re: #70 nowherenorth2

I play board games and d&d with a group. I was telling them about a recent email from my rep and the first line of the email stated ” we know that covid-19 was created in the wuhan province of china.”
One of my friends is a republican. He stated that that was true. Then told me that he knew no one personally who died from covid-19 and asked if people died from covid 19 or from underlying complications. He then said he doesn’t believe all science…
Needless to say. I ruined game night. Just amazes me about the echo chamber.

I don’t know anyone personally who died of Covid-19 either. I don’t know anyone personally who’s even had it.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t real. I don’t know anyone who died of smallpox either.

“I don’t believe all (or any of) the science” is the goal-post moving of religious apologetics. If you ask “what evidence would convince you,” you will either get “none,” further conspiracy theories, or if you provide that evidence, the goal-post will just get moved again, “but whatabout… .”

A person who “doesn’t believe the science” about Covid-19 is an immediate danger to you and those you are close to if you allow them near you. You must protect your health, because selfish asshat isn’t going to do it.