re: CDC releases new estimates of Coronavirus fatality rate

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I believe it was CS Lewis that basically said the most insidious form of Tyranny is that which believes they know what is best for you and therefore have not merely the right but moral imperative to use any means necessary (including force.. ) to gain your compliance..

that is a paraphrase...

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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience

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How did you know my profession?!?? Are you Nostradamus?

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I'm just here to bitch at the "we need a cure first before we can go back to normal" people.
Because 99% of them went about their business prior to March of 2020 with no sure fire "cure" for influenza and didn't scream about cures then

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and you can continue to be naive in your belief that those 2 lists are being treated equally by the national media. that's fine. but for most of us it is black and white. Clearly: one side has a D next to their names and are crowned as heroes and brave and doing the right thing. The other side has an R next to their names and have been painted as careless and reckless pushing to save the economy while letting thousands die. none of said opinions are based on any facts or metrics. in fact, the #'s would actually show the exact opposite and prove how biased they are and how foolish the sheep are that believe them.

keep playing the naive card and acting like there isn't a huge difference.

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How the frick am I the naive one when my whole point is that both parties are bullshite.

When you say national media who are you referring to? In the morning I watch CBS news when I am getting ready. I watch it just to get a summary of what's going on in the world and I feel like they are fair. If its a politically related story, they will either give the other side's take on it or say that they reached out to whatever the other side of the story is with no comment.

Although it is assumed, not EVERY member of the media is liberal. And just because there is a report you don't agree with doesn't mean that the report is "biased". But of course when you get into CNN, Fox, etc.. That is their business. They established what political side they favor, people who share the same views watch those channels so their job is to provide content they want to hear.

Fox is national news right? They are conservative. Rush Limbaugh is.. Or was the biggest name in talk radio. I am not sure what you are trying to say, but my whole point is that both political parties are pretty much the same in terms of their goals, the only different between the two are their platforms. Both are controlled by special interest and when it comes down to it, their best interest isn't you.. It isn't the every day people. I can see how it seems like you have to pick a side, but I think for the best interest for the average person and the country itself, people need to stop buying into one side or the other, stop buying into all the bullshite that is done to divide people in order to build more loyal supporters and start doing things to keep these politicians in check.

Start voting for bullshite candidates instead of the two major parties. This country deserves better than to have to pick from two jackasses to be our president.

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Where do these quotes come from? I'm not seeing them in the link from the OP

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They come from a CNN article which describes the CDC data. It’s accurate, I just didn’t want to link CNN and would rather go straight to the source.

It’s clearer if you open up the chart in the CDC link and look at the 5th scenario. It’s the average of all of their possible scenarios.

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In the morning I watch CBS news when I am getting ready.

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Genuinely curious, getting ready for what?

Yes

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This will go down as the biggest, most expensive overreaction in history.

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Without a doubt. Anyone with a half functioning brain can see this is all a big nothingburger. Stats don't lie.

With each newscast release of doom and gloom, libtards would huddle together in a corner and jack each other off.

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The overreaction was so bad here, people will soon be put on blast. If some actual pandemic comes through in the not to distance future, politicians won’t do enough in fear of another COVID-19 over reaction.

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This is my fear. They pull this shite every few years and it's always a big fricking nothing. They went all in on this one, and every reasonable doctor I know thought it was bullshite. Cry wolf too many times and no one will do shite when it's for real. This was a media driven pandemic. More people are dying from not receiving treatment for other ailments and delays in diagnosis due to this bullshite. And more will.