I'm sorry if I sound like one of "those" people who is stopping people from having fun, but there is no way you are going to convince me that the hundreds of thousands of fans gathered for NFL and college football games are all vaxxed and not risking further mutation. I get that it's outside, but again, these people are shoulder to shoulder, maskless, yelling for 2+ hours, going to and from the bathroom, etc. I just really don't understand how the script has flipped so abruptly from "an outside gathering of tens of thousands of people is definitely a super spreader event" to "nahh it's OK because people are outside."
So it seems like we're back to business as usual, and I won't be surprised if we see another mutation. Or who knows, maybe this thing will just fizzle out.
Libs, conservatives, and everyone in between... there is a deep sense of "Protestant Responsibility" in the American psyche. Americans broadly believe that your circumstances in life generally reflect the choices you make. So now that a vaccine is readily available, this sense of "Protestant Responsibility" kicks in. Do people think these events will spread a bunch of COVID? Yeah, probably. But at this point they believe if you get COVID it's entirely your fault, so whatever, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOOOOTBALL!!!
the amount of times per day I hear "it's their choice" is far too high
why does something being a choice somehow validate it
Because "my body, my choice" and the issue of contagion affecting others is just not factored in.
i think bodily autonomy is a pretty cool principle actually
Yes but basing an entire moral and economic system around personal rights is ridiculous, and has been an outright failure for the American Liberal.
:this: :USSR:
Sure, but when its something that spreads and kills others, it's no longer just a question of my body
What is the point of this post?