Sounds like something Elon could actually do!

He has done a lot of stuff that people thought was just talk. It’s easy to sit there and say it’s just talk when it is not about you. But when it is, it just ‘oh well, they should have known because he said so’ from others…

Of course he wants any current or possible competition eliminated! Luckilly it’s not up to him or even the USA.

It’s the international space station. Not USA space station

Yeah me and you both lol! At least we both learned many things from this!

Wow - that was indeed a lot more awkward that i would have thought he’d accept

So the pneumonia vaccine here lasts 5 years, but i have heard rumors of a new one that is a one-time only vaccine. I have not yet confirmed this though.

In regards to vaccines here, you get both the flue and covid vaccine offered for free, if you work with people who are in a risk group (elderly or people with risk of serious complications). Otherwise you can pay for to have it. during the pandemic both were free though.

I am sure that it is a decision that considers the cost and gains so I assume that they see fit that people just get sick, and get over it naturally. It is not life threatening any more. That said, I believe that private companies and organizations can chose to cover the cost of vaccines, in order to have less sick days among their employees.

If there are more considerations behind this, I am not aware, and also these are just my personal guesses at this point. Covid and flue is not really any concern here any more. There are talks of a flue wave at the moment, but nothing out of the ordinary, and they have always been writing about this in the news so nothing new there

What type of work do you do? Do you get in contact with people who are sensitive to flue infections? Here too, you are offered a flue (and pneumonia) vaccine, if you work with people who have a higher chance of complications if they get infected.

In general offices and industry, I guess it is an economic consideration. Pay to have your workers vaccinated, and avoid losing revenue/production due to sickness.

I guess COVID has been deescalated to not being as serious as it once was mainly because most parts of the world have been effectively vaccinated and thus the virus has become less potent. This has been done at different rates across the world but at least here in Denmark it has not been considered a socially critical virus since early 2022

We dont test for it any more and doctors sinply consider COVID as a flue type.

Facemasks are also a rare thing here and if you do see them it’s assumed it used by people who are especially vulnerable. That said, even people with respiratory deficiencies don’t use facemasks any more.

So all in all I guess it would be irrelevant at this point. Maybe some countries are a bit behind in this progress but it seems like COVID is declining into a regula flue, if it hasn’t already

This makes sense yes. He might be getting more popular with the extreme right but losing overall rating. And as this is written by a conservative strategist, it makes sense that they are trying to present this in a way that mak s it look and sound like they are winning even though they aren’t

“Not again…”

Thoughts and prayers

They rich are too rich to notice. At this point they are looking to take over the world. They have their starting capital already so changing your consumption routines will have minimal effect at this point.

Interesting. No paywall here.

The point is that compared to any previous presidents (besides himself) he has a dropping approval rate.

That’s interesting. No paywall here. But it’s interesting that you don’t find the link in the original post biased, when it’s written by Del Percio, a Republican strategist

I don’t get this… His approval rate is dropping like a newborn whale in a Douglas Adams novel. Newly elected presidents have their higherøat approval rate right after they take office. Trumps approval rating is dropping by the day and he is losing to all other presidents before him

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/17/trump-presidents-day-rankings-approval/

How can he be winning the PR game when he clearly is losing approval throughout the whole voter range?

I think Vance made it pretty clear to Europe. The question is if Europe has the time and the will to reorganize

“…potentially undermining US credibility”

If it wasn’t undermined before, it is now. Nothing potential about this… it has been done already a few weeks in

A bit late isn’t it?

He is on the wrong side of this argument though, suggesting any involvement in the result of even a rigged election is undemocratic, and “soviet era like”.

“It looks more and more like old entrenched interest, hiding behind ugly, Soviet-era words like misinformation and disinformation, who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion,”

JD Vance telling all of Europe:

“If Your Democracy Can Be Destroyed By A Few Hundred Thousand Dollars Of Digital Ads, It Wasn’t Very Strong To Begin With”

Goes well in line with this…

Have you considered not bringing a laptop with you. I know that it sounds daunting but consider giving it a try just to see how it may affect your trip not to have access to electronics