17 Black Billionaires of 2021

[jsd]

I wasn't making a statement about the vaccine or looking to argue its merits with you, I was just pointing out that it'd be weird for Rihanna to be both "canceling" Minaj and supporting her in the same week for the same comments

[sanantone]

Nicki Minaj is an idiot when it comes to...everything. She defended her child molester brother, who was convicted. She married a registered sex offender who was convicted of attempted rape. Now, she's being accused of harassment by her husband's victim. Allegedly, Nicki wanted the victim to recant her report of rape, which is stupid. That happened over 20 years ago. Since the victim wouldn't take Nicki's bribe, Nicki has threatened her life, allegedly. If she didn't want the whole rapist thing to affect her career, she could have not married a rapist. These "do your own research" types tend to be very stupid. She's had how long to read up on the vaccines? She couldn't understand a scientific article if it was read to her by LeVar Burton. No one was really paying Nicki any mind until she came up with that stupid story of her cousin's friend in Trinidad getting swollen testicles from the vaccine. If this man even exists, the wedding was probably called off because he cheated and caught an STD.

[LevelUP]

I wasn't making a statement about the vaccine or looking to argue its merits with you, I was just pointing out that it'd be weird for Rihanna to be both "canceling" Minaj and supporting her in the same week for the same comments

I would agree with you. That would be weird.

Nicki Minaj is an idiot when it comes to...everything. She defended her child molester brother, who was convicted. She married a registered sex offender who was convicted of attempted rape. Now, she's being accused of harassment by her husband's victim. Allegedly, Nicki wanted the victim to recant her report of rape, which is stupid. That happened over 20 years ago. Since the victim wouldn't take Nicki's bribe, Nicki has threatened her life, allegedly. If she didn't want the whole rapist thing to affect her career, she could have not married a rapist. These "do your own research" types tend to be very stupid. She's had how long to read up on the vaccines? She couldn't understand a scientific article if it was read to her by LeVar Burton. No one was really paying Nicki any mind until she came up with that stupid story of her cousin's friend in Trinidad getting swollen testicles from the vaccine. If this man even exists, the wedding was probably called off because he cheated and caught an STD.

Nicki Minaj is worth around $100 million, and I would imagine she could find someone else if she doesn't like her current situation.

Petty was 15, his alleged victim, who accused him of rape, was 16, and that they were in a relationship.  This is the same state in NY, where literally killing someone on video as a 15yr minor is perfectly ok, and you'll be let out of jail by the time you turn 21. 

Now he is looking at spending 10yr in prison just for not registering as a sex offender.  California, the same state that lets you walk into stores and steal all you want as long as it's under $950.

The Isreal research, which had over 100,000 people in the study, concluded that people infected naturally were 13 times less likely to contract COVID than people who received the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.  People that were infected naturally and received one dose had a negligible effect on infection rates.  The various data from around the world shows that the vaccine works overall, at least for now. However, young people have a much smaller risk compared to other groups.  

The debate is if people should be allowed to make their own health decisions or should the state make their decision for them or make life so miserable that they are de facto forced to take the vaccine.  And why are the vaccinated so worried about the unvaccinated if they trust that the vaccines work?

If you trust the science, then you agree smoking is bad for your health.  Therefore using the same logic as COVID mandates, we should ban people from eating in restaurants, ban travel, fire them from their jobs until they can prove with tests that they have been cigarette-free for a certain amount of time determined by the state.  

I'm sure lots of other rules we could do as well, looking at China for inspiration.

[sanantone]

People are banned from smoking in and near many businesses because of second-hand smoke, so I'm not sure that's the best analogy. Employers have also charged tobacco users extra to cover the additional expected healthcare expenses.

You are right. Nicki had many men she could have chosen from, and she chose a registered sex offender. Petty isn't currently in jail for the attempted rape; he served four years. He's registered as a sex offender because he committed a sex offense. There isn't a registry for murderers and thieves. The concern with sex offenders is reoffending. Also, Petty was convicted of manslaughter and served 10 years for that crime. He sounds like a great person.

If you prefer to be infected, that is your personal choice. Almost a third of infected individuals are suffering from long-term symptoms.

