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Apple Closes South Carolina Store After COVID-19 Exposure, Other Stores Cutting Hours Due to Staff Shortages
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If the majority of Americans were vaccinated, the variants would have less of an impact. And yes, rich nations need to do more to help others get the vaccine. It will help them, and ultimately us.
You are free to do that. The government does not have authority to do that
Luckily under 18 only accounts for .05% of all COVID deaths and they are more likely to die from the flu then COVID in a typical year….
I’ve been told the vaccinated are passing this as well…and a majority of Americans are vaccinated. 70% of people over 18 are vaccinated
Maybe we need vaccine vigilantes. Jab the antivaxxers while they sleep
my favorite thing about modern society is how the death of a few children is a perfectly valid trade off for the FREEDOM to be a first class jerk and not mask them up.
Exposed? Everyday you are exposed to something unless you live in fear and chose to stay locked up in your home. Stop shutting things down and ruining financial lives of people.
Hope everyone that works there fares OK, and those that visited just before.
You do know that vaccinated people carry the same viral load as the un-vaxxed, and can spread it just as easily? It's no different than catching a cold or the flu -- and you can die from all three (due to pneumonia).
It's time for this pansie-ass world we live in to put on their adult pants and face the world.
652,000 dead and counting…..
Jabs in UK, shots in US. Guessing but seems to fit the dialogue I’ve heard and read.
… forced? I’m sorry who is ”forcing” anyone to go to work right now? My job requires me to fly all over the world, which I never stopped doing during the pandemic because I have bills to pay and a family to provide for, but I sure as heck increased my commission to justify the added risk and quarantined at home in the far side of my house away from my family when I got home. That’s how reality works.
Apple could afford to pay better to offset the current risks for in person contact jobs like this, but they don’t, and that is why they are having staffing shortage issues.
unvaccinated people account for 80% of all intensive care cases here at the hospitals. I know a few people who died of Covid, especially fathers. I don’t know anyone who died from a flu (personally). One family didn’t believe in Covid, they said the government just wants to put a chip in you (phones duh?) and they all contracted Covid-19 (total of 12) 2 weeks ago and their grandmother is about to die. Well done ?????? I feel bad for the grandma, I hope it is going to hunt them forever
Ok. Close the stores indefinitely then.
people shouldn’t be “bribed” into getting breathed upon by people who just got off a flying bus with 200 unvaxxed people so they can buy a homepod
Oh my god everyone, let’s try to use logical reasoning. The delta variant was first discovered in December 2020. It’s unfair to blame anti vaxers for it.
At the same time, the fewer people are vaccinated, the more rampant COVID is and the more it can mutate and evade antibodies.
Both facts are true at once. Can both sides just stop being so extreme and try to use common sense?
At the same time, the fewer people are vaccinated, the more rampant COVID is and the more it can mutate and evade antibodies.
Both facts are true at once. Can both sides just stop being so extreme and try to use common sense?
If everyone was vaccinated then there would be no argument….
Don’t think there’s a trillion dollars sitting in a chest just to be doled out. Valuation is different from cash at hand. They keep everyone fully employed, no profits to report, stocks crash, valuation comes tumbling down….
Don’t think there’s a trillion dollars sitting in a chest just to be doled out. Valuation is different from cash at hand. They keep everyone fully employed, no profits to report, stocks crash, valuation comes tumbling down….
Yes, and guess what? That's less than 1 percent of the total population of the United States. I don't want to sound glib, but are you seriously going to let a tiny fraction of a percent ruin everyone else's life and dictate how the rest of the nation should act? I would hope not. It sucks that that people have to say goodbye to their loved ones, but life moves on.
In the words of one Yoda, "Death is a natural part of life." Live your life to the fullest, and if it's your time to go, it's your time to go.
At the end of the day, you can’t force people. It seems the most effective way around vaccine hesitancy is for Covid to hit close to home, hence the increased vaccination rates when the south was surging
Your math is flawed because the denominator includes people who haven’t been infected. When you just include people who are infected, it’s around 1%. Which doesn’t sound like a lot, but I bet you wouldn’t go on a roller coaster where you have a 99% chance of living
Would you go into a store where 25% of the employees were infected? Especially when you can get the same products or services online.