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[–]Zahn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Non 95 masks don't work. Stop the hysteria from these science deniers.

[–]Ned 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Oh hey strawman, glad you could make it.

[–]Zahn 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Cooperating with your community and the greater good is viewed as slavery

Over a virus that is no worse, on average, than the flu. You are denied freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, forced to wear a item of clothing, your right to privacy is intruded on, in some cases your right to free speech, you lose your business, your job, and are forced to marginally subsist on uncertain welfare from the gov. Only to look forward to years of a rocky economic road which will seriously diminish your way of life, which ultimately more seriously negatively affects the greater good of everybody.

and ignorance.

True ignorance is denying experiential and scientific data surrounding the topic.

Hopefully, the virus dies out on its own and through the millions of people putting forth an effort to stop it.

The only way millions of people are going to "stop it", is by contracting it, having the sniffles for a couple of weeks and then being done with it.

https://andmagazine.com/talk/2020/08/11/sweden-lockdown-facts-fauci-wont-tell-you/

Science Denier

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Over a virus that is no worse, on average, than the flu.

An average skewed by the fact that those most at risk are often completely isolated from all human contact. You're comparing bad cases of COVID-19 in the very healthiest to bad cases of flu in the whole population. Calling that "on average" is disingenuous. (And, by the way, that's a really old stat – I'm pretty sure that hasn't been the case for five months now. COVID-19 isn't the worst disease on the planet when compared to stuff like Ebola, but it's virulent and a darn sight worse than anything we had in developed countries this time last year.)

forced to wear a item of clothing

I don't know of anywhere where this is legally mandated.

your right to privacy is intruded on

How? I'm a techie; the contract tracing protocols track you less than the telephony network.

Only to look forward to years of a rocky economic road which will seriously diminish your way of life,

Most countries have managed to avoid this. Blame your government, and maybe spend half an hour actually working towards fixing the problem – vote, if your voting system's effective; otherwise, write a letter to a politician, or perhaps find a competent activist and throw some money at them.

True ignorance is denying experiential and scientific data surrounding the topic.

Yeah… Kind of sucks to live in one of the countries where your government's doing this. But at least it's better than the US.

The only way millions of people are going to "stop it", is by contracting it, having the sniffles for a couple of weeks and then being done with it.

"The sniffles" is, generously, an accurate assessment of the median reaction. But "the median reaction is sniffles" is consistent with "40% of people straight up die"; going by the median response is a terrible way to make these decisions.

Your healthcare system can't cope with everybody getting COVID-19 at once, if only 1% of people require hospitalisation to survive. Nowhere's can. (And iirc, it's higher than 1% even with those most at risk self-isolating.)

[–]Zahn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Despite your hysterics it really is just a "flu". Screencap this and be prepared to eat all of your words with a generous helping of salt.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can do better than a screencap. Willing to make a “bet” on PredictionBook? (No money; just a permanent record that people can bring up at a later date and laugh at you about.)