(#4577) The unethical immoral anti vax anti mask crowd

      I have actually seen someone say that both sides of the vax and mask issue are respectable choices. Well maybe not in those words but otherwise the same sentiment. First let me explain something. The Covid-19 and it's variants are deadly infectious diseases. There is no dispute about this since the evidence of well over 600,000 deaths in America over the last 18 months is obvious. Now that the disease is an airborne transmittal the idea that mask wearing should be an option is as stupid as it looks like as I type this. To keep from transmitting an airborne deadly infection the wearing of a mask when in crowds and confined spaces is not only ethical it is moral.
     Why is that you may ask? Well let me tell you. Because we all live on the same confined planet in societies that are structured around community. In these communities we function through commerce and social activities. The necessity for us to gather in markets and places of entertainment and other social and religious activities makes us vulnerable to each other if we are not protected by masks and other social distancing preparedness. You can logically and common sense wise see that keeping ourselves and those around us protected actually protects our society and its functions. Now those are simple actions to take, wearing a mask and social distancing.
     But there is another action we can take that would help even further. Like getting vaccinated against the effects of Covid-19 and its variants. Like polio and smallpox for example, vaccinations have been around for centuries to thwart the deadly strains of viruses that occur on our planet. This is not some new theory that is untested. It is fact and cannot be disputed in any general or even specific way that would nullify its truth. Of course there are some who are unable to be fully protected but that slice of our society is a very minute section of our populace. Nothing is perfect as a cure, but to deny the effectiveness of negating transmittal and the best known antidote that works is just plain ignorant and not worthy of any respect from me or any other human being who wants our species to survive.