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peteretep | 4 years ago

> So why can't we vaccinated let them reap the consequences of their irresponsible actions?

Would you believe there’s literally an entire field of study about this called “Public Health”? You can do a Masters in it and everything

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umvi|4 years ago

Yes but it doesn't explain why we've allowed people to willingly not get flu vaccines or why prior to 2020 we didn't force people with flu-like symptoms to stay home from work or mask up even though flu kills tens of millions over the course of a few decades.

peteretep|4 years ago

> Yes but it doesn't explain why we've allowed people to willingly not get flu vaccines

Would you believe that that's _exactly_ the kind of things that Public Health professionals and academics _do_ debate and try and explain?