Current Events > Health experts are saying don't shut down protests in fear of coronavirus

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-letter-protests-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

Are these the same people who were saying stay in quarantine and adhere to social distancing? What the fuck is this world anymore

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Must be going for that natural herd immunity this time.

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The right wants to kill people for the economy.

The left wants to kill people for social reform.

RustyFerret posted...

The right wants to kill people for the economy.

The left wants to kill people for social reform.

Pretty much both ideologies in a nutshell

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I hope everyone who went to those protests goes to get tested, like right now. That's the only chance we have against losing tens or hundreds of thousands more people.

They're afraid of being called racists if they say to stop making giant fucking crowds even if it's for a good cause.

We'll see in a few weeks how badly this has been handled.

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Politicians: "We have a pandemic, and the people are rioting because they want us to stop killing them with the police! What should we do?!"

Doctors: "Give in to their demands."

Politicians: "WHAT. THE. FUCK."

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Now we wait.

Let's see who was right.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Politicians: "We have a pandemic, and the people are rioting because they want us to stop killing them with the police! What should we do?!"

Doctors: "Give in to their demands."

Politicians: "WHAT. THE. FUCK."

Politicians: "Yeah, we're just going to use ALL OF THE TEAR GAS!

Doctors: "But, actually, that increases the likelihood of respiratory infect-

Politician: "F*** you plebs, you can eat tear gas canisters!"

Strider102 posted...

Now we wait.

Let's see who was right.

If nothing happens does it not prove the anti-quarantine people right?

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shockthemonkey posted...

tl;dr The treatment of people by the police is also a public health crisis and we should not use the covid19 pandemic as an excuse to ignore that

No fuck that. They're contradicting months of data all to virtue signal.

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Suchomimus posted...

If nothing happens does it not prove the anti-quarantine people right?

For a second wave, possibly.

For the initial wave? No.

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Suchomimus posted...

If nothing happens does it not prove the anti-quarantine people right?

If people storming out of quarantine by the thousands a week after anti-quarantiners were campaigning for that very freedom didn't make them right, then nothing will. Public safety is a partisan issue. Do as liberals say, not as they do.

DeadBankerDream posted...

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Topic title just repeats the CNN article, seems pretty standard

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RustyFerret posted...

The right wants to kill people for the economy.

The left wants to kill people for social reform.

Eh, to be honest I'd much rather die if it helped get rid of racism

I don't give a single fuck about the economy

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shockthemonkey posted...

Yes were all very proud of your inability to form a coherent counter argument

lol what a joke man. Get a fucking grip. These doctors told us for months to social distance and now they're marching shoulder to shoulder with people in very densely populated areas. How can you not see the cognitive dissonance here?

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More business for the health industry I guess

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Suchomimus posted...

lol what a joke man. Get a fucking grip. These doctors told us for months to social distance and now they're marching shoulder to shoulder with people in very densely populated areas. How can you not see the cognitive dissonance here?

Because police killing American citizens is just as much a problem a covid19 killing Americans.

Much different than not being able to bend over to capitalism.

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This is a bad game of chess with people live.

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Tmaster148 posted...

Because police killing American citizens is just as much a problem a covid19 killing Americans.

I forget, is 100,000 greater or less than 1,000?

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Politicians: "Yeah, we're just going to use ALL OF THE TEAR GAS!

Doctors: "But, actually, that increases the likelihood of respiratory infect-

Politician: "F*** you plebs, you can eat tear gas canisters!"

They're running out of tear gas so hopefully this won't be an issue much longer

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Tmaster148 posted...

Because police killing American citizens is just as much a problem a covid19 killing Americans.

Much different than not being able to bend over to capitalism.

It is obviously an issue but enough of one to warrant the potential deaths of tens of thousands of Americans in a second covid spike?

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No, they went "durrrrrrrr" amazingly enough. This is bullshit.

