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BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts) Wed Feb 9, 2022, 01:13 AM Feb 2022

DU Poll: Is it time we accept Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives [View all]

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	Yes
	35 (43%)
	No
	37 (46%)
	Undecided
	5 (6%)
	Other
	4 (5%)
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DU Poll: Is it time we accept Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives [View all] BigmanPigman Feb 2022 OP

I don't know if it's here to stay qazplm135 Feb 2022 #1

+1, looking at history its not here to stay in its most lethal forms but its not just going to pack uponit7771 Feb 2022 #17

I could get on with my life better if the world was 90% vaccinated. LakeArenal Feb 2022 #2

It would be nice Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #34

Sadly so bottomofthehill Feb 2022 #3

It will pass like everything else. I imagine within the next year or two, it will be close to ColinC Feb 2022 #4

Voted yes, as long as we don't have spikes. But we have to keep up with Hoyt Feb 2022 #5

I believe many strains of Covid Deuxcents Feb 2022 #6

COVID was here to stay back in March 2020 when RWers refused to do anything to stop the spread. LonePirate Feb 2022 #7

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #18

What does "get on with our lives" mean? zaj Feb 2022 #8

it's a fact, not even a question. Learn to live with covid for decades. AlexSFCA Feb 2022 #9

Define "just get on with our lives" unblock Feb 2022 #10

Those worried over Covid and having received a potential exposure need to get over their fear and... VarryOn Feb 2022 #11

For some reason, it would not let me vote. But, I would have voted "yes".... VarryOn Feb 2022 #12

That's odd that it wouldn't let you vote so I tried it myself. BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #13

When I click on the thread, and it shows the poll... VarryOn Feb 2022 #14

Doctors and nurses and people needing hospital treatment for other issues need to get over it too. Crunchy Frog Feb 2022 #15

I voted No as frustrated as I am. We still need to maintain some serious actions... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #16

there is no choice -- only what the science tells us to do cadoman Feb 2022 #19

Agree with Cadoman. And new, significant variants are virtually guaranteed Hortensis Feb 2022 #20

It is "here to stay" but we need more people to get vaccinated due to the variants that will occur. OhioChick Feb 2022 #21

I clicked "other" Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #22

Generally agree dwayneb Feb 2022 #27

There are so many factors here Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #43

"Other". I've been getting on with my life for years now. Kaleva Feb 2022 #23

Why are so many here in such a big hurry to die, or kill-off their neighbors? NurseJackie Feb 2022 #24

+1 Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #36

But that's the thing Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #44

I guess everyone has different priorities. Some are willing to make sacrifices, others aren't. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #46

This is Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #55

I guess some of us have more stamina than others. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #62

Clearly Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #68

Everyone has their priorities, don't they. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #72

I'm with you on this post 100% Arazi Feb 2022 #79

When we say "to stay" I'm not sure what that means. The rest of our lives? JanMichael Feb 2022 #25

We could have "gotten on with our lives" a long time ago if there weren't so many fools tanyev Feb 2022 #26

Monmouth poll, 70% of Americans agree it's time to accept, get on with their lives, read that one? Shanti Shanti Shanti Feb 2022 #28

Politicians don't get to decide when a pandemic is over. BeckyDem Feb 2022 #29

+1 Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #35

I think what sometimes gets lost ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #30

The question is vague to the point of almost having no meaning for me Tom Rinaldo Feb 2022 #31

COVID is obviously worse than the Flu Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #33

Definitely. Far worse, and the flu is worse than the common cold ... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2022 #40

Thanks... you're correct. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #39

exactly Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #45

It's likely to be endemic at this point Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #32

Accept how? haele Feb 2022 #37

It's not over yet. I heard yesterday about a former coworker who just died from covid! Emile Feb 2022 #38

This is right-wing framing Blecht Feb 2022 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2022 #82

Not a good poll for this time Meowmee Feb 2022 #42

Yes, but with some adjustments karynnj Feb 2022 #47

Exactly Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #58

I "accept" that I am fully vaxxed, and if the willfully unvaxxed start to die off in droves Tarc Feb 2022 #48

No, We need to force the wingnuts to accept that there's no God-given right to spread disease. Towlie Feb 2022 #49

I keep seeing posters say covid would be defeated by now if people did X. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #56

One of Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin's cartoons: Towlie Feb 2022 #74

Well, yeah, people should get vaxxed but it wouldn't have ended the pandemic. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #76

There was never a chance to "defeat" COVID Zeitghost Feb 2022 #78

If it moves to an "endemic" phase.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2022 #50

Not yet. After Omicron Takket Feb 2022 #51

Depends what you mean by accept it iemanja Feb 2022 #52

This is horrific AntivaxHunters Feb 2022 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2022 #81

I think it's more of a matter of risk assessment than a binary yes/no thing cemaphonic Feb 2022 #54

Nuanced answer Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #59

I wear my mask to make a political statement! Emile Feb 2022 #57

That's pointless then Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #60

Me too. Emile Feb 2022 #61

Sorry Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #63

+1 thank you Emile Feb 2022 #67

There were plenty here who said that last year when mask mandates went away. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #69

Ha! Good one! NurseJackie Feb 2022 #73

the lockdown measures could have contained it before it became endemic, but fishwax Feb 2022 #64

How would lockdown measures have contained it? Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #70

I dunno--I suppose I'm just speaking theoretically based on what I heard from experts at the time fishwax Feb 2022 #75

What I heard at the time SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2022 #77

Absofuckinglutely!!! beaglelover Feb 2022 #65

It will probably be around for a while Bettie Feb 2022 #66

I voted yes SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2022 #71

Same here Zeitghost Feb 2022 #80