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> is being spread by liberal/lefty This part of your message does not help. To divide and radicalize people it will just make society weaker and individuals mo
by Hokusai 7y ago
> is being spread by liberal/lefty
This part of your message does not help. To divide and radicalize people it will just make society weaker and individuals more irrational. For the virus there is no party lines nor nationalism. For the virus we are all together on this.
Social distancing, washing your hands and face masks are effective. And, I hope that next time we will be better prepared for this kind of emergencies. Humanity learns from each challenge.
- dkarl 7y agoI would include myself in that "liberal/lefty" group. I saw that several of the comments made prior to mine were blaming calculated conservative manipulation, and I wanted to point out that the misconceptions are also arising naturally on "our side" out of desire to promote compliance and optimism. I didn't expect this issue to become political until I observed it happening. The political aspects of the issue have to be addressed, including the assumption that made-up facts can be benign if they're spoken by the right people with the right intentions.
- AnimalMuppet 7y ago> I didn't expect this issue to become political until I observed it happening. There seem to be people (on both sides) who care more about "winning" against the political "enemy" than they do about literally keeping people from dying. That frightens me, maybe more than the virus does.
- dkarl 7y agoI agree. I have a hard time with the news these days, and I was hoping that a bright side of the coronavirus would be that there would at least be some non-political news that I could follow and chit-chat with people about. Sadly, no.