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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by polytely on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:49PM (#28494051)
>So you're not winning the argument to take away my medical freedom

That wasn't what I was trying to do at all, and I can't really see how you could get that from my initial reply, so I don't think we are going to agree on anything here, have a nice day.

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Re:September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time by polytely on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:39PM (#28494582)
I'm from the Netherlands so not sure about the current US situation, but:

Firstly, Ok: I take full responsibility for advocating for a temporary reduction of rights to stop the spread of a novel virus with the aim of reducing strain on the healthcare system. I also think that we made the right choice, waiting for EMA approval before starting vaccinating.

Right now here about 77% of the people (17,4 million) has been fully vaccinated and everything except nightclubs and big festivals has been reopened. I went to see The Green Knight a couple of weeks ago, didn't need a mask, or proof of vaccination/negative test. People haven't died en-masse from the vaccines, so things are pretty good right now.

There is still a big backlog in delayed care right now, so if the seasonal aspect of covid means we gotta partially shut down some things the next winter, so be it.