Lived there for 6 years. It's a liberal big college town. It's a lot of fun for a younger person, though. I miss it, but my time there was had when college was a LOT different. East TN is absolutely beautiful in general.
A lot of people are just done with it. At the end of the day, what good has it done me to know who the Bill Priestaps of the world are? What good has any knowledge or any concern done me? It's literally done nothing but take joy from my life. I've been news free for the better part of a month now and it's been so amazing.
How does it manage to find such a sweet spot with the virus? And no, I don't really understand how allowing a virus to propagate means it will become more deadly. Edit: I get that it means that if there was a deadly variant, it wouldn't kill off the host as fast, but why would that variant naturally become the dominant strain?
I have no doubts that a properly worn N95 mask has a significant effect in a clinical setting, don't get me wrong. But I think the reason that simply say "masks work" when talking about them being worn on a societal level is because they know it would be impossible to get any study to find with statistical significance that the outcome differs from wearing no masks at all.
It's a joke that these people use the same tactic. You could say "Hillary Clinton is a corrupt piece of shit". They'd ask for examples of her being a piece of shit. Then attack some example you gave with a half baked media matters talking point and pretend you are defeated. I never give these fucks examples for this very reason.
I think they just need boogie men that aren't china