Re:Deadly Whooping Cough, Once Wiped Out, Is Back
by codyrobbins on Monday August 16, 2010 @06:17PM
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In addition to the point skoob makes, there are also the considerable economic and societal costs of an epidemic. These costs are borne by the society as a whole, and therefore the society as a whole has a prerogative to minimize contagious epidemics.
By your same reasoning, the Holocaust should not matter to you as long as you’re not a Jew or a homosexual. The point is that mass sickness has an appreciable effect on you even if you don’t contract the illness yourself.
By your same reasoning, the Holocaust should not matter to you as long as you’re not a Jew or a homosexual. The point is that mass sickness has an appreciable effect on you even if you don’t contract the illness yourself.