I used to be quite naive (probably still am) and thought that if scientific data was published and the virus was found to be less harmful than we thought, that people would respond to that accordingly. Maybe this meant taking to the streets to protest. Refusal to wear masks. Opening their stores and shops back up, ect. To be clear - When things are politically involved, people seem to not like facts and statistics if it doesn't fit their narrative. But covid? It's destroying most lives. Financially and mentally.
After I saw the CDC release their numbers that roughly 6% of the folks who had covid died from that alone, I figured that maybe - just MAYBE people would say "Okay. Enough is enough. This is bullshit".... But they didn't? They continued to actually double down and continue to push the narrative that our lives are simply unlivable until this virus goes away for good. It's almost as though they do not want to EVER go back to the way life was. They like having most of their fun activities shut down. The restaurants closed. Having to wear a mask into every store. Losing their jobs (Working from home is a positive, to be fair).
Even if the CDC came out and said that they had tested everyone wrong and that the virus is basically harmless, all the deaths were false positives and that it's okay to live again.... People would still keep pushing the narrative of doom and destruction.
On a reddit thread a few months back I casually joked that I was late for work living in Florida because they were clearing all of the covid bodies out of the way. It was met with this strange reaction. A conflation of - It's not that serious! and - You're downplaying a very serious situation.... Like they knew people weren't dying in the streets as they were making it out to be but were also upset that I was making such a gross over reaction - both of which contradict each other.
When I post on here I am usually met with condescension and belittlement, whatever. Perhaps it's as simple as I am making it out to be - brainwashing for political purposes. The same kind of shit people say like "It's okay to cheat the election because Trump is so bad, it's more moral obligation to remove him from office". Total derangement syndrome.
Changing the goalposts seems to be a common tactics as well. First it was cases, then we went to deaths, and then when there weren't a lot of deaths we kept shouting at the vast number of cases, despite the high survival rate. Keep in mind, when I mention fear mongering I am not talking about media sources. That's a given. I am talking about NPC people. What do THEY have to gain? What does an every day person get from this mindless agenda of never wanting to live a normal life again?
Interested to hear your thoughts.
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