Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "Katie Halper" channel.

The Taliban will deal with the Afghan ISIS and better than the U.S. ever could.
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Lesser evilism makes sense if you consider each and every election under the very narrow angle of ONLY this election (and again, and again, ... the good cop / bad cop routine works well for the big donors who finance BOTH "choices" on the ballot. The Dems can rely on the Repubs to come up with an even more terrible candidate, and the R's peaked with Trump) While the voters have no strategy whatsoever, the oligarchs have been playing the long game, they were pissed in the 1930s but could not do too much against FDR's New Deal, they bide their time and it was very sucessful.
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I wonder what they commented or president Bush or the former Saudi king. Can't wait for them praising Kissinger .... -
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0:28 9:33 The obituary writer has died 2 years ago. The NYT and their writerlings prepare hit eulogies for future use. Let that sink in. - I guess no alive person would want to tie their name to a piece slandering a good man before he is even buried ! So some craven writerling in search of money prepared the hit pieces in advance (with Mike's age it was only a question of time). And the NYT times bought that work of slander. The record setting paper, the most prestigious newspaper in the world does not mind using the hit piece that someone had prepared in advance. Gravel must really have rubbed them the wrong way ;) Good.
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@johntruxal432 the RN and doctoors that do not get the shots are rare, Aides are more likely to be hesistant (not a big crowd) the more qualified the less opposed. And the numbers are not large, they just get a lot of attention.
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@johntruxal432 The nurses that do not want to get vaccines should get unpaid leave of absence until this is over. Even if they did good in the past. An epidemic is a statistics game and you need to have solutions that work for millions of people. Consistent policies at hospitals. Get the shots or you are out. The hospitals could not be run w/o the help of Medicare, Medicaid and now the CoVid-19 subsidies. (people without insurance get the bills paid, at least a part). The federal gov. CAN tell them what to do.
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The people that fill up the ICU's are mostly unvaccinated CoVid 19 patients between 40 and 50 (younger and with no special risks compared to one year ago when they were older or had higher risks).
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Normally the doctors do NOT have to apply triage rules, they have enough beds for everyone. The 90 year old and 5 year old example is unrealistic. Maybe the insurance companies or the family tell them to not extend the intensive care and to not resuscitate - but it is NOT for LACK of BEDS and STAFF.
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Indiana, parts of Montana and Alask have triage now. They can apply intensive and emergency care but are instructed to not resuscitate ! - the 20 year old in very bad shape might not get all the normal intensive care. Or a 40 year old. Also after an accident, heart problems. Because the unvaccinated take up all the resources. And they stay for 2 - 4 weeks.
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Other bad decisions, being inattentive, ... are not contagious and do NOT bring the hospitals down. This is a CRISIS and the rules are different than in normal times.
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We all make stupid decisions and are often lucky. But we cannot protect ourselves by a simple free measure like getting 2 shots. Humans do make mistakes as they live their life, or they are obese, drink too much ... and if it was easy to fix that - only 2 appointments (free, and no effort needed you just sit there and get the shot into the arm) - I would expext fellow citizens to do that. But it is not as easy - and we have the hospital capacities to deal with it. Not with the PANDEMIC though.
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@maothecat7949 They do not prolong a pandemic and do not bring hospitals to breaking point. People make mistakes (and that can be rare mistakes of competent and cautious people !) and do not live healthy - and we and the hospitals cope with it. I cannot catch obesity or addiction by being in the same room with them. Herpes can be treated is not lethal, we have no herpes epidemic going on and condomes help as well. You cannot be sure that you NEVER make a mistake while driving or doing DIY. And it is not easy to change the lifestyle or overcome an addiction. But it is easy and free to get 1 or 2 shots. Imagine you could have a treatment that makes sure you will never get into a bad accident and will never cause an accident where you cause major harm to others. And it would be super easy to get and free. That's the SAFE vaccines. If you get infected (at all, they are rare) it will be harmless and you are a much less efficient spreader, too. (so you are less likely to harm others by infecting them).
