@pete wait, wouldn't a plastic bag be really likely to kill grandma
@orionwl You don't wear the plastic bag to protect yourself. You wear the plastic bag to protect others.
@orionwl @max_1337 Having curfews apply to homeless people, forcing them into overcrowded shelters that we *know* are hotbeds of disease rather than being safely isolated outdoors, is another great example of "WTF were you actually trying to accomplish here?"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-court-ruling-homeless-curfew-1.5889075
@orionwl @pete @max_1337 same here, the virus preys on people outside after 6 pm...
one year into this thing and I still don’t know anyone (or anyone who knows anyone) who experienced more than minor symptoms in this coastal beach town with 45% retirees, I guess we are living in a bubble compared to the national news...what is virtual and what is real...
@jon @orionwl @max_1337 The fact is even in the at risk crowd covid infections just aren't a life sentence. Likely 95% survival for >70 year olds. Likely better as audits of death certificates have repeatedly found evidence that significant %'s of people are being reported as covid deaths when covid just wasn't the main cause of their deaths. It's just a fact that hospitals in many places have financial incentives to overstate.
@jon @orionwl @max_1337 We really need people to be facing criminal fraud charges for this nonsense. The difference between 99% survival and 99.9% is very significant for society. Lying about things like that to pad your own pockets is evil.
If we don't, it will happen again. And it has happened before: H1N1 turned out to be overhyped.
@midnightmagic @orionwl @pete @max_1337 I still haven't heard a viable argument in favour of curfews. Only corner cases that essentially boil down to being penny-wise and pound-foolish.
@kekcoin @midnightmagic @orionwl @pete @max_1337 we’re in curfews since the end of the 2nd national lockdown and now it looks like we’ll go right back into a 3rd national lockdown
@jon @midnightmagic @orionwl @pete @max_1337 I think you might have mentioned it before but the full text search function is disabled on this instance and I cba to check - where do you live?
@kekcoin @midnightmagic @orionwl @pete @max_1337 somewhere between the ocean and the cloud ;)
@jon @midnightmagic @orionwl @pete @max_1337 Fair. Was just curious what nation that "national lockdown" referred to :)
@pete @orionwl