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Demobrat

(10,259 posts)
22. Obesity can't be prevented with a shot in the arm.
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:47 AM
Aug 2021

It’s often seen seen as a choice, which is why fat shaming is acceptable to many, but intelligent people know it’s much more complicated than that.

A free, readily available shot, OTOH, is pretty simple.

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Bazinga! SheltieLover Aug 2021 #1
Kick dalton99a Aug 2021 #2
It's a shitty take, but here's the tweet: WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #3
Put them in a tent and have the janitors check on their ventilators once in a while dalton99a Aug 2021 #4
Well the ventilators are all taken ... so ... ? FakeNoose Aug 2021 #5
Food, water and a cot. roamer65 Aug 2021 #6
Sorry, I like George Takei, Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #7
I don't think he's saying Covid patients shouldn't receive care. Demobrat Aug 2021 #15
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #23
+1 lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #29
If you have a hospital has one ICU bed free and a Covid Anti-vaxxer comes in at the same time as a OnDoutside Aug 2021 #31
The answer for triage Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #8
Sounds reasonable to me. Pepsidog Aug 2021 #9
This Covid has become a national emergency. RicROC Aug 2021 #10
how about NJCher Aug 2021 #19
Yes! RicROC Aug 2021 #34
Idiocracy is no longer, "just a movie". SergeStorms Aug 2021 #11
The US rations care by cost IronLionZion Aug 2021 #12
Let the Anti-Vaxxers have their Darwin Awards as they get sent back to the parking lot. TeamProg Aug 2021 #13
I see absolutely NO REASON to disagree with this! LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #14
agreed ! 100% monkeyman1 Aug 2021 #16
If the unvaccinated refuse to take medical advice, why are they at the hospital??! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #17
Because not all medical people are telling us to get vaccinated. Saffron Walden Aug 2021 #30
As for pregnant women, they have been urged to get vaccinated Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #36
This is not what my daughter-in-law was told by her doctor. Saffron Walden Aug 2021 #38
Well, the medical authorities I've see on MSNBC have said pregnant women need to be vaccinated Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #42
After your post I did a very quick search and found this; Saffron Walden Aug 2021 #43
Well, all I know is what I've heard from medical authorities on the news Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #44
A few coworkers have had babies in the past several months xmas74 Aug 2021 #37
See my post above. I wonder if any babies have been born that were conceived after Saffron Walden Aug 2021 #40
I asked a Dr. I work with about this... SKKY Aug 2021 #18
So basically the anti-vaxxers have the power of life and death Demobrat Aug 2021 #20
Life is complicated. Especially if you're a Dr. SKKY Aug 2021 #25
Yes, but a dead anti-vax Covid patient isn't going to sicken a lot of other people either. smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #24
Does he feel the same way about the morbidly obese? cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #21
Obesity can't be prevented with a shot in the arm. Demobrat Aug 2021 #22
Obesity is not contagious /nt dickthegrouch Aug 2021 #28
I agree. The willfully unvaxxed covidiot spreaders should Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2021 #26
Perfect! NurseJackie Aug 2021 #27
Punishing those Zeitghost Aug 2021 #33
Germany is going to start making anti-vaxers pay for the vaccine stollen Aug 2021 #35
totally agree demtenjeep Aug 2021 #39
AGREE! bluestarone Aug 2021 #41
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