Duffman

Those are your binary decisions? You're trying to drive everyone to your preferred option (which is terrible) by comparing it to a completely unrealistic extreme. That's a strawman:

"an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument."


Let's break this down



Way to minimize masks, which have been discussed ad naseum.

Here's an article about how hairstylists with COVID19 didn't infect any of their 140 clients. I sincerely doubt the masks hurt the situation. If I knew I could get a haircut from someone with COVID and have a 0 in 140 chance of getting the virus, I'd probably get a haircut from them even if I knew they had COVID. That's good for business.

https://www.livescience.com/hair-sty...ace-masks.html

Also, I'm sure this isn't good if you own a small bar or restaurant, but plenty of businesses don't need a packed house to turn a profit. In fact, I'd say most businesses don't. And if you can't make it work, like on a plane, that's what the masks are for.



This I agree with, except for the "experts" part. If you're referring to the entire medical community at large and the CDC, nobody agreed with what the Governors of FL, TX, and AZ were doing. Listening to politicians in complete denial of reality who refused to listen to their "experts" is what caused this:

Florida and AZ politicians both tried to obstruct researchers from sounding alarms. It ended predictably.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/87658...ard-of-her-own

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...pause-covid-19

Don't make excuses for the very people who led you off the cliff instead of holding them accountable, so they can lead you off a cliff again. The economy can't take much more of this jackassery and no matter how much you want us to just all get herd immunity by getting the virus like some third world country, that's not going to happen. Medical care is the leading cause of bankruptcy in this country for a reason. As soon as a few people die, people will stop at nothing to protect their families, which includes voluntarily tanking the economy.

Also, I can guarantee that the deaths will be in direct proportion to the daily cases with a 2-3 week delay, just like they have been this entire time. Although, 6 months in they have developed better treatment methods from trial and error and it seems younger people are the ones getting it, so there'll probably be slight deviations.



That misinformation is part of what's driving the pandemic. Turns out restaurants and bars are likely huge vectors whereas grocery stores are not:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/26/this...rus-cases.html

Which makes perfect logical sense. In a bar or restaurant you're constantly shoving stuff in your mouth and not wearing a mask while in a public space, that's likely indoors and maybe crowded.



That has nothing to do with anything and it's extremely biased. I sincerely doubt BLM protestors showing up to capital buildings with AR15s would've ended as peacefully. Also, plenty of Governors and state politicians were very publicly anti-mask in the states that, shockingly, have the largest outbreaks right now.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybe.../#1a92c4a45184


It just blows my mind how so many people are doing everything except what the "experts" say then acting surprised when the virus is sky rocketing. Then, instead of just accepting that maybe all the trend data from the more successful locations isn't a fluke, they double down on doing self-destructive BS. Are you guys trying to crash the economy, because if I wanted to crash the economy I'd follow your playbook. Once the public at large loses confidence in going out in public, the economy is likely toast until a vaccine comes along.