This is a great answer. For 2 years, they have crowed about how "masks/vaccines/staying home" is for others. You know what? What are the others doing for me?
I want to work. I want to see my loved ones. I am not afraid of the virus. Why don't others care about that? Why do the others only want what is best for them?
The answer is simple: this was never about logic or reason. It was about others creating a hostage situation with the rest of society. We couldn't shield the most at risk - we had to lock down everyone because it made others feel safer.
Any other time society has faced challenges, it has always relied on the young and vibrant to pull it through. 80 year olds weren't asked to storm the beaches of Normandy. That job was left tot he young and vibrant. So why wouldn't we task the young and vibrant with resuming life, and figuring a way out of this mess, rather than locking them down and screaming at them that "everyone is equally at risk"?
Very well said! This has been my attitude from the beginning. “Wear the mask for others.” Uh, no, that makes no logical sense to me. My favorite argument of 2020 was when people would try telling me we get the flu shot to protect others. 🙄
This is a great answer. For 2 years, they have crowed about how "masks/vaccines/staying home" is for others. You know what? What are the others doing for me?
I want to work. I want to see my loved ones. I am not afraid of the virus. Why don't others care about that? Why do the others only want what is best for them?
The answer is simple: this was never about logic or reason. It was about others creating a hostage situation with the rest of society. We couldn't shield the most at risk - we had to lock down everyone because it made others feel safer.
Any other time society has faced challenges, it has always relied on the young and vibrant to pull it through. 80 year olds weren't asked to storm the beaches of Normandy. That job was left tot he young and vibrant. So why wouldn't we task the young and vibrant with resuming life, and figuring a way out of this mess, rather than locking them down and screaming at them that "everyone is equally at risk"?
Very well said! This has been my attitude from the beginning. “Wear the mask for others.” Uh, no, that makes no logical sense to me. My favorite argument of 2020 was when people would try telling me we get the flu shot to protect others. 🙄