There are rumors that US truckers have something planned that might start in March. That would be great if I get down to 24 hour weeks in time for pre spawn walleye fishing and not have to use vacation
From what I read, these Canadian truckers could be working every day they want to in Canada, but if they come into the US, they are required to isolate for 2 weeks on return to Canada
As of Feb 1, Denmark dropped all pandemic restrictions. Denmark has a population about the same as Minnesota or Wisconsin but has had 10% more of the population test positive for the virus but somehow the death rate is only 1/3 of either state. I have no doubt both WI and MN surpassed 700 deaths/million residents by Jan 2021 as both states are over 2,000/million.
Do people in Denmark live healthier lives or get proper exercise, have a population with a younger average age, or did their health care facilities have proper filtration in the HVAC systems or use UV-C?
Ohhh man, great question!! You’re so close!! What oh what could be behind that?
Europeans in general lead much healthier lives, especially in things like obesity. Drnmark has a 20% obesity rate compared to US at 43%. What drives that? Likely better education, better access to healthy foods, it’s easier to buy your family fresh/healthy foods when you aren’t crippled by medical debt and student loans.
Denmark also has universal healthcare and partially as a result, has a far healthier population than the US. Because, when you are actually sick, you can get care and not put it off because you can’t afford to go to the doctor(which the vast majority of Americans can’t).
They have much better social programs for things like mental health. They don’t cripple their youth in debt, as they have free college education.
Oh, and 80% of their population over the age of 5 is fully vaccinated. The US sits at about 65%.
It could be their HVAC systems though I guess…
Such radical socialist policies leading to…better quality of life measures in just about every category. Oh wait, there’s one category here they are short on, someone penciled in ‘muh freedom’.
Another great example is South Korea. They actually SHUT DOWN the country for like a few weeks when covid first hit. The government provided provisions for everyone, and everyone still got paid while staying home. The result, they’ve had 7000 deaths…TOTAL. 52 million people, 7000 deaths. You guessed it, also vastly more accessible and affordable healthcare. South Korea culturally is also much better about protecting your neighbors and society. Before covid, if you were sick at all, it’s a societal norm to wear a mask when in public to protect others. Americans don’t share that same culture, as we’ve seen, people can’t be asked to mildly inconvenience themselves for the better of society.
Maybe people are depressed and mentally unwell because we are burying their families and loved ones at an alarming rate, when if they just would get vaccinated in all likelihood they wouldn’t die? Knowing that my dad died for ‘his freedom’ but in reality was just a selfish, misinformed idiot probably would take a mental toll on me too.
“We’ll I don’t know what the vaccine could do to me 10 years from now!”
Yeah, well I do know what covid could do to me today. And we also know what is happening to people who survive Covid, after just a VERY short time. Enjoy that increased risk of heart disease and respiratory issues. Those are all like real and observable phenomena though, which I know you’re all pretty good at ignoring.
