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0 pointssterlind4y ago0 comments

> We don't have a COVID problem, we have a health problem. Has the government been encouraging people to take vitamin D, get fresh air, exercise, and get to a healthy weight? The rhetoric has been sit down and get the jab.

I'm disabled and it's not my fault. I'm a healthy weight, I have a vegetarian diet high in vegetables, I do my rehab exercises every day and see the doctor frequently. And yet my condition is progressing, because that's the nature of it.

My comorbidities aren't a moral failing.

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coryfklein4y ago· 6 in thread

Would you advocate for government mandates on everyone else for your sole benefit? Or do you feel that you're a representative sample of the high-risk group?

sterlindOP4y ago

I actually don't think I'm a representative sample. my comorbidities are unusual and I'm probably not at significantly higher risk for covid complications. I was just taking issue with the parent's implication that most health problems can be solved with diet and exercise. a lot of us struggle hard to stay healthy but our bodies betray us.

tacitusarc4y ago

Undoubtedly it cannot be in your case, but exceptions are not so useful when talking about mediocristan populations

mbfg4y ago

i certainly would. If me getting a vaccine helps this person, a bigger win.

thenanyu4y ago

There are many government mandates for the benefit of disabled people. We generally think this is ok.

furgooswft134y ago

Which of those mandates require other people to lose their jobs for not getting a chemical injection?

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nanis4y ago

Yes there are ... You have established that a greater than zero consideration for the people with disabilities exists and that is great.

The question is whether there is a what is the greatest cost you are willing to impose on everyone to provide a small benefit to some specific people.

And, no, you don't get to claim children will do just fine going without face to face contact with other children their age for years for some nonquantifiable benefit that might or might not accrue to a person at risk.

nomoreplease4y ago

I’m sorry and you’re right, it’s not your fault. But that doesn’t disregard what the person you were replying to was saying. The government has not encouraged taking vitamins or exercise. In Colorado they banned people from going hiking in national forests, state parks, etc. Which is ironic given that’s a great way to socially distance

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