windwalker wrote:It’s a virus, sooner or later everyone will have come in contact with it.
Let’s hope in the name of being “safe “ basic freedoms are not lost in the process.
I am not certain what “basic freedoms” you are referring to. It sounds like you are saying that since “sooner or later everyone will have come in contact with it [the virus]” we should not try to protect others by taking precautions (basic freedoms being lost) to reduce the spread of the virus??
Freedoms...
If you do not want to wash your hands after going to the toilet, then do not work in a restaurant.
If you do not want to wash your hands when interacting with patients in a hospital, then do not work as a doctor or a nurse.
If you do not want to wear a mask (or gown...) to protect patients, then do not enter the surgery facility.
If you do not want to wear shoes or a shirt – then don’t go to a restaurant.
If you do not want to wear cloths – then go naked where it is allowed.
If you want to drink alcohol – then don’t drive under the influence (at whatever level is mandated).
If you do not want to wear seatbelts – then don’t travel by car or other personal vehicle.
If you do not want to wear a helmet when riding on a motorcycle, then only ride on private property.
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Or... is there no need to protect others from pollution because it infringes on one’s freedom to pollute/profit, and everyone will come in contact with pollution anyway, so...
[You would need to clarify your position before I can take you seriously.]
If you do not want to wear a mask to protect against the spread of the disease – then STAY HOME. A person has NO RIGHT (“freedom”) to endanger/harm others by their reckless disregard for safety.
Death statistics show that coronavirus fatalities can be mitigated (in the USA and in other countries) if precautions are taken. In many locations in the USA a disregard for basic precautions (shown to be significantly effective in various locations where precautions like mask wearing is mandated and followed) are now resulting in increases in exposures, cases and hospitalizations; and likely deaths in the near future.