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Who are we to make that decision? I'm not an immunologist or infectious disease expert, and I'm assuming you're not either.

pb7 5y ago
I don't need to be.
n8cpdx 5y ago
It is ok to have critical thinking. Especially after the experts have shown time and again that they aren’t great at making sociopolitical choices. The experts were telling you not to wear masks in March and not to get booster shots in August and not to vaccinate children in September. You live your life. You are the one to make your own choices. COVID is on its way to being flu 2.0 (the experts will tell you this if you ask the right questions). Compare it to the flu (especially if vaccinated) and ask yourself if not living your life for a minuscule risk is really worth it. Especially when most of the people actually at risk of death (the unvaccinated in the rich world) have been going out of their way to be at risk for many months.
CountDrewku 5y ago
There is no "we" here. There is personal choice about your own body. If you are scared then stay home and isolate. If you are not then go about your normal life. No once is forcing you to do anything. At some point you need to take personal responsibility and make your own decisions instead of waiting for some "expert" to tell you how to live. What do you want? Someone to whisper soothing words and tell you to just wait until X, it'll all be ok? That's not how life works.
- yupper32 5y ago
  Where do you get that it's a personal choice? It's not. I'm not afraid of Covid. I just don't want to contribute to the spread and death.
  - CountDrewku 5y ago
    >I'm not afraid of Covid. I just don't want to contribute to the spread and death. This is doublespeak. No one is being forced out in public around people. Anyone doing so has a made a personal decision and they have accepted the consequences. You are not responsible for other people's decisions.

pb7 5y ago

I don't need to be.

n8cpdx 5y ago

It is ok to have critical thinking. Especially after the experts have shown time and again that they aren’t great at making sociopolitical choices. The experts were telling you not to wear masks in March and not to get booster shots in August and not to vaccinate children in September. You live your life. You are the one to make your own choices. COVID is on its way to being flu 2.0 (the experts will tell you this if you ask the right questions). Compare it to the flu (especially if vaccinated) and ask yourself if not living your life for a minuscule risk is really worth it. Especially when most of the people actually at risk of death (the unvaccinated in the rich world) have been going out of their way to be at risk for many months.

CountDrewku 5y ago

There is no "we" here. There is personal choice about your own body. If you are scared then stay home and isolate. If you are not then go about your normal life. No once is forcing you to do anything. At some point you need to take personal responsibility and make your own decisions instead of waiting for some "expert" to tell you how to live. What do you want? Someone to whisper soothing words and tell you to just wait until X, it'll all be ok? That's not how life works.

yupper32 5y ago
Where do you get that it's a personal choice? It's not. I'm not afraid of Covid. I just don't want to contribute to the spread and death.
- CountDrewku 5y ago
  >I'm not afraid of Covid. I just don't want to contribute to the spread and death. This is doublespeak. No one is being forced out in public around people. Anyone doing so has a made a personal decision and they have accepted the consequences. You are not responsible for other people's decisions.