WhatsappNobody knew what the pandemic would bring to the world. Even those who foresaw in some measure the threat of a potential pandemic on the world could not envision such a staggering situation like the one we find ourselves in now. Perhaps the most divisive issue of all has been the entire issue of vaccination. But now the issue is switching from pro or against to the issue of forced vaccinations.
Ben Shapiro does not just hit it on the head here by labeling Elon Musk’s answer as right on. Shapiro points out just how problematic the idea of treating those who choose not to vaccinate as the cause of all of the problems in hospitals. First of all, while the pandemic has certainly caused a great amount of the overloading in hospitals, it is not the primary cause of hospital workers being overloaded all of the time. As a matter of fact, Shapiro points out that smoking and obesity are the primary reasons for overworked hospital workers and overtaxed emergency rooms.
So, even though the news shows may not focus on the statistics from these two groups, and it is not at all politically correct to say so, smokers and obese people are a greater health issue today that affects hundreds of millions of people, and there are no vaccines for those major maladies.
But, it would be a horrible thing for the government to intervene and force people to stop smoking and lose weight. The government can gently encourage and offer incentives to improve the health of people. But it is quite another thing for the government to force people to improve their health – especially with controversial medicines that have more than a few detractors.
We all pray for the end of the horrible pandemic. But the path is not via forced vaccinations. It will probably be via vaccinations, treatment, and the eventual herd immunity that will dampen the threat to a less dangerous virus than it is today.
