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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
This type of thinking is absolutely insane.
There is no evidence that Covid causes long term respiratory complications in a healthy population.
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No evidence? I am sceptical about this claim.
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You know what does cause long term effects? Concussions. Have we taken fighting out of the game? Hitting?
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Yeah, there is a very good reason why fighting and hitting have not yet been eliminated outright from NHL hockey. The players have decided that these changes are not wanted. But if a large enough group of the same players are scared enough about the unknown long-term repercussions of contracting COVID-19, then I have no doubt that they will vote down the proposed tournament. It may appear irrational, but I think in the collective mindset of players the difference between the pandemic and head hits is that they can exercise some control over one, and not the other.
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new supplements ... Sucralose ... New medications ... pneumonia ... 60% (more?) of the people in this thread are overweight or obese ...
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All of this is irrelevant straw-manning to make a point that no one is arguing. The biggest difference between all of these random societal dangers and the state of the ongoing pandemic is that unlike COVID-19 the risk factors for the above laundry list are well known, well documented, and it-and-large understood to he acceptable.
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We have to be careful with Covid but the fear mongering that continues is absolutely ridiculous.
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When it comes to responding to a highly infectious, highly contagious viral infection about which we presently know very little, I don't think reasonable precautionary measures should be dismissed as "ridiculous fear mongering."
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