It's the Walking Dead of threads.
Why participate then?
There's a lot of truth to this, but in my experience the same thing happens with any lengthy thread involving a controversial subject, whether it's COVID, dress codes, line reservation systems, kids in strollers, etc. The posters with the strongest feelings about the matter and the most time to invest end up chasing out the ones with opposing views, who give up out of sheer exhaustion. it's just the nature of these boards.
For sure.
The stay home suggestion I think is slowly losing fans. Vaccination rates are improving . Some companies for business and leisure are advising that the vax crowd is welcomed and the unvax crowd is not.
Don’t forget the monetary charges. Here’s another example of an insurance surcharge for remaining unvaccinated.
Text can be harder sometimes and we (that includes me) often read wrong as we don't have the cues like talking IRL or even hearing inflections of the voice.
There is a lot of divisive comments as a whole. I've been accused by both sides of being the whack jobso that should say something about where I fall. Lots of gray really.
I hate to say this, but that division is inevitable at this point. I didn’t want it to be this way, but people couldn’t figure this out on their own so that’s what we are left with. If we look back at Jan-July timeframe and particularly after April when the vaccines were available to anyone who wanted one there was a long period of time where people had every opportunity to “decide for themselves” to get vaccinated. There were very few vaccine mandates and very few places that required proof of vaccination to enter. We still had a great deal of divisiveness and we didn’t get nearly enough people vaccinated. We tried it that way and it didn’t work. People chose not to work together and get us to a high enough vaccination level.
THIS single sentence summarizes the state of our country right now.
Maybe people are bored because the numbers are down in FL and they have to find somewhere else to direct their anger.
I never said that anyone doesn‘t have the right to feel the opposite. You made the statement that everyone should be working together but that’s really not possible when we can’t agree on what the end goal should be. If the end goal is to get everyone vaccinated then we should all work together to reach that goal. There are many ways to increase vaccination levels and there’s plenty to debate on which way would be the most effective. There’s no one answer, but none of that matters when a portion of people still don’t think the vaccines are needed. That makes it impossible to work together on anything really. Instead the government does what it can to reach what they feel is the end goal and those who disagree with that goal will never agree with any plan they suggest. Hence the statement that division is inevitable at this point.
That’s pretty sad if people really feel that way. Now we are starting to see the opposite with people “rooting“ for a new wave in the NE states for the Winter.
I didn't realize cruise companies had started doing "Vaccination Required" cruises where all guests and all staff must be vaccinated to be on the ship and "No Vaccination Required" cruises where no proof of vaccination is required. I wonder if other entertainment companies/venues will adopt the same (more than just concert venues and their current requirements/guidelines) and if it is something that might ever be applied to TWDC.
??? People are actually hoping the virus surges again???
People don't have to agree with the government; in fact, government comes in where people cannot agree. We elect our leaders to represent us, give them the authority to make the laws, and then are bound by those laws (including vaccine mandates). If enough people disagree with the government's actions, we vote out the current leaders and replace them with ones who will better represent what we, as a society, want to do. Hopefully, it will continue to be this way despite a very vocal minority with opposing views.
Some social networks promoting the anti vax agenda including conspiracy theories at its worst successfully radicalized a very vocal minority with opposing views , offered them and their members and guests free reign to comment in the hoopla and actually plays a part in my opinion in the part of the 45% crowd that is not vaccinated. ( but still we have to respect their POV. )
