It’s interesting in a morbid way that the two groups that seem generally dismissive are the ones most and least affected by it. Kids I understand because they’re kids and are being told it’s not as dangerous for them. Older people it’s inexplicable because the data is already pretty clear. It seems like many older people are dismissing it based solely on crankiness and distrust of the media. I get that, but is there no consideration that even a broken watch is right twice a day?
And in classic campfire fashion, the couple people who have spoken up with firsthand experience are being ignored or not believed in favor of people with zero experience but unshakable preconceived notions.
The ones who are "dismissive", are not dismissing the virus. They're (we're) dismissing the response. We've pretty well tanked the economy, added at least a trillion to the debt (tell me the little kids won't be affected by that), and trampled the he'll out of liberty and the constitution. No one knows if any of this is necessary, but it's happening nevertheless.
And as for people with first hand knowledge speaking up and being ignored, what do you want us to do? You had a bad illness. You survived. My God, lets burn it all down!
