4 ms·
> This is absurd in the extreme. The proposition was that those that are the least impacted by covid--specifically, those like me who are healthy, young, gettin
by landryraccoon 5y ago
> This is absurd in the extreme. The proposition was that those that are the least impacted by covid--specifically, those like me who are healthy, young, getting adequate sunlight--should not have to bear the responsibility for those who are vulnerable.
We have radically different values.
Of course the strongest and most able in society have to bear the majority of the burdens. That simply seems morally obvious. The rich should pay more taxes than the poor. The young and healthy fight in the military and not the old and infirm. Adult children will make personal sacrifices to save their elderly parents. What about asking the healthy to make sacrifices to protect the weak is unjust?
A world view of “let the weak fend for themselves for the strong should take what they want” is utterly repugnant.
- sjwalter 5y agoKids are the least at risk of covid. Should they bear the most responsibility? Lol.
- landryraccoon 5y agoHow are kids bearing responsibility? It seems to me kids are doing fine with social distancing, mask wearing and all. Parents complain about their kids masking up more than the kids do. But the ultimate way kids are being forced to bear responsibility is their parents dying from covid and leaving them as orphans. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p1007-covid-19-orphaned-children.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p1007-covid-19-orpha... https://time.com/6104829/us-covid-orphans/ https://time.com/6104829/us-covid-orphans/ If you don’t want kids to have to bear responsibility with covid, don’t let their parents die from it.