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+100. THIS!!!
And I’m a registered Democrat, BTW. I voted for Bernie Sanders, Ben Jealous, and Marc Elrich. 
I happily wear my mask indoors and I was all about the stay at home to stop the spread last year, since we were told that’s what it would take. 
Now we have vaccines - it’s not perfect but it’s good enough. Time to get back out there and live.

Obesity is a social justice and racial equity issue and yet unfortunately, political correctness trumps that. Maybe because it’s against capitalist interest to provide more access to healthy food and reduce sugar intake, but I digress. I’m as left wing as they come but I do think personal responsibility with health should at least be rewarded. I’m young and healthy and thin and I worked for that. Stop making me live by the same safety standards as overweight and vulnerable people. [/quote]

PP, if you believe that obesity is a social justice and racial equity issue, then why are you bringing up "personal responsibility"? I think you're a bit unclear on the concepts.[/quote]

Because it’s both. 
Since we’re not doing anything to address obesity from a social justice standpoint, at least let us who approach it with personal responsibility have some positive reward. 
For some reason we have to have the worst of both worlds. 
Given that covid is worse for obese people - Okay, can we have free healthcare? More healthy alternatives for low income communities? No, promote “body positivity” instead. 
So we’d rather have a society that says fat is beautiful but also stay home and wear a mask because we’re all so vulnerable and high risk and obese, or DO something about it, and meanwhile allow those who worked hard to NOT be obese enjoy the benefits of a healthy life. [/quote]

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