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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
I am constantly amazed at how otherwise smart people can be utter fuckiing idiots.
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I feel the same but have the opposite perspective you have. I think all of this is an overreaction. And I don't think it's that people are utter idiots, it's that their emotions are taking over - like with every topic - and then they rationalize their side, or point of view.
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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
If a mask reduced the possibility of getting or spreading the virus 1% why wouldn't you wear it?
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There are 1000s of harmful things in our world and 1000s of things we can do that would reduce those harmful things by 1%, yet we don't do them. Decrease driving accidents, cleaner environment, better eating (which will save our health and the health system), reducing suicide, concussion protocols, possibility of war etc... I could go on. We don't take actions that would reduce those likelihoods by 1% so why do it for Corona? How would we even start to rank what's the most harmful thing for us and then decide to take action to reduce that by 1%?
It would take too much time and too many resources and we as humans just don't do that for good and bad reasons. We live with risk and we go about our day as best we can, moving forward making things better a bit at a time. There are far more dangerous things to worry about out there than Corona.
BTW, the lockdown is said to have increased tuberculosis in the world by 5 million cases over the next few years and 1.4 million deaths. That's just one adverse affect of the lockdown. 1.4 million deaths ... now you ask me about people who are so utterly stupid ... again, it's not that they are stupid, it's that this issue is now politicized and that's one more reason why (on top of my rationale above and belief they are generally not needed) I don't wear a mask.