01-23-2022, 06:58 PM
(01-23-2022, 06:15 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(01-23-2022, 11:53 AM)ac3r Wrote: This is what I mean. There are people living in fear who still want gyms closed, nightclubs, schools closed or unvaccinated children kicked out of the education system, denying health care to anti-vaxxers, mandatory vaccination programs, workplaces closed, retail closed unless it's curbside etc. In a recent poll, more than 2/3rds of Canadians want to see unvaccinated people rounded up and placed into Covid-19 prisons (seriously). It's just insane at this point. It is seemingly doing a lot of damage to the mental health of people because people can get very aggressive when you admit you don't care much anymore.I totally agree. The average daily death rate in Ontario alone is 310 people per day. This is continuly rising each year, not because of covid, because of aging population. You can't stop death. Covid has not spiked up mortality rate off the charts. If it isnt covide, it will be influenza, pneumonia, suicide, accidents, cancer, heart attack...this will not change, get out and live life!!!
I'm not ignorant nor trying to belittle those who care for certain individuals or who may be at risk themselves nor downplay the severity of the pandemic. I know it's serious - up to 22 million people have died when taking into account excess death tolls, but even just using the official tolls, this is still the 5th deadliest pandemic we've had. I myself would possibly be at risk due to certain health complications (asthma, previous smoker, Indigenous etc). But for me personally, after 2 years of this I've learned to balance risk versus reward. I'd rather take a chance and return to living life than hiding inside waiting for the day the WHO tells me it's safe to go lick doorknobs, because I know that's not going to happen. Life is far too short for me to continue worrying each day about case numbers and everything else. I'll do my due diligence by vaccinating and wearing a mask where I am obligated to but that's all I can do.
Like Spike Spiegel said: Oh well...whatever happens, happens. If wanting to live life makes me selfish and ignorant, then people can believe that. But my opinions aren't the same as anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, anti-lockdowners and all those freaks. I still act safe in public around strangers who I don't know, but there is only so much I can do for others. Me flying or going to a nightclub on a Friday night, sitting in a bar or eating in a restaurant isn't killing anyone because I don't have Covid-19 and everyone in these places is vaccinated anyways. This is as safe as it's going to get until the pandemic finally fizzles out.
Why bother getting treatment for cancer, why bother wearing seatbelts, why bother doing anything to limit your risk of dying, since gonna die sometime...
You wouldn't be saying this if you had loved ones whose lives were being needlessly cut short by preventable diseases.