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  1. Adding to this This is the issue. It's everyone's problem, and thinking even for a second that it's not is ignoring irrefutable evidence at this point, tangental to believing that the earth is flat. I don't want to live in a community where my family's access to life-saving healthcare is at risk because our hospitals are overwhelmed because folks choose to listen to Joe Rogan instead of the thousands of epidemiologists, scientists, doctors, researchers, trusted GPs etc. etc.
    7 points
  2. Probably because seasonal flu viruses aren't as infectious, don't cause as much death, don't overwhelm the health-care system and don't cause the same long-term symptoms that long-COVID does. I feel like at this point if anyone wants to offer an anti-vaccine opinion you really need to back it up with substantial, credible research. Otherwise it's not a debate principally lead on ideas but merely identity, which is no real debate at all.
    5 points
  3. Tail Spin pushed back to Dec 5
    3 points
  4. One thing I find interesting about this whole debate is the overhyped value of the individual in what is fundamentally a community issue. I completely understand the stance of individuality and pondering the slippery slope of authoritarianism, but I know people personally who take the stance that they will never get vaccinated because they feel it devalues them as an individual. Modern society and culture is a communication through multiple avenues which determines what is best for the community. Almost all levels from government, health care works, business owners, workers, and consumers have decided through that communication that being vaccinated is the best option moving forward. It allows businesses to remain open, consumers the option to shop freely, workers the option to return to their office or place of work that may usually be unsafe, governments the option to relieve restrictions and control over its people, and our hospitals have the opportunity to relax their guard to the looming threat that is COVID. As a whole I value the concept of individualism, but its more nuanced than I feel most people understand when they decide to embrace it. Accepting the community stance does not devalue the individual, just as going against does not bolster it. Individualism is an expression of uniqueness, but there is nothing unique about the refusal of the community stance merely to embrace ones self. you're just taking the opposing community's stance, not your own individual one. The true individuals are the ones that did more than conform. They questioned the necessity of the vaccine, discovered it's benefits or problems and, perhaps despite personal fears, embraced the outcome that it's overall the best option for the community. You can be angry at the situation, you can despise the discourse, you can hate what the government has done during this time, but you can also come to the conclusion that the option presented is the best to get us back to a point where it's fair for the community. Questioning and curiosity are healthy and encouraged, but the outright denial or acceptance of any stance under the grounds of individualism is unhealthy.
    3 points
  5. I don't know the exact number where I start viewing it as a problem, but 3 in 100 people dying is well and truly in problem territory.
    3 points
  6. Mack have two standard body shells, the one seen on Blue Fire and the one seen on Helix. Icon already had the Helix style one before Dreamworld:
    3 points
  7. One of my sources (who has always been very reliable for the last 15 years) has confirmed to me that the Ride will be going to Gumbaya world, and will be undergoing an extensive refurb before a xmas 2022 debut. An official announcement will likely be made soon by the park though.
    3 points
  8. VRTP have now announced what they are willing to offer those who will be unable to visit when the new vaccine mandate come into place. I think this is fair, a good gesture of goodwill.
    2 points
  9. Dom, I'm fully vaccinated.(before it was cool😂) I just believe I don't have the right to tell you what to put into your body.
    2 points
  10. Reductive questions like this shift COVID-19 debate away from being the nuanced, evidence-lead discussion that it is into identity politics.
    2 points
  11. With a little bit of a delay, here is the interview with Intamin. The Swiss supplier executives discuss design & engineering of many projects: Big Dipper, Velocicoaster, Kondaa, All Speeds (Taron clone), Light of Revenge (Cheetah Hunt inspired LSM coaster)... Both Sascha Czibulka and Daniel Schoppen provided long, insightful replies. Really Intamin takes the time to welcome media and fans at expos, despite their busy activity there.
