COVID-19: Difference between revisions

'''COVID-19''' is the disease caused by a Chinese coronavirus with the scary name '''☠SARS-CoV-2☠'''.

Nonetheless, the pandemic sparked mass hysteria, hypochondria, irrational violence, government overreach, mass surveillance, terrorism charges against those purposefully spreading saliva in public, temporary food, toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages, rationing including bread lines in capitalist countries, mass unemployment, a stock market collapse and other severe economic damages caused by lockdowns.

==Coronabucks==

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===Housed NEET oppression===

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== Overreaction ==

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Much of the western world shut down in March and during the second wave in December 2020, in many countries involving draconian measures (especially during the first wave).

This includes Kathie Griffith (who allegedly was admitted to a special COVID-19 isolation ward despite not actually having the disease, see pic on right),<ref>https://www.stevegruber.com/2020/03/social-media-pokes-major-holes-in-kathy-griffins-icu-coronavirus-story-claim-things-dont-add-up/</ref> Greta Thunberg,<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/breaking_news/article-8147765/Greta-Thunberg-says-coronavirus-isolating-father.html</ref> and Tessa Violet.

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=== Fatality rate scare ===

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Much of the media scare early in the pandemic arose from preliminary ''"case fatality rates"'' which only consider the number of deaths among those who tested positive, i.e. who are known "cases".

This inflates the numbers based on how extensively people are tested as mild cases go unnoticed when the limited number of test kits are used for severe cases and deaths first.

A study from France showed that the in-hospital mortality is only higher than the common flu for the elderly.<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext</ref>

Relatively high hospitalization rates among young adults (especially in the second wave) are likely due to the elderly being now better protected than the young.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875012/</ref>

=== Infecting everyone instead of lockdown ===

Initially, the Netherlands found infecting 60% of it's citizens as preferable to waiting 2 years for a dubious vaccine,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozmh40wwAGc</ref>

though they later had lockdowns and other strict measures like any other country that experienced overwhelmed hospitals.

{{cquote|We won’t be able to isolate ourselves completely or forever. At some stage, we will have to resume a regular routine, and then the R0 will stabilize at 2 again. Effectively, we are delaying the inevitable.}}

Sweden was also mostly unconcerned about the fearmongering about infection rate and the mortality rate among the healthy population and is only limiting very large gatherings and telling people over 70 to stay at home.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/27/822463152/sweden-bans-groups-larger-than-50-in-its-first-major-coronavirus-crackdown</ref>

Ultimately, the differences in proaction vs reaction and its relation to economic losses and fatal cases proved to be weak.<ref>https://www.aier.org/article/lockdowns-do-not-control-the-coronavirus-the-evidence/</ref><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-02/europe-s-region-of-resilience-shines-brighter-in-gloom-of-crisis</ref> Most Western countries mismanaged especially the beginning of the pandemic by not taking the issue of overcrowded hospitals seriously and thus not limiting large crowds and travel. This can partly be explained by distrust toward China, partly it also evidences their more liberal and democratic system of government, which may be slower in short-term decisions, but more stable overall in the long-term.

=== Boomers vs the economy ===

The low fatality rate of the virus raises the interesting ethical question whether one should care at all. Japan and Sweden seem to be some of the few countries that only take very mild measures (but also contact tracing and recommendations etc.). Even if a full outbreak equals perhaps 10 flu seasons at once, one could ask why aren't we also doing lockdowns to prevent the next 10 years of flu seasons? Joe Biden's coronavirus adviser in fact does not want to get older than 75 anyhow.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/joe-biden-coronavirus-adviser-ezekiel-emanuel-wants-to-die-at-75/</ref> The economic damages might eventually prove just as severe or more severe as the death toll due to the virus. One reason to care could be that overwhelmed health system would cause additional deaths, or that even mild cases of the disease may cause unforeseen long-term damages.

=== Why the overreaction? ===

The overreaction presumably mainly occurred due to [[boomer]]s trying to save their asses as they have by far the highest fatality rates and own most media outlets. The stock market collapse may have been a coincidental, accelerating element in the hysteria as its collapse was long overdue, it having been the largest bull market in history.

Almost everyone can find a reason to anticipate a lock down. [[Environmentalism|Environmentalist]]s anticipate the decline in pollution and get to impose a low-consumption lifestyle. Socialists, [[neoliberal]]s, and ancaps get to experiment with basic income. [[Wagecuck|Wagies]] get some time off. [[Boomer]]s get to defer their death. [[Alt-right|Rightists]] get their closed borders and can demonstrate authoritarianism. Anti-globalists can exert pressure on globalists. Leftists can [[virtue signaling|virtue signal]] about saving lives. [[Sex-haver]]s get excited about quarantine [[sex]]; in particular men are relieved from [[mate guarding]] in times women are free to be [[slut]]s. The media get a spectacle.

=== Respected doctors and academics calling out hysteria ===

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*Dr. Sunetra Gupta et al., an Oxford-based research team

*Dr Karin Mölling, an award winning researcher and virologist

*Dr Michael Levitt, Professor of biochemistry at Stanford University

*Dr Richard Schabas, the former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario, Medical Officer of Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health and Chief of Staff at York Central Hospital

*Dr Wolfgang Wodarg, a German physician specialising in Pulmonology, politician and former chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He called out conflicts of interest during the Swine Flu outbreak

*Dr Joel Kettner, professor of Community Health Sciences and Surgery at Manitoba University

*Dr Yoram Lass, an Israeli physician, politician and former Director General of the Health Ministry

*Frank Ulrich Montgomery, German radiologist, former President of the German Medical Association and Deputy Chairman of the World Medical Association

*Michael T. Osterholm, a regents professor and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

*Dr Peter Goetzsche, Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen and founder of the Cochrane Medical Collaboration

== The impact of lockdowns on sexual behavior and well-being ==

An Austrian study found that 48% of single students had fewer dates due to social distancing and 38% had less sex. Further, 26% of singles masturbated more.<ref>https://madonna.oe24.at/love/so-haeufig-hat-oesterreich-sex/462839261</ref> In one study, anxiety and depression scores were significantly lower in subjects sexually active during COVID-19 lockdowns.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1743609520309814</ref>

A different study found relationship status did not mediate the effect of the overall pandemic on emotional well-being, though incels did score lower overall than partnered subjects.<ref>https://www.mankindquarterly.org/archive/issue/61-1/2</ref>

== References ==

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== See also ==

* [[NEET]]