Quote (kenw @ Mar 22 2021 12:36pm)
Just because there are protests doesn't mean that the majority of people are against lockdowns. It just seems that way because there's a vocal minority on social media.
That's actually incorrect.
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About half of Americans in Gallup's latest polling on the COVID-19 pandemic, 49%, say they would be very likely to stay home for a month if public health officials recommended it due to a serious outbreak of the virus in their community. This contrasts with solid majorities in the spring who said they were likely to comply with such shelter-in-place advice, including a high of 67% in late March/early April.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/324146/americans-less-amenable-covid-lockdown.aspxAnd this was in November. So with another 4 months passing, I bet even more people would be against the lockdowns. It's not rocket science really. The more time you go without walking your dog the more likely he is to be sad or get antsy.
Quote (thesnipa @ Mar 22 2021 12:28pm)
true democracy sets a dangerous precedent.
That sentence seems authoritarian.