No bodies talking about 1 life here. We are talking about over 90,000 even with the shutdown and use of protective measures taken and still climbing 1000 a day even with those measures taken. Imagine what that total would be without the shutdown. All this talk about rights to do this and rights to do that, what about me and my family and friends right to life. Im done with this, do what you want.
I suspect the 90,000 is inaccurate, intentionally. Even if it were accurate, it still doesn't address where anyone would get the right to force other people to close their business, while government businesses (yes, some governments own businesses) and government favored businesses are still open.
Not that anybody has the right to direct every humans actions and close EVERY business anyway. If you don't have that right and I don't have that right we couldn't possibly delegate it to a "representative" or a power hungry dictatorial Governor etc. I doubt you or anyone else will explain how a nonexistent right could be delegated.
Imagine what the numbers would be if hospitals weren't paid more when they record deaths, which may not be as a result of the virus, as "from the virus". You do know that if a person is ill and has the virus and they die
with the virus. but not necessarily "from the virus" those deaths have been counted as if the virus killed them ? I heard of a young man who tested as having the virus, he felt fine, on his way home, he was killed in a car accident. Guess how his death was recorded ?
You're right, nobody is talking about 1 life here. Or at least I wasn't talking about 1 life when I suggested deaths by autos . According to WHO stats, there were about 1.35 MIllion auto related deaths worldwide in 2016, nearly 40,000 in the USA alone. Knowing that, are you proposing we just "let" all those people die ? Smash the Buick and sell it for scrap to make into 15 schwinn bicycles, 4 sting rays with baseball cards in the spokes and a tri cycle for junior?
Rights? Good question. Concerning your family and friends, sure they have a right to life. With that right comes responsibility to allow others the same right. That's why, the very small percentage of people who are actually in danger of dying from this as compared to the huge number that isn't should be able to chose to self quarantine.
People have the right to control their own property, not the property of others. Do you disagree with that ? Are you suggesting I have a right to control YOUR property? I don't think I do.
Do what I want? That's just it though, most people can't "do what they want" when other people issue totalitarian lockdown orders.
I hope you get over your anger and get outside and enjoy some sunshine. That's what I'm going to do.
