I just got banned from /r/scarysigns for posting CDC stats about covid

submitted by magnora7 from self.MeanwhileOnReddit

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]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.

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

[removed]

    [–]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.