[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Locke

This is the thing, there are some who do but thats not really the most important issue.

I think back to the beginning of the Pandemic and remember just how batcrap nuts that was.

We didnt know anything. Where it came from, what it was, how it spread, what it did and/or to whom. It took a long time to nail a good chunk of those specifics down.

Unfortunately, I'm reminded of the saying "You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into."

Over the past several years people have been encouraged to "don't just believe me, do your own research!!"

Unfortunately most people couldnt research their way out of a wet paper bag, they're just hunting for whatever they can find that validates their already currently held position.

So when people like Archibald post misinformation...thats what sticks. The recantation does not. Once its out there its out there. That damage is done. That Genie is out of the bottle.

So when things like the General Medical Opinion doesnt align with their own people will continue to search until they find one that does.

Even if for nothing more than: "Its not a consensus! See? I'm not alone! There are dozens of us! Dozens!"

And once that belief is firmly held it is difficult to change. A lot of this leads right back to the beginning of the Pandemic where misinformation was abundant and relentless and it seems that the difficulty in that willingness to change has remained stubborn.

If I may summarize...