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23 Oct 2020, 8:51 pm

Who began the ‘Coronavirus Is A Hoax’ movement?
Why?
It is still going strong, where I live, and their refusal to distance &/or wear masks is dangerous for everyone.

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23 Oct 2020, 8:55 pm

Sylkat wrote:

Who began the ‘Coronavirus Is A Hoax’ movement?
Why?
It is still going strong, where I live, and their refusal to distance &/or wear masks is dangerous for everyone.

Probably QAnon?

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23 Oct 2020, 8:58 pm

If it is them, why are they continuing this dangerous thinking ?

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23 Oct 2020, 9:12 pm

QAnon who include such illuminaries such as the lawyer Lin Wood defending right wing shooter Kyle Rittenhouse have certainly adopted and may well have started this hoax
https://theconversation.com/qanon-consp ... eat-135515

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23 Oct 2020, 10:20 pm

Sylkat wrote:

If it is them, why are they continuing this dangerous thinking ?

I really don’t know. As Alfred says in The Dark Knight, some men just want to watch the world burn.

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24 Oct 2020, 2:46 am

I doubt it can be attributed to any single person or organization. Most likely many around the world became suspicious of it on their own. Then they all get on the internet and it becomes a united front.

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24 Oct 2020, 3:25 am

IDK but I will continue to be angry at people who wont wear a mask.

Also IDK why I can get the guts up to tell some a**hole not wearing a mask on the bus, 'hey put your mask on a**hole' but I still cannot seem to get up the guts to ask my manager about maybe getting some more work hours.

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26 Oct 2020, 9:35 am

According to the CDC website there have been just under 23 thousand Covid-19 deaths so far this year compared to 647 thousand to Heart Disease, 83 thousand to Diabetes, 47 thousand to Suicide, 146 thousand to Stroke, 169 thousand to accidents, 559 thousand to Cancer. Yet we are being told by the media and government that this is the deadliest pandemic in modern history?

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26 Oct 2020, 9:38 am

↑ Since you can no longer deny it, you discredit it.

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26 Oct 2020, 9:40 am

Sylkat wrote:

Who began the ‘Coronavirus Is A Hoax’ movement? ...

Hint: Look no further than the White House.

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26 Oct 2020, 9:48 am

Fnord wrote:

↑ Since you can no longer deny it, you discredit it.

I never denied it. Where is your source?

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26 Oct 2020, 9:55 am

Mr Reynholm wrote:

Fnord wrote:

↑ Since you can no longer deny it, you discredit it.

I never denied it. Where is your source?

Sorry. I must have confused you with another Trump fan.

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26 Oct 2020, 9:55 am

Mr Reynholm wrote:

According to the CDC website there have been just under 23 thousand Covid-19 deaths

On Worldometer, I see 230 thousand (USA), not 23 thousand.

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26 Oct 2020, 9:58 am

Tempus Fugit wrote:

I doubt it can be attributed to any single person or organization.

This.
I know plenty of people who prefer to deal with difficult situations by denial, it's actually one of possible natural reactions, the first grieving stage etc.

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26 Oct 2020, 10:00 am

magz wrote:

Mr Reynholm wrote:

According to the CDC website there have been just under 23 thousand Covid-19 deaths

On Worldometer, I see 230 thousand (USA), not 23 thousand.

I'm sure Mr. Reynholm's crystal ball has more accurate data.

:roll:

Not.

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26 Oct 2020, 10:01 am

No need for sarcasm, it could have been a typo.

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