Tink242424
Well-Known Member
THIS!! I think you might have stumbled on to one of my biggest issues with most people on this forum. They are happy telling everyone to do as they see fit and limiting all people when there may be a better way to achieve the same goal and still protect the most vulnerable.and that's where we arrive at the crux of this whole thing, right? for a time (and still, in some states), we're doing that for everyone. making the risk determination for people, making people call everyone they know they they're getting tested, etc. which is why some pivoted to the civil liberties issue of this debate early on.
in my view, the absolute biggest thing we can do it protect nursing homes/LTC facilities. the truth of the matter is that everyone else has to make an individualized assessment of risk, privacy, etc. where we do intervene and protect, it's better we achieve these with a scalpel than a hatchet.
This is also what makes me laugh about those who are so against anti-vaxxers. There are some children harmed by vaccines (and before you all jump on me I understand that the percentage is low and may outweigh the harm from the disease in children without a vaccine but bear with me) and no one seems to care about a once healthy child that is now harmed or is dead from a vaccine. They just want their own vulnerable child to be protected. The arguments about the restrictions and keeping the most people safe from COVID is so similar since so many are just concerned about their point of view and not the harm that any measure may have to another group. So depending on your perspective you will see the issue differently and that doesn't automatically mean it is wrong.
With all that being said I'm not suggesting that we do nothing. But this is America which used to be home to innovation. Surely we could use our collective minds and come up with a better solution than what we have now.