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Can we ban discussion of covid restrictions on HN ? At that point nobody is going to change his position.

Pro lockdown people will not change their opinion even if there are proof that masks mandate and lockdowns dont work

Anti lockdown people will not change their opinion even if there are proof that masks mandate and lockdowns works.

There is no point keep talking about it, unless you want to loose your time arguing with someone who will never agree with you.

There was a post on HN a few days ago "Why it is so hard to be rational ?" [1], it perfectly describes the current situation.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28197482




Please, let’s not ban one of the rare place where people of different opinions can exchange links and arguments with a pretty decent average scientific ground. Banning and expelling difficult topics from the public space has become far too common.


> Anti lockdown people will not change their opinion even if there are proof that masks mandate and lockdowns works

Even if they do work it's barely relevant to the argument that lockdowns should be avoided. Lockdowns would have to work and be less harmful overall than cutting off or reducing access to everything else people depend on in society, like schooling, mental health services, cancer diagnostics and treatment, and so on and so forth. That's a tall order.

Anti-lockdown people who claim lockdowns don't work are surely employing motivated reasoning.




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