| Studies and statistics also tell us that as a young person below the age of 50 you have a 0.01% chance of succumbing to COVID. Yet, you will read the stories of the unfortunate few as if it's NORMAL that this happens to people. It's not. Those are outliers but media report on these real cases but inflate them as if the bubonic plaque has hit the planet. Coronavirus is very dangerous and worse than the flu. But we need to stop acting as if this is a population killer virus. We have a pandemic and we need to stop it but the amount of panic-inducing articles and videos is insane. We need a level-headed approach. Make no mistake - I believe in and support the measures we take. Fully. I wear mask whenever required and even more often than that. I want to keep others safe from this virus and keeping distance/wearing a mask costs nothing. We need to stop this virus especially since it's rather novel. BUT. And this is a big but. You have to explain to the same people who shut down their shops a few months ago and might have to do so again that we are tanking the economy on purpose (Germany in my case). This will also cost lives. It's just harder to make that connection but people will die as a result of lockdown measures. Why is death by Corona less okay then death by shitty economy and its effects? What is this weird disregard for other deaths when compared to Corona? Because it's more tangible? All kinds of metrics are telling us that poor economic performance and economic depressions are directly correlated with increased deaths, e.g. suicides or simply shittier healthcare. It's just impossible to openly talk about this without causing a demon rampage. |