Comments by "Hobbs" (@hobbso8508) on "Omicron Vaccine To Be Ready In March, Pfizer CEO Says" video.

@mermaidmomma3696 Sure, but those criminal fines having nothing to do with their current efforts. If they rolled out a faulty vaccine they would: 1. Be required to pay back any money paid for the purchase of the vaccine to the US government. 2. Lose out on the billions in research funding they just spent developing a vaccine that doesn't work. 3. All the stocks they started producing are now worthless. Fines are the least of their worries when they can sink so much money into a failed endeavor.
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@damienholland9244 Bingo. It's like Facebook before they started banning the Russians.
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They pay a literal monetary price for being wrong.
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@mermaidmomma3696 Right, but they care about making a product that works. With this much scrutiny they would be stupid not to. Why do you think they bought their last vaccine from a different company?
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@petergriffin355 Is it weird that right wing conspiracy theorist keep using an analogy from a movie written as a metaphor for being trans?
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@yehimstone5492 "not when they can't be sued from side effects of their vaccines and government is buying every shot with taxpayers money." That's because the government closely monitors and approves vaccines based on how they effect the general population. It would be hypocritical for the government to allow something to be given to people, only to pull it back. It would just show that their own processes are insufficient, rather than the pharma company. "why do our right wing conspiracy theories always come true?" They don't. They're still crying about a stolen election, over a year after the same right-wingers tried to overturn the results. There was no steal. The simple truth is that you view all conspiracies as correct, and when presented with facts that say the exact opposite you throw your arms up and say "that's what they want you to think". It's obvious confirmation bias. You have a preconceived answer and are just looking for questions to ignore and declare victory to.
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@onenationunderground2360 All vaccines are immune from lawsuit. Nothing I said has anything to do with that.
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@germanicusternus1982 No, their immunity comes from laws surrounds vaccines. The 2005 law does not cover willful misconduct.
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@jfangm Oh sweetheart, it was confirmed by the writers/directors, who are both trans. It even has a trans character in the movie.
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@jfangm So now you're just ignoring reality. Also, if you can't see the fascism in Starship Troopers then hoo boy.
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@Brynkx Switch was a man in the real world and a woman in the Matrix. How did you miss that? They're literally called Switch ffs. They made that claim after coming to terms with their own gender dysphoria and coming out as trans. They didn't want to out themselves.
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@Brynkx "she was supposed to be a male in the real world and a female in the matrix... they didn't do that so how would anyone know?" Because we have the original script and the actress who played Switch originally auditioned for only the Matrix role. Both the writers came out as trans as well, and both confirmed it was an allegory. "Overall it was not clear what the pills represented and most came away with a freedom aspect" Only if you don't understand.
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@jfangm "There are no trans characters in the Matrix, as none are identified as trans in the movie." The original script had a trans character. Switch originally auditioned for only the Matrix role. "And there is no fascism in Starship Troopers. Care to point out in what ways the Terran Federation is fascist?" "The only right non-citizens lack is the right to vote" Bruh..... Honestly, this quote is just too perfect: "Perhaps Americans were unable to realize that we were being mocked, precisely because Starship Troopers’ pro-militarism hit a little too close to home."
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@jfangm "The original script is irrelevant" So the script sent to casting agencies that shows the original concept from the writers, both of whom are trans, is irrelevant? Honestly, get a grip. "that character clearly never appeared in that form" Except in the original script. The studio changing their vision, or even themselves looking to tone it down due to their own insecurities, does not change what the original script was, or the general allegory that is apparent in multiple ways throughout the film. You should probably take the time to read an actual critical review of how The Matrix handles these concepts, as obviously it went over your head. "Voting is not a universal right, nor should it be." Ever think that you're the fascist? To counter your obvious bollocks: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1992): Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity without unreasonable restrictions to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors; There are like 6 more, but you get the point. Voting is a right. And I'm sure at this point you want to argue that nationality isn't a right, therefore citizens being the only ones who can vote is perfectly in line with at least 1 of the quotes I posted, except: Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Right to nationality - Everyone has the right to a nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. "Every nation puts some kind of limit on the right to vote." Yes, and usually the line stops at "over 18". When it goes further you usually get some for of voter suppression, leading you further and further away from democracy. "Even our own Founders did not believe the general population to be responsible enough to make informed decisions" Oh, the rich slave owners? No way, tell me more. "Heinlein believed that only those who understood the responsibility of voting, of exerting force, should be allowed to vote." That's not true. He did write about solving a quadratic equation to vote though. Kinda the opposite of only allowing meatheads to vote. It does however prove my point about Starship Troopers and desperately erode whatever dignity you thought you had left. "He had a friend summarize it and conflated a libertarian stratocracy with fascism simply because that society put an emphasis on military service as a means of achieving citizenship - it was not the ONLY way." Right, the other way is serving a full service in a government job, and you only get the right to vote after that service has ended. So you either work for the government or die for the government to get to vote. Wow, so progressive, totally not fascism. "The government in no way oppresses non-citizens, and non-citizens are treated just as well as citizens." Except they have absolutely no say in anything, must pay higher tuition fees and aren't allowed to have more than 2 kids. The book literally refers to military personnel as "citizens" and everyone else as "civilians" drawing a very specific distinction. Again, you are sucked up into the glorification of the military again.
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@jfangm Okay well few points to that: 1. His personal political opinions, even if they made it into the book and the movie, does nothing to change the position of those opinions. If I say the world seems very fascism, only allowing those with an allegiance and direct reliance on the state to vote, and you tell me that the author thought that too....I'm just going to call the author a fascist as well. 2. So if you want to call the book 100% then do so, but the movie does a good job satirizing the source material as opinions have changed and people have become less bootlicking warmongering fascists than they were back then. 3. Weird you suddenly want to review the personal and political beliefs of the author. I wonder if we could use that reasoning in some other media? Any thought?
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