On big subs, like worldnews.
Like, a lot of people quoting one CDC report on IFR that presented COVID as less dangerous, without actually knowing the difference between CFR and IFR. Despite the fact that the numbers (in the report) are still very fucking high.
I hear more and more people saying that countries overreport deaths, based on some anecdotal evidence (one time a bike crash was reported as a COVID death), which is complete bullshit, of course, easily checked by looking at excess deaths.
Absolutely braindead comparisons to seasonal flu, as if seasonal flu isn't
- less dangerous
- a huge fucking problem and a cause of millions of deaths
Chapos, COVID is the most deadly airborne virus pandemic since spanish flu, and the most deadly virus since HIV/AIDS.
Oh yeah, I say "since HIV/AIDS", but HIV/AIDS pandemic is still happening. Literally millions of people die. We haven't cured it. Who said that we'll cure this one?
Also, you cant really compare coronavirus to HIV, but if we look at annual deaths, then HIV was at its peak at ~1.9 million deaths (in 2005, I think). Compare that to COVID. This is just the first 7-8 months of the pandemic and we already have more than a million deaths! That is, despite the fact that:
- Deaths are seriously underreported (I'm talking 30-50% just in the US. Imagine fucking Brasil. Russia? In Russia its way worse).
- Coronoviruses are seasonal and they peak at winter
- The whole world went into lockdown for months.
Holy shit, I fucking can't.
It's either ovious bots/propaganda pushing or your stereotypical gullible redditors that just want to go back to normal ™️. I've also noticed a new trend of bots/redditors saying European leaders, like Boris Johnson, didn't downplay the virus. Just the most obvious narrative and manufacturing of consent online. And you're right the death count is vastly underreported elsewhere, my country has 17 000 official deaths, but 45 000 execess deaths during the same period. That's an undercount of 260% or even more? Yeah this virus is fucking horrible.
You know how many deaths were reported to WHO during swine flu? Like, 18000, I think. Now the number quoted everywhere is 100-800 000.
These dipshits are infecting Canadian subreddits too, namely /r/Ontario and /r/Toronto. All of them want to boot lick for their dumbass leader Doug Ford even as the situation deteriorates in the province.
I mean Canada is essentially the northern US in every sense of the word, so it makes sense
There was one person on a local subreddit complaining that covid blocked their international job offer. Not that they lost their job, but that they can't get a massive promotion and earn Euros or US dollars. Just misinformation all round.
Lol that sounds like complete bullshit anyway. A lot of countries are still issuing work permits given they go through the necessary procedures like testing and quarantine on arrival.
They lost the timeframe to apply for a visa or something if I remember the post correctly.