…from Lileks:
I think a lot of people who lived their lives in a quivering state of imminent ecological collapse-panic have moved those emotions from that box into this one, and feel energized because the dread now seems even more imminent, and they have Science! on their side, and their enemies are all the right enemies, and this time they can make a difference. And it requires nothing.
I could get the Wuhan Virus (I call it that to push back against Newthink that insists the smart people call it the European Virus) and I could die. I know that. I keep that in mind all the time when I leave the house, and gather my tools and shields, and mind my actions with care, for the same reason I signal a lane change on an empty highway. You never know what’s in your blind spot
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RTHT.
Key Quotes:
Stop killing the toddler’s that stormed the beaches of Normandy!
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From Comments:
The [Vickers] Viscount was celebrated for its large passenger windows. Apparently you got a great view of your imminent demise..
I think there are a lot of people who really don’t want to admit that they were willingly part of this panic, or that they were played for fools, or that they made major decisions on the hysterical emotions of the moment. To let this go now, “to return to normal” would be to admit being wrong, and too many like the petty power that’s been bestowed upon them.
I too was wrong. I didn’t think people could be this stupid. I thought this would have blown over by the middle of May, yet here we are with even more draconian stupidity (masks everywhere? soviet style queueing for stores?) being imposed in places like here in Colorado.
“Kill Granma? If you knew her, you’d not wear a mask, too.”
Anthony Fauci belongs in jail.
Fauci? What about the man who put a physician in charge of what is essentially an economic policy? Or does the buck not stop there? Who else is suppose to control the message coming from the administration?