Friday, August 7, 2020

True facts about COVID-19

We don't know too much exactly about this but let's debunk some of the obvious myths by stating what we know to be true.

Wearing a mask won't stop the spread indoors. No, seriously, it won't. The virus's spread depends on airborne circulation. This means that no matter how much you dampen the moisture particles' spread with a mask or other facial covering, there will be particles to circulate around.

We're not all going to die from it! Most of us won't. In fact, the death rate is currently estimated to be 0.3%. That's still three times higher than seasonal flu but it also is not terrible.

Trump isn't killing us with the virus! No, seriously, I've come across death cult members trying to tell me that Trump is to blame for the COVID-19 deaths as if he actually spread the disease. The Lincoln Project is really demented in trying to pin the blame on Trump here. Early on, he was following the advice of his "experts" who were telling him not to lockdown, not to close borders, not to think this disease was something of concern. He listened to them. He would have been vilified if he hadn't listened to his experts then! No one can actually be held responsible unless they actually directly caused it. So unless there is sufficient proof that the virus is a biological weapon, we probably shouldn't be rushing to sue China over it either. (I do maintain that it leaked from a lab but that is different than stating it is a biological weapon.) Further, Trump isn't killing our economy. In fact, he was the only one who warned that these lockdowns would produce an effect of killing our economy, increasing mental illness rates, and leaving people impoverished. He let the local leaders take care of most everything. And the local leaders that decided to open up again were all chastised by the press. What is it exactly they want? Less infections? Less deaths? People back to work? Or Trump gone. The people pinning the blame on Trump here aren't actually principled, they're pursuing political power.

A vaccine won't end up getting us back to work! This is true. Just to put it bluntly, as long as the media sees people getting infected with COVID-19, they're going to continue in this zombified state of demanding perpetual shutdowns. A vaccine won't do diddly, especially with the virus mutating.

We've lost containment of the virus! This is most important, really. And it shows also the contrast and comparison. Were the lockdowns worth it? They didn't contain anything. The disease spread. All they did was destroy our livelihoods, our church communities, and our relationships with our fellow human beings.

The virus doesn't play politics! Listen, whether you're out protesting police brutality, or gathered at a Trump rally, or actively pillaging and raping our inner cities, the virus is going to spread. That said, Americans have every right to protest lockdowns and they have every right to protest police brutality. But apparently, some governors played their totalitarian hands and said protesting lockdowns threatened public health. That was never criticized as totalitarian by the "Never-Trumpers" who said he was playing fascist by ordering barbarians to be rounded up and sent to prison (not peaceful protesters!).

COVID-19 is not the only cause of death! Okay, this one really gets to me. I've joked about it, I've satirized it, I've sarcastically jested about it. But seriously, ever since COVID-19 started all our public health officials have been dedicated to is mitigating COVID-19. They suggest people avoid the hospitals, they've closed our mental institutions, they've forbidden in-person psychiatric sessions, Governor Rot-Face in Virginia doesn't even have enough beds for his psychiatric wards! The more we act like COVID-19 is the only cause of death, the more our public officials will be responsible for non-COVID-19 deaths. It is reprehensible that we are acting this way. And they'll have a lot more blood than they can pin on Trump. Who's the death cult member now?

Finally, COVID-19 is not an excuse to play party politics. Whether you're Democrat, Indpendent, Green Party, Republican, or Libertarian, Monarchist, etc., we can all stand together against the nonsensical lockdowns of the government. And only if we do this can we expect lockdowns to end. I posted an apology on Facebook where I mentioned how the COVID-19 lockdowns have negatively affected my mental health. So many people flocked in support to like it that I know. People on various different ends of the political spectrum. Lockdowns are not a matter that are grounded in party politics. Rational people can see and understand how the disconnection is negatively affecting people. The question is really more of a matter of whether we choose to cower in fear of our totalitarian overlords or denounce them as naked in front of their faces!

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