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In reply to the discussion: I have to say one thing, and it's not very nice... [View all]NQAS
(10,749 posts)Frankly, I marvel at people like you who have risked their lives to treat people during the pandemic. I'm thankful that people like you are out there and grateful that I'm in a different line of work.
It's unfortunate that we have to qualify the claim that we simply don't care whether the unvaccinated live or die. On the one hand, I just don't care. If they die, they die. No sympathy, no empathy, no nothing - for them, their families, etc. Unfortunately, we have to qualify that attitude with the reality that they are affecting (infecting?) others who are trying to stay alive - friends, family co-workers, etc. who have been vaccinated and who do take precautions. It's more than unfortunate that the unvaccinated put others at risk. It's criminal. It's really not much different than people in recent years past who have deliberately infected people with AIDS or STDs. It may be tough to prove in court, but these people are IMHO guilt of criminal behavior (and that's putting aside their general assholeness).
What number of dead is acceptable to those dimwits? 800,000 seems okay (along with blaming Joe Biden). What happens when it reaches 1 million? 2 million? What happens when a family member can't be treated for other medical issues because their behavior is overloading the medical system? Is that okay? Is that a reasonable price to pay? What about when it begins to affect elections. Maybe 800,000 dead spread across the country won't have much of an electoral impact. What happens when that number climbs and the bulk of the deaths are in red communities? Can they sidestep the cult thinking and say enough is enough?