2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

 

I read somewhere that Native Americans were one of the highest vaccinated groups in the country which is really interesting given how rural their population centers tend to be and how much distrust they could have with the outside medical community.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/native-americans-highest-covid-vaccination-rate-us/

No political statement.  Just found it neat. 

1 minute ago, DEagle7 said:

I read somewhere that Native Americans were one of the highest vaccinated groups in the country which is really interesting given how rural their population centers tend to be and how much distrust they could have with the outside medical community.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/native-americans-highest-covid-vaccination-rate-us/

No political statement.  Just found it neat. 

They have a pretty long history of being wiped out by disease.

1 minute ago, VanHammersly said:

They have a pretty long history of being wiped out by disease.

True, but also have a history of getting those diseases from whitey. 

Cue the story about the British officer giving the Indians smallpox-infected blankets

1 hour ago, Procus said:

What a divisive issue.  The degree of enmity among Americans against each other is probably the biggest casualty in all of this. 

I wonder how that happened

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

My first year in college, I met a guy in my psych class that was a pilot in training. The first week of class he offered for me to tag along with his gf and her friend while he was logging hours and I jumped at the chance (semi-blind-date aspect was a motivating factor but girl turned out to be meh.) We flew out of a local airport and he even let me take over the controls for a couple minutes while we were up there so I could do a couple turns and dives while the girls were freaking out. Was a blast and I'm glad I did it, but looking back, the fact that the late teens me had no reservations whatsoever about going up in a single engine cessna with a guy I just met and never asked how long he'd been flying is funny to the late thirties me.

Haha yeah I’m pretty sure he wasn’t allowed to have passengers while he was a student pilot. Also I’m 100% that no one else would be allowed to be in control of the aircraft. 

37 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

In all seriousness - imagine having that many lives in your hands every single day.  Crazy.  I know the planes practically fly themselves but that one time something goes wrong - damn

They don’t really fly themselves. The pilots still do the flying. Even when it’s on autopilot the pilots have to program the autopilot to do what they want to do. Also, takeoffs and landings are the most dangerous parts of flying, which is when the plane is not at all flying itself. Pilots usually are at the controls for a few thousand feet. 

6 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I read somewhere that Native Americans were one of the highest vaccinated groups in the country which is really interesting given how rural their population centers tend to be and how much distrust they could have with the outside medical community.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/native-americans-highest-covid-vaccination-rate-us/

No political statement.  Just found it neat. 

I think a lot of it is the Federal government doing everything to give them access and availability. Keep in mind the Secretary of the Interior is a Native American. 

This is absolutely wild.

7 minutes ago, Bill said:

Haha yeah I’m pretty sure he wasn’t allowed to have passengers while he was a student pilot. Also I’m 100% that no one else would be allowed to be in control of the aircraft. 

They don’t really fly themselves. The pilots still do the flying. Even when it’s on autopilot the pilots have to program the autopilot to do what they want to do. Also, takeoffs and landings are the most dangerous parts of flying, which is when the plane is not at all flying itself. Pilots usually are at the controls for a few thousand feet. 

I think a lot of it is the Federal government doing everything to give them access and availability. Keep in mind the Secretary of the Interior is a Native American. 

You mean he did something risky and unsafe that he wasn't allowed to do that could've easily jeopardized his career aspirations? It's almost like his 19 year old self didn't fully weigh the potential consequences of his decisions.

56 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

In all seriousness - imagine having that many lives in your hands every single day.  Crazy.  I know the planes practically fly themselves but that one time something goes wrong - damn

Unvaccinated people are like that. Taking lives in their hands, but no need for training or skill, all they need to do is mouth breath and spread disease.

1 minute ago, mayanh8 said:

Like to say that’s insane, but it seems insanity is the new reality.

Some days I just can't detach myself from the reality that this country is being dragged down into oblivion by the dumbest 1/3rd of the population enough to laugh at how stupid they are are.

Today is not one of those days. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/pngy85/stupidity_at_its_finest/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

 

Good video.

Alabama man dies after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away; family urges COVID-19 vaccines

https://www.kron4.com/news/alabama-man-dies-after-43-hospitals-with-full-icus-turned-him-away-family-urges-covid-19-vaccines/

 

Killed by selfish people who refuse to take a vaccine.

49 minutes ago, Bill said:

I think a lot of it is the Federal government doing everything to give them access and availability. Keep in mind the Secretary of the Interior is a Native American. 

I believe Native Americans also had a helluva time with Covid last summer, and as a population take it much more seriously than the "white man"

I visited some Indian reservations this summer and within regions where masking was basically non-existent they were still mandatory within the reservations themselves.

5 hours ago, Dave Moss said:

Part of the reason why I scoff whenever someone says being unvaccinated doesn’t effect other people

Yeah and notice there's no outrage over the death of the Army Veteran, because Biden wasn't involved and the majority of unvaccinated are Trumplicans.

2 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

In all seriousness - imagine having that many lives in your hands every single day.  Crazy.  I know the planes practically fly themselves but that one time something goes wrong - damn

My brother in law flies for Amazon, and he used to say when it’s your time to go, it’s your time to go, but when it’s the pilot’s time to go, it’s everyone’s time to go. 

57 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

Some days I just can't detach myself from the reality that this country is being dragged down into oblivion by the dumbest 1/3rd of the population enough to laugh at how stupid they are are.

Today is not one of those days. 

I thought Republicans were against frivolous lawsuits. I mean the McDonald's lady who needed multiple surgeries is their poster child. 

As for the stupid and the dumb...

Idiocracy is real.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/313400

Three sisters die of coronavirus - in one week

'They were clear-headed, independent, functioned without any limitations,' says urgent care doctor Dr. Wlaa Khajazi.

Arutz Sheva Staff , Sep 13 , 2021 2:51 PM

 

 

Treating a coronavirus patient at Hadassah Ein Kerem (illustrative)

Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Dr. Wlaa Khajazi, whose three aunts died of coronavirus in one week, spoke to 103 FM Radio describing the chain of events.

"These are three sisters - one was vaccinated with three doses, one vaccinated with two doses, and one unvaccinated," Dr. Khajazi, who is a senior doctor in Rambam Health Care Campus' urgent care department, told the radio station. "From a health perspective they were fine - clear-headed, independent, functioned without any limitations."

"At the beginning of August there was an outbreak in Tamra, and the three began to suffer symptoms. It's almost certain that one infected the other, but we didn't bring them to the emergency room. They reported only weakness and a light cough. They all knew that they were in the hospital but none knew that the other had died. The problem with this disease is that it's always surprising you - even when it seems everything is fine, it can all change in a second."

Dr. Khajazi added, "We planned to release one of them home for home oxygen and the next day her situation simply deteriorated. One of them even asked that we bring her a certain food that she likes the next day, it all looked calm, but her situation also deteriorated in a moment."

1 hour ago, jsdarkstar said:

Yeah and notice there's no outrage over the death of the Army Veteran, because Biden wasn't involved and the majority of unvaccinated are Trumplicans.

Right. If 13 veterans died because they could not get medical care you won’t hear a peep out of them. But 13 soldiers who died in a terrorist attack means Biden is the worst president in history.

 

If only there were a vaccine to protect the vaccinated.

There's definitely a messaging issue. 

8 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

There's definitely a messaging issue. 

There's also a reception issue.