# Revisiting covid denial and covid restrictions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 13, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932 "2024-03-13T20:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/241 "2024-03-31T03:06:24Z")
Oh man, and here I thought it meant _G_et _F_auci’d _Y_esterday. 💉 🦠 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/242 "2024-03-31T16:44:50Z")
Spelled out, IME, more than you might think. Abbreviated, this 72 year old woman had to think about it for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/243 "2024-04-01T02:52:06Z")
Seconded. 74 yo woman. First I had to suss out that it wasn’t GTA: Grand Theft Auto. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/244 "2024-04-05T13:03:56Z")
Apparently the Covid vacvine causes people to tell other people to GFY. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/245 "2024-04-05T13:28:09Z")
These gift links are only valid for 14 days and so many views. I’ll try again but no guarantees. And I’ll throw in another gift link. > **[How Trump Is Fracturing Minority Communities](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/how-trump-fracturing-minority-communities/677975/?gift=FNE9XeXXKzu6Z_8urufLLvEl1jS4x1EdItY60wJaf-s&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > And why it could propel him to a second term > **[The Trump Two-Step](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/trump-two-step-bloodbath-2024-election/677966/?gift=FNE9XeXXKzu6Z_8urufLLpPqZ0kiBgZPLFuLThZXSB8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > Once you recognize the pattern, you’ll see it everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/246 "2024-04-05T14:00:45Z")
@Dr_Paprika , was this the thread in which you intended to post those links? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/247 "2024-04-05T14:59:29Z")
No. Thanks for letting me know. ---
**Author:** ![Iori\_Yagami](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iori_yagami/32/17461_2.png) [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/248 "2024-09-13T08:11:08Z")
It is quite concerning that for example this happens [https://old.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/1fc9tpq/john\_campbell\_released\_an\_incredible\_video\_on\_how/](https://old.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/1fc9tpq/john_campbell_released_an_incredible_video_on_how/) Some quacky John Campbell gets thousands of likes, while the funk debunker gets less then 50. Also, if you read the comments, you’ll get that most are for Campbell. Maybe they’re shills, or just super-fanatics, but the education campaign is kinda failing. Why extort effort learning when you can just repeat same conspiracies again and again? Similarly, their youtubes views are totally incomparable. Like wow, studying medicine for many years, researching stuff, preparing content, and still getting outnumbered by a literal grifting grey-haired quacky boy. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/249 "2024-09-13T10:00:51Z")
Xitter upvotes is not a peer reviewed study. Upvotes can be (and are) amplified by bots and trolls. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932/250 "2024-09-13T11:48:15Z")
> [@Iori\_Yagami](#): > > Some quacky John Campbell gets thousands of likes, while the funk debunker gets less then 50. > … > Yikes! This feature of human nature has been remarked on by wise pundits for thousands of years. The only thing different today is the scale & speed. Rumor that used to flood an entire village in hours, now floods the entire world in minutes. And since it’s now easier to monetize rumor-starting, we get more of them _per capita_. But folks have always loved to pass along a juicy rumor. And even merely “like”-ing something online amounts to passing it on by increasing its prominence / likelihood to be shown to subsequent visitors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932.md?page=12)