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He was using the equivalent of a Facebook infographic to "prove" that epidemiologists are wrong.

His type believes that scientists are part of a cabal that is lying to the public for nefarious reasons.

I won't say that he himself is deranged, but his thought pattern on this issue is.

Anyhow, for those who believe in science: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2014564118

My thought pattern is deranged, because I compare countries with similar state of health care. One where masks are mandatory and one where it isn't. Well, Sweden also has no lockdown, but it pretty much does not matter since the death count in countries should be way higher if most people do not wear masks even indoor.

While you were smearing me you missed to make an argument.

You apparently think that you can believe in science as some kind of religion, but that is not how any of this works. There is not single science answer for these kind of topics, so you can't avoid arguments. Try refute it! I wanna see it.

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