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This is one of those titles that pull on the heartstrings ... "oh think of the children" then it turns out it is a complication that affects a vanishingly small

This is one of those titles that pull on the heartstrings ... "oh think of the children" then it turns out it is a complication that affects a vanishingly small segment of the population. Then we use the fear to impose rules that severely affect 100% of the children: for example not letting people go outside or go to school. All part of the relentless propaganda of scaremongering where the weak want everyone to be equally afraid.

rorykoehler 6y ago
I don't understand this attitude. It's not about fear it's about precaution. Why does everything have to be so extreme?
- just-juan-post 6y ago
  If it's truly about precaution and the greater safety of others then you would agree that we should ban alcohol.
  - rorykoehler 6y ago
    No. Alcohol doesn't possess viral properties.
    - username90 6y ago
      Your freedom to buy alcohol results in kids getting beaten and killed by their alcoholic parents. Are you really so selfish that you think beer is more important than kids? /s See, the argument is the same.
      - rorykoehler 6y ago
        I don't know if you're being serious or not with your final sentence (the positioning of the /s is throwing me off) but for the people who don't get it there has never been an alcoholic beating or drunk driver that resulted in millions of innocent people dying around the world in such a short period time with millions more suffering from potential long term health problems.
just-juan-post 6y ago
That's what rubs me the wrong way: A small, scared and sometimes misinformed subset of the population is continuing to spread fear. In the olden days these folks were limited in the way they spread their fear. To their family, to their neighbors, but no further. But now they can fuel the anxieties of others will simultaneously to justify their position by posting on the internet - a medium that reaches billions. Another aspect is that so many people profit from this. Celebrities big and small use it for attention. The media does what it can to get eyeballs. Joe Keyboard gets dopamine hits from the upvotes he got on his IG post that was grandstanding about the virus. Even me right now as I type this. Stop the fear spreading. Take away all of the dumb unnecessary "safety" features (1 way shopping isles anyone?). Let people CHOOSE to go outside or inside, to work or not to work, to wear a mask or not to wear a mask. That's all I'm lookin for. You want to be scared? Be scared but don't impose your beliefs (your fears) on me or others. Let US choose, not a small loud mob.

rorykoehler 6y ago

I don't understand this attitude. It's not about fear it's about precaution. Why does everything have to be so extreme?

just-juan-post 6y ago
If it's truly about precaution and the greater safety of others then you would agree that we should ban alcohol.
- rorykoehler 6y ago
  No. Alcohol doesn't possess viral properties.
  - username90 6y ago
    Your freedom to buy alcohol results in kids getting beaten and killed by their alcoholic parents. Are you really so selfish that you think beer is more important than kids? /s See, the argument is the same.
    - rorykoehler 6y ago
      I don't know if you're being serious or not with your final sentence (the positioning of the /s is throwing me off) but for the people who don't get it there has never been an alcoholic beating or drunk driver that resulted in millions of innocent people dying around the world in such a short period time with millions more suffering from potential long term health problems.

just-juan-post 6y ago

That's what rubs me the wrong way: A small, scared and sometimes misinformed subset of the population is continuing to spread fear. In the olden days these folks were limited in the way they spread their fear. To their family, to their neighbors, but no further. But now they can fuel the anxieties of others will simultaneously to justify their position by posting on the internet - a medium that reaches billions. Another aspect is that so many people profit from this. Celebrities big and small use it for attention. The media does what it can to get eyeballs. Joe Keyboard gets dopamine hits from the upvotes he got on his IG post that was grandstanding about the virus. Even me right now as I type this. Stop the fear spreading. Take away all of the dumb unnecessary "safety" features (1 way shopping isles anyone?). Let people CHOOSE to go outside or inside, to work or not to work, to wear a mask or not to wear a mask. That's all I'm lookin for. You want to be scared? Be scared but don't impose your beliefs (your fears) on me or others. Let US choose, not a small loud mob.