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Originally Posted by arm79
Because both the feds and states decided it should be. I didn't say it was right, nor do I agree with it. Never have.
Plus I'm never an early adopter of anything. The person who buys the new model of a car is crazy to me. And I suppose I was personally lucky that I could leave it till later. Which in the end became moot because it wasn't available to me until much later than I planned.
Anyways... Enough from me. I'm out!   |
Good response arm.
I don't even know what the point that is trying to be made is anymore.
All the data I saw coming out of other countries was that the risk predominantly increased with age and co-morbitidy. The countries that struggled the most throughout the pandemic were aging, high density populations.
This was never officially stated by our government/health officials or media until well into it, post mandates.
I entirely agree that hindsight is a very useful tool, and that time wasn't something that we had working in our favour. I would argue that the lockdowns we had were unnecessary and that the damages to health and wellbeing outweighed the risks of the virus itself for many.
If we had a vaccine that actually significantly reduced transmission of the virus I would be able to begin to justify the actions that have been taken, but given that they don't it becomes a very difficult.