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We are living in an age where people outright deny the existence of a global pandemic because they don't like the inconvenience of their favorite bars being clo

We are living in an age where people outright deny the existence of a global pandemic because they don't like the inconvenience of their favorite bars being closed or having to wear a mask. There is no document in the universe of any length that will convince them.

thaumasiotes 6y ago
> We are living in an age where people outright deny the existence of a global pandemic because they don't like the inconvenience Well, no one I know, and no one they know, has been hurt by the coronavirus. And the list of people I know includes two people from Wuhan. If we went out a third degree, we would likely start to pick up victims. On the other hand, I do personally know someone who was injured by the response; this person responded so badly to the lockdown that they had to be committed. It's possible that the existence of a pandemic isn't what people are denying...
- ganafagol 6y ago
  > Well, no one I know, and no one they know, has been hurt by the coronavirus. Don't worry, considering how things are going, that will change this winter. Unless you are in New Zealand.
- yakz 6y ago
  If we're going with anecdotes, my SO's parents both had it with her mother spending 10 days in hospital during which they started her on dialysis, which she will need for the rest of her life.
chrisco255 6y ago
We're living in an age where people deny the existence of jurisdictions that have gone without arbitrary closings and they're doing just fine, if not better than many jurisdictions that have had harsh lockdowns. But no document in the universe of any length will convince them that population control is not the answer.
- wongarsu 6y ago
  Harsh lockdowns are the last-ditch effort when everything is out of control. The places that didn't do them didn't need them because they had a good initial response or have very favorable demographics or culture

thaumasiotes 6y ago

> We are living in an age where people outright deny the existence of a global pandemic because they don't like the inconvenience Well, no one I know, and no one they know, has been hurt by the coronavirus. And the list of people I know includes two people from Wuhan. If we went out a third degree, we would likely start to pick up victims. On the other hand, I do personally know someone who was injured by the response; this person responded so badly to the lockdown that they had to be committed. It's possible that the existence of a pandemic isn't what people are denying...

ganafagol 6y ago
> Well, no one I know, and no one they know, has been hurt by the coronavirus. Don't worry, considering how things are going, that will change this winter. Unless you are in New Zealand.
yakz 6y ago
If we're going with anecdotes, my SO's parents both had it with her mother spending 10 days in hospital during which they started her on dialysis, which she will need for the rest of her life.

chrisco255 6y ago

We're living in an age where people deny the existence of jurisdictions that have gone without arbitrary closings and they're doing just fine, if not better than many jurisdictions that have had harsh lockdowns. But no document in the universe of any length will convince them that population control is not the answer.

wongarsu 6y ago
Harsh lockdowns are the last-ditch effort when everything is out of control. The places that didn't do them didn't need them because they had a good initial response or have very favorable demographics or culture