The COVID culture war: At what point
should personal freedom yield to the
common good?
Posted By: bad-hair, 8/3/2021 11:31:12 AM
In Anaheim, California, Disneyland worker Judy Hart, 62, says she’ll never get the COVID-19 vaccine because it’s “experimental.” What about masks? Hart wears one while working retail sales at the most magical place on Earth, but nowhere else. “It’s against our freedoms,” she says. “And I’m not some religious weirdo who thinks it’s the mark of the beast. After more than 18 months of a pandemic, with 1 of every 545 Americans killed by COVID-19, a substantial chunk of the population continues to assert their own individual liberties over the common good. CORRECTIONS*
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So apparently Liberty is anathema to the "common GOOD". I'll take Liberty thanks and you commoners can go to hell.