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That sounds highly reckless, tbh. It's easily the most important event in the US's history since WWII and you're ignoring the people who help get through it.

war1025 6y ago
What more is someone going to tell me that they didn't get across in the first six months of this?
- jessaustin 6y ago
  The majority of people I see in public every day aren't wearing masks. (If I see them in the business I manage, I show them the door. Thankfully this hasn't been a big problem.) I have spoken to some of these people whose family members have both died and suffered major health consequences. Idiot talk radio/Q-anon mind control is strong.
  - AnimalMuppet 6y ago
    Do you think they're going to figure it out if we just yell at them one more time? Those who are going to listen have listened. I mean, look, continue to state, loudly and publicly, that QAnon is full of it. But war1025 has a point - we're well past the point of diminishing returns. Personally, I find myself hitting refresh to see if anything has happened lately. And it hasn't, and it won't today, and it won't tomorrow. The hourly news cycle is a really bad match for a six-months-and-counting pandemic.
    - jessaustin 6y ago
      In my personal life, I try to have kind, reasoned discussion. This is sometimes effective. In general I agree with the news media complaints in this thread. In February this was all just racism against the Chinese. In March masks didn't slow infections. A vaccine has been a month away since April. We should be so afraid of brown people overseas that we should bomb them before they get us. Trump is Putin's buddy. Etc. All bullshit. If someone had been trying to undermine public confidence in journalism, they might have made the same editorial decisions. I totally understand why people don't believe what they're told. I have myself been accused of skepticism. Let's not despair, however. It is still possible to learn facts about the world around us. The headline on TFA shouldn't surprise anyone; I've been thinking the same thing for weeks. (Granted, I'm a moron not a CDC director. However, I don't have the wishful thinking disease that nearly everyone on TV seems to have.) Even so, it is news to someone. Vaccines, even if they're effective and available, aren't going to save us for many months. More people could be wearing masks right now. Some people will start wearing masks, this week, in response to the perfectly natural comparison between covid and 9/11.

war1025 6y ago

What more is someone going to tell me that they didn't get across in the first six months of this?

jessaustin 6y ago
The majority of people I see in public every day aren't wearing masks. (If I see them in the business I manage, I show them the door. Thankfully this hasn't been a big problem.) I have spoken to some of these people whose family members have both died and suffered major health consequences. Idiot talk radio/Q-anon mind control is strong.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  Do you think they're going to figure it out if we just yell at them one more time? Those who are going to listen have listened. I mean, look, continue to state, loudly and publicly, that QAnon is full of it. But war1025 has a point - we're well past the point of diminishing returns. Personally, I find myself hitting refresh to see if anything has happened lately. And it hasn't, and it won't today, and it won't tomorrow. The hourly news cycle is a really bad match for a six-months-and-counting pandemic.
  - jessaustin 6y ago
    In my personal life, I try to have kind, reasoned discussion. This is sometimes effective. In general I agree with the news media complaints in this thread. In February this was all just racism against the Chinese. In March masks didn't slow infections. A vaccine has been a month away since April. We should be so afraid of brown people overseas that we should bomb them before they get us. Trump is Putin's buddy. Etc. All bullshit. If someone had been trying to undermine public confidence in journalism, they might have made the same editorial decisions. I totally understand why people don't believe what they're told. I have myself been accused of skepticism. Let's not despair, however. It is still possible to learn facts about the world around us. The headline on TFA shouldn't surprise anyone; I've been thinking the same thing for weeks. (Granted, I'm a moron not a CDC director. However, I don't have the wishful thinking disease that nearly everyone on TV seems to have.) Even so, it is news to someone. Vaccines, even if they're effective and available, aren't going to save us for many months. More people could be wearing masks right now. Some people will start wearing masks, this week, in response to the perfectly natural comparison between covid and 9/11.