Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing
by qeternity on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:25PM
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Deaths have absolutely plummeted, and correlations have very clearly broken from previous "waves". But in order to extract compliance from the population, there needs to be a call to action, so the goalposts were moved to infections, as opposed to hospitalizations/deaths.
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This and similar arguments begin from an assumption of bad faith by scientists.
It’s unbecoming.
You should care about the number of cases because each case is a potential for a new mutation that could be the one that bypasses vaccines or becomes more deadly or …use your imagination.
Nobody cares about controlling you, and if they did they wouldn’t use facts covid they would just use tanks.
> Nobody cares about controlling you, and if they did they wouldn’t use facts covid they would just use tanks.
This is a really great way to cause revolt. Why do you think China retains such an iron grip over information? It’s how you control a large population.
Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing
by silent_cal on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:43PM
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After the past two years it'll be a long time before I ever trust a "scientist".
Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing
by yellowfish on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:45PM
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> Deaths have absolutely plummeted
From my experience it can take a month or two until the plug is pulled, a lot of people who are discharged to LTACs also don't make it but it takes a bit