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Apr 18 2022 05:57pm
Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Apr 18 2022 04:53pm)
It could be wrong, which is why we take the most favorable end of every piece of data.

Meaning that not only would one data point need to be wrong, but every single data point would need to be massively wrong all in the same direction and by a huge magnitude that far outstrips any known source of error.

Sure, it could happen, but let's be real here. That's just not gonna happen.


You sound so sexy when you talk science, Netflix.

Anyway, I am simply not sold on how bad the covid situation is. If there truly had been as many deaths as the media would have us believe, morgues would be full of corpses. But that doesn't seem to be happening. I have also heard of the government padding of covid numbers (don't ask me for a source though). Anyway, it doesn't matter. It seems pointless to me to argue whether covid is much worse than the flu or is only slightly worse.
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Apr 18 2022 05:58pm
Quote (JessiWan @ Apr 18 2022 06:57pm)
You sound so sexy when you talk science, Netflix.

Anyway, I am simply not sold on how bad the covid situation is. If there truly had been as many deaths as the media would have us believe, morgues would be full of corpses. But that doesn't seem to be happening. I have also heard of the government padding of covid numbers (don't ask me for a source though). Anyway, it doesn't matter. It seems pointless to me to argue whether covid is much worse than the flu or is only slightly worse.


So you're running away again. Nice.

Covid was bad enough that without significant mitigation efforts, even if we took the absolute best case scenario and gave every possible unrealistic assumption to the robustness of our healthcare system, we would have still been royally fucked.
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Apr 18 2022 06:00pm
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So you're running away again. Nice.


I see that "winning" online debates is important to you for ego-intensive purposes.

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Covid was bad enough that without significant mitigation efforts, even if we took the absolute best case scenario and gave every possible unrealistic assumption to the robustness of our healthcare system, we would have still been royally fucked.


I am simply not sold on how bad the covid situation is. Doesn't matter how many adjectives and exclamation marks you throw in.
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Apr 18 2022 06:09pm
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I see that "winning" online debates is important to you for ego-intensive purposes.

I am simply not sold on how bad the covid situation is. Doesn't matter how many adjectives and exclamation marks you throw in.


That's fine. You're allowed to be wrong and actively ignore evidence. As long as you're honest about it :)
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Apr 18 2022 06:10pm
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That's fine. You're allowed to be wrong and actively ignore evidence. As long as you're honest about it :)


Sometimes I wish I could fantasize as well as you do.
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Apr 18 2022 06:18pm
Quote (JessiWan @ Apr 18 2022 07:10pm)
Sometimes I wish I could fantasize as well as you do.


Nah, you just admitted you will ignore all the evidence if you don't like what it suggests.
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Apr 18 2022 06:18pm
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I am simply not sold on how bad the covid situation is. Doesn't matter how many adjectives and exclamation marks you throw in.


A top 10 pandemic of all time by deaths and you don't think it was that bad? The 2010s ebola outbreaks killed less than 20k people you would think that was a world-ender the way right-wing media portrayed it. In 3 years it did what covid does in America in a couple weeks.
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Apr 18 2022 06:19pm
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Nah, you just admitted you will ignore all the evidence if you don't like what it suggests.


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Apr 18 2022 06:20pm
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A top 10 pandemic of all time by deaths and you don't think it was that bad? The 2010s ebola outbreaks killed less than 20k people you would think that was a world-ender the way right-wing media portrayed it. In 3 years it did what covid does in America in a couple weeks.


Lol dude, why do you care whether I believe covid is bad or not.
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Apr 18 2022 06:21pm
Quote (JessiWan @ Apr 18 2022 07:20pm)
Lol dude, why do you care whether I believe covid is bad or not.


Fun to point out dishonesty.
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