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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
That raises an interesting question - has anyone compiled the series of projections, dire warnings, and stated goals for the various measures taken?
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I'm growing very cynical and suspect such reconciliation wouldn't matter one bit.
As Exhibit A, I present the climate change fear mongers, as aided by the blood thirsty press, who have been erroneously going on with sky-is-falling, end-of-the-world prognostications for at least three or four decades now. And despite being serially wrong (whether due to malfeasance or incompetence), they have succeeded in brain washing the masses into believing CO2 is an existential threat to the planet. Every day is a new opportunity to claim the hottest day here / wettest month there just to remind you how dire the situation is, when in actuality, there's plenty of modern records that contradict many of these bogus claims. But the climate alarmists and media know that the masses are too dumb to fact check them, and if some do, they'll just resort to name calling: naysayers, science deniers, enemies of the planet. That'll show those that get out of line...
And so it goes with the Covid: the media and politicians have stirred up a storm. It's hard to blame anyone for the confusion amd concern that permeated March/April of this year. Those were some scary times.
But for fcuk's sake: It's six month's later and Sweden has reached [essentially] zero Covid deaths for weeks despite limited precautions/lockdowns/masks/etc. That's an amazing result, and it turns the media and political rhetoric upside down: Sweden got it right.
Cue the indoctrinated haters: But their rates were higher than Norway! But less people would have died if they'd not been so reckless! We don't know that it's over, they could have a second wave! Think of all the [pick one: elderly, children, people, with health issues]!
It's the same shiz as the climate alarmists: The science is settled (not true)! It would have been even [pick one: warmer, drier, colder, wetter]! Think of children, the poor, the planet!
In this Idiocracy we live in, there will be no [accepted] public fact checking or reconciliation, nor will those that incrementally take power (in the name of safety!) give you back your freedom when the basis for such actions is later proven to be unwarranted. Tis sad....
We deserve better.