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vax ID is easy to get. Voter ID can be very hard to get - for rural low income folks especially. Which tend to be minorities. The ratio of whites to minority that do not have an ID that their state will accept for voting is 1 : 2,5. So a party not wanting minorities to vote can make it extra hard to get an ID the state will accept. They will hit white people too - if they are low income - but never mind it is a numbers game, and several states are decided by 1 % margin, so everything helps. If you show an expired drivers's licence a veteran's ID or an expired passport along with a vaccine passport (can be paper and a stamp) no one will make a problem because it has expired. They believe "it is you", even though you gave up on driving and have not renewed the driver's licence (or other free state issued photo ID that is issued in the same DMV ad the driver's licences - with the long waiting times). The free voter IDs do not help if the obstacle is not only costs but especially the red tape, the hassle, waiting times, the long drive to get to an open office, lack of birth certificate (black folks born at home in the South, many older persons born in the U.S. do not have a birth certificate - if they are black).
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Or Donald Rumsfeld who also just died. - And where is TYT (they just launched a clip announcing that Rumsfeld had died - or do their new financiers not want them to talk about Gravel now. I am not sure if they covered Mike a lot when he tried to get into the debates in 2020.
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Hihgly relevant
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I doubt the number of 100 - 150 million. (O.K. 42,9 million cases that were tested positve , with the light ones and asymptomatic ones it could be 100 milions). However: a study (before Delta) Light case (almost no symptoms) means weak protection - and the antibodies go downover time anyway. Might be enough to keep you out of the ICU if you do not have any other risks. BUT: the spread does not stop. Delta is more contagious so the herd immunity must be better. If a person that had it (a while ago) gets the shots they will have excellent protection, it act as a reminder to the immune system. And many of the COVID survivors did get the vaccine, so they cannot be added to the vaccinated numbers. (or they did not even know they had it).
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you mean the vaccinated sometimes ! get harmless breakthrough infections ? and the unvaccinated clog up critical care to the point that some states now officially have triage, and many hospitals in other states are at 100 - 130 % capacity in the ICU - Totaly the same, isn't it ?
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@jasperjaguar5453 you have never gotten polio BECAUSE of mass vaccination. parents in the 1960s rushed to get the shots for their kids and themselves. And with good reason.
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@jasperjaguar5453 Measles, polio, .... are / were endemic, that is no argument.
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@jasperjaguar5453 How many people do you know that had polio or whooping cough ? Vaccines do not work you say ?? Are you a troll or are you really that misinformed and wilfully ignorant.
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@jasperjaguar5453 Almost everyone is vaccinated against a lot of diseases, I take a free ride on herd immunity. Gee, I wonder why people bother to get vaccinated .....
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@jasperjaguar5453 you should have taken a polio booster - it wanes. Smallpox is as good as extinct. Not all infections or vaccines give the same level of protection (duration). You make confident (incorrect) statements and are unaware of the polio protection waning and the recommendation to get a booster. It is not that contagious, and if there are no flare ups the defenses of the population are not tested. But we would have a vaccine ready to go and it is transmitted with feces that get ingested (food, water, lack of hygiene). Polio is not airborne it is easier to contain with hygiene and water testing etc.
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@jasperjaguar5453 Talking points repeated, no common sense, no critical thinking. No fact checking. The deaths of Israel can be easily found online. Cases does not mean BAD cases. It means they noticed a number of harmless breakthrough cases. High risk persons might land in the hospital. Hospital does not mean ICU ! - it is not like in the U.S. where the unvaccinated clog up critical care. Hospitals in Israel are NOT at breaking point.
