Just wonderin'

[Valjean]

Someone who I know ran into me yesterday while we were talking our dogs. Her 22 year old sister came down with it and had every symptom but low oxygen and was utterly sick and at risk of going to the hospital for days. She survived but has had a slow recovery. And most of the rest of the family got sick.

So literally personally know and literally died: no. But so what? What meaning is there to asking a small group of people if they know someone who died? Zero.

I also don't know of anyone who has gone skydiving, has worked on a tramp steamer or is a microbiologist. The question is meaningless.

I think it's implying that the the whole scare is overblown, and that the risk is vanishingly small.
Some people can't relate to statistics.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

His track record of mocking the virus, mask wearing and now death

When you have lost someone or know of someone who had lost someone to this virus, repeated "thats a no then"s make it a joke, not a current event

But the OP didn't have all of that. If you guys go strictly off of his other posts, there's no use in replying to the OP because you already guess his intent.

Reminds me when I was younger playing fighting video games. My brother kept telling me why do I keep going close to him in battle when I knew he would attack me. Why put myself in the crossfire when I didn't need to. If it's too personal and you have reserves over his posts, it doesn't make sense to reply to it. Choose your fights.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

You side stepped and didn't address the criticism. You and the OP share the same playbook: ask a question and ignore answers you don't like.

Wow. Haha. Wow. You don't even know my position over this topic.

What was your criticism?

I am usually direct in my questions. Readers get more out of it than I do.

 

[ChristineM]

But the OP didn't have all of that. If you guys go strictly off of his other posts, there's no use in replying to the OP because you already guess his intent.

Reminds me when I was younger playing fighting video games. My brother kept telling me why do I keep going close to him in battle when I knew he would attack me. Why put myself in the crossfire when I didn't need to. If it's too personal and you have reserves over his posts, it doesn't make sense to reply to it. Choose your fights.

He asked a question in the op the mocked the answers because the go against his conspiracy theory.

I am not interested in you irrelevant straw man

 

[Spirit of Light]

I'm sorry for your loss.

I live in a senior and disability retirement home and see a lot of healthy residents. Then a month or so later, one person dies for one reason or another. It goes through the building like wild fire. I'd say personally instead of focusing on whether one died because of "the" virus or something else (as if one deadly illness is more important than another), focus on keeping people alive and our loved ones at heart.

That is what the nurses and doctors do every day, they work over time on over time because the sick people need them.
To lose someone dear to us is always hard, and when a virus like covid-19 comes along and kill over half a million people in the world. It make an impact on us as human beings.
Would it hurt just as much if my aunt died a natural death when she was healthy? Yes of course.
This thread asked specifically about if we knew someone who died from covid-19, and when someone like me answered Yes. The OP starter become silent? Why, because he then can not argue in favor of the virus is not important?
Honestly I do not know his reason for the OP, not do it harm me when he answer back. But to not take covid-19 seriously is in my mind a fault.

I am 43 years old in a few days, have asthma and even I am in the risk of getting the virus faster then fully healthy people. So yes I wear mask when I go out.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

He asked a question in the op the mocked the answers because the go against his conspiracy theory.

I am not interested in you irrelevant straw man

What conspiracy theory?

I just don't care to bash people I may or may not disagree with. The OP specifically had one question-that was the facts.

I don't read everyone's comments to the OP to know anything other than the original post. You're blaming me for something I'm not even aware of.

 

[BSM1]

I don’t personally know anyone who died of the Spanish flu or Polio or Scarlet Fever or AIDS or Swine Flu. Guess those are all hoaxes too? Must be of great comfort to the family members of those that “didn’t die” from diseases, I guess.

So that's a no then?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

What is the evidence in your distrust?

Did he say something specifically that lead you to know his questions are not genuine?

As he said "report card." It's not like hes a new member who lacks an established record.

 

[epronovost]

Choose your fights.

What if I choose to fight you and BSM1 because you are currently acting like very idiotic and very callous people? I like to fight people who act like idiots and/or callously. What's your problem with people challenging your JAQing off?

 

[Unveiled Artist]

That is what the nurses and doctors do every day, they work over time on over time because the sick people need them.
To lose someone dear to us is always hard, and when a virus like covid-19 comes along and kill over half a million people in the world. It make an impact on us as human beings.
Would it hurt just as much if my aunt died a natural death when she was healthy? Yes of course.
This thread asked specifically about if we knew someone who died from covid-19, and when someone like me answered Yes. The OP starter become silent? Why, because he then can not argue in favor of the virus is not important?
Honestly I do not know his reason for the OP, not do it harm me when he answer back. But to not take covid-19 seriously is in my mind a fault.

