just trying

The rest of the month’s content is much more entertaining, I promise.

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loki | the nexus event

Here’s a not so friendly reminder:

The two major vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, are over 85% effective against the new delta strain. The few cases of vaccinated individuals becoming critically ill from covid were people who were already immunocompromised to begin with. The surge in covid cases we are seeing is not vaccinated people becoming sick or spreading covid. It’s unvaccinated people catching covid. Unvaccinated people who were already not bothering with masks and social distancing even before a vaccine was available. Blaming the new cases on vaccinated people engaging in what has been literally deemed medically safe behavior is literally the same tactic that abstinence-only sex ed pushers use when they tell teenagers that condoms are 100% ineffective at preventing pregnancy and STIs, leading to more teens taking no steps to protect themselves because they’ve been told the steps available aren’t worth the effort. Or, I don’t know, the rhetoric used by anti-vaxxers to say that you are better off getting measles anyways because the vaccines don’t even keep you safe at all.

If you want to make a difference with your behavior and have already been vaccinated, the single most effective thing you can do is convince the people you know who might be on the fence to get vaccinated as well. Seriously. Studies show that the single biggest factor in overcoming vaccine hesitancy is seeing people who they know getting vaccinated and having getting vaccinated be framed as something they can do to keep their loved ones safe. That’s not going to happen so long as people are going on about how the vaccines are meaningless and even if you get them you have to continue acting as though you haven’t and are still a Typhoid Mary killing everyone you come within six feet of.

I MADE THIS WEBSITE LIKE 6 YEARS AGO ITS FAKE

EVERYTHING ON IT IS FAKE

I MADE IT ALL UP

AND NOW??????? 

I DID THIS????? THIS VERIFIED FB WOMAN WANTED TO BELIEVE JAMES BUCHANAN THE 15TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES REALLY RAISED PYGMY GOATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN??????

AND NOW??????????

Always.

Here’s a not so friendly reminder:

The two major vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, are over 85% effective against the new delta strain. The few cases of vaccinated individuals becoming critically ill from covid were people who were already immunocompromised to begin with. The surge in covid cases we are seeing is not vaccinated people becoming sick or spreading covid. It’s unvaccinated people catching covid. Unvaccinated people who were already not bothering with masks and social distancing even before a vaccine was available. Blaming the new cases on vaccinated people engaging in what has been literally deemed medically safe behavior is literally the same tactic that abstinence-only sex ed pushers use when they tell teenagers that condoms are 100% ineffective at preventing pregnancy and STIs, leading to more teens taking no steps to protect themselves because they’ve been told the steps available aren’t worth the effort. Or, I don’t know, the rhetoric used by anti-vaxxers to say that you are better off getting measles anyways because the vaccines don’t even keep you safe at all.

If you want to make a difference with your behavior and have already been vaccinated, the single most effective thing you can do is convince the people you know who might be on the fence to get vaccinated as well. Seriously. Studies show that the single biggest factor in overcoming vaccine hesitancy is seeing people who they know getting vaccinated and having getting vaccinated be framed as something they can do to keep their loved ones safe. That’s not going to happen so long as people are going on about how the vaccines are meaningless and even if you get them you have to continue acting as though you haven’t and are still a Typhoid Mary killing everyone you come within six feet of.

*URGENT: PLEASE READ/SIGNAL BOOST**

Sunday, June 6th: Hi everyone, I’m Gemma, a bi, mentally ill disaster, who’s in desperate need of help, as I'm still struggling to pay my rent and I need additional help to get to my vaccination appointment.

As most of you are already aware from my previous post, I have been struggling financially for quite some time due to my welfare benefit (Universal Credit) being under a review, which is due to my worsening mental health and the UK’s controversial changes to how benefits are assessed and assigned. And at the moment, I'm currently struggling to get by, as my application for PIP was declined and I am currently awaiting an appointment for a WCA (Work Capability Asessment) from the DWP to assess my health, and my debt from overdue bills is piling up.

It's my 30th birthday on Saturday, 19th. And as I'm now in the age range of people able to get the Covid vaccination, my appointment to receive it is on Wednesday, June 16th at 1.30pm. The centre administratoring the vaccination is 3/ hours from my home, several towns away and I need help to get a taxi there.

The fare to the centre is anywhere between £20 - £30 and the same for a return trip. Along with my rent and utilities, I need roughly £344!!

I really can't afford to miss getting my first vaccination. If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life, and sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody is obligated in any way to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling right now.

£143.48/£344!!

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