Sure, except so far the mortality rate of the coronavirus looks like it's a small fraction of 1%. It's hard to be sure given how the numbers are so questionable and have been since the beginning. To accurately determine mortality you need to know how many people died of the disease (as opposed to dying with the disease, which seems to be what we were told at least in the earlier days of this) and how many people had the disease (which is difficult to determine, given the presence of known false positives and the early widespread censorship of what appeared to e studies based on seroprevalence). In a world where the numerator is almost certainly overstated and the denominator is possibly understated by an order of magnitude, even the official figures suggesting a 99.98% survival rate for people under 50 without comorbidities seems like it could be pessimistic. With the known consequences of lockdowns (mental health issues, domestic spousal abuse, child abuse, disrupted education, unemployment etc) not to mention the purely economic consequences, it's hard to objectively determine whether we would have been better off focusing on protecting the vulnerable and letting the virus run its course. Given it was spreading across the east coast around the time the official story was that it was confined to the Pacific Northwest there's a good chance that's exactly what happened, even if not officially. Which turns into just one more reason it's hard to believe the official line on anything related to the virus.
Local hospital of 100 beds has a worker shortage of 200, both support and medical, and just crossed over into crises care, being overwhelmed with covid cases. To work there, employees are fitted with medical-grade n95 masks. Any facial hair requires a full-face, ventillated moon suit. Vaccines are still not mandated by the hospital, but the employee needs to sign and submit a form of declination. As the Biden administration threatens hospitals.
Because what you really need when there's a worker shortage is to send a load of the workers home, right?
Finally getting accustomed to the prospect of a post-democratic America, something I could never have imagined till recently. It also appears many believers embrace the change, with the rise of dominion theology.
Isn't the silliness of dominionism usually paired with people well to the right of the political center?
Si. Both left and right want governmental power centralized and magnified, as long as they can create a path toward controlling the power. Both sides seem to see civil armed warfare and blood in the streets on a massive scale as a way to achieving that end. The right calls is "watering the tree of liberty" and the left calls it "equality for all"
I like to think it's the fringes of both sides who are described here. For now at least it looks like there are at least some moderates on both sides who don't see killing people with different viewpoints as the way forward. How much longer that will last remains to be seen.
It is unfortunate, however, that many believers are drawn into the mindset that democracy can be set aside in order to prevent godlessness and establish their version of theocratic society - as the love for and the understanding of the democratic system wanes. The great commision redefined.
We have seen that in the middle ages and where it led to. Separation between church and state was a blessing. Theocracy in the hands of mankind, no more please. Looking forward to the theocratic society of our Lord. In good hands.
I think redefiled would be a better word to end your post. I find the thought of a group of people taking their interpretations of their chosen holy book and imposing it, by force, upon everyone else to be an utterly terrifying proposition. Even if it doesn't turn out the way fundamentalist Islamic regimes seem to go with depressing regularity it's hard to see it being very attractive to anyone with even slightly differing opinions, let alone those who prefer to use a different holy text as their guide.