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COVID is an evolutionary filter for the anti-vax movement. If freedom loving Americans want to roll the dice on survival, let 'em.
by anonAndOn 5y ago
COVID is an evolutionary filter for the anti-vax movement. If freedom loving Americans want to roll the dice on survival, let 'em.
- dragontamer 5y agoI happen to care about my sister-in-law's life. So that's not an option.
- lamontcg 5y agoEven if it worked that way, its a poor filter since the IFR is only 1% and it mostly kills people that are very old anyway. Plus ideologies aren't genetic. And even with genetics the whole "evolutionary filter" concept fails due to reversion to the mean. Plus it is a fundamentally right wing political concept. "Evolutionary filters" are about as scientific as the antivax movement.
- anonAndOn 5y agoIt doesn't need to be perfect nor does it need to kill to be effective. You can negatively impact the fertility rate just by diminishing the quality of life.
- lamontcg 5y agoAgain, that is about as scientific as the antivaxxers.
- anonAndOn 5y agoOn the contrary, we have a great public health experiment underway that will be dissected for years to come. Hospitalization rates, medical bankruptcies, prevalence of long COVID, birth rates, excess deaths, etc. For science!