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JT45242

(2,267 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 02:11 PM Jul 2020

We may all be doomed.... reflections from a FB interaction [View all]

This morning, I made a rare look onto Facebook. I used to only go on Facebook to show pics of my kids doing cool things: scout projects and events, band concert, going to camp, etc. Lately I have looked at what others have posted and made a few comments.

One of my best friends from HS had posted a questionable study about hydroxychloroquine and another one of her friends asked: What does this mean in laymen's terms.

So, I laid it out. In random trials, HCQ was worse. In the double blinded (gold standard for medication testing) study, it was stopped early because HCQ caused too many deaths. Only small post hoc studies of HCQ say anything good about it.

Then I said that the only way we beat this is if we have 100% mask wearing to prevent Covid because the 'best' treatment is the steroid used in England that decreased death rates of ICU patients by 16%.

My friend, who was a National Merit Semifinalist, has a degree in Biology and was at one point a certified HS science teacher. Said that she is through with wearing masks.

She started drinking the evangelical koolaid about 20 years ago. She is educated enough to know how viruses work. And she refuses to wear a mask. It is officially a death cult. They would rather we all die, then have everyone wear a mask for 6 -12 months.

I tried to point out that in Asia they were masks whenever they don't feel well or any disease flares up in society. They actually "Live Matthew 25 and take care of the least of these." I have little doubt that I will lose a friend over this. Either she will not speak to me again or more likely she or someone in her family will get it.

College educated one of the top 2.5% of the population in terms of raw intellectual ability and she is a death cult member. I really feel like we are all doomed.

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With respect, your "friend" is an idiot DonaldsRump Jul 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Jul 2020 #22
Amen. Duppers Jul 2020 #23
As I posted on another thread... ScratchCat Jul 2020 #2
Their inability to admit they were wrong or that they were conned is a HUGE part of the problem. CrispyQ Jul 2020 #5
Fundamentalism KT2000 Jul 2020 #3
I have a handful of rwnj's in my family & the religious one is by far the worst. CrispyQ Jul 2020 #4
Ass holes all over.... jmg257 Jul 2020 #6
I'm right there with you. It's like zombie Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #7
THIS. It's a tsunami for me... OneGrassRoot Jul 2020 #20
Intelligence does not equal common sense. Mossfern Jul 2020 #8
These Hucksters Offering Miracle Cures by Regurgitated E-mail Spam Ought to be Prosecuted Stallion Jul 2020 #9
Fear, hatred and self-loathing. The foundations of Christianity. stopbush Jul 2020 #10
Not a Christianity problem -- evangelicals don't speak for all of us JT45242 Jul 2020 #16
It's nice you volunteer and do humanitarian work. stopbush Jul 2020 #17
I am a believer hamsterjill Jul 2020 #18
In Life Poker, Religion beats Common Sense. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #11
Religion seems to be able to take the smartest people Bettie Jul 2020 #12
A classmate in College Turbineguy Jul 2020 #13
And with some study, he'd have Bettie Jul 2020 #15
It's not about intelligence... orwell Jul 2020 #14
Some high IQ people are real idiots. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2020 #19
I stopped at "She started drinking the evangelical koolaid" misanthrope Jul 2020 #21
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