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I just want my basketball hoops back. After all these protests how about it's go out at your own risks. I mean life is not without risk. I have cystic fibrosis. Bro I've gotten so sick before with h1n1 and pneumonia. I don't give a fuck anymore. I wanna live my life. New medicine came out for me that finally has made me feel normal and now I'm a prisoner once again. Like oh we might kill grandma. Then tell her to stay home. If grandma lives by herself then she has money in some way or form. So order your food. I mean it's like ridiculous. What's the end game? Stay at home forever? Fuck that shit. I agreed with limiting things for 2-4 weeks. We are entering 3 months now. I have a problem trusting the government. I don't trust them to do ANYTHING right. And they never do do anything right. Fuck them. Fuck the politicians who use these things to their advantage. Fuck the health people who do the same. This is why I have trouble believing anything. Even when it comes to certain sciences. This is a clear fucking example of health officials playing sides. These protests have way more volumes of people than the right wing folks who wanted to open up business. But these are okay? What other sciences are they lying about for political issues. Anybody can be paid off. I got no hope for people getting out of their tribalistic ways. Fuck em.

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Suchomimus posted...

It is obviously an issue but enough of one to warrant the potential deaths of tens of thousands of Americans in a second covid spike?

Like or not, but idiots before the protests about police brutality were already setting the US up for a 2nd wave.

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People will do whatever they want to, and some people just want to yell. Thats how it has always been. The people that screamed "STAY HOME AND STAY HEALTHY!" at those who lost their businesses are the same ones saying "Get out there and make you voice heard!" while the pandemic is still going on.

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They might as well say:

STDs should not deter you from having sex. Blue balls is also a health risk and not getting laid feels much worse and hurts self esteem versus the risk of STDs.

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shockthemonkey posted...

What they actually said was do what the protesters want because theyre right and then youll help 2 public health crises at once

I understand the sentiment but please just tell me how is marching shoulder to shoulder, yelling, spitting, and sweating fighting COVID-19?

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Suchomimus posted...

I understand the sentiment but please just tell me how is marching shoulder to shoulder, yelling, spitting, and sweating fighting COVID-19?

They are fighting police brutality.

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Humanity kinda forgot about the coronavirus

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Tmaster148 posted...

They are fighting police brutality.

And that is related to a virus that has been wrecking the black community how exactly?

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So basically you don't care if police kill american citizens if what I'm gathering.

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lol it's too late to fight both at once when mass amounts of people are exposing each other to it.

They're already infected!

All those health workers better love overtime.

Suchomimus posted...

And that is related to a virus that has been wrecking the black community how exactly?

"Black lives matter, just not those lives." --leftist posters ITT

shockthemonkey posted...

public health crisis of police brutality

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Protests are undoubtedly a risk, one that's been exacerbated by the use of tear gas in response. But look at photos of the protests; you'll see people almost always wearing masks, and police almost never doing so.

Outdoor activity is thought to be somewhat safer than indoor activity, for what that's worth.
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Its funny seeing how posters on both sides of the Corona argument flip flopped their opinions over the last week.

gamer167 posted...

Its funny seeing how posters on both sides of the Corona argument flip flopped their opinions over the last week.

Not as funny as people saying it was fake for months.

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gamer167 posted...

Its funny seeing how posters on both sides of the Corona argument flip flopped their opinions over the last week.

I noticed the same people on here who were in favor of excessive and gratuitous lock down periods (e.g. everything closed except grocery stores until there's a vaccine, no leaving your house more than once a week for the next 18 months etc) are the same people cheering on and supporting the mass rioting

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REMercsChamp posted...

I noticed the same people on here who were in favor of excessive and gratuitous lock down periods (e.g. everything closed except grocery stores until there's a vaccine, no leaving your house more than once a week for the next 18 months etc) are the same people cheering on and supporting the mass rioting

And going out of their way to defend "virtue signaling" of all the god forsaken things even when it literally is killing thousands of people.

Lockdowns were meant to save lives.

These protests are also about saving lives.

What's the problem exactly?

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