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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elrich - Missing the point that in a free society, the government should be least restrictive as possible, not the most.  Rates are back to October and only headed downward with vaccines, but restrictions have not gone back to October levels.[/quote]

Yes, but during a pandemic when individuals cannot take personal responsibility, we need the government to step in.
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We obviously feel differently. But I think you're wrong.  You may disagree with my risk threshold.  But its still wrong to impose your risk threshold on me against my will[/quote]

But then you are imposing your risk on other people.[/quote]

In some ways, yes, every action anyone does may have an impact on anyone else in the community.  Nothing we do happens in a vacuum.

But the difference between the two is that when I exercise my rights, you still have a choice in how you want to mitigate the risk and how you want to live according to your own personal risk threshold.

In the reverse, I have no choice, and your risk threshold is imposed on me.

There's a difference.  If I was a saying 'yes, you must go to a gym.  you must go to a restaurant.  and you prohibited from wearing a mask', then that would be the opposite end of this spectrum.[/quote]

The problem is most people don't care.  They are the same ones in years past complaining about others selfish behavior and don't see that this is how kids who then become adults and have no sense of community responsibility.  They don't care that their actions can greatly impact someone else's.   So, COVID will continue thanks to them.[/quote]

Selfishness goes both ways, PP. The pandemic has forced us to make the least bad choices. Avoiding all sickness is not the only concern when creating public policy. Assessment of risk and balancing competing interests will change over time depending on community spread and the duration of the pandemic. The longer this goes on, unreasonable restrictions are going to bring about more irresponsible behavior rather than reducing the spread.[/quote]

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