Millions are dying unnecessarily from COVID because of a perverse misunderstanding of human freedom
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate) The upsurge of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the United States serves as a bitter reminder that the pandemic is not over. The global economy will not return to normal until the disease is under control everywhere.
But the U.S. case is a true tragedy, because whats currently happening here is so unnecessary.
While those in emerging markets and developing countries are longing to get the vaccine (with many dying because they cannot get it), the U.S. supply is ample enough to provide a double doseand soon a booster shotto everyone in the country. And if almost everyone got vaccinated, COVID-19 would almost surely just fade away, as former President Donald Trump memorably put it.
And yet not nearly enough people in the U.S. have been vaccinated to prevent the highly contagious delta variant from driving case numbers in many areas to new highs. How do so many in a country with seemingly well-educated people act so irrationally, against their own interest, against science, and against the lessons of history?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/millions-are-dying-unnecessarily-from-covid-because-of-selfishness-greed-and-a-perverse-misunderstanding-of-human-freedom-11631204120
The Wizard
(12,482 posts)FEMA isolation camps.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)So many lack any understanding of science, government, history.
And lack basic adult skills.
dickthegrouch
(3,151 posts)This prolonged exposure and contagiousness was entirely preventable. Therefore not a tragedy.
I stand with many others in the opinion that those who willfully refuse the vaccine should go to the vet, radio station or the church for their medical care and keep away from the sane and sensible.
Theres no excuse for not getting a vaccination.