Regardless, it seems academic if your loved one is dead or dying. — James Riley
Compare that question with the inconvenience of distancing, masking and vaxxing. — James Riley
However sad that may be, policy should not be determined by emotions. — Tzeentch
Much has been said about the effectiveness, side-effects and potential dangers of those things. — Tzeentch
Policy, or law, is a fancy word we use to disguise impositions made by governments through threats of violence. That to me is irreconcillabe with love — Tzeentch
Emotion = giving a fuck. — unenlightened
Trouble is though... — Isaac
So policy is based on whether, on aggregate, we give more of a fuck about Granny staying alive, or going to the disco. — unenlightened
This data does not report cause of death, and as such represents all deaths in people with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, not just those caused by COVID-19. — UK Government reporting on SARS-Cov-2 related deaths
Excess mortality is excess mortality, whatever the mechanism between here and there. — Srap Tasmaner
Excess mortality is excess mortality, whatever the mechanism between here and there. — Srap Tasmaner
we have the freedom to put them on without having to worry about some other turd throwing his on too. — James Riley
So your freedom to eat junk food trumps my freedom to avoid prophylactic medicine as I choose? Why? — Isaac
Our world has people in it with conditions that, should they contract the virus, will kill them -- not the virus, but the "co-morbidity". Obesity. Diabetes. Respiratory illnesses. — Srap Tasmaner
So your freedom to eat junk food trumps my freedom to avoid prophylactic medicine as I choose? Why? — Isaac
Is inept rage your only mode of response? — Tzeentch
Is inept rage your only mode of response? — Tzeentch
You are free to avoid prophylactic medicine all you want: just keep your filthy fucking virus off my ass if you get it. How's that? — James Riley
The question was why should your right to fast food trump my right to avoid prophylactics? — Isaac
I don't see what that's got to do with the question of public health policy. — Isaac
...of murder... — James Riley
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