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Jakyl25 posted...

Yeah and those people are stupid if they specifically place more value on those holidays than not following COVID protocols

I did say that yes, the days off from work are a factor and for that we must blame the government

But other than that its just tradition bullshit, and tradition is stupid

and that value of the holidays will affect mental health and stability.
you can say it's stupid but it exists, it's a real thing, and you should work with what's there instead of just dismissing it.

like really if you're gonna say they're potentially manslaughter suspects then trying to lock people down would make you an accomplice to potential manslaughter or suicide too. people are going to die on both ends here and there is no way to separate those who would really need this from those who just really want this, at least not on any macro level. if you start looking into the details, trying to limit gatherings, restrictions, etc at least you're arguing with full acknowledgement that it's morally right to allow this, you're just arguing about the specifics of finding that line between needs and wants, which is gonna be tricky since, by the data, shit is really, really fucked right now. if 1/4 people are thinking of suicide in a time when we by 8 months easily surpassed the previous year's totals, shit is really fucked. you gotta have leeway, especially with something that, and you may find it stupid, is as important as the holidays. you don't want these rates to get any worse than they have to either.

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