    2 points
  12. Thing is if you pause your pass and become vaxxed, surely they aren't going to stop you from unpausing. Weird it's not just opt in 'From 80% till either you're vaccinated, or restrictions ease' I'm sure there's good reasons doing it the way they're doing it, the reasons are just not obvious from outside.
    1 point
  13. Yeah I don't think anyone should be forced but you can definitely dab on people who dont.
    1 point
  14. I'm really sorry hear what happened to your Grandma Skeeta, I really am, but what you mentioned is a wary conclusion compared to an unnecessary exaggeration. You mention that you distrust science and medicine because of what happened to your Grandma, but the equivalent comparison for Dreamworld would be distrusting all theme parks and rides forever no matter what because of what happened there. We all know that isn't case for industry, and it's the same for medicine. All medicine involves risk, but correlation is not causation. People survive cancer despite being told they're going to die, whilst others pass away from simple dental operations. We can calculate chance, but we can't calculate outcomes, and for the individual it's a roll of the dice. Just because something tragic happened to somebody close to you does not mean that it will happen to you ad nauseam into the future and the proven benefits of medicine and science should not be given disregard because of rare complications. When the Dreamworld incident occurred we didn't close down every theme park in country, just as we don't take every car off the road when there is a car accident. Risk and tragedy are unfortunately part of life, but thankfully they are rarer than the benefits. All of us here had a choice after the Dreamworld incident to never get on another theme park attraction again, but many of us decided against it because we figured the rare tragic event was not enough to stop us from enjoying the thrill and joy of theme parks. I won't try persuade you into anything, but this is your Dreamworld tragedy moment. Do you stay outside and observe from a distance with your perceived safety, or take the risk and re-enter the gates? I don't think it's that simple. Firstly you can only minimally influence the community if you're unelected so there is that to consider. Also making the vaccines compulsory would not be the right thing to do. People should still have a choice, just as you can't be forced to have a medical procedure without your consent, but people should be able to use the resources available to them to decide whether the procedure is right for them. Browsing credible sources shows that the risk with the vaccine is insanely low, but the medical officials and the government can't control those sources unfortunately. If somebody decides to explore non-credible sources, misinformation or agenda-based skepticism, then it is up to the person to decide whether that information is right for them and this gets muddled when merged with emotions and personal agenda.
    1 point
  15. I mean I'm vaccinated against those things you just mentioned for the reasons you mentioned and I don't think that is uncommon. Lots of parents make it a condition of seeing their kids that you're up to date on your jabs.
    1 point
  16. Impossible, unless you have walked a lifetime in somebodies’ shoes, you will never think the same or understand why they have made a decision. Most things aren’t black & white and you’re ruling out the human factor. I’m over people who live in glass houses judging people. The vaccinated/unvaccinated debate is dumb. How many vaccinated people after getting the Covid jab get the flu jab, so they don’t pass the flu onto vulnerable people? How many vaccinated people after getting the Covid jab update the MMR, Tdap, shingles & pneumonia vaccine so they couldn’t pass sicknesses onto young children? A Covid vaccinated person will come up with every excuse under the sun why they haven’t got the Flu jab or updated other important vaccines yet they have no problem throwing rocks at the unvaccinated. (Sidenote: I’m not saying this is you or anybody, I’m saying this is why the debate is dumb)
    1 point
  17. Super exciting but my goodness that picture does my head in. The train is soaring off to the left, the track is floating overhead and the spinning carriage in floating on the scenery. It took me ages to figure out what I was looking at haha.
    1 point
  18. About time. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 As of 17th Dec, folks need to be fully vaccinated to enter Queensland anyway so it'll affect a whole lot of 0% of interstate travellers. As for Queenslanders, if you're part of the tiny fraction of folks who think vaccines are bad, speak to a trusted GP and get vaccinated. Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine mandates aren't a new thing. All in all, i'm very doubtful it'll impact business in a meaningful way, and these kinds of mandates have shown to increase vaccination rates, which is a really good thing.
    1 point
  19. Low point for 40yrs sadly! 😪
    0 points
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