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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  1389 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic

I dont really plan on surviving this honestly.

The public-at-large is not philosophically equipped to suffer minor indignities for the sake of the lives and well-being of those most at risk.

That's completely without getting into those who are politically and theologically opposed to ever doing anything to limit the spread of pandemic diseases.

The problem was never solvable at this point in history.

Maybe the next time a plague comes around we will be better equipped as a society to deal with the minor privations necessary to protect our vulnerable members.