And Texas Caves In
The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas...
Forum Discussion
"Wow, how this thread has run.
So many old, sick people in a panic. I'm 63. I have pretty good health, but I do have some risk factors like high blood pressure, even though I'm not fat. But I'm willing to risk my life (the very small risk that this is) by getting life back to normal so that they financial burden won't be so heavy on my children and grandchildren. But a lot of old and sick are so afraid of dying that they would rather put this burden onto future generations.
Who is really compassionate and who is really selfish in this debate?"
x10. In full disclosure, I'm two years younger and I believe 90% of this is fear porn and the high-powered medical folks falling in love with being on TV every day and being treated as the Grand Poobah ("Never shake hands again"...:R;) regardless, I'd be happy to not only risk but give up my life if it meant my kids and grandkids had the same opportunities that my generation has had....and to the immediate retort "you can't make that choice for me/others", well, the "keep it shut down" argument is making the choice to economically impair hundreds of millions of people, not just those losing their jobs now but the generations to come that will have a reduced standard of living. We've just acquired an additional 5? trillion dollars in national debt; will that happen every time a new disease springs up? We'll be a vassal state before much longer if that's the case.
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So many old, sick people in a panic. I'm 63. I have pretty good health, but I do have some risk factors like high blood pressure, even though I'm not fat. But I'm willing to risk my life (the very small risk that this is) by getting life back to normal so that they financial burden won't be so heavy on my children and grandchildren. But a lot of old and sick are so afraid of dying that they would rather put this burden onto future generations.
Who is really compassionate and who is really selfish in this debate?"
x10. In full disclosure, I'm two years younger and I believe 90% of this is fear porn and the high-powered medical folks falling in love with being on TV every day and being treated as the Grand Poobah ("Never shake hands again"...:R;) regardless, I'd be happy to not only risk but give up my life if it meant my kids and grandkids had the same opportunities that my generation has had....and to the immediate retort "you can't make that choice for me/others", well, the "keep it shut down" argument is making the choice to economically impair hundreds of millions of people, not just those losing their jobs now but the generations to come that will have a reduced standard of living. We've just acquired an additional 5? trillion dollars in national debt; will that happen every time a new disease springs up? We'll be a vassal state before much longer if that's the case.
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