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[–]hiheaux 136 points137 points  (1 child)

[–]Cronerburger 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wowzers thats legit

[–]kaptainkeel[S] 155 points156 points  (1 child)

This is the first time since March 20 of last year that daily case totals have been below 10,000.

[–]OrgyMcBloodyFace 91 points92 points  (0 children)

And last March was just that low because of a lack of testing availability

[–]Americasycho 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Locally here in the Deep South, my mid-size city ran the following positive case numbers:

9, 7, 9, 4, 15, 4, 3 from Sun-Sat. I did a deep dive compared to a year ago and came up with: 407, 479, 399, 525, 606, 592, 490

[–]redditoranna 151 points152 points  (33 children)

Yay for the vaccine! And guess what guys? I could hardly feel the chip go in when I got my shot!

[–]ExCap2 78 points79 points  (14 children)

Don't forget to eat at Five Guys to activate your 5G.

[–]Gone213 19 points20 points  (10 children)

Oh it's five guys that activates it, dang I've been going to Krispy Kreme but so far no luck.

[–]Hyndis 8 points9 points  (9 children)

They legit have an offer for free donuts if you're vaccinated: https://www.krispykreme.com/promos/vaccineoffer

[–]TechyDad 4 points5 points  (5 children)

And yet here I am far from any Krispy Kreme! (The only one near me closed down years ago.)

[–]JennJayBee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat. I could be getting free donuts, but the closest KK is a half hour drive.

It's probably for my own good, though. I gained 30 lbs over the pandemic that I'm currently in the process of losing (10 down, 20 to go). At my current rate of a pound per week, that puts me at maybe enjoying an occasional donut by Thanksgiving, but KK really isn't what it used to be. Knowing I'll bite into disappointment rather than nostalgia has been a blessing in disguise regarding that temptation.

[–]Spoogly 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I live near so many great (and cheap) donut shops, but the nearest Krispy Kreme is like 20 minutes drive away. Not sure if it's worth it for a free donut.

[–]TechyDad 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I've got some great locally owned shops if I want to get donuts. Unfortunately, as I get older, my body doesn't like sugary treats like donuts more and more so they've become an occasional treat.

[–]Spoogly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can understand that. I have ADHD*, and my brain works so much better when on a ketogenic diet (plus, my energy levels skyrocket). I have trouble sticking to it, though. My family ran a bakery, and my stepfather is a trained patisserie, so I know how to make some great treats and bread. I think it would be easier if I knew more about keto baking.

Edit: the * was meant for me to say this: your mileage may vary. I've only seen anecdotal evidence of keto helping ADHD symptoms so don't take it as a fact.

[–]Raven_Skyhawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no local shops in my town so I was happy to drive 45 mins to get some dnuts

[–]Spoogly 0 points1 point  (2 children)

That offer is honored for those who refuse to get vaccinated, too, in the fine print...

[–]Hyndis 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Only on Mondays, and that offer is now expired:


Fully vaccinated people can get a free donut every day for the rest of the year.

[–]Spoogly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did not realize that it was limited to a specific day and had expired. Thanks for the clarification!


Big, if true

[–]Karm0112 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I need to remember to use this quote in the future.

[–]sunset117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think u just swipe ur arm at a credit card reader… (arm u got penetrated in) bezo’s credit card is linked up to it tho, so ur first purchase is covered by Amazon, but w our government funding them via PPP vac etc, letting him know our shopping habits to help his platform global just for access to my vaccine chip’s data seems fair

Great deal!

[–]Kytyngurl2 30 points31 points  (10 children)

Same! What have you been doing with your new magnetic powers? I keep getting myself stuck to the damn fridge.

[–]ImaginaryRoads 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's fantastic - I haven't lost my keys once in the past two months!

[–]Peachy33 9 points10 points  (3 children)

My son tried to stick a fork to my forehead and it didn’t work. My vaccine was defective dammit!

[–]Polar_Beach 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[–]dungone 6 points7 points  (1 child)

You’re supposed to stick it in with the pointy end facing the forehead. Worked like a charm when we did it.

[–]DameofCrones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apply directly to the forehead
Apply directly to the forehead
Apply directly to the forehead

[–]red_sutter 3 points4 points  (2 children)

My experiments into pulling the iron out of peoples' blood isn't going very well. Maybe I should work on increasing the range of my EM disruptors instead

[–]whut-whut 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Blood-pulling doesn't work on vaccinated people, silly. Their blood is just as magnetic as yours, so the forces cancel out. It's fun to find unvaccinated people and make cool 3D sculptures out of their blood though. My friends and I do it every weekend.

[–]TechyDad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't forget about your ability to turn unvaccinated people sterile. I've been renting myself out on weekends to couples who want to remain childless. I just walk around them a bit and my vaccine sterilization rays do their thing.

