Corona Virus

[Happy Panther]

Just now, SmokinwithWilly said:

The rest of the world didn't make it so damn political. This country has never been more divided politically. Media outlets don't even care about truth, just money. This citizens of this country have been lied to by so many for so long there is zero trust or faith in anything anymore. Even in a time when logic should tell us to come together, we just can't. What you're seeing is the result of decades of lying without consequences or liability.

 

It's not the media's fault unless you are a mindless drone. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

6 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

It's not the media's fault unless you are a mindless drone. 

So CNN, FOX MSNBC and the thousands of other news networks have no responsibility for what the "news" they report as fact? That's like saying that you bear no responsibility for someone getting trampled after you scream fire in a crowded theater. 

You can say anything you want as long as free speech, right. Truth be damned. And that's exactly how you get to where this country is right now. 

[Happy Panther]

7 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

So CNN, FOX MSNBC and the thousands of other news networks have no responsibility for what the "news" they report as fact? That's like saying that you bear no responsibility for someone getting trampled after you scream fire in a crowded theater. 

You can say anything you want as long as free speech, right. Truth be damned. And that's exactly how you get to where this country is right now. 

We have been through this. If you are relying on the bolded then you get what you deserve. Out of those thousands there are some unbiased sources. You should be reading dozens of news sources besides those. Especially foreign sources. The UK has some great outlets.

And go directly to the source. Do some research.

Your fault.

Edited July 19, 2020 by Happy Panther

[stirs]

27 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

It's not the media's fault unless you are a mindless drone. 

Don't blow a fuse man, just think as you're told.

[Shotgun]

5 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Yep, and you look back at what you think should have been done differently during this pandemic.  Just a more current case of whataboutism, that's all.  I'm sure your 20/20 hind site going back to February is ironclad as what should have been done differently.  Please tell me how could we staved off this pandemic?  Locking down the entire county indefinitely and wearing masks 24/7 isn't realistic, so please enlighten me, how do we get rid of this in a real world scenario?

We all know the answer....stop with all the testing! 

[Happy Panther]

22 minutes ago, Shotgun said:

We all know the answer....stop with all the testing! 

Also send all the data to the white house instead of the CDC!

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

The rest of the world didn't make it so damn political. This country has never been more divided politically. Media outlets don't even care about truth, just money. This citizens of this country have been lied to by so many for so long there is zero trust or faith in anything anymore. Even in a time when logic should tell us to come together, we just can't. What you're seeing is the result of decades of lying without consequences or liability.

 

You and your fellow dumbasses were the ones who listened to the politicization. Virtually no actual medical professionals agree with your side. Stop listening to the politicians and start listening to the medical professionals.

[klumme]

5 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Please tell me how could we staved off this pandemic?  Locking down the entire county indefinitely and wearing masks 24/7 isn't realistic, so please enlighten me, how do we get rid of this in a real world scenario?

Well were I am from (Denmark) we pretty much did that, though without the masks. Now everything is open again, sport is open and with fans in the stands etc etc. 

[stirs]

 

Hopeful

 

[Tbe]

11 minutes ago, klumme said:

Well were I am from (Denmark) we pretty much did that, though without the masks. Now everything is open again, sport is open and with fans in the stands etc etc. 

Shared sacrifice and patiently playing the long game.
 

What an innovative solution.

Edited July 19, 2020 by Tbe

[stirs]

Maybe instead of everyone being "holier than thou" and smarter than everyone else, you look at again, the reasons people are not responding to the virus the same way.  Not a lack of intelligence, but trust.  Social media and politics are poison when searching for the truth.

[Happy Panther]

12 minutes ago, stirs said:

  Not a lack of intelligence, but trust.  Social media and politics are poison when searching for the truth.

So don't do that?

[LinvilleGorge]

18 minutes ago, stirs said:

Maybe instead of everyone being "holier than thou" and smarter than everyone else, you look at again, the reasons people are not responding to the virus the same way.  Not a lack of intelligence, but trust.  Social media and politics are poison when searching for the truth.

It's a lack of intelligence that leads to a lack of trust that is due to what is found in social media and spewing from the mouths of politicians. When all the virologists and epidemiologists are saying one thing and your idiot friends who barely graduated HS and a politician who is ignoring his own advisors say the opposite, well yeah... it's lack of intelligence that leads to believing group B over group A.

[Tbe]

24 minutes ago, stirs said:

Maybe instead of everyone being "holier than thou" and smarter than everyone else, you look at again, the reasons people are not responding to the virus the same way.  Not a lack of intelligence, but trust.  Social media and politics are poison when searching for the truth.

Absolutely, trust is the issue. So is social media, ‘traditional’ political media, etc. They all profit by building tribes.

But when a person chooses to side with politicians and conspiracy theories over the medical community....well that takes a serious lack of intelligence.

Lets also be real about what’s really happening here. People just don’t want ‘their side’ to be wrong. Believing the medical community would mean saying their side and ‘their guy’ messed up. Therefore, they need to invent crazy conspiracies to make everything make sense.

99.9% of the time the truth is the simplest explanation.