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Originally Posted by Patton250
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Originally Posted by translux
Really? The real issue is that nobody listens, not today not 30 years ago!
Everyone wants to take a pill(s) and forget about the necessary lifestyle changes.
Trust me it's a losing battle.
And don't get me started on "Drinking and smoking is my God-given right!"
Smoking-related illness alone in the US is a $300+ billion taxpayer burden.
Back to the point of this post.
SARS-CoV-2 doesn't care about your age, underlying conditions, or how in or out of shape you are.
I've seen 90-year-olds with minor symptoms and 20-year-olds that are serious athletes die.
There's some yet to be determined element of the virus that impacts the severity of the illness. Clearly, the mutations have a significant impact but there's something else. A good guess would be the viral load but I'm not certain.
If you're not vaccinated you playing with fire.
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It always scares me when a citizen claims to be concerned about "taxpayer burden". That's how death panels are formed in countries that have socialized medicine. They prioritize healthcare benefits based on past behavior and the individuals importance to the collective at that particular time.
This virus absolutely cares about your age and underlying conditions. Those are the number one and two determining factors of those people that are in the highest death rate percentage. That's a fact. Just because you can point to an outlier here and there and they are very rare doesn't change the fact that the vast majority of people who have died from this are above 80, were at end of life anyway and those who were extremely unhealthy. Those are facts. Please don't attempt to come back and argue with that because I won't engage you on that past this post. It's difficult for me to take anyone seriously that can't even admit those basic facts.  |
Believe what you want but the fact is more people have died under the age of 74 than over 85. These are not outliers. See attached.
I also take issue with your casual & callus comment of "end of life anyway". These are human beings for gods sake!
Members of my nuclear and extended family routinely live comfortably are healthy and high functioning well into their late 90's.
I don't see how you conclude the idea of death panels from my statement about smoking and drinking.
To be clear there's some personal responsibility here. But the bulk of the burden should be the companies responsible.
Can you imagine manufacturing a product that has zero benefit that eventually kills all your customers all while profiting with no responsibility or accountability for this? I'm tired of seeing all my hard work go directly to the pockets of the 1%.