04-12-2021, 08:11 AM
No one really likes being told what to do, especially if it is by people they don't like or respect. But the reality is we face a pandemic situation that poses a serious existential threat to large numbers of people and organisations. In such rare situations individuals have to reassess their personal response and consider the wider ramifications. This isn't an everyday scenario where our choice really has no impact on the wider community. Each choice comes with real consequences beyond ourselves, real consequences for family, for friends and for complete strangers. Minimising those consequences is why we closed borders, went into lockdowns, spent vast amounts of public money on vaccines and publicity campaigns, ramped up the health system, and seriously limited personal freedoms.
It is a war situation. Nothing less. We didn't ask for it, and there is absolutely nothing the individual can do to stop it. In such situations the pragmatic choice is to unite, rather than go against the mainstream.
It is a war situation. Nothing less. We didn't ask for it, and there is absolutely nothing the individual can do to stop it. In such situations the pragmatic choice is to unite, rather than go against the mainstream.