Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "The Rational National" channel.

  1.  @xyzsame4081  I agree with this. The delta variant originated in India. In this context, to pretend that American anti-vaxxers are an issue verges on the ridiculous. The American ruling class who refuse to lift patent protection and ramp up production, and cooperate with ALL other countries, in a pandemic are the problem. Mexico, just next door, has licensed SIX vaccines, with all three technologies available. Do we even have information on the two Chinese vaccines, which are technologically similar to a standard flu shot? Has Sputnik V caused blood clots like Astra-Zeneca or J & J? Start asking real questions, see if you can get answers. Or, let's hate on these sick people. That's always an option. I can't believe how easy it is to manipulate people. It is weird. Media can make people believe anything it wants. (Spelling edit. Hate typos, ugh.)
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  2.  @bobthomas6846  Of course. This segment is devised to make you furious with the man depicted. (You don't even ask how and why a camera crew was admitted to a hospital, where confidentiality rules are strict. You don't even wonder about that part.) You are supposed to have contempt for him, and blame him. You're not supposed to wonder why India, which as we found out in March 2020 is an essential supplier of medicine to the US, does not have the vaccines it needs. You're not supposed to ask why other countries, including Mexico just to the south, have a wider choice of vaccines than the US. You're supposed to sign that you read the EUA consent forms and fact sheet without reading them. You're not supposed to know what full FDA approval is, or why it matters. (Hint: $$$ access to the 1986 compensation fund for injury) You went straight to saying you hope these morons die, and you GOT THE MOST LIKES!! No argument there, you won. I offered everyone I know who lives alone to go with them to get their shot, and to check in on them. Did you?
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  3.  @bobthomas6846  I'm very confident because I put in the very hard work to build the mind I have. This is how minds are built. If you were told differently, you were misled. (Also, it's never too late. Find out the life story of Hokusai.)
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  4.  @Drew7s  Didn't see this, already have you blocked. Will keep it that way. If YOU still don't see that our political leaders and economic overlords who have real power have NOT mobilized to deal with this pandemic (any more than they have to deal with climate change, the unprecedented and ever growing gap between rich and poor and the fragilized global economy, etc.), and instead you obediently blame individuals for their choices, then nothing will persuade you. Black, brown, and poor people are disproportionately unvaccinated. Trump and his family got their shots long ago. Why do you think that happened?
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  5.  @Drew7s  Never said it would have. The poor guidance on the real need for masks, and the stigmatization of masks by all the players -- including, now, the CDC and various neolibs -- has been a crime.
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  6.  @Drew7s  Look how THIS good vaccine news was reported: https://youtu.be/zLEiniuTzsU
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  7.  @bobthomas6846  BTW, I support fast-track FDA approval. That simply means a close analysis of data and an inspection of facilities. There is no reason to delay it. Well, except that there is no reason for people injured by an *approved* vaccine to be denied compensation under the comprehensive program put in place in 1986. Follow the money . . .
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  8.  @Drew7s  DUH.
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  9.  @Drew7s  What led to the deaths of people across Europe? Especially in countries where vaccination is high? Are the current statistics on pandemic disease and death in China accurate? IF so, how have they stemmed the tide? Can we adopt some of their measures? Can we learn, and share?
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  10.  @Drew7s  Watch the PBS video I posted, then get back to me. It's short.
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  11.  @bobthomas6846  Do whatever you want. Wishing death on others will . . . probably come out exactly as you (say you) want it to. But it won't get people to vaccinate. Your personal struggles are your personal struggles. They are not a basis for adopting political policies. This attitude is an example of the new right to narcissism. I don't know why you support a YouTuber who heaps scorn on the kinds of people you find in your community, and perhaps in your own family. You should resent him, not me. He is not helping. I never allow anyone to disrespect my family or belittle them, no matter what, and I'm telling you to take a deep breath and rethink this. Don't emerge from the pandemic worse than you were. No reason to.
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  12.  @bobthomas6846  I don't care what you think of me. The United States is not my real home. As is obvious.
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  13.  @bobthomas6846  Who said anything about MY vaccine status? You're as ideological as the man in the video.
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  14.  @bobthomas6846  Anyone who feeds this narrative, and makes money on it, IS part of the problem. David is in Canada, and needn't worry about health care and disability. He can pontificate to his heart's content. "Get real." Pfft.
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  15.  @bobthomas6846  I offered everyone I know who lives alone to go with them to get their shot, and to check in on them. Did you? If not, then I guess you didn't care for the lives of others in the most reasonable way.
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  16.  Trump Felonius  Joined August 1 to offer us this? I love how this crisis heightened our sense of reverence for life. /s
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  17.  Trump Felonius  You're the one wishing death on others. What's that about? Did you fail to read my second line? (I happened to like PCF, but that's neither here nor there.)
