To be honest with this joke all billionaires and including their bogus foundations should be garnished. The Fed printed funny money and basically gave it to the wealthy. The average person is getting robbed over this.
The freedom line will be drawn when or if they attempt forced vaccinations and removal of people from their homes. The social contract is ended then, the country non existent at that point. Wild west in the US and they will likely annex us.
Look at SK Japan and the others. Very low instances of CV deaths. SWE was the worstof the loosely restricted.
What fo the Japanese and South Koreans have in common though?
They wear masks habitually, they tend to keep their parents at home instead of casting thwm into long term care centers, and they believe in a common good not to run around infecting other people.
You could argue that they are docile, and surrender their freedom too easily, and allow their government to track and trace them,, but in a global pandemic,, for the greater good, is that so wrong?
People are up in arms about their liberty. What about the liberty of those who don't want to be infected? With asymptomatic carriers, who can spread the virus around, how the hell can you know if someone has it?
Should we force people back to work? Where is liberty in that?
Pandemics have many branches, and the problems start shooting all over the place. I think if we go back to the beginning of the original thread, the discussion has covered everything that was going to be a fallout because of it. Sadly, once it started, it was inevitable. We have become to polarized in our way of thinking. We refuse to see the other side of the story. Sacrifice liberty now, for a chance of a better tomorrow.
I love going to bars, having ridiculously sized house parties. I am saddened by that not being a part of my life, and I am saddened for those whose life was disrupted by this mess.
Hell, I have lost almost all my income as a coach because of this. It sucks. I don't whine about it. I pine to get back to it, but it's temporary and I will make the best of the situation.
We will probably lose some businesses, and we will create new ones to compensate. Those that are driven will land on their feet and adapt to the new challenge.