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Grizzly wrote:I'm not here to "argue", anything w/you mentalgongfu2
The conversation is not just about data, it's also about narratives and propaganda. The messaging and drumbeat is nonstop and has gone to wacko extremes. Donuts and free beers for getting vaxxed? A freaking million dollar lottery? Public shaming by the government and media for simply questioning? Absurdity and insanity.
Don't get lost in the data, it's a rabbit hole they want you to dive into and never come out.
Grizzly » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:30 pm wrote:Okay groovey boys & girls of RI, What killed more people, Covid or Lockdowns? Can a mod poll, this?
Laodicean » Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:22 pm wrote:
https://youtu.be/Ei5j-DvqDtI
We'll create the cure; we made the disease
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to feel
Seems to me it's possible to have both a real public health concern and an ineffective/detrimental policy in response.
Belligerent Savant » Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:14 pm wrote:
My broad point is those that are at higher risk may opt to take whatever necessary precautions, above and beyond whatever they would normally do. What did we do, as humans, prior to 2020 during flu seasons? Remember, the young are less impacted by Covid than they are by the flu. The very old and already sick have about a ~94% chance of surviving (otherwise they may unfortunately perish of.... old age, or a more serious illness they already had. What can we do to rid humanity of this blight, old age? Would lockdowns help?).
For everyone else, survival rate is over 99.5%. The vast majority that get this virus have: no symptoms; minimal symptoms; mild/moderate flu. A relatively small subset suffer worse circumstances -- the poorer among this segment are less likely to fare well. Outside of this virus, many, many die every year due to other far more serious ailments, or accidents. Sometimes, they die due to less serious ailments, like the standard flu (at any age), among many other examples.
So, once again, we come to proportionality. Or lack thereof.
Entire swaths of humans taken for a ride because their FEARS were triggered at a primal level.
Rationality out the window.
Belligerent Savant » Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:54 am wrote:
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Proportionality. I mentioned this term in a prior posting in a related thread, weeks ago.There is a legal term, proportionality, which essentially encapsulates my position here: "The concept of proportionality is used as a criterion of fairness and justice in statutory interpretation processes, especially in constitutional law, as a logical method intended to assist in discerning the correct balance between the restriction imposed by a corrective measure and the severity of the nature of the prohibited act."
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