Originally Posted by
Satch12879
My boss, who’s a sort of reasonable lefty, was saying to me yesterday that the CDC numbers thing was “trolls starting shit.” I held my tongue even though of all people in my life I feel he’s probably the one normie I could be relatively open with. It wasn’t entirely clear, but it actually sounded like he was describing the situation completely backwards.
Then he went on about young people and kids getting it, to which I gently stated the fatality rate for people between like 2 and 50 are tiny, fractions of a percent. He sort of shrugged and listened to that, thankfully. This was part of him repeating his concern about “upticks” once things re-open.
I got another approving nod when I mentioned that I’m cautiously skeptical whether people will permit another lockdown in the fall/winter once flu season starts. Then I said I was amazed at how easily people just lied down for all this madness. Another nod.
He’s a business owner and we’ve shrank massively. We both believe we’re in for serious economic peril next year.
It ended with a repeat of the total number of “deaths.”
“That’s a lot.”
I held my tongue again and didn’t argue that we have no idea how much of that is legit. I’m not quick enough to bring up excess mortality, historical incidents, etc. That being said, I think the co-morbidity aspect is probably not that good of an arguing point, all things considered; it’s too emotionally charged and only pisses people off. Dying “with” and dying “from” is a contentious matter. Comparative analogies don’t seem effective.
The absolutely phony death attribution, however, is a real thing. Again, though, how successful is that argument point? “Why would doctors/nurses/saints/heroes just lie???”
Fuck, I just want my life back.