Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Qwerty3159]

When I refer to cons being silenced I'm speaking of a much broader area than this forum obviously. People are much smarter than your giving them credit for. They are able to sort through ALL information despite what you think and make informed decisions for themselves. They dont need you or anyone else sensoring their information for them.

Again, not censoring or silencing. We are on an open forum expressing differing opinions on a subject. I don’t know why you want to make this seem more sinister than it is.
The real winner in any debate is the outsider who learns about the situation from two different lenses and then is free to make their own informed decision, rather than the participants who will not change each other’s minds.

 

[KarynVA]

RebeccaRN wrote: "When I refer to cons being silenced I'm speaking of a much broader area than this forum obviously. People are much smarter than your giving them credit for. They are able to sort through ALL information despite what you think and make informed decisions for themselves. They dont need you or anyone else sensoring their information for them."

Wait, which is it? Is negative information about the vaccines being "silenced"? Or is "ALL the information" available for people to sort through for themselves?

I agree with you. It's all out there and folks are smart; they are sorting it out for themselves. That's why you see thousands of people getting vaccinated and celebrating afterward.

 

[KarynVA]

When I refer to cons being silenced I'm speaking of a much broader area than this forum obviously. People are much smarter than your giving them credit for. They are able to sort through ALL information despite what you think and make informed decisions for themselves. They dont need you or anyone else sensoring their information for them.

How am I censoring information? I have copied your words verbatim and even used excerpts from the same articles you posted! That's not censoring (it's not even "sensoring").

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

You are entitled to the opinion that I made it up, even if it is incorrect. I used the car metric to further illustrate my belief that the 1% rate of adverse reactions given by your source is not worthy of any sort of fear. I again restate my point that we both seem to have the same view on events with this amount of likelihood.

As for feeling like your views are being silenced, I’m not sure what to suggest other than to not post them if you cannot accept the criticism. People absolutely have a right to hear both “sides”, which is why those who have disagreed with you have voiced their thoughts, and why you are free to continue posting them.
My repeated engagement in this thread in the past day is not driven by any sort of foolish desire to change your mind, but instead the hope that when someone else comes and reads some of the sources that have been linked, they are presented with ALL the facts. I cannot speak for others, but I reckon this is a shared mindset. Many of the claims that have been posted were refuted by myself or others using evidence or statements from those same articles, with the exception of my notorious car statistic. Refuting the claim you made based on your interpretation of an article using facts from that same article hardly constitutes silencing of views.
You have not been silenced, merely disagreed with, which is far less sinister.

Are you confused? I don’t remember saying you or anyone silenced me.

 

[Qwerty3159]

Are you confused? I don’t remember saying you or anyone silenced me.

I was responding to RebeccaRN but that was unclear from my post because her quote didn’t make it in, only yours.

 

[RebeccaRN]

Everyone needs to do what is right for them. We should all be able to agree on that, after all this is America and still a free country. If you can't agree on that then you don't want to just SHARE your opinion you want to force it on the rest.

 

[topochico225]

Instant test or other?

Rapid. It was all we could get for some reason.

 

[topochico225]

Guys, I'm all for fair and kind debating, but let's make sure we don't get this thread closed!

 

[Folly's place]

The 'ignore' option is a very good thing sometimes!!!
Mary

 

[Beer can]

That's why you see thousands of people getting vaccinated and celebrating afterward.

I think the selfies, celebrating is kinda tacky. I'll celebrate when this is over, if it ever is.