Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity
by Spivak on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:44AM
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> And you can use scare words like “3000 corpses a day” but that is propaganda.
You're confusing emotionally charged, high-impact words with propaganda. Having a policy of talking about the dead in a sterile detached way is also a rhetoric choice that affects perception and is just as much "propaganda" by your own standard.
What you're calling "propaganda" is "using words that make something sound more serious than I think it is" or "using words to make something sound less serious than I think it is."
> Only reason I got the vaccine was I had no reason not to.
That's the reason I wear a mask.
> You are free to continue hunkering down in fear. But kindly stop forcing others to cater to your fear.
The only thing that's being asked of anyone is to get vaccinated, wear a mask indoors, and stay home if you're sick. The first two cost you nothing and you should be staying home with any illness anyway.
> Get your vaccine and move on.
I have moved on, except for wearing a mask when in close contact and having to show proof of it for large events, life has literally gone back to normal.
You're confusing emotionally charged, high-impact words with propaganda. Having a policy of talking about the dead in a sterile detached way is also a rhetoric choice that affects perception and is just as much "propaganda" by your own standard.
What you're calling "propaganda" is "using words that make something sound more serious than I think it is" or "using words to make something sound less serious than I think it is."
> Only reason I got the vaccine was I had no reason not to.
That's the reason I wear a mask.
> You are free to continue hunkering down in fear. But kindly stop forcing others to cater to your fear.
The only thing that's being asked of anyone is to get vaccinated, wear a mask indoors, and stay home if you're sick. The first two cost you nothing and you should be staying home with any illness anyway.
> Get your vaccine and move on.
I have moved on, except for wearing a mask when in close contact and having to show proof of it for large events, life has literally gone back to normal.