[–]mikeash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve been using my 5G to rebroadcast Major League Baseball with only implied oral consent.

[–]redditmodsRrussians 13 points14 points  (1 child)

I’m waiting for Bill Gates to zelle me my money through my newly installed 5G but I guess I gotta keep letting him watch me piss.

[–]Zeurpiet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love my new 5G from Bill, never charge my phone again

[–]n_eats_n 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I have been exploiting my chip. Since it tracks me I use it to find lost items. Pick up phone "hey NSA where did I leave my car keys?" Then I get the notification.

[–]sickofthisshit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did the NSA point out that your car keys were stuck to your forehead because of the magnetism?


[–]PinkFloralNecklace -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah! I’m annoyed though, I thought I’d get 5G data on my phone and I’m still stuck at 4G >:(,, maybe my chip was a bit defective?? /s

[–]JennJayBee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Being Mobile Hotspot Magneto is kinda cool, too.

[–]kaptainkeel[S] 24 points25 points  (1 child)

Remember when we were all ignorami about how stupid people actually are?

[–]ExCon1986 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Imagine not thinking everyone is an idiot before this.

[–]VagrantShadow 30 points31 points  (0 children)

This vaccine is kicking Covid-19's ass, rock on!

[–]SuperDangerDong69 51 points52 points  (7 children)

Let's get them to below 1k. The vaccines work, time to end this once and for all.

[–]BulkyPreparation9 34 points35 points  (6 children)

It will never truly, literally, end. There are too many morons not getting vaccinated who will perpetuate it and its inevitable mutations.

[–]JennJayBee 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A certain level of herd immunity will happen one way or the other, naturally or through vaccination. The only difference is the level of risk involved in achieving it and time.

I personally prefer to take the fast route with less risk and got my ass vaccinated as soon as it was available to me.

Granted, achieving herd immunity and eradication are two very different things. I doubt it will ever be eradicated, but herd immunity is definitely achievable.

[–]DontCallMeMillenial 5 points6 points  (0 children)


Even if you vaccinated every person in the US this afternoon you'd still have this problem. The virus is endemic globally and will continue to circulate indefinitely in some form throughout the entire world.

[–]SuperDangerDong69 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Mandate vaccination for in person school and flying.

[–]Cronerburger 2 points3 points  (1 child)

They will lie thru their teeth

[–]Commercial_Lie7762 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s ways to verify this stuff. Doctors signing off in a database. Run numbers through a database tied to people. Forging anything in there is instant life time no fly list and fine equal to one year pay calculated from the average of their last five years of pay. This includes all income including capital gains. If someone only or primarily earns through capital gains then we fine them 20% of their overall wealth, forcing liquidation of assets if necessary. This is all for lying btw.

Exceptions are granted only when three private physicians enter independent information into the database. Audits will be conducted by specialists who call exempted patients in and see their symptoms, lab results, and why they got exempted. People and doctors who lied are subject to above penalties.

If this happened the anti vax would fall to damn near zero. Everyone is too cowardly to do what needs to be done. Same as dealing with the Nazis and Trump.

[–]Scoobies_Doobies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget animal reservoirs, unless you plan to vaccinate every wild animal on the planet

[–]delkarnu 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Unfortunately this was just on Sunday and Monday on Memorial Day weekend, and there are always dips on holiday and Sundays when reporting is non-existent in many states. Had the same drop last Sunday and we'll have the same drop today, but the 7 day average never dropped below 14K and seems fairly stable for the past week.

[–]BitOfPoisonOnMyBlade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Every party needs a pooper, and his name is Dende! Dende! Dende!”

[–]SuperSimpleSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like R_0 is right around 1 with this level of vaccination and restriction relaxation.

[–]EliminateThePenny 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This article is 1.5 weeks old.

[–]ssbmhero 22 points23 points  (6 children)

750 people died on Friday

More people die from covid everyday than died during WW2 per day.

Although the NYT says"only" 160 people died yesterday, which is still tragic but a good step, all though weekends are always kind of under reported.

The progress we have made is great but let not forget that a huge tragedy is still going on.

[–]Arcade80sbillsfan 7 points8 points  (3 children)

This. Insane that people can ignore these numbers. I understand that eventually numbers mean nothing to them. Shame though.

[–]the_Elders 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If 3 in 10 people are unwilling to get a vaccine and you happen to know 100 people you are guaranteed to get at least 1 lecture a month about how THIS pandemic is a sign of the end times and Jesus is coming soon. And they have the audacity to double down on their opinions if you question them. Nothing I can do except not care at this point. I got my vaccine. Good luck everyone else.

[–]delfinom -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

Eh >2000 people die from heart disease each day which is also often preventable but for a variety of reasons isn't. Most people just want to continue living on, numbers don't matter here.

[–]Arcade80sbillsfan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah heart disease isn't preventable from getting a vaccine

F off

[–]MismatchedBoobs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, in many markets vaccination is widely available so in a way it's eliminating very stupid people

[–]RightWingChimp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey remember when the Orange Rapist said there was 1 case, and soon it will be 0? Lol

[–]Derperlicious 18 points19 points  (47 children)

Thank you left wingers, independants and people who dont give a crap about politics. AS for the rest of you, stop fighting mask displays and get vaccinated.

[–]Salsa_de_Pina 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I work with a wannabe hippy who thinks her mushroom tea does a better job of staving off the 'Rona than the vaccine that she refuses to get because "at least I know the long-term side-effects of my tea." There are lunatics on both sides.

[–]newyorkrangers17 9 points10 points  (28 children)

I lean right and wore a mask and got vaccinated.

My heavily left leaning boss outright did not get a vaccine. She said she doesn't trust the vaccine. She uses essential oils.

My heavily left leaning (like, socialist left) friend didn't get the vaccine because she said 'oh everyone else is getting it so I don't need it'

My mildly left leaning black friend didn't get the vaccine because she doesn't trust the government. Bases on what Farakan said

Now variants are popping up here and there, making null and void what you call your vaccine," Farrakhan says in the video. "I have friends that are turning because I told them not to take this vaccine. You cannot disprove what we have said.

So it's weird that you blanket statement this as red vs. blue. That's stupid as shit. It's idiots who aren't taking the vaccine. And idiots persist in left vs. right.

[–]lucianbelew 38 points39 points  (3 children)

Your anecdata notwithstanding, there's an extraordinarily strong correlation between right leaning politics and covid denial/vaccine idiocy.

[–]s1ugg0 18 points19 points  (4 children)


Man are you going to be pissed when you hear what the right wing leaders have to say about all this.

[–]newyorkrangers17 1 point2 points  (3 children)

You mean when Pelosi called trump a xenophobe for blocking travel from china? And told everyone to go party in the streets?

Or when Cuomo covered up nursing home deaths? And the media still cheered him on, and he won a fucking Emmy?

Right. Republicans are only bad and Democrats are only good.

[–]s1ugg0 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Yup. Totally same. It's just impossible for a rational person to tell the difference. So glad you're here to point that out.

[–]newyorkrangers17 1 point2 points  (1 child)

"only my view is good and if you disagree with me you're bad"

[–]s1ugg0 8 points9 points  (0 children)

LOL. I'm sorry I won't play make believe with you. Have a good one cutie.

[–]neridqe00 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Leaning right but goes on a rant about heavily left leaning friends, and even brings Farrakhan into this?

Found the insurrectionist..

[–]lupuscapabilis 5 points6 points  (2 children)

A bunch of my left leaning friends haven't gotten the vaccine yet simply because they already had covid and see no big need right now. I doubt I'm the only person who knows people like this, so I'm sure there are plenty of others just like them.

[–]newyorkrangers17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 'science' (CDC) says you should still get vaccinated

[–]uncle_annyong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been several scientific studies published in a past few months that prove strong and long lasting immunity from previous covid infections, even with mild cases. I think the CDC keeps recommending the vaccine for those who have already had covid because they don’t want people who misdiagnosed themselves with covid to not get the vaccine.

[–]EliminateThePenny 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for injecting some nuance. Life is a lot more grey than the average redditor wants it to be. It's so much easier to just create The Other and blame them.

[–]Calamari_Tastes_good 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Data backs this up. Look at the state vaccination rates compared to their presidential votes in the last election. The top 20 vaccinated states all went biden. The lowest 20 all went trump except one.

Sure exceptions exist but don't pretend there is no correlation.

[–]newyorkrangers17 1 point2 points  (2 children)

So who lives in California is a democrat and everyone who lives in Texas is a republican?

Correlation isn't causation

[–]Calamari_Tastes_good -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Everyone? No. Overwhelmingly, people who refuse the vaccine are Republican. I don't know what you are trying to argue here.

[–]byronik57 0 points1 point  (4 children)

You're definitely right, but the data shows, for example in Texas, a direct correlation between having voted for 45 and not getting the vaccine. Every single county in Texas shows this. I do agree that there are idiots all over the spectrum, but...

[–]newyorkrangers17 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Every single county? Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston are ALL major areas which are heavily left leaning. Are you telling me there is a correlation between Austin, voting for Trump, and being anti-vax?

