[laurent92]

My decisive test to distinguish an idea from an ideology: “Does it matter if a person dies as a result of this idea”

“Does it matter if a poor person dies as a result of not finding a place to be employed in society” => Capitalist ideology

“Does it matter if a person dies as a result of not believing in Jesus” => Christian ideology (as opposed to simply being Christian)

“Does it matter if someone dies as a result of being vaccinated” => No? => Pro-vax ideology.

The opposite is true: “Does it matter if someone dies as a result of Covid” => No? => Antivax ideology.

[A4ET8a8uTh0]

People die a lot[1]. If we take the link at face value, 116 a minute. Do we save them all? If so, how? Do we start with biggest troublemakers? If so, Covid might not be THE problem to tackle[2].

[1]https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/deaths-per-day

[2]https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/how-many-people-die-e...

[lazyasciiart]

Does it matter if a person dies as a result of a decision made twenty years ago? => define “matters”.

[pmarreck]

> “Does it matter if someone dies as a result of being vaccinated” => No? => Pro-vax ideology.

Honest question: Does the fact that the stats say far more people die from the unvaxxed disease than the vax, bear relevance to this?

Because otherwise it seems like you could apply this to anything. "Does it matter if someone dies as a result of being seatbelted?" => No? => Pro-seatbelt ideology