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COVID suspended the rules of civilization
– and we need them back

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Posted By: Big Bopper, 11/9/2021 2:12:14 PM

Traffic accidents illustrate the phenomenon. It was widely assumed that traffic deaths would decline during the pandemic because fewer miles were being driven. But the opposite happened. Miles driven did predictably decline in 2020 compared to 2019 – by about 13% — but traffic deaths spiked upward 7% compared to 2019. The story in 2021 is even worse. Traffic deaths in 2021 are running about 18% higher than 2020 even though miles driven are up only 13% over that one-year period. These grim figures correlate with declining use of seatbelts, more drunk driving and more speeding. COVID effectively suspended the rules of the road. That’s not all.

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COVID Rules means "no rules." Except masks to prove your following the no-rules rule.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: LesUNo 11/9/2021 2:59:55 PM (No. 972509)
Great article. However, Mr. Beaton missed one. Health care workers were lauded as HEROES only a year ago. I saw signs by clinics and nursing homes, hospitals and urgent care facilities that declared, “ Heroes work here”. Well, they don’t anymore. Many have been fired for exercising autonomy their own bodies and refusing to be injected with an untested and potentially dangerous vaccine. Doctors and nurses are making informed decisions and I for one am listening.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: downnout 11/9/2021 3:28:09 PM (No. 972540)
Me too, Glenn, me too.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Faithfully 11/9/2021 3:32:21 PM (No. 972551)
New world. No guns necessary. Simply REFUSE. STRIKE!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 11/9/2021 4:07:45 PM (No. 972585)
How much of the drunk driving and other bad, dangerous driving is third world folks suddenly driving in the USA? Mexicans seem to think that drunk driving is just normal, every day behavior.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: CactusStar 11/9/2021 4:54:20 PM (No. 972616)
"Pants-pooping drunken vagrant" Does that describe anyone we know? Go Brandon!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: BarryNo 11/9/2021 5:03:11 PM (No. 972618)
COVID did not suspend the rules. Democrats did. COVID is merely the excuse used. Democrats have become immoral monsters.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/9/2021 9:15:51 PM (No. 972788)
The communists running the country intend that you never get them back.
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