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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Should I have the right to smoke in a restaurant?
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If the restaurant allows it, sure. But I doubt many wohld. The second-hand smoke health effects on others are well know.
Boil this down to a victimless crimes debate. Is the action of someone harming someone else physically or financially? If the answer is no, how is that a crime?
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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
A few things here--I said that you have made a causal link between mask-wearing and suicide rates, not a casual link.
Second: the article you link to from verywellmind.com does not even mention masks. Yet you somehow attribute increased suicide rates for certain subsections of the population to mask-wearing.
Third: Biden's case of Covid was quite mild, which is likely attributable to his being vaccinated. His second positive test is likely related to his taking of paxlovid.
Fourth: You keep saying that CDC discourages healthy lifestyles, yet have not presented a reason for thinking this, other than they have discouraged large gatherings in the name of sports. |
Good catch on my misread. Regardless, it still stands. My link was between COVID mandates and suicide rates/mental health/development. Masks are encompassed in that discussion.
If the people mandating masks are also mandating detrimental measures, why should someone believe the masks work? That's my line of thinking, and the line of thinking of many. The response was never and still isn't consistent.
Convenient that every celebrity/figurehead hasn't died from COVID despite being in the at risk population and ignoring their own words a majority of the time.
Mouthpiece Psaki was literally asked, point blank, if the US will go the way of Europe is promoting healthier lifestyles as a defense against COVID, to which she said that they are confident in their approach.
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Who bears the additional healthcare costs from the incremental accident injuries due to not wearing them?
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Maybe we should audit our healthcare system and come up with a more competitive system to lower costs in general? That's a different discussion for a different day.