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[–]Kyto113 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Why can't people understand that it's not just about lethality... You fuckers have clearly not seen the strain on our medical system (even from those who survive)

[–]jet199 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, my uncle went in to have a stint fitted a couple of months back.

He was the only person on the ward with 12 staff.

[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Even if you do only look at it from a lethality standpoint... suicides in Japan surpassed covid deaths last month, yet they're still doing lockdowns. How is that helpful to human health?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i think even tho covid is not dangerous it does possibly have the potential for rich people to catch it, unlike how they can't catch a suicide disease from someone in japan so they don't care about that

[–]cheesefart 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Why cant you understand that its not about the virus. Its about control, ya dunce.

[–]Kyto113 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Of course it is. Our hospitals are not full of critically ill patients. We aren't running out of beds. It's all just a big spooky conspiracy. Get out of your basement and actually visit an ER.

As a side note, did you know one of the key predictors of believing in conspiracy theories is diminishmental capacity? (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721417718261)

[–]whistlepig 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Show me someone who doesn't believe in a conspiracy theory and I'll show you someone who doesn't know what they two words mean and is apparently unwilling to look it up before making a fool of themselves.

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    [–]Kyto113 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    So here's the thing, there's a difference between having healthy skepticism and being a conspiracy theorist.

    We all should recognize that we are often lied to and sometimes conspiracies turn out to be true.

    But conspiratorial thinking centers on a few cognitive mistakes, primarily unfair comparison of theories. The official story will be put through the ringer, and held to the highest evidentiary standard. The conspiracy theory will be given an extremely lax evidentiary standard. Often, holes or falsehoods in the official story will be sufficient evidence for the conspiracy theory.

    And you see it all the time, a single wacko doctor that confirms the conspiracy theory is believed 100%. Thousands of doctors confirming the official story are dismissed in favor of the one. It's an evidentiary double standard.

    So I totally agree that we aren't being told the whole story about covid. Hell, a great example is that in March we were told that masks didn't work for the express purpose of preserving stock for medical professionals. But to go from that to claiming that it's all a hoax, it's all about control, or that it's just the flu, is entirely unjustifiable.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    show us proof, let us go into hospitals and upload live video, this being outlawed tells me it's fake

    [–]VirgilGriff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Plus the survival rate drops if people can't be admitted into the hospital for supplemental oxygen and other treatment.