Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Nautilus]

SpokenTruth said:

Nautilus said:

It's not me he would lie to.It would be the brasilian people.

And what I meant by the lie being short lived: He would get sick if he was infected and then finally hospitalized. If he disapeared from the public one or two weeks from now(because he would be under treatment), everyone would know that he had the disease and would know he lied.Which would be even worse.Either way people would find out.That's why it's stupid to lie about this, and why there is no reason to believe he lied.

You do know you can be infected and be completely asymptotic, don't you?

Good lord man, read what I wrote again.

If he is infected, it means that the sympthoms will eventually show up.When they show up, people will know that he lied.So there is no use to lie now, if it would be obvious if he had the disease in a few weeks.

There is no advantage to lie.No political advantage, no personal advantage(especially since you can die), etc.