It was hard to watch people I thought were compassionate humans dismiss the risks and throw disabled and old people under the bus. But I cut my friends lists and moved on.

It& #39;s been harder to watch people in that remainder dismiss kids, disabled, and the WORLD
"Why aren& #39;t we opening yet? Are we just clinging to fear?"

Because we& #39;re only at ALMOST 50% of ADULTS having ONE shot? 0% of the kids? Big swaths of people still with none?

Because states are still seeing a thousand or more cases a DAY?
The U.S. is still third in the world for new cases per day. Just short of 48 thousand cases YESTERDAY.
"We& #39;re getting past this."

No, we& #39;re not. Even if you think 48k cases a day is fine, India saw 400k confirmed new cases and 4k confirmed new deaths (and with numbers that high you know they& #39;re missing some). Brazil saw 72.5k cases and 2.5k deaths.
Even if you can& #39;t care enough about almost a million people a DAY getting this across the world...

Right now our hoarded vaccines work against the known variants. Every new infection is a chance for vaccine escape, for a new variant that eludes our vaccines.
"It& #39;s clear No Covid can& #39;t be our goal, now."

Excuse me, what? The utter lack of compassion for anyone outside their immediate circle, even from people who& #39;ve LOST FAMILY AND FRIENDS just...

How do I explain you should care at least enough to have enlightened self interest?
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