👍 > 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.