08-09-2021, 11:16 PM
I myself have not yet had any of my family or acquaintances get diagnosed with Covid. I have not met anyone with covid or anyone whose opinion I trust who has. How then do I know that Covid even exists, much less is a threat? Same way I know that the earth is round and that we landed on the moon.
In this same way I know how bad it has been in India where some estimates of actual infection rates and death tolls are on the order of 10 times the reported rates. Sure, the news could be all a bunch of lies but why single Covid out to be skeptical about? I "know" how bad it is in countries without vaccination and proper public health measures. Pushing back against such measures when people who are infinitely our betters in such matters (like Fauci) lobby for them is absolute folly.
In this same way I know how bad it has been in India where some estimates of actual infection rates and death tolls are on the order of 10 times the reported rates. Sure, the news could be all a bunch of lies but why single Covid out to be skeptical about? I "know" how bad it is in countries without vaccination and proper public health measures. Pushing back against such measures when people who are infinitely our betters in such matters (like Fauci) lobby for them is absolute folly.