Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

[Mr. Tea]

Matt Hancock pretending to cry on Good Morning Britain after the first vaccines were administered.

I looked at the main board on b3ta.com today for the first time in a geological epoch - saw this:

 

[Mr. Tea]

no idea what this means.

The man who wrote it is still banging the "It's no worse than seasonal flu" drum, so it's pretty safe to say he can be ignored.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Amusing that the NPCs bang on about it being not not worse than the flu, rather than comparing it to something that's actually unusually bad.

 

[Leo]

burn.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Amusing that the NPCs bang on about it being not not worse than the flu, rather than comparing it to something that's actually unusually bad.

What does that even mean? Why should it be "like" anything else?

 

[Leo]

He engaged in clever, stinging namecalling. That's all that matters, @Mr. Tea

 

[mixed_biscuits]

What does that even mean? Why should it be "like" anything else?

Public Health England literally call it an 'Influenza-like Illness' (ILI)

 

[Leo]

isn't it more dangerous than influenza, though?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Not as bad as the Spanish flu, presumably.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Public Health England literally call it an 'Influenza-like Illness' (ILI)

That doesn't mean it has the same severity as seasonal flu, does it?

You know what, forget it, I can't be arsed interacting with such obstinate bad-faith arguments.

 

[Mr. Tea]

isn't it more dangerous than influenza, though?

I can't remember the last time seasonal flu doubled the death rate in England or reduced 30-year-old Crossfit addicts to wheezing wrecks for months on end, so yeah it clearly is, to anyone who isn't a far-right mentalist.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

That doesn't mean it has the same severity as seasonal flu, does it?

You know what, forget it, I can't be arsed interacting with such obstinate bad-faith arguments.

Take it up with PHE, or are they 'far-right mentalists' too?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

And while you're at it, come up with a better reference class than 'the average flu'

How about 1000x better than ebola?

 

[Leo]

Not as bad as the Spanish flu, presumably.

ah, right. so instead of permanently damaging or killing lots of people, it only permanently damages or kills an abnormally high number.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Were you born in a wizard's shoe? Are you aware of how many more people have died from other things in recent times?

 

[Leo]

educate me.

 

[IdleRich]

Were you born in a wizard's shoe? Are you aware of how many more people have died from other things in recent times?

What... what? And what?

 

[IdleRich]

Anyway, have you seen this Georgia Keenan or whatever, first woman who got the vaccine today? It's amazing I saw a video of Bill Gates and he's got like a playstation controller and he can just walk her right or left or whatever. He's basically doing a live-action Grand Theft Auto right now, it's hilarious.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Yes, that's exactly how totalitarian regimes work.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Take it up with PHE, or are they 'far-right mentalists' too?

Have they ever claimed it was no worse than seasonal flu?