'Very worst of the pandemic' ahead in US with no apparent strategy, experts say

[Friskykillface]

pretty much
people stopped caring and are hanging out, dining out, and now mix in traveling, thanksgiving, holiday shopping and flu season
we are in for a disaster
Seniors in retirement homes will legit go to their families for thanksgiving and bring it back to the retirement home causing so many deaths
colleges and schools being opened doesn't help either

Our government failed us, they had the resources and funds to help us and they said nah

 

[maxxpower]

We can blame the government all we want but we're not children, we can do our part and stop being selfish fucks. It seems that only full lockdowns work because humans are too fucking awful and don't care about others.

 

[Lunzio]

A friend of my sister held a 40 person indoor birthday party for her 1 year old this weekend. I can't. I just can't... the selfishness of these actions are unfortunate and a big "I don't care" to the literal trauma we as healthcare workers face nowadays. Even when the term "Heroes" was being thrown around back in March there was at least acknowledgement of the struggle. All out the window.

 

[Version 3.0]

It really seems like the plan is to just wing it until a cure rolls around. I'm afraid Biden won't be able to do much because half of the country is convinced it's not a serious issue. We need that half to cooperate for anything to be effective and they wont.

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Don't worry, starting sometime after January 21st, those people are going to decide it IS a serious issue, it's all Biden's fault, and...probably still refuse to participate in any measures to contain it.

 

[Freezasaurus]

For the US, Thanksgiving, holiday shopping and Christmas will continue as if nothing is happening and of course, infections will continue to skyrocket

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No doubt.

Personally, my family isn't having any gatherings for Thanksgiving / Christmas / New Years. Gifts are just going to be mailed. Sucks, but what can you do?

 

[Cipherr]

Not only will it be too late for Biden to put a lid on this shit... Those of us stuck in defiant red states are absolutely fucked on this.

Im in Missouri and its spiking here and people outside of the major (more blue) cities give zero fucks. President Cheeto put a battery in their back and defying mask wearing is a part of their identities now. Thankfully many shopping stores and grocers have decided to enforce masks at least.

 

[Tapiozona]

What happened to the vaccine? Felt like there were updates galore through the whole summer then nothing since mid September. Did the stage 3 trials all fail?

 

[Freezasaurus]

What happened to the vaccine? Felt like there were updates galore through the whole summer then nothing since mid September. Did the stage 3 trials all fail?

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oh, you mean the vaccine Trump was promising to deliver in time for the election? I thought we all knew that was bullshit.

 

[x3sphere]

What happened to the vaccine? Felt like there were updates galore through the whole summer then nothing since mid September. Did the stage 3 trials all fail?

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Pretty sure the target for the vaccine, if trials were successful, was always early 2021.

Only Trump was saying it'd be available widely sooner.

 

[FreshYoungDoggo]

Give people money to wait it out and mobilize field hospitals and unused spaces in smaller communities.

 

[Violence Jack]

We're a country that has a lot of selfish people coupled with many who still think this shit is a hoax. I feel like as long as people see this as a political issue rather than a pandemic, we're never getting rid of this. Hell, some Trumpers were whining about Biden taking their freedom away just because he might issue a nationwide mask mandate.

 

[SilentPanda]

What happened to the vaccine? Felt like there were updates galore through the whole summer then nothing since mid September. Did the stage 3 trials all fail?

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There's the Russian sputnik v that...isn't widely avaiable, and no one know if it works well

There's also China's made CoronaVac by SinoVac that the UAE PM just received

UAE prime minister receives coronavirus vaccine shot

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the latest Emirati official to get the vaccine, developed by China’s Sinopharm.

www.aljazeera.com