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Originally Posted by legion
So stamping on my rights is just fine even though the justification was deeply flawed? It's okay to destroy people's lives based on bad guesses?
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Originally Posted by legion
Yes, it is a person's responsibility to take actions for himself or herself, not force government to restrict other's rights to keep them safe.
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You raise some good points. How far and long can the government go to limiting our concept of American freedom? If a week is OK (for the greater good, you know), how about a month? If a month, then what about 3? Not only can I not congregate, but I can't go for a hike, or to the beach, or to a park even if I'm alone? Where do we draw the line? Until a vaccine is discovered and available in 18-48 months?
First of all, I don't think the justification was flawed. I think it was entirely correct. I think that the incidence of disease and rates of mortality are as low as they are in some places is exactly because of these measures, and not just coincidentally so. This may be a bit of a simplistic explanation, but in a Libertarian/American world we're free to do whatever we want, as long as those activities don't harm others. So if my movements and activities may unwittingly cause others to catch this potentially fatal disease, I can understand how those movements and activities may be limited.
But I don't like how no one in a position of authority is giving us expectations as to what parameters they're looking for in order to declare a resumption of activity. We have nutjobs like our POTUS making statements like Easter because that's a catchy timeline that we all want to hear for our sanity and bank accounts, but is not scientifically realistic or reasonable. At the other extreme we have politicians and officials who offer no insight as to when that will be or what they're looking for to allow us to wake from hibernation. In the middle, we have some that are saying maybe a cautious next month. Well, what do you expect to be different next month to allow you to resume our previous lifestyles? We don't seem to have many (any?) leaders stating "there are the parameters I'm looking for, but I reserve the right to change my decision based upon how this disease plays out in the other 49 states in the country."