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In response to "Our school is announcing plans tomorrow. The parent group has been a shitshow all weekend. The icing on the cake was last night when people were -- (edited)" by oblique

why are people opposed to testing? (My sister expressed similar refusals with her kids but I couldn't get why)

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Jul 13 '20, 06:26

I feel like I would get tested every day if that's what my job wanted to open the office safely

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Because if you don't know, it's not your fault, and if you do know, then you have to do something about it. - Reagen Jul 13, 06:35 6
- Probably this. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 06:46
- There's a lot of reasons for it but if there's a scarlet letter stigma attached to it I wonder if people have been contributing to it with holier than - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:37 4
  - One of my realizations during this is that people are in general even less knowledgeable about basic science than I thought possible. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 06:48 3
    - You put it nicely, most are... not the sharpest tool in the shed. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 06:54
    - It's sort of disturbing -- nm - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:49 1
      - "sort of"? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 13, 07:07
A lot of people think there’s danger in testing. Like risk of exposure, for example. There’s also the conspiracy nuts who think the testing is - mafic Jul 13, 06:32 2
- The President also wants less testing so less cases reported (that is a US thing only, not sure about Dawson's sister) -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 06:33 1
  - My suspicion is a bit of the oblik reason: doesn't want to have to quarantine if a positive shows up? She DOES NOT want the kids in the house in the - JackDawson Jul 13, 06:35
Becuase people are selfish, ignorant assholes. -- nm - Shaun Jul 13, 06:27

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