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[–]LarrySwinger2 57 insightful - 2 fun57 insightful - 1 fun58 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

If you agree that there is a disease, it's misleading to call the entire thing a hoax. "Exaggerated" or "a psy-op" are better descriptions.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 34 insightful - 3 fun34 insightful - 2 fun35 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The idea that it's a pandemic superbug is the hoax.

The hoaxes are the media productions, and hospital stagings, masks, etc.

Hoaxes abound.

[–]Aureus 15 insightful - 4 fun15 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I agree that the media is hyping it up, and the lockdowns are terrible for the economy. But there is literally no cost in social distancing or wearing a mask.

[–]Iam1ofMany 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is a huge cost. Business are unable to operate at full capacity. I can't imagine being a restaurant owner right now. They were probably already working on slim margins but now they can open but only half the people can come in that could before. You still have to pay for AC/heat, pay for lights, pay for the building, and all the other things that can't really be cut to stay up and running but have half the business. There is a huge cost in social distancing... the mask is a separate thing.