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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your being downvoted... but if we were actually worried about everyone's health, we'd shut down all fast food and ban sugary sodas. Health only matters when it doesn't affect the $$$ flow of the rich.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're being downvoted because it's not a good comparison that's relevant to this topic, it's a distraction and a tired, oft repeated one to boot. Poor diet is not a communicable airborne disease.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone here is getting their panties in a bunch about protecting people from covid when i could die just as easily from the flu. Nobody is making a case about wearing a mask because of the flu though, its about covid. Why are you guys trying to force this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think you, or anyone regardless of perceived health, should die to flu either. Again, why do you want a society in which your life has no value?