drlove writes:
Others suggested herd immunity would better be achieved without the pretense of separation.
Well, if he really wants to achieve herd immunity through getting everybody infected and he's OK with millions of deaths and disabled (disabled number more), then that just reveals what he is. Since he is so committed to natural immunity (which has become popular among deniers such as Dennis Prager), we should encourage him to seek natural immunity to ebola, rabies, and the bubonic plague.
And the example of singing in church and Costco (not Cosco) lines 'round the block isn't an apt comparison since church is indoors and lines 'round the block are outdoors.
I was in those CostCo lines pre-vaccine (fortunately I was less than halfway through my TP supply when it hit, so I wasn't affected by the TP shortage -- 1 CostCo bag of TP lasts me nearly 7 months). Like many grocery stores, they opened an hour early on certain days for seniors (I qualify) -- many other businesses, including restaurants, had you make your purchase on-line and then when you came to pick it up they put it in your car trunk). Especially since this was pre-vaccine, we all wore masks, grabbed a shopping cart, and got in line with the cart ensuring the six feet of separation. And since that line, which would go nearly halfway around the store, was
outdoors, then using the indoors recommended separation distance was being overly cautious. Then an employee would meter our entry, allowing only so many in at a time such that they limited the number of customers inside the store at any given time (ie, once the allowed number had entered, then as customers came out with their purchases the traffic director would allow that many to enter).
So what the hell is drlove's problem with how that evolution was executed?
As for "singing in church", that was typically without masks and crowding the congregation together and even encouraging them to abandon any attempts at social distancing, avoiding contact (instead hugging and shaking hands), or any other precautions. At my doctor visits when he had to examine my face under my mask, then he would tell me to remove and not exhale or talk. But
singing, like talking loudly, sprays more aerosol much farther, thus helping the virus spread faster and more effectively. All those churches were doing was to defy every single common sense health measure there is, caring less than nothing about their own lives and health or for anyone else's (most especially the ones closest and dearest to them such as friends and family) ... but then zealously harming and even killing others indiscriminately has always been the Christian way, hasn't it?
drlove writes:
Most treatments known to work and recommended by some professionals were vilified and suppressed.
What "treatments known to work" do you mean? If it's hydroxycloroquine and ivermectin, they very likely do not work.
Or drinking bleach. Or eating dirt. Or drinking your own urine ... though I'll bet that drlove is so abysmally stupid that he doesn't know that for the urine to be effective you have to have eaten lots of asperagus first and given it time to work through your system into the bladder.
Edited by dwise1, : Changed "Like many retail businesses" to "Like many grocery stores"
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