Coronavirus Information...who do you trust?

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(08-07-2020, 02:26 AM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: I don't know what Mer says, I was merely agreeing with the silencing of opinions different from ones own.

I do know there are "experts" that say masks aren't that useful. Don't know the qualifications of these experts anymore than the ones that say masks are useful. I wear a mask at work because we require it and I wear one into stores because they require it. 

There are also people that claim the earth is flat and that two plus two equals three.

It is not a shame that such opinions usually get "silenced". Because they are wrong. In case of the pandemic and alternative theories about the pandemic, they are dangerously wrong. Breech does an admirable job to explain why over and over again, and he earns the reaction of "oh yeah? Well I guess you lean liberal, right? So no way I even consider anything you say!"
It is akin to jumping from a building because a liberal claimed that gravity is real.

Regarding the usefulness of masks, there is a ton of empirical data about their usefulness from the tiny place outside the US called the rest of the world. No western country is ravaged like the US is right now. And there's no magic behind it, it's also not because we are oppressed or because our economies are less important, it's just listening to experts and showing some responsibility, discipline and common sense. That's it.