Looking at that COVID tracker, I was surprised to learn that earlier this year, we were at 10% of the peak deaths per week. It didn't even make the news. There hasn't been any major visible effort to increase vaccines. My family and I have got our update shots, but when I mentioned getting boosters to my coworkers they all shrugged off.

Seems like there's a baseline level of death that people are just kind of ok with.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't seem outlandish under the circumstances that covid acts like a brain parasite that forces its host to deny covid's existence or significance. It perfectly matches widespread behavior.

But the truth is people really are just that god damn stupid and don't need the help.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

I dunno about the parasite aspect, but I know COVID has been linked to brain damage. So if you think about it, a large percentage of the population being brain damaged is actually a good explanation for what happened with the election.

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