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That is factually incorrect ! - they said it was not yet certain when the vaccines were approved, and the vaccinated should continue to wear masks until they had more info. Which they got a few weeks later as they rolled out the vaccines - huray no masks needed. and before Deta (and the ZA variant but that never took over in Europe or the U.S.) the vaccines (all of them) protected very well against infection and against becoming a spreader. Now - there might have been one case in 100,000 or whatever. No one said it was_ totally impossible._ But in terms of epidemiology (it is a numbers and statistics game) getting the vaccines meant you did not get infected again, and would not spread it (after your immune system had time to process it, it takes a few weeks). And that was very obvious, it looked good in late spring, early summer.
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If you miss information from experts you have carefully avoided stumbling over it.
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No it is not the same. AT ALL ! The man w/o insurance is not a danger to others. Not being insured is not contagious - him NOT being insured does not cause others to have accidents or losing insurance coverage. The costs of insurance can be a major burden in the U.S. the vaccine is free, given to millions (it is safe !) and it only takes 2 or 1 appointments. No monthly high payments. His lack of insurance also does not mean more cases or more costs (treating that man "costs" the same, whether he has insurance coverage or not). Injured (or obese or addicted) persons do not bring the hospitals to breaking point. Indiana and Alaska operate under emergency care now. A person that would need an ICU bed after an accident will not get their fighting chance if they are in bad shape - because all the ICU capacities are filled up with anti vaxxers that could have easily ! avoided to be there. Traffic accidents are a reality of our life and they do not bring hospitals down. There is no simple measure we can take in advance and then we are good. Sure, seat belts, no drunk driving, no speeding etc. ... but that has to be followed ALL the time. No mistakes. With the vaccins: 2 appointments and you are good. And normal caution (not speeding, helmet) does not eliminate all risks and as humans live their life they make mistakes. Think driving during rain, or it is icy on a bridge, or you are inattentive for a moment. Getting the 1 or 2 shots is very easy, planable, and gives comprehensive coverage, no matter what happens later ... even if you then make a mistake like touching your face, going to a larger event, not wearing a mask, forgetting to wash hands - you will be good. At worst it will be a harmless infection. In that example it would be: The young man only has to go and sign up and it does not cost him anything to get full coverage.
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The libertarians are vile and disregard how they do it in normal times in all weatlhy (and many developing) countries. The anti vaxxers gladly ! accept harm and rationing of care for others - under the (wrong) assumption that nothing bad will happen to them. They deserve to be made fun off and they deserve to be told the hard truth. When you refuse to protect yourself, don't come running when you get into trouble, and there might not be a bed for you. Sadly that is not like triage works, the CoVidiots are often rewarded. They do get the scarce resources and others - that were not behaving in an anti social manner - get the short end of the stick. LIke the man in Alambama, worsening heart condition he showed up again at his hospital, 43 phone calls to find a bed for him (he needed specialized care) 200 miles drive - he died a few days later. Time is of the essence during emergencies. So telling on TV that they should get the short end of the stick when triage is necessary is not vile. there is already (totally preventable !) rationing. The question is not IF some will not get treated but WHO will be screwed. Under normal rules the young CoVidiot might get the scarce resources (better chances to survive young and no special risks) while an older person that got the shots will be left to die.
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@timontide6404 PBS (Amanpour & ) interview: a critical care nurse in TN. She had ONE patient that was fully vaccinated since the vaccines are widely available. They are at 130 % capacity for critical care (yep, 130 % and check out what that means for patients and staff, and OTHER patients with CoVid or other conditions they have to turn away or cannot upgrade from a normal bed. She said. When one patient can get a bed in another hospital (often 100 miles away now) it is because a Covid 19 patient in ICU died. And: unlike last year the patients are younger and have no special risks. They are now usually 40 - 50, but she has had some that are 30 or even only 20. All unvaccinated of course.
