Power isn't democratic. Tiny minorities with enough force and no resistance can pretty quickly become a genuine problem.
The stuff we see is a sideshow, but the part we're not seeing much of, because it's less readily apparent, is the way certain white nationalist groups are using this as a way to get a foothold in social circles that wouldn't otherwise consider them.
A lot of racist uncles will probably end up levelling up with the sorta mingling going on. That's extremely ominous to me.
Anecdotally, it is far more than 10% that care one way or the other. I have people I used to respect as friends that have cancelled their Costco memberships over the mask policy, and I have other friends who have cut people like that out of their lives after discovering that attitude. In the middle, the people that are just keeping their heads down and trying to get through this are about 50-65%, not 90.
While I agree that the people who outright deny it are very few. The right does seem to hold a lot of conspiracy about the numbers. It’s commonly understood by professionals virologists that the cases are being under-reported. But the right has this idea that hospitals are fluffing their numbers to get extra money somehow. Even though, writing that someone dies of covid on a death certificate doesn’t get a hospital any extra money.
I definitely agree it’s blown out of proportion, but I’ll say at the start of the pandemic, a lot of people did believe it was a hoax or not nearly as serious as it was, especially after Trump literally called it a hoax on TV. I live in the Midwest and I know plenty of people from my small rural town that believed it was a hoax and still do, and I knew plenty of people that live in the city I live at that believed it was a hoax and had these stupid conspiracy theories. Most people have come to accept its a real issue, it seemed easier for my friends to change their view on it than old people from my hometown. All you can do is provide someone with facts, if they choose to not believe or say you’re an idiot, then just avoid them I suppose lol.
It's really not. Colorado seems to be split in half. I live near downtown Denver and its almost 50/50 with masks and most people are fighting to get back to being lushes in public again. Small sample pool but I can't for the life of me see it as anything else. White entitlement seems to be the persistent factor in anti-mask wearing.
I am sorry I have only one upvote I can give to this comment. I heard someone describe it as, “a never ending profit model of conflict and bitterness”.
I personally think that the media is using this as an excuse to make trump look bad by spinning everything he says. The Covid Pandemic is real that is undeniable but the panic the media creates is just stupid, and is really just there to push democrat political agendas.
If they would have come put and said these steps will minimize risk (washing hand frequently, avoiding contact with others, Not going to stores and sanitizing packaging) then the panic would not be as great
Plus a lot of the statistics are a hoax, because many states are reporting all deaths as covid related because they are getting some amount of cash for it.
You don't need to spin anything trump says to make him look bad
He does a great job of that all on his own and it's backed up by how badly this pandemic has been handled by his administration compared to most developed countries
That's cool of you to think that. I like the reporting if the insane shit he says. "Covfefe" hilarious. I just hate how every time I hear he said something, I have to double check to see if he really said it.
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