Coronavirus
Out of context: Reply #4802
- Started
- Last post
- 6,399 Responses
- drgs1
How much politics is there in covidomania?
The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown
https://www.theatlantic.com/poli…"For many progressives, extreme vigilance was in part about opposing Donald Trump. Some of this reaction was born of deeply felt frustration with how he handled the pandemic. It could also be knee-jerk. “If he said, ‘Keep schools open,’ then, well, we’re going to do everything in our power to keep schools closed,” Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco, told me. Gandhi describes herself as “left of left,” but has alienated some of her ideological peers because she has advocated for policies such as reopening schools and establishing a clear timeline for the end of mask mandates. “We went the other way, in an extreme way, against Trump’s politicization,” Gandhi said. Geography and personality may have also contributed to progressives’ caution: Some of the most liberal parts of the country are places where the pandemic hit especially hard, and Hetherington found that the very liberal participants in his survey tended to be the most neurotic."
CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask
https://apnews.com/article/cdc-m…Now the CDC wants to shut down 'hygiene theater'
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/…Texas fully reopened 1 month ago:
https://www.worldometers.info/co…Dicsuss
- just as trump and brexit did, covid has split people into two opposing camps, neither of which will countenance the others' point of view.hans_glib
- in each case. both sides have their own truth, inviolate and indupitable.hans_glib
- I stopped posting in this thread for months. It wasn't only trump, folks give you funny eye just for saying 'herd immunity' here because Boris said it once.kingsteven
- I agree that many people allow themselves to fall into these tribal factions. It's wild. Me, I'm sticking with the science and over-indexing on not getting ill.nb
- eg. It's becoming clear that being outside is pretty safe regardless of group, masks, distance, etc. I like outside. Love patios. Love the park, love the beach.nb
- Madrid has had no real lock down since March 2020, Barcelona has been shut for a long time. The numbers between the two cities aren't that different.Chimp
- "It's becoming clear that being outside is pretty safe" - nb.
I can't wait for when it will become clear to you that Earth revolves around Sun.pr2 - Let me know where to send in ducktape to keep your head from exploding with this new-found knowledge. Postage is one me.pr2
- I love it when pr2 tries to take a victory lap and then shits the bed with something like "Postage is one me". Fucking hilarious.garbage
- Imagine being so deluded you can ignore reality and still think EVERYONE is wrong. Every government, every epidemiologist, everyone.monospaced
- He's like our own personal Dunning-Kruger generator.garbage
- @pr2: EVERYONE. HATES. YOU. FUCK. OFFnb