We need to address it & turn it around. 1/
Questioning authority and the establishment is part & parcel of our founding. 2/
And discounts other virtues. Respect. Safety. Dignity. Justice. Community. Science. 3/
So is and anti-testing, anti-science.
And these freedoms are anti-child & anti-senior. 4/
Are we willing to pay a 1000x tax on human life for our freedom? 5/
When it comes to gun safety at schools, churches, night clubs, & concerts, we have made the decision that the lives of our kids must come secondary must come second to our freedoms. 6/
Send them back— every school in the country— without the capacity to test or control cases. 7/
And if kids, families & teachers get hospitalized, there is a perfect answer. Federalism. Blame it on the governors. Even though it’s a central dictate. 8/
For kids born now, some ppl won’t protect them from COVID: a disease that makes clots. Deprives the body of oxygen. Causes organ damage.
Not because we won’t have the science but because people won’t use it. 10/
And for what? 12/
I’m not sure being anti-diagnostic test was a freedom I knew I had. If I knew, I must have undervalued it significantly. 13/
People should be free to endanger themselves. But helmet laws are so you don’t in danger others as well. Seat belt laws. Smoking laws.14/
De-regulation is often used as a virture stemming from freedom. But restricting freedoms is the sign of a mature society. 15/
We create regulations because greedy, selfish & careless people have shown us we need them. 16/
Absolutely. 17/
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People stopped smoking in bars after significant angst. It was a regulation. Now it’s also a norm. 19/
As science changes & as conditions change, regulations can loosen or tighten. 20/
And still today, we cry for freedom for ourselves but aim to close the door on this country’s newest entrants. 24/
Protecting people from a virus & managing future public health crises absolutely pits your rights against doing the right thing. 25/
But if the answer is that “this was the group that didn’t wear cotton on their face when they could have,” it will be a humiliating last chapter. /end