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Person 1: shares the meme: "Explain how 730,000 flu hospitalizations, 62,000 flu deaths, and 54 million positive diagnoses since October did not overwhelm our hospitals." ~ Candace Owens ~.
Person 1 writes, "Does she have a point, asking those that cant think this through." while sharing the meme.
Person 2: "Because of supply and demand. The flu happens every year so our current system is designed to meet that demand. Anymore demand ontop of current supply will override the system. Simple economics really, but hey its propagandist Candace for ya."
Person 1: "propagandist? What is her cause then? Just stating facts?"
Person 2: "I don't have time for loaded questions and begging the question fallacies." (Copies and pasts the fallacy)
Person 3: "it is simple like you say, we are no where near those numbers but yet we are overwhelmed?? Sounds you are the one assuming facts to fit your narrative , but good job on the cut and paste."
Person 4: " Person 2 is a Tool."
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1Explain how 730,000 flu hospitalizations, 62,000 flu deaths, and 54 million positive diagnoses since October did not overwhelm our hospitals.
This is the kind of statement that is an argument in disguise, although no direct claim is being made. The argument is clearly:
730,000 flu hospitalizations, 62,000 flu deaths, and 54 million positive diagnoses since October did not overwhelm our hospitals. Therefore, adding [some fraction of that] Covid-19 hospitalizations, deaths, and positive diagnoses should not overwhelm our hospitals.
The form is
X is not too much.
Therefore, X+Y is not too much.
At the very least, we have a clear Non Sequitur . This is strictly looking at the form of the argument, not getting into the details of the content.
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Person 2 seems to be agreeing with Candace with their argument, but couching it as a counter argument (though I would have thought it would be logistics rather than economics). Can you clarify?
What I find interesting is how people with no expertise on a topic get into heated discussions based on a few sound bites, which may be spin.