[wbradley]

Originally Posted by Wally86

.16% does seem like a lot.

Every death does "diminish me by one" but being an alarmist about everything, makes everything nothing. (See: boy who cried wolf)

We lose more people to heart disease EVERY YEAR over what covid took. (Heart disease: 659,041)
We lose as many people to cancer EVERY YEAR. (Cancer: 599,601)

If we're going to be alarmed, we should probably start with what we're eating every day versus a one time event. Perspective. It doesn't mean that people's lives aren't important but it does mean stepping back from what scaring you today to see what's killing everyone all the time.

If you were unable to speak or breathe by yourself you would be panicking. In fact I'd bet anyone would be that is on death's door.

And a terrible suggestion at that time would be to ignore what is an immediate threat and return to status quo prior to the pandemic. You are correct, before the pandemic heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death. What's your point? It's tough to treat those diseases when your hospitals are overwhelmed.


Are you familiar with Plato's allegory of the cave?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

Maybe you should go back to yours, it's much safer there for someone who is ignorant of reality.


Sure some were sick or fragile before the pandemic. But, they lived until contracting Covid19.

Nobody suggests panic or alarmist behaviour. How about APPROPRIATE behaviour? Cry wolf? What are you on?