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McKim

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24. It creates fear and chaos!

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #3)

Sat May 13, 2023, 09:19 AM

May 2023

They held the door open because COVID creates a generalized fear and chaos, and another niche for the Culture Wars. It also feeds on the anti intellectualism in this country. A frightened populace tends to vote more conservatively. And in chaos there is profit to be made more easily. Also in chaos there is less confidence in government solving our problems. So it fed their anti government meme as well. A win, win, win for them and a lose, lose, lose for the rest of us.
They were CREATING THEIR OWN REALITY!!!! And they used that reality to their great benefit. Think $$$$$ loads of government money being given to private hands with no oversight.

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Breakthrough antibody kills all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 [View all] BootinUp May 2023 OP

WOOT! FalloutShelter May 2023 #1

They are going to be rich dweller May 2023 #2

"available for humanity and not profit" FoxNewsSucks May 2023 #3

It creates fear and chaos! McKim May 2023 #24

Exactly. Few enough were dying that the GOP could spin fear to their advantage and plunder at will. NullTuples May 2023 #30

We have time for tests and deployment before they can try anything again MutantAndProud May 2023 #17

science ... it works! stopdiggin May 2023 #4

k&r nt orleans May 2023 #5

Thank you Science researchers! Bluethroughu May 2023 #6

Fingers crossed! This is wonderful news. nt crickets May 2023 #7

Wonderful! ShazzieB May 2023 #8

Holy guacamole! Science is the bomb! Scrivener7 May 2023 #9

Here are the relevant articles from the middle of last year... xocetaceans May 2023 #10

Thanks! orthoclad May 2023 #22

You're welcome. n/t xocetaceans May 2023 #31

Encouraging news! WestMichRad May 2023 #11

Great news! I look forward to the possible vaccines and treatments wnylib May 2023 #12

Very encouraging news. niyad May 2023 #13

Smart people, education, science, medicine, and True scientific research. NBachers May 2023 #14

Wonderful news! Many thanks to those involved. Fla Dem May 2023 #15

I'm curious if this is a vaccine? forgotmylogin May 2023 #16

That's what I would like to know too. StarryNite May 2023 #18

It's not reached human studies in any capacity, yet. herding cats May 2023 #20

Vaccines create antibodies..... getagrip_already May 2023 #25

The article said it stimulates the mouse's immune system to Farmer-Rick May 2023 #28

Interesting. Maybe this might hold true in human studies. herding cats May 2023 #19

Don't get TOO excited orthoclad May 2023 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author sellitman May 2023 #23

And of course the idiots still won't take it..... getagrip_already May 2023 #26

If there was a vaccine for stupidity, they wouldn't take it. GoneOffShore May 2023 #29

I hope the clinical trials will be a success. pandr32 May 2023 #27

We need science to find an antibody to resist variants of stupidity and gullibleness. SleeplessinSoCal May 2023 #32

Very good (and very, VERY inevitable) news Rocknation May 2023 #33