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I absolutely agree. You're comparing an undemocratic illiberal totalitarian state's violent actions against citizens to the US government giving away vaccines,

I absolutely agree. You're comparing an undemocratic illiberal totalitarian state's violent actions against citizens to the US government giving away vaccines, stopping international travel for a short time, and some states and municipalities mandating the wearing of masks. Nobody was taken to the gulag about it. That's not dystopian.

weakfish 4y ago
I do find it amusing how far the window for what Americans consider draconian is from the rest of the world. If I was smarter I could perhaps write an essay drawing on our absurd focus on individualism.
origin_path 4y ago
International travel (into the USA for non residents/citizens) is still stopped for people who didn't take the vaccine even though it doesn't work and never stopped transmission anyway. So it was absolutely a set of Draconian and totalitarian moves that had no impact whatsoever.
throwaway22032 4y ago
Not at all. Your claim was that the US could have slowed or even stopped the spread of coronavirus. China can't even stop it. It's not possible.
tomByrer 4y ago
Actually, almost half of Dems & 20% of GOP wanted to lock up Americans who didn't get the shots. NY State was about to vote on such a measure until it got public. That IS dystopian. https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/jan_2022/covid_19_democratic_voters_support_harsh_measures_against_unvaccinated https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/par...
- NoraCodes 4y ago
  Sure, that's a terrible idea. It also wasn't implemented, whereas in China, much more draconian measures were.