> Your chance is higher the more un-vaxxed people around you. People keep repeating that line, as if unvaccinated folks who have survived Covid present the sam

> Your chance is higher the more un-vaxxed people around you. People keep repeating that line, as if unvaccinated folks who have survived Covid present the same risk as those who have had neither. In fact, surviving Covid is more protective than the vaccine (studies have shown this). Conflating unvaccinated Covid survivors with those who actually put the population at risk is at best disingenuous. Classical epidemiology teaches us that everyone will eventually get Covid, just like everyone will eventually get influenza. Treating it like the plague (which it isn't) is creating a concentration of power among certain elites, which is never good for society. > Vaccine mandates and masks aren't an infringement on your freedoms. Masks aren't, but vaccine mandates and other regulations certainly can be, depending on how they are enforced. For example, restrictions on freedom of assembly (which is articulated in the bill of rights), including churches (who did sue in California and win on constitutional grounds). > But we don't do that here, in the civilized world. We don't turn people away. Its inhumane to not help people and turn them away. Doctors take an oath to help all in need. > It would solve the hospital problem to say "tough s*t if you get sick, did you try the vax?" but thats not a practical response. No politician or organization wants to take responsibility for that measure, and no doctor would turn away someone sick. > I would MUCH rather wear a mask than have hospitals turn people away. Great points, I appreciate your thoughts.