Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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JRPGfan said:

Just need to show them this one picture:

1 recieved the vaccine.
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SmallPox estimated to have killed up to 300 million people in the 20th century and around 500 million people in the last 100 years of its existence.

^ this thing killed potentially 800m people, in a time periode of ~200 years.

Even those that survived, were left with horrible scarring.
Around 1 out of 3, that got it, went blind (hemorrhagic smallpox, you would see like pure red eyes, due to blood).

This is why we vaccinate.
Those anti-vaccination people forget the lessons of history, that lead to vaccinations.

Let's be honest, science denying individuals don't care about evidence or scientific fact, they run with their own narrative.

SvennoJ said:

Malaria vaccines are still worked on
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/04/new-malaria-vaccine-sparks-hope-cheaper-measures-still-useful/
Yet as always the discussion revolves around costs.

Anti vaxxers are a failure of the school system, at least some material should be required also for home schooling. The sad thing is history lessons have become politicized more than ever. Those who control the past control the future.

White washing has always gone on in history lessons, yet now science and biology have also been under fire for years.

I don't think it's a failure of the education system, there are individuals who went to the same schools, same classes as I did, yet have completely different attitudes and outlooks...
I prefer to adhere to the scientific method and evidence, where they get excited at the latest and greatest conspiracy theory.

Lafiel said:

Which is also the "normal state of things" if you look at the last centuries. Only really in the short time window after WW2 science enjoyed a pretty broad basis of trust, which at this point has been slowly erroded again largely for political gains/reasons.

It's a social license. Trust can come and go sadly. And is easier to loose than earn.

JRPGfan said:

Another test study (from the UK) that shows Hydroxychloroquine doesnt work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XCP1WzOY6M

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Remember this:

" 'What do you have to lose?' "  asks as Trump stockpiles 29-million pills of hydroxychloroquine.

 

What would be really awesome is for someone to build a timeline of how every major country responded with policies and measures with a proper time adjustment from the 1st confirmed case.

Because the USA is leading the world in deaths and cases... And that is one thing you don't want to be the leader in... It's a systemic government failure from top to bottom to recognize and proactively tackle the problem... And the world should take notes on this example of what not to do when handling a pandemic.

Has Trumps approval taken a beating with his appalling response? Or do people just not care?
Our Prime Ministers approval has skyrocketed after his extremely low approval of how he handled the bushfire crisis, proves he learned a lesson and might get my vote next election.