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  18.  Trump Felonius  From now on, I report every post that expressly wishes death, on anybody. Period.
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  19.  Trump Felonius  "I love how this crisis heightened our sense of reverence for life. /s"
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  20.  Trump Felonius  Also, blocked.
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  21.  Trump Felonius  Yes I did, LOL. Is your first name your hero, too?
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  22. Do you have an opportunity to leave the US?
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  23. THANK YOU. This time, the story is not about dumb memes/tweets.
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  24. Why aren't people seeing this?
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  25.  @woodstream6137  I didn't know this was legal under ACA!
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  26. Her testimony is hearsay. Its sole value at present is to point to who has firsthand knowledge of these events. Her testimony supports a subpoena for each of those people, who told her they witnessed what Trump said and did for themselves. She wasn't there.
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  27.  @t.dmytryshyn2615  The agents who she testified told her what happened need to be subpoenaed immediately. Let's see whether they are.
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  28.  Jordan Powell  Ask Oscar Lafontaine and Tariq Ali what happened in Yugoslavia. Among others, who actually know.
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  29. Yes, great point.
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  30.  Jordan Powell  None of your business. Pfft. Nice try. If you served there in a NATO action, then you must know what was done: depleted uranium raining down on cities with ANTI-Milosevic governments in place. But don't consult the sources I named. Of course not.
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  31. So no Senator but Manchin believes vile actions should have consequences?
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  32. A slime like him is a savior? How? HOW???
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  33. He just addresssed that again.
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  34. @lindanorris2455  Judges have absolute immunity for judicial acts.
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  35. @christheghostwriter  You could have said judges have absolute immunity for judicial acts. No, wait. You couldn't. 🤣
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  36.  @KL-lt8rc  Is that how you've approached this? Is that what this video commentary leads one to believe? No one suggested it was a protected status. I suggest the video is MISLEADING about WHY we still have so many unvaccinated people. Misleading, and profoundly unhelpful. Simply designed to get the hate going, as you can see for yourself. I unsubscribed.
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  37.  @KL-lt8rc  Look at the comments for yourself.
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  38.  @KL-lt8rc  You're the only person talking about "protected status," whatever that's supposed to mean. The REASONS why there are so many unvaccinated are not as simplistic as you (or this David guy) insist on making them out to be. Lower income people are also markedly less likely than the affluent to have been vaccinated. But hate on. You know you want to. At least David gets paid. Do you?
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  39.  @KL-lt8rc  For every person I know who lives alone, when they told me they were going to get vaccinated, I offered to come with them. How about you?
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  40.  @KL-lt8rc  Well, people from other cultures are more social and collectivist. I already knew you don't think about other people. You just like to hit them with invective.
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  41.  @KL-lt8rc  You must never get laid.
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  42.  @KL-lt8rc  Said none of the above. The reasons hesitant people are hesitant are many and varied. THAT is what I said. These patients are not representative by any stretch. They are being featured for some other reason.
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  43.  @KL-lt8rc  I'm planning to emigrate. Decided in 2019, I'm proud to say. What you consider "babbling," most consider wisdom and character. OH WELL.
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  44.  @KL-lt8rc  All of my family is in Europe. The American branch died out. I'm trilingual. My best years were outside the States, of course. It comes as no surprise to me that diversity is merely a slogan to you, which elicits not a thought but a tropism. You don't even see the people in your own country, or know them. In my city, the nonvaccinated are concentrated in the poorest neighborhoods, and are POC. That's true in most cities. And yeah, I did offer to go with people to get their shot, and to check in on them. Of course you didn't. I knew that. Tell me something new.
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  45.  @KL-lt8rc  It's spelled "Shangri-La."
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  46. For every person I know who lives alone, when they told me they were going to get vaccinated, I offered to come with them. How about you?
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  47.  @fchiarel  A brain surgery could easily reach a million dollars, leaving the insured patient with a $60,000 bill. Deductibles, 10% of hospital fees, 10 to 20% of doctors' fees, and so forth, can add up to that. ER may be covered in full, all expenses above a certain limit ($500,000 to $1,000,000, depending) may also be covered in full, but all of that can still leave an insured person, who now cannot work, with a large bill. To get full compensation, he will have to sue.
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  48.  @estlee1583  He might have good insurance. $60,000 is only 6% of a million, and if he had brain surgery, the intensive care alone will top $60,000, nevermind the operation. Paying 6% of what's billed is good insurance
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  49.  @nootnewt3  So you think $60k covers brain surgery, and all hospital expenses as well? Well, I guess that explains why we have the politics we do.
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  50. He's pushing hate at minorities and doesn't realize it. A lot of the haters realize it, though, and jump at the chance. David is Canadian and fails to appreciate the diversity of regions and peoples in the U.S., diversity in every sense of the word.
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