been vaccinated. Within two years, it’ll be closer to 97%.
Every time someone gets vaccinated they tell others around them about their experience. A sore arm and a little fatigue? Gee, that doesn’t sound anything like growing unicorn horns, wings, and then dying. Maybe the garbage being spread on the Internet is garbage. And then another person who was on the fence decides it’s actually a good idea after all. Most are scrambling to get their vaccine as quickly as they can. Some are waiting to make sure the lies being spread online aren’t true. They’ll go next. And the ones who are left after that? ~3% or less.