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JigglyWiener t1_jch134x wrote

Broken clocks who will now spend the rest of their lives convinced that their own interpretation of "common sense" is relevant in the face of a complex issue with limited evidence.

Instead of waiting for evidence, they picked the solution that put accessible scapegoats in their hometowns. That turned into actual violence and vandalism.

It was not based in rationality or a desire for truth, it was based in a desire to find a simple explanation that agreed with their biases and allowed them to feel like they had control over something they did not.

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mynameismy111 t1_jcofk04 wrote

"Low confidence"

Low

So............

For those not watching the news in 03 coronavirus jumping species into humans and killing contagiously already happened before

https://news.emory.edu/features/2020/06/ehd-zoonotic-diseases/_old/article.html#:~:text=Previous%20Coronaviruses&text=SARS%20was%20initially%20present%20in,into%20humans%20in%202002%2D03.

SARS was initially present in an as-yet unknown animal reservoir, perhaps bats, and was passed to civet cats, relatives of the mongoose. Evidence shows that as it circulated in the civet cats, it gained mutations that allowed it to cross over into humans in 2002-03. More than 8,000 people worldwide became sick with SARS and 774 died.

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JigglyWiener t1_jcs69yu wrote

Yup. I remember that. It’s happened before, and it will 100% happen again. We just got fucked because of the lack of symptoms for a few days. It really tested the individual’s capacity to sacrifice normal activity because they feel fine right now. It turned out a whole bunch of people I thought were decent folks were only decent until they were inconvenienced.

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