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The antivax movement is ridiculous and hopefully the necessity of covid vaccinations will destroy it as should have happened years ago. Similarly, the evidence
by alexgmcm 6y ago
The antivax movement is ridiculous and hopefully the necessity of covid vaccinations will destroy it as should have happened years ago.
Similarly, the evidence for climate change is pretty much undeniable now and I can only assume that those pretending it doesn't exist are not honest actors.
But the lockdown scepticism I can kind of understand as it is more of a political issue - the cost/benefit of lockdown and depending on the type of lockdown, if it will even be effective.
It seems the usual rational decisions over medical intervention based on quality-adjusted life years etc. has been abandoned in favour of emotional arguments.
China showed us lockdowns can work, but these "lockdowns" we have now just seem to be political theatre with little effect on transmission. The politicians want to give the impression of doing something because actually effective measures like closing workplaces and schools would be too expensive/difficult.
- matz1 6y agoHow is china shows lockdown can work ? They may simply reacting and just try to do 'something'. By that logic sweeden, florida, south dakota, shows lockdown doesn't make significant difference.
- alexgmcm 6y agoBecause they went from the disaster in Wuhan to zero cases, with no vaccines.
- mdpopescu 6y ago> Similarly, the evidence for climate change is pretty much undeniable now and I can only assume that those pretending it doesn't exist are not honest actors. That's exactly my position, except the opposite. Anyone who claims that "the world is ending, give us money" is anything but a scam, shamelessly copied from the Catholic Church, is not an honest actor.
- gremlinsinc 6y agoSo do you have a rational explanation for all the permafrost sinkholes opening in Siberia? Or the ice shelfs melting? Or half of antartica disappearing? Or Australia, and Western United States constantly on fire? Do you know what a feedback loop is? Heat rises, permafrost melts, methane is released causing heat to rise more, more permafrost/ice is melted causing higher temps. Do you know what happens if we lose bees and other polinators, and how close we are to losing them because of pesticides? There's plenty of people pushing climate change and not demanding a cent. Those pushing the hardest AGAINST climate change are the ones demanding we "look the other way" because of their corporate greed - re: Oil / Plastics industries.
- mdpopescu 6y ago> Or half of antartica disappearing? Or Australia, and Western United States constantly on fire? I rest my case.