(03-02-2023 05:55 PM)ODUCoach Wrote: And you SHOULD be questioning the data about young male athletes. Maybe there is a rise in heart issues, maybe there is not. We almost certainly need more information than we have, and questioning what is released (on both possibilities) is good, at least from my perspective.
Sadly, Coach, your perspective seems to be in short supply. Issues that affect all of us no longer are open for debate. They instead are forced on us as the ONLY acceptable truth, and any dissent is to be mocked and blocked as conspiracies and disinformation:
—> Masks are medical necessities, and how dare anyone be so selfish as to disagree. Until now we find out that they are pretty much useless.
—> Lockdowns are temporary - - two weeks to flatten the curve - - and shame on you for questioning the motives of those who say otherwise. Until two weeks becomes two years, businesses are destroyed and our economy crippled. Oh well.
—> Remote schooling will not damage our kids. They’re resilient. It’s the poor, fragile teachers we need to worry about. Darn. It turns out we were wrong about that also.
—> Oh my God, are you one of those right-wing xenophobes who think that the virus came from a lab leak? Shut up, you bigot. Oh, but now that we think about it, well just maybe it did.
—> How dare anyone suggest that Lord Fauci had a hand in funding gain-of-function research? Or that he personally profited via pharma investments! The man is a national hero and just looking out for our interests. Oops. Never mind.
—> Vaccines are totally safe. These stories about athletes collapsing are just anecdotal, and you are irresponsible for raising questions about them!
Maybe this last one will turn out to be true. Maybe not. My bet is on not.