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   farmer aby (aby@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 00:50:30 JST farmer aby

   The way Australia (and other countries) is pushing the 'return to normal' bullshit, relying on vaccines and (non existent) herd immunity, instead of still masking and social distancing, letting people work from home, and all those things.. it's eugenics that sacrifices disabled people.

   Don't come at me with statements about how covid kills as many people as dementia - dementia isn't contagious. Governments aren't taking deliberate actions that result in millions of people who otherwise wouldn't have dementia contracting it.

   I'm tired of the ableism in the whole 'vaccines will save us' rubbish. They might save YOU, but disabled people are still dying because you won't wear a fucking mask.

   Stop hiding your ableism behind what you think is a logical argument.. your argument isn't logical because covid isn't the same as dementia. Just be honest that you would prefer disabled people die before you have to wear a fucking mask.

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     AJ Sadauskas (ajsadauskas@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 00:50:15 JST AJ Sadauskas

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     • Comrade Haz

     @harrym And there's an added kicker in all of this. The University of Melbourne did some research on building ventilation systems, and found a particular setup can reduce the indoor spread of the virus by 83 per cent:

     "Displacement ventilation air conditioning – which supplies air from floor level - was the most effective and energy efficient system tested, reducing COVID-19 transmission by 83 per cent, while also reducing energy consumption by 20 per cent."

     Source: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2022/july/research-findings-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-office-workers

     Now surely, if there's an *airborne* virus pandemic, and there's credible research showing modern ventilation systems can prevent 83% of the spread, a responsible government would mandate those systems are installed in all offices, shopping centres, and major public buildings before they can reopen.

     It didn't happen.

     Why? Take one guess.

     Yep, it's capitalism. Because Westfield's profits, and the big commercial property developers profits, were more important than people's lives.

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     Comrade Haz (harrym@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 00:50:23 JST Comrade Haz

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     It doesn't seem like a coincidence that as a population we've lost interest in public health, education, welfare etc after years of attacks on collectivism. Extreme individualism and selfishness is good for business, why should we educate people to be otherwise? ?

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