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> the unvaccinated are taking all the risks. Not if they saturate the health system and you need it for something else.
by rixed 5y ago
> the unvaccinated are taking all the risks.
Not if they saturate the health system and you need it for something else.
- poszlem 5y agoWhat do you need your health system for other than treating the sick?
- MauranKilom 5y ago...are you trying to say that unvaccinated people who catch covid are literally the only people that ever get sick of anything? I'm at a loss here...
- poszlem 5y agoThat's because you apparently can't read. The only thing I said was that treating sick people is why we have the healthcare system. If you think treating COVID patients is too much just triage differently and lower the priority, treat more important things instead. Don't force me to get a medical procedure against my will for the sake of the government healthcare infrastructure.
- MauranKilom 5y agoI can read words, but not minds. You asked a rhethorical question that didn't illustrate your position in the slightest. If you wanted to say "let people with COVID die on the streets so I can remain unvaccinated" then please just say that.
- inkblotuniverse 5y agoWhat are you going to do about the 50%+ of americans who are oversaturated with fat and sugar, and the massive drain they put on the health system?
- mattzito 5y agoI guess we are pretty lucky that we don’t all have heart attacks simultaneously or it could be a real drag on the hospitals. But yes, the risks and concerns are absolutely equal between those two scenarios.
- rixed 5y agoObesity is costly and deadly, no doubt about that. But it is not saturating the health system as in filling up all available life support equipments. Also, obesity "epidemic" is slow, therefore easy to manage, compared to the covid epidemic that is governed by power laws. Finally, there is no vaccine against obesity.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoThis is only true, because we've built enough rooms and trained and hired enough teams of people to take care of fat people. In my country, nurses are still paid more working as store clerks than in hospitals, so yeah... And if many countries can mandate curfews, lockdowns, mandatory quarantenes etc., why not ban sugary foods, sugary drinks, fast food, etc.? I mean.. I'm against any sort of bans, but generally, more people die from being fat than from covid itself.... if every life matters, why no theirs?
- rixed 5y agoMy best guess is that the power law governing covid epidemics growth poses a greater threat (in terms of costs and casualties) than slow evolving obesity crisis.