Bruh... get off your high horse and look at the actual data. Do you also tell your friends not to drive? Not to eat? Not to drink? Not to smoke? Not to fly? Not to shop? Not to... live? News flash: 10 out of 10 people die. Let adults make their own decisions.
Here’s what I actually said, in context: “You are spreading harmful misinformation. This will get people killed...”. (Yes, everyone will die eventually. Do you want to die now? Moreover, I don’t really care when you die, I’m more concerned about people you might come into contact with.)
There’s somewhere between a quarter and a third of the US now that has decided to believe in superstition instead of science, based on
misinformation that they are spreading amongst themselves, and yes, they
are getting people unnecessarily killed.
I’m all for adults making their own decisions
when it’s only affecting them. Would you be in favor of repealing laws against drunk driving? I mean, that punishes people for making the decision to drink and drive, right? They should be able to make their own decisions about drinking and driving, right? For that matter, should we get rid of drivers licenses? People should be able to make their own decision about whether they’re sufficiently trained to drive, right? And are you in favor of people making their own decisions about whether to obey traffic lights or not? The lights red, but I
feel like just driving through anyway.
If you live in a society then you necessarily have to follow some rules designed to keep that society running and to keep the members of that society alive.
(And basically everyone on the planet is, indeed, living in a society, unless you’re living on your own island, using tools that you made to grow all the food that you eat - and clearly right now you’re using electronics devices you didn’t build, powered by electricity you didn’t generate - so, you’re part of society - you can’t opt out of society but still keep interacting with it when it’s convenient for you.)
Right now, this society needs everyone to do their part to fight this virus. If you don’t want to, if you want to “make your own decisions” about wearing masks and social distancing and such, then put your money where your mouth is and
leave this society. Stop putting other people’s lives at risk just because you feel like it.
In an age of misuse of personal information - willfully or by "hacking" - by just about every company, it seems reasonable to not want to sign up for something like this.
It only seems reasonable if you’re ignorant, whether by accident or willfully. Go read the damn spec and then come back and provide a list of ways that it can be used to spy on people or track their movements, or collect information about them - not based on fears that you have, but on actual things from the spec.
Unfortunately, there’s a portion of this society that thinks their feelings are just as important and true as facts. But facts don’t care about your feelings.
And I’m not your bruh.