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Why - the antivaxxers gladly riks the life of others. Infecting them and causing RATIONING of critical care. Some people ARE NOT GETTING critictal treatments for lack of capacities (and then there are also the necessary but planable surgeries that are delayed). This is not theory, Alaska and Indiana and parts of Montana officially have triage now. And many other hospitals work at 90 - 130 % of capacity for ICU. (I have the 130 % of a nurse in TN that did an interview on PBS). Patients need meds adjusted every 5 minutes - depending on their heart rate (I forget the name of the procedure) and usually one nurse is in charge of 1 or 2 intensive care patients. Now it is routinely THREE. of course the level of care will suffer. That was also the case in Italy in spring 2020, some people could have made it with intensive care, but they did not get the best possible monitoring and care. they had higher fatality rates in Italy because of the lack of resources.
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@jd0604 Inconsistent protection. Studies (before Delta and widespread vaccination). Lighter cases (of adults) meant lower antibody count. One can make a plausible assumption also weaker long term protection. And the antibodies go down anyway. I "had Covid" can be May 2020 and it was with littl symptoms (likely not much protection left). Or an uncomfortable week at home in August 2021(good protection and for the latest variant, and you still have high levels of antibodies). If it is longer or it was only a mild case (no fever, no symptoms like a bad cold) a shot would be a good reminder for the immune system. If you have no special risks the former infection will give you some protection. It should keep you out of the ICU. But you can still get a bad case, long CoVid. Delta can (partially) evade existing immunity (from vaccine or natural immunity).
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Before the internet blew up nespapers made 70 % of their money with ads and 30 % with selling the papers. The readers were always the product not the customer. - That said: The NYT is the most prestigious newspaper in the world, but now they do not even pretenend anymore. Noam Chomksy saw right through them decades ago, the rest os us is catching up.
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I disagree: the willfully ignorant, gleefully tribal extend this crisis. I have yet to hear a doctor SLAMMING the grifters & politicians that misinform the gullible (and they are VERY willing to be gullible. If you are a danger to the life of fellow citizens and bring the healthcare workers at the brink of breakdown - you have to put up with a joke.
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CoVidiots and the cavalier "vaccination hesistant" are treated with silk gloves - maybe some of them will do the right thing after a lot of pleading, pretty please, and with all the footage out there (doctors and nurses pleading) maybe common sense prevails ? - Being part of a civilization comes with an obligation - to use your frontal lobes and to also look out for the good of society. I distrust government, media, big pharma and agencies like the next person. Does not mean 100 % of what they say is wrong. It is not hard to get informed and using some common sense. The vaccines are safe (safer than a lot that were introduced in the 1960s), and the doctors and nurses that report from the front are not "crisis actors". The sceptics who do not like mRNA (new tech) can err on the side of paranoia and get the J & J (standard tech - the alleged long term effects for mRNA that are now used to scare the sheeple, do not apply to adeno virus based vaccines - like J & J or Astra Zeneca, Sputnik, .... We KNOW all adverse reactions are within 4 weeks - and millions of shots have been given in the last months. If there would be risks we would know and there is no scary unspecified danger in the distant future that is invoked by anti vaxxers for the "genome" therapy = mRNA vaccines. Adeno virus based vaccines do not work like that)
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I took until June / early July to get my shots - I was not exposed in my work and had no special risks, others needed the vaccine more, but when that was over I got my shots, There was a hint of: Let's wait and see - that was not anti social though as long as vaccines were scarce for those that had higher risks than me. A side effect was of course that millions of persons tested the vaccine for me. Anyone that is now "hesistant" is reckless.
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The "hesistant" and fierce anti-vaxxers run to the hospital as soon as THEY get severe CoVid-19 infections- and take resources away from people who did their part or could not be so cavalier about it because they have higher risks. They operate under emergency standards of care in Alaska and Indiana, and nurses that usually take care of 2 ICU patients routinely have to do 3 (and of course with the full PPE, while their patients could not be bothered to wear masks as long as they though they would no suffer consequences.
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I do not think Kimmel and audience are malignant - they are exasperated and rightfully incensed / angry. I know that I am. - It is dystopian how irrational some people are - and how easily tribalism overcomes any common sense and how easily they are manipulated by grifters.
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