Fri Oct 22, 2021 2:28 pm
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Flyingfemme wrote:TopCat wrote:Flyingfemme wrote:I simply don't believe that the general population here is that much different to (so much worse than) the rest of Europe. I personally know of nobody who has actually been ill with covid for many months and not that many who have tested positive.
And it's because of this attitude, ladies and gentlemen, that we are increasingly living in a post-truth, post-science society, where facts and evidence are not just irrelevant, but positively avoided.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
Artful snipping of the comment to fit your own agenda? I asked the question, because I'd really like to know, what is the UK doing (or not doing) that is so different to the rest of the world? And I see you have no answer, merely a smug, self-satisifed sneer that you are so much brighter than me. Do you seriously believe that all Brits are filthy, disease-ridden slobs and the French, German, Spanish, Italian populations are not? I see no evidence of the NHS being overrun with covid sufferers requiring ventilation. Just media full of speculation that "it will all end in tears".
Well for a start, what agenda do you imagine I have? I can assure you, I have none, other than challenging the misinformation and lies that characterise so many of the covidiots that value their right to do what they damn well please above their responsibility to give a damn for their fellow humans.
But that aside, if you weren't doing what I'm accusing you of, then why even mention that you know of no one with long Covid and not many that have tested positive?
How many you know or don't know is completely irrelevant.
I didn't take your question seriously, because you asked it, and then closed it down by proving that your mind is made up. You don't believe that we're any different from those in Europe, and because you don't know anyone experiencing these problems, you suggest they don't exist. If that's not your view, why bring up those points?
There are endless articles in the media that you scorn so much, by people actually working in the NHS, describing the hellish conditions they've been working under for the last 18 months, and how Covid is still a massive issue, and how it absolutely hasn't gone away.
If you haven't read any of them, why not? And if you have, and you don't believe them, what conspiracy must you believe in to imagine they're all false?