• Stoned_Ape
      23·
      4 years ago

      As I said in a different comment: Thanks for the link! Something very interesting can be seen there. Countries which mandate masks still have higher numbers. It’s almost as if just comparing simple numbers isn’t showing the whole picture of the situation…

      • DessalinesMA
        41·
        4 years ago

        Countries which mandate masks still have higher numbers.

        This isn’t true at all; the countries with the best covid responses are China, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc which put entire regions on lockdown w/ very strict mask rules.

        • k_o_t
          42·
          4 years ago

          the countries with the best covid responses are China, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc

          ok, i’m not necessarily saying that these countries don’t have the best responses to coronavirus, they very well might have, we can’t tell with absolute certainty, however, i think you should consider the rather suspicious inverse correlation between the number of coronavirus cases per 1 million people and journalistic freedom index and government corruption index

          (this isn’t the case for all countries of course, but it is for many of the “best” responders to coronavirus)

        • Stoned_Ape
          12·
          4 years ago

          This isn’t true at all

          Seriously? Why the fuck would you say something like that?

          the countries with the best covid responses are China, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc which put entire regions on lockdown w/ very strict mask rules.

          That may be so, but that is not what we are talking about here. What you’re saying here doesn’t prove nor disprove my statement above.

          What the fuck are you talking about?

            • Stoned_Ape
              21·
              4 years ago

              As someone who has been in one of those mentioned asian countries since before the crisis and seen the response first hand while also keeping in touch with my western family I can say the comparison is apples to oranges. 100% the best covid response (including mask usage) and a dozen lessons to learn but the approach needs to evaluated comprehensively.

              I absolutely don’t disagree with that.

              My beef though isn’t with covid opinions or data interpretations, its with silencing dissent heavy-handedly without warning. Imo, much more dangerous than a teenager spouting garbage.

              And with twisting of the words of others on top of it. I agree. This kind of moderation is way more problematic than the problem that it is meant to fight.