JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Are you talking about vaccinated or unvaccinated people? For vaccinated people, traveling to see loved ones they haven't see for more than a year is pretty safe, and certainly not pathological. At this point, everyone who wanted to be vaccinated should have been able to do so, and unvaccinated people have to take responsibility for their own safety.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Triptofan🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Glenn Harve

A voice of reason, and the call of basic Freedoms.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

It seems to have missed a number of your attentions (as it were) that the vaccine IS NOT a 100% cure. With an effficacy of 85-92% that means there are still an 8-15% chance you will catch the virus. You might not end up with as serious a case but you can still spread it. The vaccine only works when a certain minimum percentage of the population has taken the vaccine and the US is NOT there yet. And will never be because the First Amendent will prevent that happening. Just be thankful that these days you can still see Uncle Freddy almost whenever you want. 100 years ago you NEVER got to see Uncle Freddy again and the world still functioned fine.
The First Amendent was proposed by people who never in a million years even imagined something like covid coming along. Now I have been castigated a few times by being a little pedantic about the correct use of some words and been told to move with the times. Same applies to the First Amendent. It needs to change with the times and it is not doing so. As a result the US has had one of the worst responses to a pandemic that it is possible to imagine. You have been fortunate that the US as a whole has managed to work its way through the pandemic in much the same way that it finally managed to get involved in the 2nd WW. It is time that you stopped needing a kick up the rear to get motivated.

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

The constitution isn’t supposed to “change with the times.” While there are obvious exceptions eg; yelling fire in a crowded theater, inciting violence, we value speech even if we don’t agree with the content. The antidote for unpopular speech is more speech to refute the information. The mob does not rule the narrative. There is a reason the First amendment speaks of freedom of speech. You may think censorship is OK, that free expression is bad and that banning books is appropriate and your constitution may allow all for that, but here we value the ability to express ourselves. Which of Lord Fauchi”s pronouncements should result in a ban on the others? No masks, masks, multiple masks, outdoor spread happens, outdoor masks are unnecessary. The virus started in a wet market, is possibly from the institute of virology, came from bats, came from Pangolins. He has more diametrically opposed opinions than a Hydra. Who chooses the “correct opinion” for you. Criticize our response but you got your vaccine as a result of our coordination of operation warp speed.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

Maybe I have got part of this wrong. Not concerned about 'freedom of speech' but more about the right to choose you own path whether or not that screws everybody else. I was criticizing your response to handling the pandemic, not about your production of a vaccine. It seems that the larger the country and the more levels of governing control that exists, coupled with whatever bit of the constitution that talks about right to choose, the longer it takes to get a unified response to a pandemic.

ShelbyDave Loc: Lone Rock, WI

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Glenn Harve

So what exactly is new zealand known for concerning its contributions to humanity? I cannot think of one thing other than escapism. Before you denounce humans on the world stage, you might actually want to get on that stage.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I AGREE

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Sorry… comment intended for Admin.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Mine too

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

1. Vaccination is not 100% effective
2. Mutation can cause reinfection
3. The virus can spread through the air and
4. more so with physical contact.

3&4, The virus do not need to infect the individual spreading it. Just touching an infected surface and then shaking hands with someone who inevitable pick his nose will do the job.

No need for emotions, save it for the dead.

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

Nope.
1. Vaccination is not 100% effective.
2. Mutations means another opportunity to be infected.
3. One can carry the virus physically by touching infected surfaces and hence spread it.
That is why the less community movement & physical contact, the better for controlling the spread.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

Learn to read properly. I did not denounce humans on the world stage it was almost completely only a US stage since you guys are 'holier than thou' (apologies to those in the US who can read and actually know what is happening outside your own borders).
We are known for a lot of things and our contribution to humanity. Now the escapism bit is true. Several times here in NZ there are news media articles about the number of US citizens who have/are looking to escape to NZ. Especially the richer ones. Must be some good reason for that.
And finally the US have a death rate from covid of 1 death per 558 citizens - NZ has 1 death per 189,000 citizens. So I can tell you one thing that we are 339 times better at than you.