To me, this is part of the issue. We've got some who believe covid is

literally as bad as the bubonic plague was and a genuine reason to live in absolute fear for your life. Then we've got some who believe covid is totally overblown, all the reported numbers inflated, and the vax is actually (or at least potentially) worse than covid.

Which means we've got some who believe no mitigation effort is too extreme, even if it costs society tens (maybe hundreds?) of trillions of dollars. Then we have some who believe any mitigation effort, no matter how small, is pointless overreaching government interference.

Kinda hard to reach any common ground when we can't even agree on how big the problem is.

In response to this post by Happy Dog

Posted: 08/05/2021 at 09:48AM

Wow -A majority of Americans say in new polling that the worst of the coron -- DaveVT 08/04/2021 9:10PM

That's one of those polls that make no sense... -- `lag 08/05/2021 08:41AM

Depends on the purpose of the poll -- Tafkam Hokie 08/05/2021 09:34AM

Yeah, I'm trying to interpret his "wow"... -- `lag 08/05/2021 09:46AM

Use nationwide coronavirus cases, poll coincides with lows and highs -- lchoro 08/05/2021 01:24AM

Not surprising considering the fear porn the media thrives on. -- HokieGator 08/04/2021 11:42PM

Poll this Spring on expected hospitalization rate was unreal -- Happy Dog 08/05/2021 07:35AM

To me, this is part of the issue. We've got some who believe covid is -- Tafkam Hokie 08/05/2021 09:48AM

I can't argue with anything you have said -- Happy Dog 08/05/2021 09:53AM

Majority of Americans are also dumb AF, so… ** -- VT Pops 08/04/2021 11:02PM

Potentially - hopefully not - never know with variants and vaccines ** -- OXVT 08/04/2021 10:56PM

Well, if we've learned anything over the last decade it's that . . . -- MidloHokie 08/04/2021 10:52PM

I'd like to see the exact wording of that poll. ** -- HokieJay 08/04/2021 10:20PM

Another poll says that the unvaccinated fear the vax more than the disease -- Nova Hokie 95 08/04/2021 10:05PM

Classic ** -- FfxStationHokie 08/04/2021 10:08PM

And the media rejoices! ** -- Hokiehouse7 08/04/2021 10:02PM

How did they define "worst"? -- MP4VT2004 08/04/2021 9:36PM

Least best ** -- LonghornHokie 08/04/2021 9:45PM

Article and raw data at link w/in -- DaveVT 08/04/2021 9:40PM

I can see that since they said we needed 80-90%? for herd immunity ** -- 83Hokie 08/04/2021 9:31PM

I heard they revised that to 110%. We're so screwed! TIC ** -- MP4VT2004 08/05/2021 07:02AM

So basically the vax rate has to equal a recruit's verbal commitment level? ** -- Tafkam Hokie 08/05/2021 11:43AM

As far as I'm concerned, a verbal commitment... -- MP4VT2004 08/05/2021 12:30PM

I'm hoping they are the unvaccinated ones. ** -- IB4TECH 08/04/2021 9:31PM

To me, this is part of the issue. We've got some who believe covid is

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