We are both adults here, right? I think you can handle being told you didn't think it through. I'm not going to use kid-gloves with you and lie to you to serve your ego.

you are still going on implying that COVID is the same as the flu or a cold. The flu has never altered my heartbeat rhythms for years after.

You are still ascribing to the false dichotomy I stated in my comment when you say "not everyone can lock down" absolutely, except tons of people I personally know were still going out on vacations, some knowing they had COVID before flying to their destination.

Just because a full lockdown wouldn't have 100% wiped out COVID doesn't mean we should have given up on stopping the spread. It's not one or the other.

I feel like you are trying to make excuses for endangering the lives of other people so you can not be bored. My Grandfather is buried under 6ft of dirt because of this mentality in Texas. He died needlessly. He was an active man who was writing a novel and was constantly physically active. He had at least 10 years left

A lot of us are not going to forget the actions of our fellow man during the peak of COVID, especially those who lost loved ones needlessly

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ok. A well written argument of your own can make me look like I haven't thought things through. But if you feel the need to state it additionally for no other reason than I don't wholly agree with you or because put downs make you feel better or superior, then good for you. This isn't about my ego, I'm just trying to help you improve your debating skills.

I'm not going to debate long COVID. I don't doubt it is a real phenomena but this is because the facts around it are far too vague and this means that making serious policy decisions could be foolhardy. There is no real test for long COVID other than a random assortment of ailments that some people get some of and others get none of, supposedly related to a primary COVID infection in a minority of people.

I'm not arguing about people that broke lockdown laws. I'm suggesting that even with maximum possible levels of compliance that COVID can only be slowed, not stopped.

There is a debate to be had about freedom Vs proposed safety but I don't think we're going to agree. We'd just be wasting eachothers time and getting upset. Sorry you lost your grandad unexpectedly.

Some times shit things happen and there is no reason. It might make you feel better to blame "other idiots" but that doesn't change anything.