Quote Originally Posted by nanashi View Post
Wait, so you're coming to the conclusion that the only reason a group of people who openly admitted they didn't know much about the new virus at the time saying back at the beginning that they didn't see a need then for masks was NOT that they (as they said, didn't know very much about it, and as has been extensively shared by medical and infectious disease specialists since studies on the spread and on the viral particles, themselves, have come out,) that there is reason to wear a mask, but the ONLY possible case must be that the medical experts are all colluding with media who like to get their jollies off on us wearing masks on our faces?


And ...are you suggesting they WANTED the economy to nosedive with this airborne and masks-protect-other-people-from-your-droplets narrative ?


What's in it for them? All these medical specialists who pledged their lives to the benefit of the public?


and we're talking poor research scientists and assistants, too, not just plastic surgeons in Los Angeles.
“Science” isn’t a monolith. The articles you find on your social media pages don’t necessarily represent a scientific consensus, and often have more to do with politics and the fact that the media are in the business of selling fear porn than science.

Much of what was recommended was recommended because China did it first, and because there was mass hysteria and pressure on governments to “do something.” There’s usually not much governments can do to contain a virus, but at least by doing this they’re “doing something.” And if governments or politicians don’t “do something,” even if there’s no evidence it’s even effective, half the fucking country acts like they’re mass murderers.

Regarding the economy, I don’t think any of this was a conspiracy, just the natural result of how people act when they panic and a media spectacle encourages it. But the lockdowns have been very good for big businesses, since they drive their smaller competitors out of business. And the big businesses which would seem to suffer from the lockdowns just get bailed out by government $ anyway. If you want to see a conspiracy, you wouldn’t have to look far to see who’d benefit the most from lockdowns.