- 11 Jul 2021 18:03
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In the US we could save over 40,000 lives a year by banning private ownership of vehicles and require everyone that can't buy an exception to use public transportation. Are you willing to ignore the moral hazard of accepting more deaths in order to accept individuals' right to own their own private vehicles? Do you agree with seatbelt and helmet laws for adults? In all cases I say no, the lower rate of deaths isn't worth the loss of personal freedom.
Here's a Pew Research poll of US Adults on the origins of the Wuhan virus and how important it is to get a real answer.
Believe the Covid-19 virus came from...
Total
Republicans
Independents
Democrats
Importance of the U.S. Government Investigating the Origins of the Covid-19 Virus
Total
Republicans
Independents
Democrats
And here's the latest weekly numbers:
Per the CDC, the US currently sits at 79% of those => 65 and 58.7% of those =>18 fully vaccinated.
Drlee wrote:And he ignores the moral hazard in making a decision to certainly accept more deaths.
In the US we could save over 40,000 lives a year by banning private ownership of vehicles and require everyone that can't buy an exception to use public transportation. Are you willing to ignore the moral hazard of accepting more deaths in order to accept individuals' right to own their own private vehicles? Do you agree with seatbelt and helmet laws for adults? In all cases I say no, the lower rate of deaths isn't worth the loss of personal freedom.
Here's a Pew Research poll of US Adults on the origins of the Wuhan virus and how important it is to get a real answer.
Believe the Covid-19 virus came from...
Total
- A laboratory leak in China 52
- Human contact from an infected animal 28
- Neither(vol) 5
- Both(vol) 6
- Don’t know/Refused 9
Republicans
- A laboratory leak in China 59
- Human contact from an infected animal 23
- Neither(vol) 2
- Both(vol) 10
- Don’t know/Refused 6
Independents
- A laboratory leak in China 47
- Human contact from an infected animal 25
- Neither(vol) 7
- Both(vol) 6
- Don’t know/Refused 15
Democrats
- A laboratory leak in China 52
- Human contact from an infected animal 34
- Neither(vol) 3
- Both(vol) 3
- Don’t know/Refused 8
Importance of the U.S. Government Investigating the Origins of the Covid-19 Virus
Total
- Extremely important 33
- Very important 29
- Somewhat important 20
- Not too important 11
- Not at all important 5
- Don’t know/Refused 2
Republicans
- Extremely important 44
- Very important 20
- Somewhat important 18
- Not too important 10
- Not at all important 6
- Don’t know/Refused 2
Independents
- Extremely important 29
- Very important 31
- Somewhat important 22
- Not too important 11
- Not at all important 5
- Don’t know/Refused 2
Democrats
- Extremely important 30
- Very important 34
- Somewhat important 20
- Not too important 11
- Not at all important 5
- Don’t know/Refused *
And here's the latest weekly numbers:
Per the CDC, the US currently sits at 79% of those => 65 and 58.7% of those =>18 fully vaccinated.
Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
—Edmund Burke
—Edmund Burke