Posted on 08/09/2020 4:26:58 AM PDT by impimp
It’s just the flu, bro.
Worldometer has US cases dropping for nearly 4 weeks now. We are on a downward path for Coronavirus deaths. Even tens of thousands of tests with many false positives can’t stop the inevitable decline in CV. This decline will make many people unhappy. They will say and believe stupid things such as “it’s a shame that CV cases are dropping because it will cause us to let down our guard.” These people are deranged.
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This is a bit off the topic of Coronavirus and lockdowns but I think it may be related - Are people stupider than ever? I think people have more access to information that ever before but I just think that actual intelligence is dropping. I also think wisdom is dropping because we have seen a large drop in knowing right from wrong. Much of the CV hysteria is rooted in these things - more information, less intelligence, and less wisdom.
Worldometer has US cases dropping for nearly 4 weeks now. We are on a downward path for Coronavirus deaths. Even tens of thousands of tests with many false positives can’t stop the inevitable decline in CV. This decline will make many people unhappy. They will say and believe stupid things such as “it’s a shame that CV cases are dropping because it will cause us to let down our guard.” These people are deranged.
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This is a bit off the topic of Coronavirus and lockdowns but I think it may be related - Are people stupider than ever? I think people have more access to information that ever before but I just think that actual intelligence is dropping. I also think wisdom is dropping because we have seen a large drop in knowing right from wrong. Much of the CV hysteria is rooted in these things - more information, less intelligence, and less wisdom.
Ping. Freepmail Impimp to go on the ping list.
In before the Craven?
IBK
My friend’s son who is a cop in a small town in Alabama has it along with most of the police department. He has been going out with his other friends and his girlfriend who all have it. It isn’t slowing them down much.
IBK
I don’t think that people are getting much stupider, it’s just that now the Internet lets people display their stupidity so much more widely.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - 08/08/2020 04:15 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The fourth Covid-19 test result for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative Saturday after he received conflicting positive and negative results two days before, ahead of a scheduled meeting with President Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-negative-coronavirus-392718
Presidential Memoranda
Presidential Memoranda
Executive Orders
Presidential Memoranda
Re: Are people stupider.
I think “stupid” isn’t it as much a “unable to research and come to a conclusion.” Pre-internet one had to go to many different sources and gather information to draw a conclusion. Even something like the evening news or a newspaper did more things like present the story without providing what you were expected to think about it.
Today they just hop to Wiki - the “expert of experts” - to find out what you are supposed to think about things. The problem, as you obviously know, is that these single-source sources are very biased, and often incorrect. “Snopes says” is another great example of this.
I see this on the conservative side, too. I remember some 20ish years ago hearing about a supreme court decision on the radio news at work. I wasn’t sure what I thought about it, and breathlessly waited until lunch when I could run out to the car and listen to Rush. So I would know what to think. About half-way through that I realized what a fool I was. Certainly, it is fair to listen to Rush to hear a perspective, but to use him as my single-source made me as much of a sheep as we accuse the left of being. Very eye opening.
You can also see it in the way they Google-search things. They take the top entry, even if it has nothing to do with the topic they were searching for, or not even noticing it is an ad. They just don’t know how to research. Meanwhile, I’ll look at the top results, tweak the search criteria, look again, and fine tune until I see a consensus from a variety of sources.
So while you are right it is a drop in knowing right from wrong, I think it also is a case of not knowing there is a difference, or how to find the difference.
The source link needs to be change. The link when to what appears to be a hacker page. The url is misspelled.
The source link needs to be change. The link appears to be a hacker page. The url is misspelled.
Yes, common sense is becoming a thing of the past.
Also
42 US Code 300aa-22
No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine....
“””This is a bit off the topic of Coronavirus and lockdowns but I think it may be related - Are people stupider than ever? I think people have more access to information that ever before but I just think that actual intelligence is dropping. I also think wisdom is dropping because we have seen a large drop in knowing right from wrong. Much of the CV hysteria is rooted in these things - more information, less intelligence, and less wisdom.”””
Thinking is hard work.
It’s easier to let others do that and not question what’s seen reported or posted to some internet forum.
How much does 7 boxes of tissue at $1 per box cost? Ask my phone. Or my neighbor ‘cause it’s too hard to find the calculator app on my phone. Or search engine, though would have to type and click some things. That’s a lot of effort. Wheew!
Rather than independence and self-reliance, promote reliance on others and have others shoulder the consequences of my mistakes. No thinking required.
Hold everyone back to the least common denominator.
Personal death is scary. Most don’t want to contemplate what comes after death though not guaranteed their next breath.
Please don’t disrupt my distractions(Roman Circuses) from having to think about my eternity.
Boo!
That is for sure!!
Required reading bump!
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
It is in the middle of the page and typically takes a few seconds to load up. It shows that deaths have dropped off to almost nothing in the USA.
It is on a time lag on CDC...their numbers won’t make sense unless you look back 4 months.
We’re heading back into lockdown, second wave is much greater than the first.
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