The conspiracists always complained that the Lockdowns were doing far too much damage to our economies, and yet they refuse to wear masks which could limit the impact of COVID-19.
Pay close attention to this data: 13.5 million cases and about 600,000 deaths worldwide.
While it may seem in Europe or Asia, that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is already more or less under control, the virus continues to spread around the world at breakneck speed. And for now, the Americas are taking the brunt. With just over 13% of the world's population, the American continent already accounts for more than half of all confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide.
Unfortunately, it doesn't end there. Many experts are warning of the possibility of us being at the threshold of a second wave. If the so-called Spanish flu of 1918 is a reference, this second wave may be even worse than what we have already seen.
So, are we really at the gates of a second wave? How could it manifest itself? What consequences could it have? And the most important question, how can we prevent a second wave of the coronavirus? In this video, we try to answer these questions.
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“Second wave!”
Bearish?
They are perma bears...
The “second wave!” is the new big lefty thing to keep the economy on shutdown in advance of election...
“Oh no! It’s the dreaded second wave! Gotta shut down now again!”
"Masks reduce the spread of COVID-19 infections, as well as lowering the viral load, leading to a far less severe infection. In this way, masks will also significantly reduce the impact that Covid-19 will have on our economies."
And yet there is not a lot of evidence to support that belief - largely because it is based on the assumption that a person is infected and constantly in a world full of infection. Which is simply not justified by reality where the networks of spreading are slowly dying out as they always do.
It's the classic case of a micro argument being blown up to macro and suffering from a massive fallacy of composition.
The whole mask wearing thing at Formula 1, for example, is nothing more than pure value signalling theatre - because you don't get inside that bubble unless you have been tested and cleared. It serves no purpose other than propaganda.
And that is what this is really about. Those who thing they are better than the rest of us using spurious arguments that fall into the neat, plausible and wrong category to try and exert social control.
Funnily enough just like neoliberalism.
Welcoe to the new Secular Religion.
Will Second Wave remove Orange Man from White House?
Inquiring minds want to know!
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