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its not diatribe......its debate and its question and its wonder. And i also fwiw (even living/working in the epicenter) am not living my life at all petrified of this . Cornered certainly but not petrified. A lot of what I mention (whether we are to admit it or not) is a chosen ignored truth. Whenever we are to talk of percentages of people dying in a positive way what we are saying (whether we intend it or not) is that its ok for those folks to die. That is probably something that comes off as insulting but when we truly think about it, thats what is being said. I cant continue to sugar coat while I know that no one really wants to see or hear of folks dying but still it is what it is. Its a willingness to allow "X" amount of folks to die so that the economy stays healthier.
The ideology there? Is that people can also die from economic poverty. But not only is the virus far more the higher threat and likely "at the current time) to kill many more folks than poverty will but we have the wealth to help each other and prevent both. But again we are much too selfish. Even I of course am guilty of that also. I give and have done so during this time and i dont have alot at all but could probably give more than i have done.
Im not so sure its ok to allow the virus to simply go on taking lives for the sake of what imo is mostly materialism (at this point in time). Not when we actually do have the means imo to help each other through this without collapsing into economic disaster.
I would love to see your data on the virus taking more lives than poverty.
The irony in this whole thing is just last week you were complaining that the golf course was too crowded for you to be able to play. It would seem that a luxury like that when lives are being lost would be completely unnecessary and even the slightest chance of infection passing for a recreational activity should not be allowed.
Isn’t that EXACTLY what you are saying here!
“Im not so sure its ok to allow the virus to simply go on taking lives for the sake of what imo is mostly materialism”
Im so tired of people continuing to say, that because I don’t want to lose my business that feeds my family, or watch my sister who is losing hers now that we don’t care about loss of lives.
The ability to help? Who is going to pay for my income or her income and the near 50 million other people’s income for the years to come? Saying we have the ability, without anything to support it is tough to swallow.