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by spurgu 1658 days ago
Oh you mean the Americans who think they have a 15-25% chance of dying from Covid if they get it? I wouldn't trust the majority to be well-informed.

https://covid19pulse.usc.edu/ (granted the numbers have been going down recently, but it still illustrates the hysteria quite well)

And I also wouldn't trust big pharma to have my best interest in mind.
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dahart 1658 days ago
> Oh you mean the Americans who think they have a 15-25% chance of dying from Covid if they get it?

Absolutely not. I meant the total number of people who have actually died from it compared to the near zero vaccine fatalities.

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spurgu 1658 days ago
Your question (not me though, but) was:

> why is a mandate that the majority wants equivalent to tyranny?

I doubt the dead people (the vast majority being 60+) are the ones mandating it.

It's the same people who think it's imperative that we vaccinate children when a) children are barely affected by the virus b) the vaccine doesn't do much for the transmission rate anyways.

And if that's a majority then the majority is simply misinformed (or stupid).

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dahart 1658 days ago
> I doubt the dead people (the vast majority being 60+) are the ones mandating it.

What’s with the silly straw man? Your last comment was a straw man too. I’m interested in a rational discussion if we can have one. Are you uninterested in that?

> if that’s a majority then the majority is simply misinformed (or stupid).

Then it seems like you’re saying the vaccine mandate is not tyranny, it’s just in your opinion stupid people, right?

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