• Balroy@lemmy.world
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    Imagine being scared of a cold with a 99.6% survival rate. 😂😂 newsflash buddy the masks never did anything and never will. God the people that freaked out over a cold are just pathetic, you all wasted years of your lives hiding from a cold that will get to you eventually anyway. The rest of us continued living our lives perfectly fine.

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      Ah a medical expert as I can see. Please go ahead and enlighten me: where is your systemic proof of the ineffectiveness of masks as a precaution to reduce the spread of Covid?

      If it’s not too much to ask, please be so kind to provide the statistics regarding the different severity levels and corresponding number of cases of Covid while comparing that to the common cold.

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        From “Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses” Jefferson Et Al 2023 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6Medical/surgical masks compared to no masks

        We included 12 trials (10 cluster‐RCTs) comparing medical/surgical masks versus no masks to prevent the spread of viral respiratory illness (two trials with healthcare workers and 10 in the community). Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness (ILI)/COVID‐19 like illness compared to not wearing masks (risk ratio (RR) 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84 to 1.09; 9 trials, 276,917 participants; moderate‐certainty evidence. Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks (RR 1.01, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.42; 6 trials, 13,919 participants; moderate‐certainty evidence)

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        Okay and look at Sweden they didn’t do anything for Rona and were better off than everyone 😂

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          they didn’t do anything for Rona

          You’re wrong.

          Swedes were encouraged to work from home if possible and limit travel within the country. In addition, people aged 70 or older were asked to limit social contact, and people with COVID symptoms were asked to self-isolate. The goal was to protect the elderly and other high-risk groups while slowing down the spread of the virus so the healthcare system wouldn’t become overwhelmed.

          As the number of cases surged, some restrictions were imposed. Public events were limited to a maximum of 50 people in March 2020, and eight people in November 2020. Visits to nursing homes were banned and upper secondary schools closed. Primary schools did, however, remain open throughout the pandemic.

          Face masks were not recommended for the general public during the first wave, and only in certain situations later in the pandemic.

          https://theconversation.com/did-swedens-controversial-covid-strategy-pay-off-in-many-ways-it-did-but-it-let-the-elderly-down-188338

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      I think the way you put it is blunt but a lot of people feel this way.

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        I’ll always speak my mind, and these people will never accept the fact they got played. They will all just listen to every little thing the gov tells them to do, like the good little sheep they are. If they brought vax camps and train rides to them, all these people would jump on with out hesitation.

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            Lmao I do not give a single shit what you dumb fucks on the Internet think or say. Y’all got played and you’re scared to admit it. You’ll learn eventually, otherwise have fun living the rest of your pathetic lives in fear of a cold. 😂

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              Yeah, the way you speak and argue clearly shows how much of not “a dumb fuck” you are. Veeeery convincing.

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                The question is why are you so scared of the cold in the first place? 99.6% survival rate. How is that scary? Genuinely curious, explain why that’s scary to people. Bunch of downvotws but no one to explain why the cold is so scary? Hmm

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                  If I answer, will you actually listen? I’ll believe you if you start by answering my question of what the survival/mortality rate of the common cold is.

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                    Either way you’re not gonna change my mind and I’m not gonna change yours, but I’ve always been curious why people are so scared of that bullshit when you face hundreds of other ways to die every single day with out batting and eye. You have a higher chance of being hit by lightning than dying from Rona. So what’s so scary about a cold?

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          You don’t do much critical thinking in your free time, or do you?

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            I love how he feels the need to put the smily face on every comment when it is crystal clear that he is malding behind the screen

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            Coming from the one who is scared of a fucking cold. You have a higher chance of dying from the flu than you do Rona, but keep living in fear see where that gets you. 😂

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              Have you heard of the psychological condition of paranoia? Maybe you should look into it and talk to some professionals.

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                So all of you that are scared of a cold just suffer from paranoia? Shit you could have just said that from the beginning. Well shit good luck G.

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          "High five everyone! We got these guys to wear MASKS! LOLOL! Hey, why’d my stocks go down? Oh well, MASKS!!! 🤣 "