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Fear is one hell of a drug. But really, I think many people are laser focused on not just minimizing risk of COVID, but now trying to zero out COVID risk, that
by cdolan 5y ago
Fear is one hell of a drug.
But really, I think many people are laser focused on not just minimizing risk of COVID, but now trying to zero out COVID risk, that having any reason to delay receipt of a vaccine isn't a pre-existing medical condition is considered a form of aggression.
At some point we transitioned from "bend the curve" to "eradicate the virus", and this seems like a byproduct of that mental shift.
- jswny 5y agoWhy would you not want to eradicate Covid?
- calvano915 5y agoObviously we can and maybe should, but at what costs in order to do so? Are there better infectious diseases to invest in and focus on instead?
- anoncake 5y agoWe can't, and we've known that for months, possibly since the beginning.
- cdolan 5y agoWhy do you not want to eradicate hunger, inequality, mental health problems, and general suffering? I ask such an absurd question in response to your equally absurd question because of course everyone wants to eradicate these issues! But it is not possible to fully eliminate being monetarily poor (by somehow making everyone wealthy), or hunger (by overproducing food and creating distribution), etc.... and so a realization that tradeoffs must be made given our finite resources will better frame our collective decisions as a society.