Anyone have any luck getting people to stop being hysterical about Covid? I’ve mentioned before that the cheerleading of the protests/riots last summer should’ve opened everyone’s eyes to the truth of this “deadly” virus. Also once again they talk about cases. Notice we don’t know the health of these people either.
All I do is try to maintain a healthy lifestyle and take vitamins and zinc. In my area a lot of vitamins were sold out.
If only they would’ve simply talked about who was at a higher risk. The fear mongering will continue till enough people just turn it off. I’ve given up trying to convince people.
No I actually came very close to being permanently estranged from my parents because of an argument about it a year ago.
Of course now with a years' worth of this shit continuing and Fox and ConInc finally coming more around to my way of thinking they agree with me more than not on the topic. But as a result I don't recommend anyone try to debate people on this topic unless they already show some skepticism in this area, and even then I would start with basic bitch arguments like "Isn't it weird how we went a complete 180 on all this in March, and no one acknowledged that it happened or faced any consequences for misreading the situation initially?"
Like most things from within this "pit" we all inhabit, no one ever wants to see these things; but once you do you can't help but see them.
Typically, I start by shutting down the whole over-blown COVID death-count. I inform people that the numbers are people who died with COVID, not from COVID. Huge distinction.
If anyone wants to further press the issue (but few do, since most normies have no clue how to access the information and don't even bother, most are just regurgitating what they've heard on CNN), I just point out that all the COVID hysteria and deaths reported by the media are over-inflated; I usually direct people to the news articles showing that health authorities are using completely unrelated deaths to stack the COVID death count (i.e., suicides, overdoses, accidents, the explosive black-on-black murder rates, etc.,)
The key is getting them to read the info for themselves, and that usually means telling them to go to Yandex or another search engine that doesn't use Google's "Dragon" algorithms to hide data/links.
If they still persist with the argument "B-b-but the CDC said death rates were up in 2020!" I point to the fact that overdoses/suicides and murders were significantly up in 2020, especially murders, which skyrocketed by 30% compared to 2019.
If you can calmly point people in the right direction they can view the info on their own, and it becomes a real eye-opener for them. Seeing their faces when they encounter the facts for themselves is always priceless.
This assumes you can approach people rationally. Most people I have spoken to are still at the "if you aren't wearing masks you want grandma to die" level.
Of course if you can have such a rational discussion with someone -- and they are open to looking at alternate sources and using alternate search engines instead of saying "what the hell is 'Yandex'?" and balking when they find out it's Russian -- then your approach probably works. But if they are willing to do that I would probably put them in the "show some skepticism" group.