The Weirdness of Government Variation in Covid-19 Responses

Re:The Weirdness of Government Variation in Covid-19 Responses by halfmatthalfcat on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:28AM (#29319733)

The issue is your decisions not only affect YOU. That's the entire point. If you're spreading COVID, it affects all of us.

If your actions only affected you, nobody would care at all.

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Re:The Weirdness of Government Variation in Covid-19 Responses by betwixthewires on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @01:33PM (#29321363)

So that argument is dead, it has been definitively for a few months now, and the proof is in the article we are discussing in this thread. Vaccination is not preventing transmission. it only lowers the likelihood of severe illness, apparently.

So yes, my actions do only affect me, and potentially those who have chosen to take the same risk as me. Those who are vaccinated have the level of protection they signed up for, I have the level of protection I signed up for.

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Re:The Weirdness of Government Variation in Covid-19 Responses by halfmatthalfcat on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @05:01PM (#29324121)

And that severe illness is what is clogging up the healthcare system, putting a strain on those who do not have COVID and seek treatment. Again, still affecting everyone else.

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Re:The Weirdness of Government Variation in Covid-19 Responses by mft_ on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:55AM (#29331228)

Out of (genuine) interest, would you be willing to sign a document denying yourself hospital care in the event you contracted COVID and your condition required hospitalisation?

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