Quote (Skinned @ 26 Jan 2022 17:42)
From my perspective it was a bloodbath but nothing any politicians could do would have changed the way it played out much. It is like trying to legislate out of a hurricane. Nov-Dec 2020 was just absurd in our neck of the words. Thank god we are so far past that. At this point treatments are there, vaccines are there, people can make informed choices. The vaccine is about protecting individuals from death, it doesn't prevent the spread of the disease, you can have it and spread it with the vaccine but the vaccine prevents being hospitalized, disabled, vented, die, etc. It reduces the severity of it for you but not those you give it to. It is a personal choice about personal protection at this point and it should be treated like a personal healthcare decision, like a flu shot, like an abortion, etc. Bodily autonomy is the value of which I speak. If it becomes part of public school and military required vaccinations then it seems like it will be forced in those cases. But it is a volunteer military and there are plenty of militias to train you (lol) and you can find charter schools or religious schools to accommodate you more than likely. Public schools are authoritarian it is what it is.
Britain finally did right by its people by opening up. This is as good as it is gonna get in terms of public safety.
Politicians only have a voter score in perspective, the ones in charge prefer to avoid the subject because more deaths is never good, and they can even be blamed for it (not being though enough, or simply being amalgamated with it).
The other side was more likely against vaccines or restrictions so they are closing their mouth.
Quote (justhackitup @ 26 Jan 2022 17:30)
I’m guessing importing 10,000 infected per month and dispersing those people around the country is a bad idea? I live by a border and the caravans are not vaccinated. 50% test positive and also have comorbidities like poor health and diseases. Gonna be hard to get to immunity with that going on :banana:
This will never end.
Some are very happy to recruit them and are not punished for it. Usually these people are keeping a low profile, they will more likely use masks and not going in crowed places.
Quote (OhHoney @ 26 Jan 2022 17:33)
2nd hand smoke could be seen as the "contagious part" causing cancer. Same with obese families passing the torch to their kids and so on.
This extend for years and is a mostly a political issue (ie: fat food regulation, education etc). A virus spreads fast and can be massively contained if everyone participate.
We should NEVER forget that without restriction and vaccines this shit covid could have killed much, much more people (5-10 times more) and so on it would be by FAR the n°1 death cause.