Which is why you wear a damn mask and social distance to stop the spread of a virus that can be extremely deadly. In just the short time we have been in this pandemic, COVID has taken the lives of almost 1.5 million people worldwide. Families have been separated, people have been forced into poverty, and more cases are on the rise. Vaccines are thankfully seeing progress, but we still have to get to that point and COVID is not going to change in the meantime.
I have seen the same tired argument of how it can somehow be a violation to your freedom to wear mask, how? It is literally an effective practice that has a precedent of effectiveness and most importantly, NOT VIOLATING ANY FREEDOMS WHATSOEVER. What is so hard to grasp about this? This kind of shit is why COVID got to this point in the first place. More asymptomatic cases actually makes COVID worse than the regular flu since you don't even know if you have it and can expose it to people at high risk without even knowing it. Not to mention, just because you have no symptoms does not mean that COVID does not cause you damage. (Sources:
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Making matters worse is that this is very inconsistent and we have no pattern at all. So we do not know anything until we are tested.
And what does it matter if your family agrees with your ass backwards views? All it does is give me the impression that they are just as ignorant as you are regarding this virus. But I know you will carry on being you, so I would love to see you go outside maskless, not socially distancing, and generally acting careless and eventually catch the virus yourself. Seems that at this point, that's the only thing that will make you realize that this virus is no joke. And don't even get started with the "then just stay at home" bullshit. People cannot stay at home forever, they have to go outside to work to make income, they have to go to buy vital resources. And not everyone is lucky enough to be able to live a sustainable life without going outside the comfort of their homes. Not to mention, what about people who do not even have a home in the first place? They are even more vulnerable and don't have a home to stay on.