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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by junon on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:13AM (#28402001)
> law-abiding citizens are trusted to observe the law

And yet a large percentage of the US still refuses to wear masks or vaccinate, effectively prolonging the pandemic they so loathe to begin with, and go against simple mask mandates for the sole reason they're laws in the first place.

So so much for that theory. We've proven it's not a rule, but a baseless fantasy.

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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by skocznymroczny on Friday September 03, 2021 @06:34AM (#28402472)
The pandemic is prolonged by politicians prolonging it, not people refusing to masks or vaccinate. It doesn't seem like the highest vaccinated countries are relaxing their restrictions either. When comparing countries which masked heavily and ones that didn't, there's little correlation if any.
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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by junon on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:18AM (#28402706)
Politicians don't dictate how virality in the natural world works.
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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by Symbiote on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:44AM (#28404139)
Denmark is the second highest vaccinated country in Europe, and the remaining restrictions will be withdrawn on 10 September.

We also had high mask use, fairly low deaths, and fewer restrictions than most of Europe.

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