We’re not quite sure what’s going on here. There’s a story at The Atlantic right now entitled, “How to Socialize Safely in the Booster Era,” but Twitchy favorite Ahmed Al Assliken has a screenshot of a different headline:
JFC…. This is fucking insane pic.twitter.com/POkB11VRfr
— Ahmed Al Assliken (@assliken) December 6, 2021
It looks like The Atlantic might have changed the headline, because the piece does include the line, “Is it still safe to hang out with someone who is vaccinated but not boosted?” It’s quite the conundrum:
As the weather gets colder in much of the country and people bring more of their socializing indoors, this variety of vaccination histories introduces questions Americans didn’t previously have to deal with. Is it still safe to hang out with someone who is vaccinated but not boosted? Can unvaccinated little kids safely spend time with unboosted adults? And will the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, further complicate the risk calculus of an already complicated winter?
Unvaccinated little kids around unboosted adults? The horror!
Changed the headline I see. pic.twitter.com/1hMHu6CsER
— PJ21 (@RowTheBoatPJ1) December 6, 2021
Well, we all knew this was coming. If you don't have a booster, you're unvaccinated. The goalposts keep changing.
At this point, if someone doesn't want to associate with me because I'm not "boosted," I'm fine with them being out of my life altogether.
— Faye Hausendorff (@FayeH321) December 6, 2021
Also reads as:
"Why my booster doesn't actually work"
— InTheRightColumn (@TheRightColumn) December 6, 2021
Just wait til the Branch COVIDians are counting the number of boosters you've had.
— AdamInHTownTX (LGBFJB+ Supporter) (@AdamInHTownTX) December 7, 2021
The conservative case for mindlessly accepting what the government tells you and taking boosters every four months.
— NR (@royhutchins) December 6, 2021
It’s not The Andromeda Strain, ffs.
— Tsukkomi (@ljenkins314) December 6, 2021
The triple jabbed are turning on the double jabbed
— Dead Pilled (@Deadpilled) December 7, 2021
This aged well pic.twitter.com/0m5g14GUmV
— Ryan the rebel millennial (@patriotic_giant) December 6, 2021
Didn’t it? Just mask for 100 days and it’ll be over.
No it’s not ok to hang out with us, please stay away
— Mr.Fox (@mayomonkey00) December 6, 2021
We socialize now the same way we socialized a week ago, a month ago, a year ago.
Vaccinated or not, get out and live your lives people.
Some people will keep fear mongering and moving goal posts. That isn't reality.
— AstrO (@Mi_Astronauta) December 6, 2021
Just keeeeeeeeeep moving those goalposts
— Spartan Metalhead (@JFRiley1) December 6, 2021
It’s like you’ve made no attempt to keep up with the science.
— Shannon-10 (that/bitch) (@Shannon_10Ten) December 6, 2021
Joe, have you noticed that there’s not one positive comment to this 3 hours later? (I read them all. They were hilarious!) Sometimes it’s not everyone else Joe. Sometimes it’s you. Come back to the real world my man.
— Brian Neely (@TheBrianinPGH) December 7, 2021
Is this satire? If it is satire it is rather humorless. If this is a serious piece not you need to reexamine your ability of basic risk assessment.
— standfourth (@standfourth) December 6, 2021
Imagine living your life glued to people’s vaccination status. Oh the hard life of a white liberal.
— DerekNotAway (@DerekNotAway) December 6, 2021
.@jpinsk how about you blow me. pic.twitter.com/cm09Rtw8XE
— The Weapon (@TheBigSmooth2) December 6, 2021
You should stop writing about families, parenting and relationships. You’re bad at it and provide terrible advice. Seek help… or stay in your basement, alone please.
— RandAlThor (@RandallAlThor) December 6, 2021
Keep in mind when planning those family gatherings that the booster’s effects take about two weeks to kick in fully, so be careful in the interim.
Related:
TOOLBAG David Frum trying to dunk on Joe Rogan in tweet moving COVID goalposts (booster, really?!) goes SOOO very wrong https://t.co/1DU4SZ4XPh
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 16, 2021