Originally Posted by
GoldfishMan
One more thing I'd like to point out. There's a big elephant in the room regarding people who are in the "anti" camp. Those that want life to continue as before and do not want to consider COVID as a problem. Let's call them Muppets for simplicity.
The big problem with these Muppets is this:
It is true that there are a lot of other causes of death that are comparable to COVID. However, none of them need lockdowns, social distancing, or generally any type of mitigation mandated by the Gov that would affect the lives of Muppets a whole lot. Wear a seat-belt, higher priced ciggies, closing beaches after a shark attack, etc. All easy to do, no suffering for the Muppets.
Then we come to COVID mitigation. Muppets need to stay home all the time, their livelihoods are lost, they can't go for a punt, etc... Whoa it's a scam!
See, the ONLY reason these Muppets are downplaying COVID as a problem, calling it a scam, is because of the required mitigation that affects their lives. If car crashes needed the same kind of level of mitigation as COVID (eg. You have to wear a helmet when driving), the same Muppets would be calling Scam on car crashes too. Or if the only thing needed to prevent COVID was to wear a seat belt, do you think these Muppets would still be calling it a scam?