Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by jseban on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:24AM
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Enough with this fear mongering bullshit please, what are you trying to achieve, is it fun to spread panic? Show a proper statistically significant excess mortality, or stop talking about people dying.
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by AnthonBerg on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:34AM
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Three statements of fact were presented.
It is another fact that excess mortality has been shown, clearly and repeatedly.
It is also a fact that there is a theory in psychology that anger stems from fear.
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by celticninja on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:39AM
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Oh please stop acting like you are some genius for figuring out that 1% can seem small. Would you accept 1% of Jeff Bezos wealth? Or is that too small for you?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron...
by DFHippie on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:09PM
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I am pointing out a) that some people doing fine is not proof that no one need be concerned, and b) there is separate reason for concern. If the pandemic had not initially been treated as a political problem but as a public health problem a lot of suffering would have been spared. And to call making these points "fear mongering bullshit" is to continue treating it as a political problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias