to call COVID-19 a hoax.
You have the right to not get vaccinated.
You have the right not to wear a mask.
You have the right to get sick and die a horrible death.
People have the right to call you stupid, and maybe mourn over your death.
BUT!
You don't have the right to pass it on and kill more vulnerable people.
Just do your civic duty, get vaccinated, wear a mask, keep your distance, wash your hands often, you know the drill by now.
You might just save a life. It may even be yours.
Here in Aus, I have proof that people are stupid, it doesn't just stop at the American border.
Sydney is in the center of a hotspot, fairly minor by American/Indian/Indonesian standards.
So is Melbourne.
Mandatory mask wearing, shut down of all non-essential businesses, forced lockdown; police can stop you in the street and fine you if your out-of-home trip isn't essential.
So we have protesters out on the street, large groups, no masks, proclaiming about their 'Freedums' being restricted.
Mainly young people.
Police have arrested quite a few.
Give it two weeks to see if these were super-spreader events.
Here in South Australia, we are on a one week lockdown. Going well, only one new case reported, lots of testing done.
Total cases 7.
People in the shops doing QR code scanning, all wearing masks, all looking at each other suspiciously and keeping their distance.
Hopefully, the one week lockdown won't need to be extended.
You got to catch an outbreak early. Most parts of the US, they were not. Too much politics, too much Hannity, too much Fox.
Too many deaths.
Doing a backflip on vaccinations won't do much, that horse has bolted a long time ago.
The vaccines take a while to take effect. Not like 'vaccinate today, immune tomorrow.'
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