We Don't Fine the Overweight for Eating at KFC or Why Seatbelt Laws are the Trojan Horse of Fascism.

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[–]yetanotherone_sigh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am also a Berniecrat. Fist bump. I voted for him in the primary (twice) and wrote him in during the general election (twice) because he wasn't on the ballot.

In terms of it being a leaky vaccine, you do have a point. And I think it got lost in the noise, being that this virus mutates fast, the whole point wasn't to eradicate the virus. We can't do that for the flu or the common cold either. The point was to keep the medical system from collapsing entirely. I saw the original report that was leaked from the Trump administration (220 pages long) analyzing all the ins and outs. If we had done nothing, 2.2 million people would now be dead. So we are doing some good, not enough.

I do think that medical insurance may start charging extra for no-vaxxers (or giving vaxxers a discount, which is the same thing). Since I don't set policy, and I really have no impact at all except for the town forum like this one... no one asked me, so my opinion doesn't really have any weight.

[–]Antarchomachus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly, its great just to have a conversation with someone who doesn't either fully agree with me, or think I am a monster, lol. It's honestly the hyper-politicization media coverage that has me screaming bloody fascism with all the Trumpers, and I forget that when I resort to the same sort of inflexibility and 'othering' that I am no different than what I am protesting about.

Between Bernie supporters, my 'vaccine hesitation' was purely based on skepticism that Big Pharma was accurately representing the safety and efficacy of their drug. I think that got lost in my anger when I didn't find much ideological support from the left. I think you are right that the vaccines have likely saved lives, however I they also appear less safe and effective than originally advertised, and that is a little concerning to me when we are firing people for not doing something. Perhaps it would be better to object to where the bar is, not that it exists, you've certainly given me something to think about.

This is my first day on saidit, and happy to have a quality interaction already. Looking forward to future discussions.