Fess up. Who’s still virtue signaling?

[tnt]

@zantax

And by very lethal you mean slightly worse than the flu.

What a stupid thing to say.

Over a million people have died of Covid in the US.

About 35K die every year of flu.

[tnt]

@JayJay

Even now after all this time, probably at least twice as lethal as the flu during the course of the pandemic.

And who knows what the long term effects on people will be?

Way more than twice.

1M dead over the pandemic.

35K a year of flu.

[zantax]

@tnt

@zantax

And by very lethal you mean slightly worse than the flu.

What a stupid thing to say.

Over a million people have died of Covid in the US.

About 35K die every year of flu.

Of or with? Not the same. And I was referring to young healthy people, how many of them have died from, not with, covid? More kids died of the flu last year than covid.

[JayJay]

Walls are not easy to do.

They are very costly and problematic.

They’re easy to make slogans about, though…

[tnt]

@zantax

Of or with? Not the same. And I was referring to young healthy people, how many of them have died from, not with, covid? More kids died of the flu last year than covid.

You didn’t say young and healthy people.

Comparing covid to the flu is idiotic.

[conan]

@Guilds

Too many Americans are spoiled brats, and any inconvenience, is labeled “taking away our freedom!!”

Sounds like pro-abortion crowd.

[zantax]

@tnt

@zantax

Of or with? Not the same. And I was referring to young healthy people, how many of them have died from, not with, covid? More kids died of the flu last year than covid.

You didn’t say young and healthy people.

Comparing covid to the flu is idiotic.

Yes I did. Or we were discussing them at any rate.

[tnt]

@zantax

Yes I did. Or we were discussing them at any rate.

I replied to OP’s question, and you replied with ignorance about covid and the flu.

Here, let me help you:

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@tnt

@Optrader

So if wearing masks allowed us to “regain” some freedoms, you are admitting that we first lost those freedoms. What was the justification for us losing those freedoms before mask mandates allowed us to regain them.
[/quote]

A very lethal, airborne virus was ripping through our country, killing thousands of americans a day and putting hundreds of thousands in the hospital, overwhelming the health care system.

And by very lethal you mean slightly worse than the flu.

No one was discussing young people.

[zantax]

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@zantax

Yes I did. Or we were discussing them at any rate.

I replied to OP’s question, and you replied with ignorance about covid and the flu.

Here, let me help you:

@zantax

@tnt

@Optrader

So if wearing masks allowed us to “regain” some freedoms, you are admitting that we first lost those freedoms. What was the justification for us losing those freedoms before mask mandates allowed us to regain them.
[/quote]

A very lethal, airborne virus was ripping through our country, killing thousands of americans a day and putting hundreds of thousands in the hospital, overwhelming the health care system.

And by very lethal you mean slightly worse than the flu.

No one was discussing young people.

Follow the up arrows until you get here.

Fess up. Who’s still virtue signaling?

You are being willfully obtuse. The question wasn’t “would other things have been as effective as the mandates?” The question was “Did the mandates have a positive affect?” And the answer is yes. and remember, at the time of the mandates, high quality masks were scarce. So your hypothetical alternative was impossible. In the absence of a high quality mask for everyone who needs one, low quality masks on EVERYONE is obviously a good choice because we know deaths and cases fell where that wa…

[tnt]

OP asked a simple question, not about the young and healthy.

My answer likewise in no way referenced a specific subset of the population.

[zantax]

@tnt

OP asked a simple question, not about the young and healthy.

My answer likewise in no way referenced a specific subset of the population.

The origination of the sub thread was about the young and healthy. I am not typing that caveat in every post because you can’t follow a discussion.

[tnt]

@zantax

The origination of the sub thread was about the young and healthy. I am not typing that caveat in every post because you can’t follow a discussion.

I answered a question that had nothing to do with age.

Pay attention to what you are replying to before posting idiotic comments.

[zantax]

@tnt

@zantax

The origination of the sub thread was about the young and healthy. I am not typing that caveat in every post because you can’t follow a discussion.

I answered a question that had nothing to do with age.

Pay attention to what you are replying to before posting idiotic comments.

In the context of a discussion that was discussing the effect on the young and healthy. Run along you bore me.

[tnt]

@zantax

In the context of a discussion that was discussing the effect on the young and healthy. Run along you bore me.

I dub thee Zanny the Never-Wrong!

I’ll type this slowly…my post wasn’t addressed to you. It was addressed to OP who asked a question that had NOTHING TO DO WITH THE YOUNG AND HEALTHY.

[zantax]

@tnt

@zantax

In the context of a discussion that was discussing the effect on the young and healthy. Run along you bore me.

I dub thee Zanny the Never-Wrong!

I’ll type this slowly…my post wasn’t addressed to you. It was addressed to OP who asked a question that had NOTHING TO DO WITH THE YOUNG AND HEALTHY.

And I will repeat but without caps, in a sub discussion about the effects on the young and healthy. How is this political debate and not just you trying to make this thread about me?

[mccoyfan]

Masks come in handy to coverup on days when one didnt have time to shave or to cover up the alcohol breath after lunch at work.

[Optrader]

@mccoyfan

Masks come in handy to coverup on days when one didnt have time to shave or to cover up the alcohol breath after lunch at work.

They cover homely people too. They’re not totally useless.

[Guilds]

@Mountain_Soldier

You’re right. People are all worked up over gender identity and pronouns… but you probably see those as legitimate grievances.

Very few are worked up about identity and pronouns…do you actually know any younger people, that fit into any of those categories?

[Guilds]

@conan

Sounds like pro-abortion crowd.

There is no pro-abortion crowd. Well, at least those that are on earth. Specifically, Earth 1.

[conan]