Ok, how did you come up with that from my post?
My point is that the conspiracy theorists here who deny there is a problem are fools. As for your .2%, that's great, tell it to this man's wife, I'm sure she'll feel better about it now that you've pointed it out.
Don’t like numbers? Every death is a tragedy. Last time I checked, we all die
This story feeds your narative not mine. It’s not data. It’s very likely propaganda. Maybe he had an alergic reaction to his treatment.
It is real. It exists. People get sick, people die from it.
Only a crackpot would say that it DOESN'T exist.
Even young seemingly healthy people die from strains of flu in normal years, and this poor man may have been one of those types of people. It is sad, and it happens.
Everything from blaming it on his not wearing a mask, to him being Republican, to malfeasance or malpractice on the part of medical people who were caring for him is as distasteful and shameful as a crackpot who says "the virus doesn't exist".
It is also distasteful and shameful to characterize people questioning or resistance to unnecessary, draconian, and unconstitutional measures as "crackpots" or treating them as such, which I also see in this forum.
The REAL PROBLEM is OUR response as a nation to this virus:
THOSE things are not fraudulent. THOSE things are both real ramifications going on now, and undeniable (if not likely) possibilities. All of those things are going to have real and far-reaching consequences, and denial of that makes a person just as ignorant as someone who says the "virus doesn't exist".
In a sane world, we would give THOSE people who deny these long reaching effects the same treatment we should give the crackpots who say "the virus doesn't exist".
If this had been a pathogen with a 40% mortality rate like Buobonic Plague, all of those things listed above would be justified, and furthermore, you wouldn't have complaints about infringements on civil rights, abuses by government, or complaints about wearing masks.
People would not only readily tolerate these things, but might even barricade themselves in their houses and arm themselves to prevent contact with others who might want to interact with them against their will.
But THIS pandemic is NOT that. This pandemic should be treated by the general population who do not fall into risk categories no differently than a severe flu, and those who DO fall into risk categories should be protected by themselves, and by institutions who may provide care to them.
This INSANE hollowing out of an economy, abuse of government power, and general damage to the cohesion of society is completely asinine for something which ostensibly kills roughly 2% of the people it infects overall, though I have major issues with even that calculation.
To blame the resistance of people to heel to obvious infringements on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on crackpots who say the "virus doesn't exist" is just as reprehensible and disgusting as the crackpots who say "the virus doesn't exist". At least they have the excuse of being "crackpots".