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No one cought it by having a conversation or casual contact at work or in public. >Essentially 100% of people who contracted HIV in the 80s died from it. You

No one cought it by having a conversation or casual contact at work or in public. >Essentially 100% of people who contracted HIV in the 80s died from it. You need highly contagious and deadly. Not or. Speed of spread/ death counts, as well. Besides, COVID was initially sold as being much more deadly than actually is. Hindsight makes justification/ lack of easy. Yet how long would the hypothetical lockdowns have taken credit for slowing the spread back then? Even without lockdowns, how long did the cooties stigma last? >cannot be boiled down to a single person's opinion at any one point in time. I've been told to trust the experts.

bastawhiz 5y ago
Unfortunately, the only fact you've stated is this: > No one cought it by having a conversation or casual contact at work or in public. Correct. The transmission of HIV was also not understood. Nor was it even known to be a virus for quite some time, hence why it was called "the gay cancer." Part of the reason why it wasn't understood was the government's intentional apathy towards it, out of bigotry. > Besides, COVID was initially sold as being much more deadly than actually is. You might recall that the first wave completely depleted the availability of ventilators. In fact, this very website hosted links to DIY ventilator projects because the problem was so bad. Who are you to decide how much death is enough death to warrant concern? If the world healthcare systems cannot keep up, it's a problem. Five million people will have died by the end of the year. No other disease in US history has ever killed as many people. Your waffling about what makes a disease worthy of concern is unnecessary: salmonella only kills 0.4% of people who contract it, but we don't argue about restaurant staff using clean cooking equipment.

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No one cought it by having a conversation or casual contact at work or in public. >Essentially 100% of people who contracted HIV in the 80s died from it. You

by beerandt 5y ago

bastawhiz 5y ago
Unfortunately, the only fact you've stated is this: > No one cought it by having a conversation or casual contact at work or in public. Correct. The transmission of HIV was also not understood. Nor was it even known to be a virus for quite some time, hence why it was called "the gay cancer." Part of the reason why it wasn't understood was the government's intentional apathy towards it, out of bigotry. > Besides, COVID was initially sold as being much more deadly than actually is. You might recall that the first wave completely depleted the availability of ventilators. In fact, this very website hosted links to DIY ventilator projects because the problem was so bad. Who are you to decide how much death is enough death to warrant concern? If the world healthcare systems cannot keep up, it's a problem. Five million people will have died by the end of the year. No other disease in US history has ever killed as many people. Your waffling about what makes a disease worthy of concern is unnecessary: salmonella only kills 0.4% of people who contract it, but we don't argue about restaurant staff using clean cooking equipment.