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Originally Posted by CBeisbol
I know
And, there's a part of me that agrees with the just let the idiots run out and infect each other
But, there's another part of me that doesn't actually want people to get sick and die just because they've been fed a bunch of [bad information].
And much bigger part that thinks we need to keep reminding people, who have been fed bad information, that, yes, each person can can decide what risks to take for themselves. Lord knows i haven't lived my life they way a lot people would have liked me to. But, we don't have the right to risk other people's lives. My emergency medicine teacher taught me a lot of things I hope I don't forget. One of them was: "you don't gamble with other people's chips". When it comes to infectious diseases, yes, you're gambling with your own chips, but you're also gambling with everyone else's.
And way too many people don't seem to get that.
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This is what drives me absolutely bananas every time I see these clowns interviewed. "I'll be fine. I'm healthy. The President doesn't wear a mask, so why should I wear one?" Hey ****head, you do realize that that mask is mostly for the protection of the people around you right? Sure, it protects you a little bit (until you touch your face), but it's mostly for others, and to stop the spread which, despite whatever your news/commentary sources are, is rampant right now. If you spread it to them, maybe they don't get sick, but they take it home to someone who's immunocompromised, or old, and maybe they get it, and don't have a good outcome. You. Don't. Have. To. Have. Symptoms. To. Have. It. And. Spread. It. Fack! Why is this so hard?
It may not be rampant where you're living right now, but remember that all it takes is one infected person. I think there were two hairdressers the other day somewhere that wound up infecting 100 people. Two...One hundred. Please wake up people. This is not rocket science. Yes, it's inconvenient, and somewhat uncomfortable, but isn't it worth it in order to stop the threat of a highly contagious, potentially deadly virus. How would these zipperheads have done in WWII in say England? "I WANT MAH FREEEDUM!!! (or is that FREE-DUMB? Ya gotta wonder) THIS IS FAHSCHISM!!!" This. Is. A. War. People. You just can't see the enemy, but it's there. It's real. It's happening. Right now. Goddamn it man! Wake the **** up!