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The outward presentation of this virus is most interesting. We just went through a pandemic that was silent, invisible and on the whole similar symptoms to othe

The outward presentation of this virus is most interesting. We just went through a pandemic that was silent, invisible and on the whole similar symptoms to other illnesses - it’s funny to think Monkeypox will be a pandemic of vanity as well as monkeypox.

designium 4y ago
- bilsbie 4y ago
  - Naga 4y ago
    This line of thinking has never made sense to me. We spend billions worldwide combatting diseases that mostly impact people over the median age of death and with other co-morbidities. Heart disease mostly kills old and obese people, but no one ever has a problem with tax dollars going to this. If we don't care about people with co-morbidities, doesn't it make sense to shut down heart institutes and cancer wards?
    - junofan 4y ago
      I believe coronavirus spending was well into the trillions over a short period of time. Not to mention the disruption of the lives of people not at risk. The response was disproportionate to the risk, and I don’t think questioning that response means one doesn’t “care about people with comorbidities.”
    - mandmandam 4y ago
      Any time people's thinking around Covid doesn't make sense to you, try to remember how often we were (and are) knowingly and intentionally lied to by trusted authorities. For example, "masks don't work", or, "GOF researchers are so confident this didn't leak from a lab that you're an anti-science (!) Trump fanatic if you suggest it". Also, the idea that the elderly must be saved at all costs surely comes as surprising news to anyone paying attention to how healthcare works, or how nursing homes are managed. Many countries Corona death states consist of 30-50% purely nursing home deaths from extreme mismanagement, and decades of under-funding for nursing homes. If you care about the elderly, then be outraged at those responsible for that major fuckup, not the people trying to get a sense of perspective amid oceans of deliberate misinformation and unjustified censorship.
    - vorpalhex 4y ago
      We don't put everyone into lockdown to treat heart disease.
- aftbit 4y ago
  The way I read the parent post, they are implying that SARS-CoV-2 would have been taken more seriously if it left disfiguring scars on the faces of 10%[1] of those who contracted it, rather than "just" killing 0.1%[2] or so. 1,2: numbers entirely made up from my head, not from sources!
  - anonymouse008 4y ago
    Exactly, thanks for staying level headed beyond the knee jerk reaction. I’m more speaking to the metaphorical prod needed to move the public.
- spookthesunset 4y ago
  “Of” or “with”? Cause that makes a pretty big difference.

designium 4y ago

bilsbie 4y ago
- Naga 4y ago
  This line of thinking has never made sense to me. We spend billions worldwide combatting diseases that mostly impact people over the median age of death and with other co-morbidities. Heart disease mostly kills old and obese people, but no one ever has a problem with tax dollars going to this. If we don't care about people with co-morbidities, doesn't it make sense to shut down heart institutes and cancer wards?
  - junofan 4y ago
    I believe coronavirus spending was well into the trillions over a short period of time. Not to mention the disruption of the lives of people not at risk. The response was disproportionate to the risk, and I don’t think questioning that response means one doesn’t “care about people with comorbidities.”
  - mandmandam 4y ago
    Any time people's thinking around Covid doesn't make sense to you, try to remember how often we were (and are) knowingly and intentionally lied to by trusted authorities. For example, "masks don't work", or, "GOF researchers are so confident this didn't leak from a lab that you're an anti-science (!) Trump fanatic if you suggest it". Also, the idea that the elderly must be saved at all costs surely comes as surprising news to anyone paying attention to how healthcare works, or how nursing homes are managed. Many countries Corona death states consist of 30-50% purely nursing home deaths from extreme mismanagement, and decades of under-funding for nursing homes. If you care about the elderly, then be outraged at those responsible for that major fuckup, not the people trying to get a sense of perspective amid oceans of deliberate misinformation and unjustified censorship.
  - vorpalhex 4y ago
    We don't put everyone into lockdown to treat heart disease.
aftbit 4y ago
The way I read the parent post, they are implying that SARS-CoV-2 would have been taken more seriously if it left disfiguring scars on the faces of 10%[1] of those who contracted it, rather than "just" killing 0.1%[2] or so. 1,2: numbers entirely made up from my head, not from sources!
- anonymouse008 4y ago
  Exactly, thanks for staying level headed beyond the knee jerk reaction. I’m more speaking to the metaphorical prod needed to move the public.
spookthesunset 4y ago
“Of” or “with”? Cause that makes a pretty big difference.