Solid effort. Obviously propaganda never sleeps, so we'll need sustained work combatting it. A few commonalities of comments by readers struggling with the author's perspective:

• Oversimplification (e.g., only deaths count as indications of severity)

• False binaries (e.g., lock down or open fully)

• Wishful thinking (e.g., we should be able to preserve all freedoms during emergencies)

• Delusion (e.g., believing we can have a healthy economy and improve emotional well-being amidst mass illness and death, though obviously sick or dead workers and patrons are problematic)

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Tyson Victor Weems
Tyson Victor Weems

Written by Tyson Victor Weems

Non-profit founder, musician, coach, X-C skier/CrossFitter, artist, concerned citizen, mammal (not necessarily in that order). See https://weems.works for more.

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