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You know I respect you but by vermin05

You have no idea what you are talking about here. Much like your response to any non military who purports to argue with your assessment of your service I will simply echo, you have no idea, can never know and will never know. 2020 was a horrific time where a lot of good people who had no business dying died to this disease. Quarantining was absolutely the right thing to do until the vaccine came. The mistake was made in not focusing on getting everyone to get their shots and we should have allowed those vaccinated to be free after their second shot.

Instead we have half the country believing Bill Gates is implanting microchips and another 1/3rd apathetic or believing they don’t need to keep up with their shots. For the past two winters 1/5th of adults have gotten their shots and I’m now seeing that once again people are getting really sick from Covid again and ending up in my care, sick as hell. Co workers I know who haven’t stayed up to date with their shots are getting it again too, and getting sick, but yet so far I’m still good. I’ve gotten the vaccine 5 times though, not sure if handful of minor Upper Respiratory Infections I’ve had since 2021 were Covid (they never lasted more then 48 hours) but despite my continued exposure to the virus I’m still fine.

I’m sick and tired of people trying to continue to argue against quarantining during the first year of COVID. You are simply wrong, the mistakes came in 2021 when they botched the vaccine push and our political leaders saw sagging poll numbers and messed up the next phase, and yes that goes partially towards those on the left who wanted to maintain strict quarantining after most adults could get the shot, but quite simply more damage has been done by the right. God forbid we get another pandemic and we follow the “let the weak die” mantra of the “Great Barrington Resolution.”