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In reply to the discussion: I want to know how many of these soaring numbers of newly infected [View all]Warpy
(114,650 posts)This is a virus. It doesn't care who it infects. It's not a punishment and it's not a retribution from an angry deity. I don't blame them any more than I blamed gay men back in the 80s for dying of AIDS. That way lies the kind of madness crooked preachers love to exploit.
We're a social species. A majority of us are extroverts and they find alone time to be boring and uncomfortable. A month or two of staying at home hit their limit. Likely most were taking a chance, thinking they'd avoid anyone who looked ill or was coughing and they'd be OK, just so they'd feel normal for a few hours.
I'm a raging introvert, so solitary confinement wasn't a big deal for me. I do know it was a very big deal for other people, most of whom aren't spreading disinformation and aren't all that politically oriented.
Now the asshats at the Big Dummy hateapalooza, those are the ones I have no sympathy for, and they're spreading something far worse than a virus.