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Quoting: Mountain Man"Those who would give up essential liberties for a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

This.

1.5 million people have lost all their liberties.

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Quoting: Mountain ManThe government might be able to reduce certain types of injuries and deaths through regulation, but overall human death rates do not rise or fall based on government mandates.

Deaths are reduced, but death rates do not fall. Aha...

You think the death rates shown for Spain during a lockdown would have been the same without measures?
The scientist in this field seem to disagree. And the data, too.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/12/15/science.abd9338 [External Link]

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Quoting: tuubiThat's fair. For me personally (as an introvert who is married to another introvert and whose income hasn't been affected at all) this hasn't been a huge problem.

The time in one's life where you learn that your style of life is called "social distancing"... ;)

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Quoting: EikeEverybody who hasn't done yet and is into some serious puzzling, do play Portal Stories: MEL in hard mode.

What's actually different in hard mode? Completely different puzzles or just things like tighter time limits?

Thanks for asking. :D

The hard mode used to be the only mode when the mod was released. (Read: It's The Real Thing!) As it was too tough for many people (I really struggled, too), they made some puzzles easier. The game doesn't have any time limits or such.
A usual circle of Portal Stories MEL was...
* This is impossible!
* Or, maybe...
* I might be able to reach the exit!
* Standing in front of the exit: WTF I need another box here?!?
* This is impossible!
* Or, maybe...
* Level done.
I think they removed the second part of this vicious circle for some levels. :)

It's really, really worth your mon.. wait, it's free! :)

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Quoting: tuubiHaving to stay home a lot for a while (and to wear a mask when I don't) are inconveniences, moreso for some, but worth it to me if it prevents a single death. Same goes for people losing jobs or money, as long as their government makes sure nobody ends up in the streets or has to go hungry. As long as you don't kill off a significant portion of the consumer base, businesses will bounce back and so will jobs.

I'd agree though (and it's probably the only point where I agree with them) that losing your job and the like is not named appropriately with "inconveniences". It's just... that it's necessary.

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Everybody who hasn't done yet and is into some serious puzzling, do play Portal Stories: MEL in hard mode.

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Researchers



People "researching" The Truth on the internet

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Quoting: Mountain ManThe fact is, someone in the world dies from something every single second of every single day, and government totalitarianism can't stop that.

This shows Covid-19 death toll in Spain - in lockdown - compared to the years before. (Source: data.europa.eu)
Can you imagine how it would have looked without lockdown?

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Quoting: Mountain Man"...free until COVID-19 is under control"

Let's be honest, it's not the virus that's out of control, it's our governments.

Yeah, why not making fun of 1.5 million dead people?

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Quoting: eldakingOf course, starting with high lethality pneumonia right from the start would be a rookie mistake in the game, everyone would just act to eradicate the virus as fast as possible. Which means we are getting our asses kicked by a rookie virus.

It does some things right, like waiting some days before showing symptoms, no?

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