• drolex@sopuli.xyz
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      10 months ago

      I don’t know in other countries, but in France there was a sort of cult from some media around Raoult, who was, at the time, a respected name. So maybe it’s not that simple.

      People are talking about dead people and just call them morons. Without any idea of what they went through. Amazing.

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        10 months ago

        My wife’s aunt is married to a Frenchman and the level of worship he displayed for the guy was incroyable. No matter what came out disproving how ineffective Hydroxychloroquine was in tests during 2020/2021 he was absolutely certain that Raoult would prove to be right in the end.

      • AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        sorry, but my empathy for those people is zero after the last few years. toddlers tantrum over masks, ignoring social distancing while partying, protesting against lockdowns while the ICUs were overfilled, spreading bullshit on social media about the vaccine and calling people nazis over the idea that mandated vaccination might be smart - i will call them morons over and over again, regardless of nationality, and will cite studys like the OP whenever someone asks why. i’ve been called worse for masking up when it wasn’t required, our little snowflakes will have to endure it.

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        10 months ago

        No idea what they went through? Are you being serious? We all know what they went through. It was a global pandemic. They were reports of the virus in North Korea.