[freeloader]

I am vaccinated. I am also an asthmatic who has a history of getting pneumonia because of asthma, allergies, and other issues I have. I live in a state with virtually no ICU beds. My doctor gave me the pneumonia vaccine (normally only given to people 60+) because he advised me that, if I get a bad pneumonia and need to be hospitalized, there is an excellent chance I won’t get a bed. They are being used by non-vaccinated Covid patients. If I get pneumonia because people like LevelUP exercise their freedom not to get vaccinated, there is an excellent chance I will die.

I have 2 children, one of whom has a significant health issue. She is too young to get the vaccine. Would Covid kill her? Probably not, but there is an excellent chance that it would cause significant damage to her lungs. She might never be able to run or swim again—that’s that the pediatrician said.

I had a person who I worked with whose wife got Covid. He needed surgery put postponed it to take care of her. Covid ended up killing her. He tried to schedule his surgery but wasn’t able to because his surgery was not high enough priority because hospitals were filled with people who have Covid. He died recently and his doctor said that Covid killed him, even though he was vaccinated and never got the disease.

Yeah, your refusal to be a decent human being and a reasonable member of society directly impacts me. I was taught that my personal freedoms extend as far as my arms length. I am not going to tell you what you can do in your home. You can smoke, smoke weed, have sex with anybody you want (of age and consenting), etc, etc, etc. Let me put it this way: you have right in many places to openly carry a gun. But you don’t have a right to use it. At the point where you start pointing that gun at people or start pulling the trigger (except in VERY limited circumstances), your rights are DONE. When you cough on me and your actions pose an imminent and deadly threat to me, when your actions (or rather your inactions) kill somebody that I worked with, you have abdicated any right that you have to your personal freedoms, so far as I am concerned.

[LevelUP]

Yeah, your refusal to be a decent human being and a reasonable member of society directly impacts me.  I was taught that my personal freedoms extend as far as my arms length.

You have a good point that one person's freedom shouldn't take away someone else's freedom.  The government has gone too far in my opinion and people that had been frogs slowly boiling in water are starting to realize this. 

Nicki had many men she could have chosen from, and she chose a registered sex offender.

If you prefer to be infected, that is your personal choice. Almost a third of infected individuals are suffering from long-term symptoms.

I don't think there is anything you can do within reason that can reduce your odds to a 0% chance of getting infected. However, if you do become infected with symptoms, you can ride it out and hope your body's antibodies will work or do the Regeneron treatment. 

It might be time for us to admit that the COVID vaccine is flawed, probably doesn't work as well as a traditional vaccine that contains the full actual virus which is weakened like the measles vaccine.  

Considering the virus doesn't mutate beyond the current vaccines, herd immunity will come, and eventually, we'll get through this.  In the end, the data will likely show the mandates, and masks made little to no difference in the outcome.

[Alpha]

Yeah, your refusal to be a decent human being and a reasonable member of society directly impacts me.  I was taught that my personal freedoms extend as far as my arms length.

You have a good point that one person's freedom shouldn't take away someone else's freedom.  The government has gone too far in my opinion and people that had been frogs slowly boiling in water are starting to realize this. 

Nicki had many men she could have chosen from, and she chose a registered sex offender.

If you prefer to be infected, that is your personal choice. Almost a third of infected individuals are suffering from long-term symptoms.

(1)I don't think there is anything you can do within reason that can reduce your odds to a 0% chance of getting infected. However, if you do become infected with symptoms, you can ride it out and hope your body's antibodies will work or do the Regeneron treatment. 

(2)It might be time for us to admit that the COVID vaccine is flawed, probably doesn't work as well as a traditional vaccine that contains the full actual virus which is weakened like the measles vaccine.  

(3)Considering the virus doesn't mutate beyond the current vaccines, herd immunity will come, and eventually, we'll get through this.  In the end, the data will likely show the mandates, and masks made little to no difference in the outcome.

(1) Reducing the risk of infection to 0% was never the goal.  Reducing the death rate, reducing hospitalizations, reducing community spread, those were the goals.  What you can do to achieve those goals is to get vaccinated and take other precautions such as wearing a mask.
(2) All vaccines are flawed in some way.  Success is never 100%.  All the data support the idea that over an entire population these vaccines are far better than none at all.
(3) You say, "We'll get through this" but clearly, people are dying every day.  In the end (and even now), the data will show you're wrong.