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The day I realized the government and health officials are not telling me the full picture because they don’t trust me to act intelligently is when I completely
by human 5y ago
The day I realized the government and health officials are not telling me the full picture because they don’t trust me to act intelligently is when I completely stopped listening to their advice.
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- valleyer 5y agoSomething of a self-fulfilling prophecy, then, huh.
- epicureanideal 5y agoWhich the officials created, not the intelligent individuals who don’t think it wise to follow advice that is likely not accurate and for unknown reasons.
- __MatrixMan__ 5y agoI think I first had that day while going through the D.A.R.E. program.
- gowld 5y agoAre you finding a better source of info? Are you doing the opposite of what they advise, or merely disregarding?
- human 5y agoI’ve mostly decided to take normal precautions and not to live in fear. I’ve also decided to wait for more information before getting vaccinated. I work from home and have little risk of contracting the disease. I’m taking a break on social gatherings and travel for a few years and then I’ll see what I do.
- moritonal 5y agoIt's eerie how almost anyone that talks about how they're "not to live in fear" almost always instantly follows that up with some kind of lone-wolf fantasy.
- human 5y agoSorry if I gave off that impression. My life is far from a lone-wolf.
- moritonal 5y agoNono, I'm sorry. Looking back I responded rudely. I misread "taking a break on social gatherings and travel for a few years" as that you were going to stop seeing people and then go to travelling for a few years. My head inserted a comma. From that I envisioned a cliche I've seen a lot where that fear comment always sits alongside someone who always talks in one-way or another about breaking the social contract of a community and mad-maxxing it across the country to find a "better place with similar people", thus the lone-wolf. Apologies from a dylexic brain, and maybe one that should reflect on its prejudices.
- csee 5y agoI ignore and believe what makes sense based on the literature and a dose of common sense. Wear a mask, avoid large indoor gatherings, socially distance and ventilate are just obvious things to do for a respiratory virus and if the government and all health authorities say otherwise I don't care.