TreeBeard

I have zero issues with people wearing masks. It’s not scary.

I’ve seen zero evidence that any health authority or provincial government is pursuing any sort of COVID restrictions or mask mandate. However, if a health authority deems it necessary, then that’s what should happen. Public opinion should play no part in health advisories or restrictions. If it does, then it’s just about people’s feelings and lacks scientific rigour. Why bother with health authorities at all then? Let’s just take a poll.

I’m not really sure what “science” you’re referring to, but that is a clear shifting of the burden of proof. “Science hasn’t disproven Bigfoot, therefore Bigfoot is real” Believe in what? That’s so vague as to be completely meaningless. There’s no evidence of the metaphysical. And the “we don’t use all our brain” nonsense is just a myth. https://www.oecd.org/education/ceri/neuromyth4.htm …but there is no significant evidence to suggest that we only use 10 or any other specific or limited percentage of our brains. On the contrary, all existing data shows that we use a 100% of our brains. Can instincts be wrong?

But, with the next pandemic, there will be no hindsight unless it is exactly like the last one. But, it won’t be. Maybe it will be even more transmissible and deadly. Until we know, precautions will need to be taken.

I see no evidence for a soul, or even a coherent definition for a soul. Got any evidence?

Except for some of them, right? But, even granting your premise, is that something we knew at the time? And, how much more spread to people who had something to fear would there have been had only those 45+ been told to follow restrictions? I think you’re using a hindsight fallacy (hindsight bias).

You’re looking for linear relationships where they probably don’t exist. Were we over cautious? Maybe, but I’m not convinced of that. I think the fast restrictions were because of the mystery of the virus itself. If we were too cautious, does that mean the next pandemic shouldn’t have gathering restrictions? Of course not. What if it’s ebola transmitted through the air?

Of course not. Do you believe your soul will be consciously aware after you’re dead?

You remember what your soul was doing prior to your birth?

Maybe it’s the topic? No one thinks white skin makes you smarter, other than you.

CBC is simply a reflection of the population of Canada. The conspiracies are rather silly. Partisan Conservatives just aren’t like most Canadians, so they hate the CBC because they don’t see themselves reflected in it. So only you can be unbiased? Abortion and refusing vaccines are not the same thing, nor even the same principle. You once again ignore that no one forced anyone to get a jab.

Because status quo diseases don’t risk overwhelming hospitals and creating mass casualties when there doesn’t need to be? It’s called a “state of emergency” for a reason. You sound like the nuts here who claim Covid was a hoax and the government is out to get you. You’re not usually one of those posters…

My point here is to show your head is firmly up your bum. You claim being gay is a choice. I ask you when you chose to be straight and you say you didn’t. You claim that people have to be the gender they’re born with due to biology or god or something and that they are choosing to be like that. I point out that gender dysphoria is also not a choice. God made them that way. Was the cbc pro Harper government when he was PM?

They sound like Christians…

You would have preferred to completely overwhelm hospitals and have people with emergencies other than COVID to die waiting for treatment at the ER? Then you have no place in the conversation. If I don’t care about the society, why should I get a say in how it’s run?

So, they chose to have gender dysphoria?

When did you choose to be straight?

But, if you want to limit spread, limiting gatherings works, correct? Viruses don’t really care if it’s a public or private gathering. Perhaps? LOL

You don’t like them, but if you want to limit the spread and not overwhelm hospitals with sick people, doesn’t limiting gathering size indoors make sense? I saw the same people I always saw, but a lot more outdoor activities being ”COVID safe”. Why didn’t others do the same?

So you really have no idea…. it just feels like something real to you, but you can’t actually name it? That’s conspiracy nonsense.

Who? What’s the lobby group called? Where are they active?

If the goal is to limit spread to not overwhelm hospitals, wouldn’t limiting gatherings help?

They’re toast. Trump found some dupes, but it backfired.

You have blasphemed Allah on this website and offended Muslims with your speech. Should you go to jail?

@blackbird - don’t you want laws against blasphemy? How do you square that with your supposed love of freedom of speech? Freedom of speech only if you like the speech?