This whole thing is confusing as hell isn't it? So on the one hand the total number of infections isn't as important as we once thought it was. Most infections are not dangerous. Great. But we cannot deny that we're approaching 200k dead in the US from this virus. And we know these deaths are from the virus because we know the expected death rate for the same period of time is up by 200k+.DWill wrote:But those healthy infected are still able to pass the disease on, perhaps justifying the strict measures. I say 'perhaps' because, as Dr. Z said in the video, the response to the virus is something reasonable people can differ on, whereas asserting the virus is a hoax, is just false.
The pandemic is not a hoax but each far end of the spectrum seems to exaggerate things because of political bias. I'm not saying all Republicans are claiming this is a blown out of proportion hoax but a huge amount of the most vocal ones are continuously making this argument. And then you have Chris Cuomo on CNN and plenty of Democrats screaming that we all need to isolate even more or the world is doomed. I mean Jesus this is out of control.
That's why I like ZDoggMD so much. He is all about the science and critical thinking. I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle and that's one of the reasons I left the Republican party a decade ago and never joined the Democrats. I'm a moderate and independent thinker. At least I try to be. Both sides blow things out of proportion and vilify their political opponents. I'm exhausted from the tribalism.