[Mike80911]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

The Denialist Playbook
Darwin is now handing the deniers.

1. Doubt the Science
2. Question Scientists’ Motives and Integrity
3. Magnify Disagreements among Scientists and Cite Gadflies as Authorities
4. Exaggerate Potential Harm
5. Appeal to Personal Freedom
6. Reject Whatever Would Repudiate A Key Philosophy

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-denialist-playbook/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

I have had 5 friends die from the virus I would not call any of the 5 ignorant or science deniers. All 5 had serious underlying conditions. Do you really consider the people who died all over the world to be deniers? I also had friends a husband and wife in their 50s and reasonably good health contract the virus, both ended up in the hospital. He was released in a week she was told they were going to put her on a ventilator because she was getting worse. She told them under no circumstances would she go on a ventilator. She was released a couple of weeks later fully recovered. To this day she insists if she was put on the ventilator she would not have survived.