No, it's not that.@ChrisV you are someone I consider a very good friend, but, I vehemently disagree with nearly everything you are posting in this thread. It seems you take the analysis of government employed experts with their moment of spotlight, grasping at their 15 minutes of fame for dear life, as fact.
I come from New York city.
I'm a political centrist posting on a forum that has a heavy right wing bias, so I fully expect that people are going to disagree.
It's a matter of perspective. When I talk to my friends from New York they think I'm too light on the quarantine. They want significantly more stringent lockdown measures.
That's the problem with being a centrist. People on the left and right don't like your views.
And again, it's a matter of perspective. If you're from a Rural area (Conservative) that hasn't been hit hard, you likely think this is overblown. And you're right. If you're from an Urban area (Liberal) that has been devastated, you likely think that a lockdown is appropriate (and you're also right.)
What's not okay is taking those opinions and dismantling factual information.
You go from a valid argument ("my community hasn't been hit hard, so I don't think lockdown measures are necessary here" to an invalid one ("the models were wrong")
I'm trying to get people to differentiate their opinions from facts. Bias is when you have an opinion then you selectively pick out facts.
Scott Adams has a very good talk on this subject.
I don't see why it's so hard to just say "Okay, New York City decided this is what's best for them... they probably know better than I do." just like people from New York City should say "Okay, Texas decided this is what's best for them... they probably know better than I do." You know.... considering they actually live there and have a better idea of what's going on.
I don't trust government. Government is the most crooked organization on the planet. I trust science. When government is informed by science, I trust government.. but only by proxy. It just so happens that this pandemic is largely informed by scientists. Okay.. they're 'government employed' but the scientists who are not government employees largely agree. I literally have no idea what the 'government employees experts' are saying, besides a few brief clips from Fauci.I don't blame you, it is what we are taught (indoctrinated) to do, but if you broaden your thought process, outside of government lackeys, instead of dismissing everyone that isn't operating in an "official government capacity" as a conspiracy theorist, you might start to see where we are coming from.
My views on all these things (vaccines, etc) come from the scientific consensus, not because 'the government told me what to think,' and quite frankly that's insulting. I've spend my entire adult life listening to both arguments and actively seeking out dissenting views.
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My views aren't from government employed experts. I'm subscribed to many scientific journals and keep up-to-date with them. I don't even watch television, so I have no idea what news organizations are saying.
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