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New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

What is false about that statement? Viruses kill, that's not false at all. Just because covid has killed at higher rates doesn't change my statement.

You're the living embodiment of this emoji morshupls

The point is that a virus being deadly is just a fact of all viruses.

That is a false equivalency, emphasis equivalency. Spare us your liberal sophistry.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think you need to look up the definition of false equivalency, it is not an apple to orange kind of thing to say all viruses can kill. I'm not denying some kill more than others, but they all kill. If you can't understand this fact, I don't know what to tell you.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think you need to look up the definition of false equivalency

    You're stating that all viruses kill (which may have some holes in it already) therefore all viruses are technically the same, which ignores the differences in damage they do to people.

    If you can't understand this fact, I don't know what to tell you.

    If you had any actual point to make with your pedantic bullshit, I didn't see it. You're just textually masturbating as far as I can tell.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    You're stating that all viruses kill

    Yes, I am, and I'm pretty sure that's a fact.

    therefore all viruses are technically the same

    That's not what I'm saying at all, does saying all people die mean all people are the same? Does saying all murders kill mean they are all the same? No, there are obviously differences.

    which ignores the differences in damage they do to people.

    The fact I said isn't about differences in damage, facts don't have to say everything to be facts. My fact also isn't saying or implying that they do the same damage.

    If you had any actual point to make with your pedantic bullshit, I didn't see it. You're just textually masturbating as far as I can tell.

    Look at the context of who I was responding to. They were basically saying that if it kills we should wear a mask, I pointed out that All viruses kill and we don't wear masks because of those, so just the fact that it kills isn't enough.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Look at the context of who I was responding to. They were basically saying that if it kills we should wear a mask, I pointed out that All viruses kill and we don't wear masks because of those, so just the fact that it kills isn't enough.

    And there's the false equivalency that you're trying to banish with sophistry magic.

    They said "it kills" in a non-precise pedantically-incorrect way about something that is dangerous and you're doing victory laps congratulating yourself on a reddit-logo tier "technically correct" masturbatory moment.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Again, I think you need to look up the definition of false equivalency, what I am saying isn't that.

    Define dangerous, because I wouldn't call current strains of covid dangerous. The hospitalized death rate isn't that far off the flu at this point. It used to be more deadly, but it's just not anymore.

    But hey, at least we can agree I'm technically correct.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Again

    You're being dense on purpose because it's that important for you to congratulate yourself on a silly pedantic thing that none one else cared about, not the person you were being smug to in the first place, and not to me.

    But hey, at least we can agree I'm technically correct.

    Your self-congratulatory narcissism is noted. congratulations

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