Originally Posted by
Mark Rippetoe
Right. Nobody died. This is true almost everywhere, because the survival rate of COVID-19 is 99.97%. Yet society has been transformed under the charade of "The Deadly COVID-19 Pandemic." All of this shit falls out of this giant lie. The economic devastation, the suicides, lost businesses, lost relationships, lost relatives are all the result of this lie. You seem like a very good man, but the bigger picture here has apparently eluded you. The Mask is medically pointless in the vast majority of situations, but it is the symbol of the fear that makes society obey. I realize that working in a hospital colors your perspective, but the rest of society has been irrevocably damaged by this lie, and your observation that "masks and attentiveness to distance and handwashing appear to have made a difference and controlled the spread of the virus in a fairly controlled setting" is utterly irrelevant to the greater situation, and completely misses the point that the rest of us are trying to deal with on a daily basis, as we attempt to salvage what is left of normal life.
I don't care if masks and attentiveness to distance and handwashing appear to have made a difference and controlled the spread of the virus in a fairly controlled setting. I care about the 99.97% of us that will survive this version of the flu. More importantly, I care that kids are being taught to be afraid of personal contact, that grandparents are dying alone and afraid for absolutely no reason, that gyms are closed and people are losing their ability to stay healthy, that bars and restaurants are closing up for good, that the social fabric we have evolved over centuries is now the casualty of politics, that peoples' lives are the distant considerations of media scum and political criminals who enjoy the power that the fear they have manufactured has given them. As long as professionals such as yourself cannot rise above your immediate circumstances and gain some larger perspective, you remain the ally of those who enjoy the control. I'm truly sorry, but this is the truth.