Coronavirus

[Mollocephalus]

Originally Posted by James Somers

I believe that the real danger of the virus is somewhat exaggerated. In some countries, quarantine has been introduced for people who are at risk, and this is reasonable. According to statistics, the majority suffers the disease in an asymptomatic or mild form. People cannot sit at home and in caves for years, because they have to live on something and the country's economy must be supported and developed. I don’t know who would benefit from demonizing this disease? To reduce the risk of infection for people at risk. It is not known what will happen sooner: herd immunity will be developed or the whole world will be provided with vaccines.

Yo actually the vast majority of people do experience the disease in an asymptomatic way, but it still becomes a disaster wherever it spreads so much and so fast that the sanitary system got overwhelmed, and when it's not so destructive there's still no telling whether or not it's gonna go well for you or the people you care for. Why take that chance?

In my region of roughtly 12 million inhabitants we had around 6k cases with less then 500 dead since march (some of which i'm sure would have died anyway), and never at any point it was a real crisis although i know personally 1 person who's had it and i know through a friend of 1 person who has died after contracting it. This doesn't mean that it's not serious, but it just takes a little care and attention plus some clear rules and punishments to keep it at bay. I'm amazed there's still places where it's going so horribly wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The economic argument is a tricky one because while on the surface no one is willing to say that a few thousand deaths are an acceptable cost to mantain our lifestyle, in practice our society already has a massive human life cost, think of all the modern diseases originated from our high consumption of sugar, harmful chemical additives, air pollution, radiation, drugs. The numbers of COVID are insignificant if you compare them to all the death and illnesses directly caused by how we live our life and largely ignored. While no one should make that call because we do have means to esentially slow down the disease so much it becomes a marginal issue, it's not such a clear cut choice wether to close everything down and cause massive economical damages that will ripple in the coming years and turn into social issues as well, or accept that this is yet another sacrifice to the altar of modern society (a smaller one at that) and ride on.

Originally Posted by choof

tards

i thought we didn't say the R word anymore on flashflashrevolution

[choof]

Originally Posted by Mollocephalus

no one is willing to say that a few thousand deaths are an acceptable cost to mantain our lifestyle

LMAO

[mi40]

Originally Posted by choof

LMAO

it's true

[Shadow_God_10]

Originally Posted by James Somers

I believe that the real danger of the virus is somewhat exaggerated.

I think the friends and families of nearly 1 million people on the planet would disagree with this statement.

It's all fun and games until it happens to you, or someone you know.

[choof]

tards

[mi40]

i'm conducting COVID testing at my amazon site! it's super cool to run all these tests and ship them off everyday lol

[.Gazelle.]

[choof]

what do you mean "no one is willing"
american politicians have explicitly stated that the number of deaths are an acceptable cost

[ULTIMEGA]

That is the most fucked up thing I have ever heard of in my life.

[SputnikOwns]

Originally Posted by choof

what do you mean "no one is willing"
american politicians have explicitly stated that the number of deaths are an acceptable cost

I'd agree that a certain number of deaths from coronavirus are acceptable. The lockdowns have extraordinary costs as well, including in terms of liberty. It's tricky to somehow determine a perfect balance.

[ULTIMEGA]

Originally Posted by SputnikOwns

I'd agree that a certain number of deaths from coronavirus are acceptable. The lockdowns have extraordinary costs as well, including in terms of liberty. It's tricky to somehow determine a perfect balance.

As far as I'm concerned, a perfect balance doesn't exist in a situation like this. At the end of the day, barely anyone wins.

[choof]

Originally Posted by SputnikOwns

I'd agree that a certain number of deaths from coronavirus are acceptable.

i actually agree as well since a majority of the people dying from coronavirus are boomers and right wingers

The lockdowns have extraordinary costs as well, including in terms of liberty.

there are two things that have changed in regards to my liberties: I have to wear a mask, and I have to stay a bit more clean. what liberties have been stripped away from you?

[choof]

Originally Posted by SputnikOwns

I'd agree that a certain number of deaths from coronavirus are acceptable.

I think the president's death is acceptable tbh

[Andrew WCY]

A bit of a rant here, but hear me out.

"Keeping the death toll below a certain number?" You can't be serious... That is a statement I've heard from a few US politicians on television, and I just couldn't find myself agreeing with it at all.

The way I've interpreted that sentence is that the politicians are fine with people dying as long as the total number of deaths is lower than something. That means they're OK with anyone, including people they love, get killed by this life threatening disease. Who in their right minds would be alright with that?? My personal take on this is that we're all humans that deserve to live, even if we disagree with each other or hate each other.

I feel that a better way of saying that would be "we have been trying our best to prevent deaths from the Coronavirus." Whether that statement is accurate or not is another story, but this is more respectful to everyone than the previous statement IMO. What do you guys think?

[mi40]

tfw u need to make it known that coronavirus is mega dangerous because it kills people but u turn a blind eye and run mcdonalds ads and keep food insecurity a very real problem in the united states and obesity & heart disease runs rampant and it doesn't matter if tobacco companies market tobacco and other harmful products because that's not what brings ratings and those issues are harder to politicize but coronavirus is easy to politicize because of its origins and the suddenness of its new presence

i mean huh

[Pizza69]

Originally Posted by mi40

tfw u need to make it known that coronavirus is mega dangerous because it kills people but u turn a blind eye and run mcdonalds ads and keep food insecurity a very real problem in the united states and obesity & heart disease runs rampant and it doesn't matter if tobacco companies market tobacco and other harmful products because that's not what brings ratings and those issues are harder to politicize but coronavirus is easy to politicize because of its origins and the suddenness of its new presence

i mean huh

this is a seriously bad post, yes i agree these are issues that need to be addressed, but they really aren't comparable because people voluntarily eat at mcdonalds and people voluntarily smoke cigarettes. nobody goes outside thinking "hmm i'm gonna go get coronavirus today". shouldn't getting covid under control then be higher in priority?

[mi40]

Originally Posted by Pizza69

this is a seriously bad post, yes i agree these are issues that need to be addressed, but they really aren't comparable because people voluntarily eat at mcdonalds and people voluntarily smoke cigarettes. nobody goes outside thinking "hmm i'm gonna go get coronavirus today". shouldn't getting covid under control then be higher in priority?

and people voluntarily not wear masks & get in groups then get corona then suffer

dumbs will be dumbs

[mi40]

wear your mask but don't forget to consume coca cola guys

[melonpapes]

Originally Posted by mi40

wear your mask but don't forget to consume coca cola guys

Originally Posted by bill hicks

No I don’t know the connection, yes I am buying these products. My teeth are rotting out of my head, I’m glued to my television; “More snickers, more coke! More snickers, more coke! I love these products… “

[choof]

lemme get some more of that whataboutism