The police are behind many murders.
I know that, in Clarendon the police had a death squad a couple years ago, some of the cops went on trial, but no matter how many are killed by police there is still a lot more killed by civilians. See that third article I linked above, it says that even in areas under state of emergency the murder rate is still increasing. But walk on the road with no masks and you can get arrested. If anything they should make it mandatory to wear body armor.
Crowds of 6, for fuckās sake. Didnāt see them this bullish when a bunch of black bloc commies were desecrating the cenotaph.
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Itās arbitrary restrictions that totally contradict each other for no discernible reason. No logic behind any of this, but if we donāt obey then the world will surely end.
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The danger that Covid poses is significant, but the lurching from one policy to another is absolutely hair brained.
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That is true, but the risk to kids is also extremely low unless they have some sort of immune system issues. And in that case they shouldāt be going to school either.
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This is the thing. You cannot say āgo back to the office, go back to schoolā and then qualify public gatherings with a maximum of 6.
Give me strength, itās enough to give you whiplash.
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Itās looking more and more like Sweden was right all along:
- Swedenās infection rate, once the highest in Europe, is now lower than in UK, Spain, France, Italy or Denmark
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Worse economic performance that their Nordic neighbors?
10x the death rate?
Nowhere near herd immunity?
Also, I lived in Sweden so I can tell you that the country every year grinds to a halt during the summer months. Weāll see how it pans out in the fallā¦
It looks like Sweden was rightā¦for Swedenā¦
(From the article):
āThe reason we have relatively low transmission now is largely due to the fact that so many Stockholmers are following the recommendations to stay home when youāre sick, wash hands and keep your distanceāā¦
āThe Swedish government has long cited a high level of trust in authorities as a reason why virus measures can be voluntary rather than enforcedā.
Does this even begin to sound like something that would have worked in the U.S.?
Not even close.
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We already discussed the economy some time ago, it was only slightly worse than neighboring countries and largely due to the fact that they closed their borders with Sweden. You have to look at the long term implications and not just what happened at the beginning, and remember that the deaths were mostly in nursing homes just like other places.
It might not be near herd immunity, but if the infection rate is that low now then what is really going on and why? Iām guessing that the many people who were most likely to get infected (those going out in public regularly and socializing with others) have already caught the virus so while the population as a whole might not be immune, there are less people remaining that have a high chance of infection.
Donāt blame the policies, blame the people. Aside from being able to behave in a responsible manner, Iām pretty sure Swedes are on average in much better health than Americans, so what works in one place might not work in another. Of course full lockdowns were a terrible idea, it was excusable at first because nobody knew what was going on but it quickly became clear that this approach caused more problems than it could solve.
An appropriate response is to do more research if it is something that is important to you.
With something like wearing a mask, I accept it tentatively. I donāt see much down side and there isnāt data to research. With a vaccine, I would have to research it a bit.
Blindly believing an official narrative is silly, but so is believing other conspiracy narratives that have nothing backing them up. I am seeing both of these happen a lot with Corona.
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re Vietnam:
Ok, but Swedenās neighborsā economies are down too, so this isnāt really comparabel at all.
Thatās why I donāt jump to conclusions about either, and if there is nothing backing it up then I ignore it completely. Unfortunately a lot of public policies have nothing to back them up either so sometimes itās hard to ignore.
I was.
It can be the greatest Policy in the Worldā¦but if people are going to piss all over itā¦itās not worth the paper itās written on.
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False. #lockdowns4life, bro. Get on Team Face Diaper
Polio vaccine is for weaklings. Suck it up.
#ironlungforlife
#beaman
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It can cause polio too though
https://www.who.int/csr/don/01-september-2020-polio-sudan/en/
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Some people are now wearing masks in their own houses. The other day I was sitting in my car in a residential neighborhood waiting for someone, a woman in the house across the street opened her door wearing a mask, stepped outside, then went back in. About 5 minutes later she came back out, still wearing a mask, and was tending to some of the plants in her yard.
Thank God.
I saw a former Mayor swimming laps while wearing one.