Re: Readercon code of conduct

On May 26, 2024, D wrote
(in article<e9e47a95-a341-04a3-4127-ef741c483bf8@example.net>):

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On Sat, 25 May 2024, Bernard Peek wrote:
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On 2024-05-25, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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Ehh incorrect. I lived there and detected no such thing. Bird-flu isn't
even a topic in the news and no one where I live talks about it.

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It's been found in cattle in several parts of the US and there have been two
cases of transmission from cattle to people. So far no cases of
person-to-person transmission.

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2 out of 8 billion. I am so scared! ;) Call me again if we reach one in
two and until then, I won't be bothered.
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Corona, by the way, was about as dangerous for my age group as driving a
car. That figure came from the government, so all hysteria was just
nonsense.

one of my nieces died of covid. She was 25. She died before there were any
vaccines.

None, zero, of the rest of the family, and there’s a LOT of us, had any
problems whatsoever with the vaccine.

Note that I do not work for any government. I was one of the driving forces
behind the vaccination policy at work: no vaccine? Cool. Stay out of the
building. If you can remote work, carry on. If you can’t, either get
vaccinated or get another job. This is a right to work state, we can fire you
for any reason we want. (Ron DeSatan tried to set things up so that idiots
couldn’t, officially, be fired for not getting a vaccination; however, the
kind of idiot who refused to vacvinate usually had done something in the past
which we could have fired him for but didn’t. Officially, that’s why he
was fired, and we have the paperwork going back to before the pandemic to
prove it. Kiss my ass, DeSatan.)

You’re perfectly free to not get vaccinated. You’re not free to not get
vaccinated and work here.

Perhaps those who passed the Right To Work laws (hint: not Democrats) should
have thought things through before ramming the laws through.

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I say, protect the old if they want it and let the rest live their lives
as normal, which is what eventually sweden did, which was proven to be the
right way. Not limiting peoples freedoms and becoming authoritarian.

public health is about the public im general. Not you specifically.

Both my parents were epidemiologists in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin
America. I got to see public health processes up close while growing up.
Those who don’t get vaccinated are not welcome near me or any of my family.
Period. Yes, I feel that strongly about it. Yes, I have thrown anti-vax
idiots bodily out of my house over this; one idiot went and complained to the
cops, who advised him that his right to be an idiot ended at my front door.
Be an idiot OUTSIDE. You will be ejected, physically if necessary, if you
come inside. This is also a Castle Doctrine state; guess who passed _those_
laws.

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But politicians I'm sure are pining for that power the corona psychosis
gave them, so I'm certain they try hard to push the paranoia.

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I hope they succeed. Americans seem to consistently choose the wrong things
to be paranoid about. Covid was a dress-rehearsal that could have gone a lot
worse. It doesn't appear that the politicians learned anything from it.
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Evidently neither did the antivaxxers.

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Well, they did learn how to build up an authoritarian society and remove
all freedoms, and unless the people wake up, it will be authoritarianism
all the way.
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Personally my wifes family were harassing me about the vaccines, but, one
of their friends died due to the vaccine, and then I was transformed from
villain to hero, and they stopped taking it. So that was a huge victory!
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I also found some nice loop holes in the law that enabled me to travel
mask free during all of corona, which was another win, and secretly many
people came up to me asking how I did it.
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So the positive is that it is possible to fight the good fight of freedom.
So my advice to you is to seek help for your hypochondria, it lowers your
quality of life. Trust me, there is nothing to be worried about, and the
body takes care of 99% of all deseases itself.

Bullshit. Real world epidemiology says different. Smallpox, mumps, and
measeles conquered the Western Hemisphere for the white man. Yellow fever
secured Haitian independence. Beware the Bight of Benin, there’s one that
comes out for a hundred went in.