Re: Trader Joe's drops mask mandate

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

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 > From: David VomLehn <http://www.texas.net/~vomlehn>
 > Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 15:33:48 -0700
 >
 > But, of course it's all about money. That's what business are for. The 
 > government, on the other hand, is *supposed* to be about human lives and well 
 > being, at least in a democratic system. We're running an experiment here and I 
 > can't predict how it's going to turn out. With so much of the world 
 > unvaccinated, and therefore serving as petri dishes to generate mutations, it 
 > is simply not clear how many people must die before the pandemic abates.
 > And, please understand, the pandemic *will* abate. At some point, the total 
 > number of people alive who have been vaccinated and/or who have had the 
 > disease will be enough that the number of active infections will drop to a 
 > small number. This is basic epidemiology. The only question is the impact in 
 > lives and the stability of civilization before we get to that point.