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Airports are also at a standstill. Handwriting tickets in KC at the moment and “awaiting the manifest before we can board” - where do you think they store that manifest, a drawer in Mr Airline’s basement?? Uhhh same place as their entire system, which is DOWN

They are handwriting tickets at the airport right now .

Living in perpetual paranoia and fear?

I used to be pro abortion as well. I’m now anti abortion because the science has proven at this point beyond a shadow of a doubt that at conception there is a distinct, DNA-unique human being present. Call it what you want to make yourself feel better if you must, but at the end of the day you’re deciding to kill another human life by choosing abortion.

I wonder if our governments are still capable of this…

Strong second on this. It will feel like the last thing you want to do, but start lifting heavy stuff and be consistent. You will feel better, I promise.

I had the exact same thing happen with my three kids (ages 11, 8, and 2). My wife and I had it a little worse, flu like symptoms for 3 days followed by cough and stuffiness. I would say that we are fortunate to have gotten omicron which has mild symptoms, and this also seems like a situation where you can run, but you can’t hide from this particular variant.

For a child (and arguably everyone honestly) a face on a screen !== seeing someone in real life. It’s not even comparable.

Lots of people cared (and continue to care) about the high school drop out rate. I would be such a person.

College dropouts on the other hand…

So Perfectly said. We are in the exact same situation with our children. I would happily accept a nasty bout of COVID (and did so last week in fact!) in exchange for letting my children experience a proper childhood, complete with friends, education and experiences.

In the case of the flu, the jury has always been out in it’s effectiveness due to the seasonal variation (the flu shot (notice how that’s never been called a vaccine, for good reason) is based on previous year’s strain.

Lumping that in with the rest of the diseases on your list where a vaccine can and does provide true immunity is a massive case of apples and oranges.