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I don't see a statement about old people in that article. He seems to be arguing a more nuanced approach is necessary than locking down the entire state, even i
by errantmind 5y ago
I don't see a statement about old people in that article. He seems to be arguing a more nuanced approach is necessary than locking down the entire state, even if that approach costs a few (hundred) lives
- kmos17 5y agoactual quotes that you could easily find: « No one reached out to me and said, 'As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?' And if that's the exchange, I'm all in, » « I just think there are lots of grandparents out there in this country like me ... that what we all care about and what we all love more than anything are those children," he added. "And I want to, you know, live smart and see through this, but I don't want to see the whole country to be sacrificed, and that's what I see. »
- errantmind 5y agoAh, alright. I see them. Isn't this more of an argument about not going to any lengths to protect them as opposed to an argument that they should just die?
- kmos17 5y agoIt’s a pretty thin line between the two regardless of how you interpret it no?