What isn’t good is how politicized this has become...to the point where we believe pundits and politicians over infectious disease experts.
At some point, your survival will compel you to ignore the disease experts and feed your family.
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What isn’t good is how politicized this has become...to the point where we believe pundits and politicians over infectious disease experts.
I don’t think it is a plot.
Why? Because everyone has something to lose here.
Interesting. Both you and CC took me out of context. Again. I am beginning to think this is intentional.
When one purposefully leaves out the positive results (the survival rate of COVID-19) and stresses the negative (how many have it, how many died from it), that within itself is a plot. A ploy. To keep the masses huddled in fear, to do your political bidding. Fear has been an effective governing tool though the ages.
What isn’t good is how politicized this has become...to the point where we believe pundits and politicians over infectious disease experts.
At some point, your survival will compel you to ignore the disease experts and feed your family.
We know the survival rate by the death rate and vice versa.
Do we?
How come it isn't being mentioned more?
When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the number of people who died, not who survived.
When people talk about the 1918 flu epidemic, they talk about the number of people who died, not who survived.
When people talked about H1N1 they talked about the death rate.
When people talked about SARS they talked about the death rate.
When people talked about Zika, they talked about the number of babies born affected, not normal.
When people talk about the war in Afghanistan, they refer to the number killed. Not the number who survived.
When people talk about the war in Afghanistan, they refer to the number killed. Not the number who survived.
Now, if this weren't a plot, why do we have elected officials trying to stand in the way, and in some cases jailing those who are attempting to resume their trade? This crisis enhances their power. Power they would soon rather keep than relinquish.
When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the number of people who died, not who survived.
When people talk about the 1918 flu epidemic, they talk about the number of people who died, not who survived.
When people talked about H1N1 they talked about the death rate.
When people talked about SARS they talked about the death rate.
When people talked about Zika, they talked about the number of babies born affected, not normal.
When people talk about the war in Afghanistan, they refer to the number killed. Not the number who survived.
My point exactly. To instill fear you talk about the most negative aspects of a crisis. Never the positive. Some statistics are left out on purpose to push a narrative.
In fact - the only time I hear survival rates mentioned over death rates is when people talk about cancer.
When people talk about the war in Afghanistan, they refer to the number killed. Not the number who survived.
Then why do we rejoice for those who survive?
Elected officials (and that includes both colors) - are also tasked with public safety.
What does rejoicing in those who survive have to do with the fact that when we report on the war, we typically refer to the number killed, not the number who survived.
In fact - the only time I hear survival rates mentioned over death rates is when people talk about cancer.
Because cancer is a far more fatal disease than COVID-19 will ever be. You will always have a better chance (by orders of magnitude) of surviving the virus than you will late-stage cancer. But why don't we hear that? There are those who would have us be more interested in the chaos this virus brings rather than the implements being used to restore order.
Elected officials (and that includes both colors) - are also tasked with public safety.
Of course. But how long can you sacrifice your prosperity to maintain safety? At some point, one will begin to outweigh the other in priority.
If I cannot go out and do my job because of these draconian measures being enforced, I cannot feed myself, I cannot house myself, I cannot pay for the things that are essential to my sustenance. When my wellbeing is affected by a lack of basic needs, that within itself becomes an issue of safety.
What does rejoicing in those who survive have to do with the fact that when we report on the war, we typically refer to the number killed, not the number who survived.
Because we are more focused on the detriments and not the benefits.
You're already adjusting the goalposts.
What does rejoicing in those who survive have to do with the fact that when we report on the war, we typically refer to the number killed, not the number who survived.
Because we are more focused on the detriments and not the benefits.
Human nature.
What does rejoicing in those who survive have to do with the fact that when we report on the war, we typically refer to the number killed, not the number who survived.
Because we are more focused on the detriments and not the benefits.
Human nature.
We are intelligent enough as a species to overcome our nature.