STFU

Vincent J. Curtis

29 Oct 20

RE: Walking the walk.  Another obnoxious Spectator editorial in which these self-admitted non-experts deign to scold those who don't don't do as the editors think they ought are lectured for not being good. It's the usual progressive technique of saying shut up, don't argue, and just do as you're told, because we can't explain why.

“Shut up and do as you’re told!”  That’s the standard progressive argument for everything.  It saves them the burden using their reason, which went undeveloped at school.  In this case, the command is mandatory masking.

What if the masks you’re supposed to wear are ineffective against viruses?  Then, wearing a mask won’t help, and may give you a false sense of security.  Is it any wonder that the second wave of the pandemic occurred after masking became mandatory?

The masks mandated are nothing but symbols of compliance.  You might as well carry a rabbit’s foot, because you’ll have better luck with it.

The reason people are exhausted with masking and lockdowns is because the powers that be are overly fixated on the virus and none of their dire predictions are noticeable.  In six months on average, 130,000 Canadians die of all causes, and the virus has caused 10,000.  This is a blip, statistically compared to the average.  By far most people who get the virus get over it easily.  If 1,000 people per day caught the virus in Ontario, it would only take 40 years to infect the entire population of 14.6 million.  At the height of the second wave, only one in 2,000 are active cases, most of whom are asymptomatic.

Public health officials are like the boy who cried wolf too often.  They’ve lost their credibility, and commands to obey are sparking acts of defiance.

So, Spectator: STFU! The people know better.

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