[–]byronik57 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The opposite, and to pretend otherwise would be silly. Yes, there are anti Vax folk that have nothing to do with politics, but.... All across the country it's been proven, and last week a graph came out showing that every county in Texaa that Trump carried is in the lowest percentile on Vax rates.

[–]newyorkrangers17 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ah ok. So you're saying you look at the data on a county -> did they vote for trump level?

If you have that data would love to see it. Not trying to be snarky, I just haven't seen that deep data published anywhere. It seems to just be on a state basis which IMO is a terrible way of looking at it

[–]byronik57 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I believe it was from The Texas Tribune,which is a very reliable source.

[–]Rad_Spencer -3 points-2 points  (14 children)

What not just call out conservatives directly? We need to stop being shy about who the bad people are now.

Conservatives can stop being bad people anytime they want, they're just actively choosing not to. Which that identity is a choice, it's the duty of society to confront them.

[–]Elenahhhh 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I work with a few very liberal individuals that are also anti-vaccines. A mix of mistrust of the government & eastern medicine philosophy. Some are essential oil moms, still very socially liberal & anti trump.

[–]creedman21 17 points18 points  (7 children)

I’m fairly conservative. I was fully vaccinated In March. I wore masks everywhere I went. What are you going on about? Stop with the stupid blanket statements. They are not true and never will be true. I know lots of conservatives who are vaccinated and always wore masks.

[–]KingRokk 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Which of the 2 major political parties have been railing against vaccines and masks since the beginning of the pandemic?

[–]lupuscapabilis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Neither party has rallied against vaccines. That's just a stupid statement.

Maybe people have, but no the party.

[–]ape_junk 7 points8 points  (3 children)

If what you’re saying is accurate, and it’s just conservatives that are not getting vaccinated, then the majority for the US is conservative. Less than 44% of the US population is fully vaxxed.

[–]TybrosionMohito 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Don’t forget children. Over half of adults are, but children make up like 20% of the population

[–]ape_junk 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I guess the kids are conservatives too lol

[–]Prying-Open-My-3rd-I 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They just aren’t cleared for the vaccine. Isn’t it 12 and up only can get it?

[–]EliminateThePenny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Life must be so easy when it's this black and white. You've got it all figured out.

[–]holmyliquor -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What about us centrists?

[–]Charlie_Mouse 4 points5 points  (4 children)

You might want to look at the U.K. We had cases well down recently too ... until the markedly more infectious delta variant started spreading in earnest.

Vaccinations are helping a lot but we’re starting to see hospitalisations increase again. We’re effectively in a race between fully vaccinating the last 55% of the population and delta. And given that delta is already in the US then that’s where you guys may be in a few weeks too - though hopefully you’ll be even further along with vaccinations than we are by her time you hit that point.

[–]lupuscapabilis 3 points4 points  (1 child)

But also remember that the US is way, way ahead of the UK in vaccinating 18-40 year olds. The spreaders.

[–]Charlie_Mouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a number of different factors at play. Delta is far more infectious, hospitalises a greater percentage of people and can hit even younger age cohorts harder. (And older ones for that matter) It’s a nasty bugger.

In the end it’ll likely depend how many lines of infection get cut off when they hit someone who is fully vaccinated. And in the early slow part of an exponential curve it’s terribly easy to be dismissive (as we’ve all seen several things through the course of the pandemic so far) ... by the time it becomes undeniable it’s usually too late.

Hopefully you’ll be fortunate, but it may be premature to say you’re out of the woods yet. Over here in the U.K. we’re hoping like hell the hospitalisations going up over the last week or so won’t spiral upwards like infections are doing.

[–]Usonames 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Not completely sure, but I recall seeing articles about the Indian variant being reported in California shortly after it was reported being in the UK, so it doesn't seem to be taking a hold here nearly as much as across the pond.

[–]byronik57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It spreads exponentially faster than the other variants.

[–]usrbin_ 2 points3 points  (7 children)

I'm still amazed people are still catching COVID

[–]ncaafan2 31 points32 points  (4 children)

Still a lot of unvaccinated people

[–]philosiraptor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve thought this exact same thing, but then this week, I got my first ever Covid test. It was negative (sinus infection) and I’m vaccinated, but the feeling that I could have caught it after a year of isolation - when there are only about 5 new cases a day in my county - was so awful.

[–]Arcade80sbillsfan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's highly contagious...why does this shock you with so many idiots out there?

[–]800oz_gorilla 0 points1 point  (2 children)

We are also testing less. Took my kids to the doctor last week and they were not really wanting to bother with a covid test.

[–]Raven_Skyhawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet my cousin and her fiancé got it this week. No, I’m not sure if their vaccine status but given their political views they probably aren’t.

[–]nuttinatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make COVID great again

[–]Choco320 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And watch we re elect the clown who fucked the whole pandemic up