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Originally Posted by cjd
sorry, I've missed anyone making that assertion that wasn't trying to argue against being vaccinated.
Those arguing for have largely been trying to protect themselves and others from ALL of the various outcomes; a few days off work, permanent flavor and smell changes, any of the many other weird long (how long? don't know yet) side effects, killing a family-member or friend without knowing it, etc...
Or is it that those deaths don't matter, because something else killed more people? maybe we should stop trying to solve ALL the things that kill us early and focus just on the top one? If I run someone over and kill them, will that hold up in court? "oh, but really this is just one death, it was not significant because this other thing kills SO many more people."
Covid kills.
Covid maims - how long term, we don't know...
We have ways to reduce the impact. We should use all of those, just like we do for EVERY OTHER THING ON THAT LIST, to the best of our current knowledge and understanding.
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I wanna touch on this point for a moment.
I made the post that we recently lost a very good, and close family friend. And it sucks as my Uncle (the best friend of this family friend) is now feeling a moment of survivors guilt.
One of my close friends and coworkers lost her step-mother the other day too. And now her father is feeling all sorts of guilt as he is convinced he gave it to her (which it does in fact sound like he did) and now he feels responsible. Despite her having underlying risk factors.
There is far more than just death involved with COVID. And I cannot reiterate it enough that one's selfish act can cause more pain and suffering than they realize. It's not just physical, it's emotional and financial; with the burials and other death related bills.