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Influenza kills 250k to 650k people a year [0], year after year after year. By your logic does that make anyone who hasn't been wearing a mask during flu seaso

Influenza kills 250k to 650k people a year [0], year after year after year. By your logic does that make anyone who hasn't been wearing a mask during flu season for all years past a killer? Or is there something different about flu deaths, but not covid deaths?

feoren 6y ago
Do you hear yourself? Because the flu kills more people, it's OK to drive drunk? It's OK to throw rocks off of highway overpasses and tall buildings? How can you call people who do that killers, when they're causing fewer deaths than the flu!? There are plenty of countries where people do wear masks during flu season if they feel like they might be sick. Yes, an anti-masker who would berate and assault people on buses for wearing a mask during flu season is fighting for the explicit goal of increasing random, avoidable deaths of strangers and is therefore a killer/terrorist.
- mikem170 6y ago
  I didn't say it was ok to drive drunk. Were your questions rhetorical? I asked a question, and don't understand your answer. I didn't say anything about an anti-masker berating someone not wearing a mask. I don't think it's right to berate other people, or tell other people what to do. You said earlier that "Anti-maskers are awful" ... "they are killing people". So I wondered if I should consider anyone who hasn't been wearing a mask during every flu season an awful killer, also. The flu kills millions of people every decade. People spread it, sometimes not knowing that they are contagious. My question again: Do you consider people who don't wear a mask during flu seasons to be killers? I ask because it's not often I hear someone call people "killers" over not wearing a mask, and thought to explore the topic more, if you're up for it. If not, that's ok. Some of my thoughts below: It seems that the number of victims has something to do with this. Perhaps we are used to the flu killing a half million people per year, but covid killing a few million is different? The flu sometimes kills that many people, like in 1968. Perhaps more people wore masks then? I wonder if the numbers matter more, or the fact that we are not used to the numbers? Or maybe it depends on how one looks at the numbers. Every death is an individual tragedy. It would save lives if we all wore masks all of the time. I guess we don't because it is dehumanizing not to be able to see each other smile? I guess as a society we do have some thresholds to judge these risks. Perhaps we don't all judge these risks the same. Like I said, I was curious about your thoughts, if you care to share.

feoren 6y ago

Do you hear yourself? Because the flu kills more people, it's OK to drive drunk? It's OK to throw rocks off of highway overpasses and tall buildings? How can you call people who do that killers, when they're causing fewer deaths than the flu!? There are plenty of countries where people do wear masks during flu season if they feel like they might be sick. Yes, an anti-masker who would berate and assault people on buses for wearing a mask during flu season is fighting for the explicit goal of increasing random, avoidable deaths of strangers and is therefore a killer/terrorist.

mikem170 6y ago
I didn't say it was ok to drive drunk. Were your questions rhetorical? I asked a question, and don't understand your answer. I didn't say anything about an anti-masker berating someone not wearing a mask. I don't think it's right to berate other people, or tell other people what to do. You said earlier that "Anti-maskers are awful" ... "they are killing people". So I wondered if I should consider anyone who hasn't been wearing a mask during every flu season an awful killer, also. The flu kills millions of people every decade. People spread it, sometimes not knowing that they are contagious. My question again: Do you consider people who don't wear a mask during flu seasons to be killers? I ask because it's not often I hear someone call people "killers" over not wearing a mask, and thought to explore the topic more, if you're up for it. If not, that's ok. Some of my thoughts below: It seems that the number of victims has something to do with this. Perhaps we are used to the flu killing a half million people per year, but covid killing a few million is different? The flu sometimes kills that many people, like in 1968. Perhaps more people wore masks then? I wonder if the numbers matter more, or the fact that we are not used to the numbers? Or maybe it depends on how one looks at the numbers. Every death is an individual tragedy. It would save lives if we all wore masks all of the time. I guess we don't because it is dehumanizing not to be able to see each other smile? I guess as a society we do have some thresholds to judge these risks. Perhaps we don't all judge these risks the same. Like I said, I was curious about your thoughts, if you care to share.