[ExI] Is the USA doing too much to prevent COVID-19?

[William Flynn Wallace]

Not just because of KKK - store cameras could not pick up pictures of
robbers if people could legally wear masks.  Muslims are another issue.
bill w

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 10:24 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> As a note, without government intervention, us “cowerers” are not allowed
> to stay home. Due to government action, I was allowed to stay home without
> losing my job.
>
> AND in the South, we were not legally allowed to wear face masks, because
> KKK, before government intervention.
>
> SR Ballard
>
> On Apr 29, 2020, at 9:52 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>
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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 12:46 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
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>>  It divides societies between the paid and not paid.
>>
>
> ### I am one of the paid ones. I have not missed a night off work, keep
> doing my 12 hour shifts seven nights a week, 31 days a month, hopefully 350
> nights a year spent in the hospital. The lockdowns so far have not harmed,
> merely inconvenienced me.
>
> And yet I am quite passionately opposed to lockdowns, lock, stock and
> barrel.
>
> We the people must be allowed to make the tradeoffs regarding our lives.
>
> If you buy into the virus doom hype, by all means cower at home. Give up
> on most of your life in the hope of avoiding a 1:1000 to 1:100,000,000
> chance of dying, depending on your demographic. But the rest of us must be
> able to decide what kind of risk to accept for what kind of reward. Us
> going out, mingling and sharing our diverse bacteria, viruses and even
> protozoa does not stop the cowering ones from cowering, does not inflict
> any added risk of infection on them, since they cower at home, while we
> mingle outside.
>
> To each his own.
>
> Rafal
>
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