It's a real virus that got over-hyped for political gain. Putting 1,000,000,000's out of work while destroying 1,000,000,000's of start-ups and small businesses vs 230,000 dead (mostly elderly already on heavens door).
x,000,000,000 (forgive my pseudo algebra)
vs.
230,000 (6k purely Covid)
vs.
The solution can't be worse than the problem. (or however they coined that bullshit).
They destroyed businesses and trump came out strong offering the PPP for small businesses and it was supposed to be money to last 8 weeks. Very reasonable and great loan terms and business was expected to pick back up by then. It didn’t. Now the house and senate sit with their thumbs up their asses and refuse to pass anything like a second round of PPP while everyone suffers.
Do you really believe that the death rate is 1% for people over the age of 70? Are or just trying to pull a lawyer trick by saying "old people" instead of 70+?
So why should everyone shut down their lives for those over 70? Can't they (who are most likely retired anyway) isolate if they are so afraid, or choose to live as per usual and assume the risk for their own health?
No, it shouldn't. The lives destroyed by the shutdown is worth more than the lives lost to the disease. Lives vs livelihood is very valid argument that gets thrown in the woodchipper whenever someone pulls out the "covid is a hoax" argument. Denying reality (that the morality rate for 70+ is 5%) hurts those of us who want to reopen knowing the risks.
Human behavior isn't logical, and decisions aren't made by carefully weighing the merits of the respective arguments. They are made by either manipulation or mob mentality, either of which require oversimplification. Hyperbole is a necessary component of our political environment, for good or ill
Such a deadly virus!
Scamdemic!
it's so weak. we basically wasted a year for the common cold
Lost opportunities, drained savings, businesses closed, freedoms lost, country further divided.
All for a cold.
"Common cold" that killed 200,000 people and made a lot of people like Boris Johnson very sick.
You are our version of "antifa isn't real".
It's a real virus that got over-hyped for political gain. Putting 1,000,000,000's out of work while destroying 1,000,000,000's of start-ups and small businesses vs 230,000 dead (mostly elderly already on heavens door).
They destroyed businesses and trump came out strong offering the PPP for small businesses and it was supposed to be money to last 8 weeks. Very reasonable and great loan terms and business was expected to pick back up by then. It didn’t. Now the house and senate sit with their thumbs up their asses and refuse to pass anything like a second round of PPP while everyone suffers.
What does 6K purely covid mean? If someone dies of respiratory failure from covid pneumonia, would they be counted in the 6,000?
Arguments of lives vs livelihoods matter a lot. I wish we would focus on this aspect instead of going down the "antifa/covid isn't real" route.
Covid Overreaction Syndrome is just an idea
Fuck, you're a total retard.
I'm reading your argument as:
"Yer opinion sucks ass bc YOU suck ass"
https://thedonald.win/p/HrKD6KnY/culture--reddits-rpolitics-vs-th/
The 6% hoax again? Tell me, if someone dies of "respiratory failure" while they had covid pneumonia, would they be part of the 10,000 people you cite?
And how many people per year does the common cold kill, genius?
Not deadly at all for young, healthy people like Kayleigh.
Do you deny that the morality rate for 70+ is around 5%?
Do you really believe that the death rate is 1% for people over the age of 70? Are or just trying to pull a lawyer trick by saying "old people" instead of 70+?
So why should everyone shut down their lives for those over 70? Can't they (who are most likely retired anyway) isolate if they are so afraid, or choose to live as per usual and assume the risk for their own health?
No, it shouldn't. The lives destroyed by the shutdown is worth more than the lives lost to the disease. Lives vs livelihood is very valid argument that gets thrown in the woodchipper whenever someone pulls out the "covid is a hoax" argument. Denying reality (that the morality rate for 70+ is 5%) hurts those of us who want to reopen knowing the risks.
Human behavior isn't logical, and decisions aren't made by carefully weighing the merits of the respective arguments. They are made by either manipulation or mob mentality, either of which require oversimplification. Hyperbole is a necessary component of our political environment, for good or ill
Wasn’t it 5% for 70+ with at least two co-morbidities? These stats were floating around a few weeks ago.
Death rate for people 70+ with COVID is the same as death rate for people 70+ without COVID. They're old. That's how it works. They die from sleep.