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Originally Posted by White Out 403
Instead of shutting down society for a virus that we have effective vaccines we're going to have to build up our medical infrastructure to handle the occasional wave of unvaxxed people who clog up the ICU's. I really feel for people who can't get the jab and want to, but, we can't shut down planet Earth in perpetuity for a small group of people. Maybe that sounds harsh but that's the pragmatic reality. Feel free to say I want to kill old people and etc if it makes you feel better to classify me as "the enemy" or "heartless". But we need to start accepting reality. I used to think my 4 and 5 year old would only know about COVID through an email journal I'm writing for them. Now I realize they'll grow up with it as part of their lexicon. Every year there will likely be a new strain and a new booster. We sadly have added a new more dangerous flu to our existing seasonal illnesses.
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Pretty much this. Covid is endemic (which was unfortunately a likely result to begin with) and that's not solvable in the short term. Even if we vaccinate everybody, it only limits the effects.
The shutdowns are also extremely harmful, especially the longer they continue. People need social contacts, badly, otherwise they will become miserable and that in itself causes a lot of deaths. They need a life to function, and a functioning economy to live.