I am 43 years old in a few days, have asthma and even I am in the risk of getting the virus faster then fully healthy people. So yes I wear mask when I go out.

I honestly think you're the only one who answered the OP in an honest reply.

I don't know if he doesn't take the virus seriously based on online conversations. I just think many people have such personal experiences and issues that anyone who has a lighter degree of views on the virus are all of the sudden mocking the situation. If someone does't wear mask, all of the sudden, they don't care for humanity. If someone asks what are the myths of COVID, all of the sudden they have some double-sided reason to mock the reality of the pandemic. If you're not with us, you're against us, type of thing. (My rant)

 

[Unveiled Artist]

What if I choose to fight you and BSM1 because you are currently acting like very idiotic and very callous people? I like to fight people who act like idiots and/or callously. What's your problem with people challenging your JAQing off?

Why do you put me with BSM1?

He never gave an opinion about COVID that I can agree or disagree with him on. He didn't raise any points and he didn't agree with me on anything to where we were in cahoots over something. I just don't jump in the bag wagon of negativity against people. It's a pet peeve.

 

[epronovost]

Why do you put me with BSM1?

Because, for the purpose of this conversation you are doing the exact same thing, using the same method.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

As he said "report card." It's not like hes a new member who lacks an established record.

I don't read everyone's posts to form opinions about them. I only have a few people on ignore that "get on my nerves" in a very unjustifiable way. So, he must not have plucked a nerve that I would remember his views over other people to warrant ill feelings about him as justification to discredit him.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Because, for the purpose of this conversation you are doing the exact same thing, using the same method.

Oh?

I certainty didn't know that. I'd appreciate you guys talk to us as different people, though. I'm totally at a loss when negativity is pointed towards me when originally you guys were bashing the OP. I don't agree with either of it but the guessing on who means, what, how, and where just fuels the situation not resolves it.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Not sure what you're getting at Christine.

Your own track record concerning covid has lagged behind science amd data. Such as the other day with discussion about transmission rates, and while you were still guessing science already confirmed what you where still guessing, that is most infectious just before symptom onset.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Your own track record concerning covid has lagged behind science amd data. Such as the other day with discussion about transmission rates, and while you were still guessing science already confirmed what you where still guessing, that is most infectious just before symptom onset.

(I read it) I think you got the wrong person. The only time I mentioned scientific evidence was the links I posted couple days ago or so (think either you or ChristineM) that you (or her) didn't want to read.

The only thing I have different opinions about is the masks issue. Since this isn't about masks, I'm totally loss what/who you're talking about.

 

[Father Heathen]

Correct, I am not sure what the OP hopes to gain by this.

I'm sure he believes that covid is a hoax, just like climate change, vaccinations, evolution, spherical earth, moon landings, school shootings, and other such convoluted conspiracy theories which are concocted by none other than the satanic and socialist jewish freemasons, simply for the giggles.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

(I read it) I think you got the wrong person. The only time I mentioned scientific evidence was the links I posted couple days ago or so (think either you or ChristineM) that you (or her) didn't want to read.

The only thing I have different opinions about is the masks issue. Since this isn't about masks, I'm totally loss what/who you're talking about.

I hust checked, it was definitely with you, in a post denying and doubting the sciemce on masks, on the mask thread, your post Tuesday, mine on Wednesday.

I wouldn't be surprised if just the common cold people pass it around before getting the sniffles themselves. That's probably with many coronaviruses but I'm not a medical professional so I'm just making intelligent guesses.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

I hust checked, it was definitely with you, in a post denying and doubting the sciemce on masks, on the mask thread, your post Tuesday, mine on Wednesday.

What post number and/or quote?

I don't remember doubting science. I probably never commented on it or was talking about my opinions as opposed to stats and data. I don't remember mentioning any numbers in any of my replies. You'd have to show me.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

What post number and/or quote?

I don't remember doubting science. I probably never commented on it or was talking about my opinions as opposed to stats and data. I don't remember mentioning any numbers in any of my replies. You'd have to show me.

Your masks posts are doubting science. You don't have literally say "I doubt science" to doubt it.I goes the same for doubting we can control the spread.
And I did show you the post of covid transmission.