I am sleep-deprived and just caught myself reading this comment thread. I've been avoiding HN threads about the COVID like I avoid any scaremongering ones on R

I am sleep-deprived and just caught myself reading this comment thread. I've been avoiding HN threads about the COVID like I avoid any scaremongering ones on Reddit: it's just a massive pile of people that think they know better than most spreading constant misinformation. The worst thing about the pandemic is it has made the vast majority of the populace an expert in epidemiology, biological containment, sociology, politics, economy, virology. Everyone has an opinion to share about it. Everyone has something to say about it. In a forum where most people are technically-minded, this creates the negative and odious version of nerd sniping. Nerds talking out of their arse about stuff way over their head. I don't like calling for censorship, but I wish dang would demote and let any COVID-related post slide off the front page 10x as fast as any normal thread. They did it for Bitcoin, and frankly it was not such a shitshow.