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99.7% survival rate and those in power expect us to bend over and just ask for more violations of our civil liberties.

dariusj18 5y ago
I'm not sure your number is accurate, but even if it is, that is a general population number and doesn't take into account the higher risk certain populations, such as over 65 or those with comorbidities. Essentially the use of that number with no context encourages people to act as if the risk is spread evenly, but an asymptomatic 18 year old has a much higher risk of killing their grandparents than 0.3%. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi...
- tonfreed 5y ago
  You're right, shut down the economy and destroy the poor end of town's livelihoods. Gotta save grandma. Disingenuous statements aside, the people in charge of policy clearly don't care enough to follow the rules themselves. They've put covid patients in nursing homes, ignored their own lockdown rules and intimidated people at religious worship. There's no doubt in my mind that we were deliberately lied to about the severity of this virus
  - dariusj18 5y ago
    It didn't take the government to shut down the economy, it was going to be severely hit anyway, government intervention was aimed at shortening the impact as much as possible, but people really fucked that up. It was unfortunately obvious in retrospect since a large portion of society no longer lives in reality. - Elderly COVID patients being sent back to nursing homes is a great example of an early misstep and misinterpretation of rules creating a bad situation. Hopefully we can learn something from it. - A few people out there hypocritically not following the rules doesn't make the rules wrong. - Intimidated people at religious worship sounds like spin for people being unsafe and trying to claim their religion gives them the right. - Yes, the US was deliberately lied to about the severity of the virus by the US President downplaying the risks, and I'm sure others in government or media played it up. Either can be excused depending on the motives.

I'm not sure your number is accurate, but even if it is, that is a general population number and doesn't take into account the higher risk certain populations, such as over 65 or those with comorbidities. Essentially the use of that number with no context encourages people to act as if the risk is spread evenly, but an asymptomatic 18 year old has a much higher risk of killing their grandparents than 0.3%. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi...

tonfreed 5y ago
You're right, shut down the economy and destroy the poor end of town's livelihoods. Gotta save grandma. Disingenuous statements aside, the people in charge of policy clearly don't care enough to follow the rules themselves. They've put covid patients in nursing homes, ignored their own lockdown rules and intimidated people at religious worship. There's no doubt in my mind that we were deliberately lied to about the severity of this virus
- dariusj18 5y ago
  It didn't take the government to shut down the economy, it was going to be severely hit anyway, government intervention was aimed at shortening the impact as much as possible, but people really fucked that up. It was unfortunately obvious in retrospect since a large portion of society no longer lives in reality. - Elderly COVID patients being sent back to nursing homes is a great example of an early misstep and misinterpretation of rules creating a bad situation. Hopefully we can learn something from it. - A few people out there hypocritically not following the rules doesn't make the rules wrong. - Intimidated people at religious worship sounds like spin for people being unsafe and trying to claim their religion gives them the right. - Yes, the US was deliberately lied to about the severity of the virus by the US President downplaying the risks, and I'm sure others in government or media played it up. Either can be excused depending on the motives.