The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few

[LadyOnArooftop]

As most people have now come to realise, the vast majority who catch Covid will have few, or no symptoms whatsoever. Everything we've done to fight this virus has been to protect mainly the old, the sick and the vulnerable. But this can't continue forever, society has to get back to normal.
'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' - Spock

 

[Saphire]

As most people have now come to realise, the vast majority who catch Covid will have few, or no symptoms whatsoever. Everything we've done to fight this virus has been to protect mainly the old, the sick and the vulnerable. But this can't continue forever, society has to get back to normal.
'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' - Spock

In a few days, the 24th of Feb, all restrictions will be lifted in the UK, including isolation rules for people who do have Covid.
The vast majority of people have been vaccinated, or have caught Covid, so the infection rate is nowhere near what it was....though still pretty high.

I do think it's time people used their own judgment now.
I will carry on wearing a mask in shops etc, I will also not be breathing or coughing over people, and hopefully others will also keep their distance.
Apart from that, Iike you, I think it's time we all got back to as near normal as possible.

 

[TwoWhalesInAPool]

Eloquent anti-maskers make completely valid analogy between Kristallnacht and being asked to cover their mouths in Tesco​

Reasonable people on a number of social networks have circulated several poignant and measured arguments highlighting the ways in which initiatives asking them to wear a mask were eerily similar to Nazi legislation early stages of the Holocaust.

Simone Williams, a furloughed administrator in Kettering, was one of many who thought that comparing public hygiene measures to the mass murder of millions was totally appropriate and in no way distasteful.

She explained, “I used to be convinced that wearing a mask for a select number of social interactions was just a simple and unburdensome civic duty.

“But now I read those brilliant and coherent posts about how this is the beginning of the extermination of a people because Hitler liked uniforms, I too will now go to Morrisons and shriek for half an hour because a security guard asked me to put a mask on while I shop.

“No, I’m not being sarcastic, I think that overgrown children using the worst atrocities in history to justify their selfishness is brilliant.”

Amateur scribes were not the only ones turning their penmanship skills to comparing homicidal cruelty on an industrial scale and having a small cloth square touching your lips for 20 minutes.

Times columnist Camilla Long also wrote a witty segment labelling as Nazis the service workers on minimum wage who apply their employer’s policy on customers wearing masks.

As a result, the Times features editor was inundated with emails from Holocaust historians saying they were totally fine with that language and that Ms Long was certainly not ‘an utterly vapid c.u.n.t who compared seeing your family murdered by a fascist dictator to a request to consider others for a few minutes’.

via ~ Daily Selfishkunts

 

[TwoWhalesInAPool]

How to exercise your right to be a cowardly selfish c.u.n.t in public places​

Covid has been tough on selfish cowards, but that’s about to change.

Here Norman Steele explains how he will be enjoying his new freedoms.

No more table service in pubs: twats first at the bar
Now we can go back to the good old system in which I barge my way to the bar and brandish a credit card while making impatient noises. Then I’ll put in a massive order with loads of questions and changes that keeps everyone else waiting for 15 minutes.

I will use common sense about when and where I can spray my mucus
For too long I have felt my mucus has been cancelled at the Post Office, on the bus and train. It’s like you can’t say or cough anything these days. No more. Thanks to Boris Johnson I am at last unmasked and can spray my oral output freely.

I won’t have to do my bollocks management job from home
I need to be on a crowded train in rush hour, shouting into my phone at Roger, Kimberley and the rest of my colleagues. If that causes infection we’re going to have to take it on the chin because important sales managers like me must be allowed to operate freely. If the bodies pile high so be it.

Unmasked, I can reveal myself for what I truly am – a total cock
All this talk of ‘thinking of others’ is a form of fascism. But we shall no longer be muzzled by a thin blue layer of disposable fabric. I can finally be myself again – an inconsiderate, disease-carrying, spluttering dickhead.

Killing people.
We don't care. It is that simple.

via ~ DailyCoward

 

[funandflirty]

As most people have now come to realise, the vast majority who catch Covid will have few, or no symptoms whatsoever. Everything we've done to fight this virus has been to protect mainly the old, the sick and the vulnerable. But this can't continue forever, society has to get back to normal.
'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' - Spock

the difficulty is that compassion and understanding seems to get lost in translation.

Having cancer is scary - I know as I’m going through it. Being disabled/elderly/vulnerable is scary…. Now take a second and imagine what that’s like during a pandemic.

The needs of many outweigh the few - That’s fine but the issue vulnerable people will now face is the expectation that they just go back to ‘normal’, and have no protection from dismissal/discrimination/Ill treatment if they don’t follow suit.

I agree we need to find a new normal, the world has to keep turning, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of the most vulnerable in society.

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

the difficulty is that compassion and understanding seems to get lost in translation.

Having cancer is scary - I know as I’m going through it. Being disabled/elderly/vulnerable is scary…. Now take a second and imagine what that’s like during a pandemic.

The needs of many outweigh the few - That’s fine but the issue vulnerable people will now face is the expectation that they just go back to ‘normal’, and have no protection from dismissal/discrimination/Ill treatment if they don’t follow suit.

I agree we need to find a new normal, the world has to keep turning, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of the most vulnerable in society.

'The needs of the many'..... may have come across as flippant, if so I apologise, I think it comes from Star Trek. I can empathise with you as I do know what you must be going through. I wish there was a 'hug' emoji I could have used to react to your comment as none of the available seemed totally appropriate.

 

[hell2bwith76]

As most people have now come to realise, the vast majority who catch Covid will have few, or no symptoms whatsoever. Everything we've done to fight this virus has been to protect mainly the old, the sick and the vulnerable. But this can't continue forever, society has to get back to normal.
'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' - Spock

Who`s "Spoc" ? that science fiction character from TV ? lol ! .What does he/she mean by "Normal " ? the whole world is changing daily .Keep an Eye open for all the new regulations coming in for motorists this year ! Normality ? hahahahah. If/When Russia cuts off it`s supply of Gas /Oil to Europe you`ll soon find out what "normal " really means ! Covid or not .!

 

[hell2bwith76]

Sadly a lot of damage has been done, and can’t be undone. Some people will forever wear masks as though they are scared of a cold, something they would never have done before. Some will self-isolate when they so much as sneeze. This is the fear they have been taught to embrace, and it’s worked.

The virus is almost no threat to anyone, and what are the government doing? Starting to jab the least affected. Now no matter what anyone thinks of the vaccines, we know they don’t contagion or transmission, they can hardly reduce the symptoms of something that generally has no symptoms. Injecting kids is wrong. I’ll shush now before I get angry. Lol

Scaremongering again .

 

[hell2bwith76]

the difficulty is that compassion and understanding seems to get lost in translation.

Having cancer is scary - I know as I’m going through it. Being disabled/elderly/vulnerable is scary…. Now take a second and imagine what that’s like during a pandemic.

The needs of many outweigh the few - That’s fine but the issue vulnerable people will now face is the expectation that they just go back to ‘normal’, and have no protection from dismissal/discrimination/Ill treatment if they don’t follow suit.

I agree we need to find a new normal, the world has to keep turning, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of the most vulnerable in society.

According to Mr Pandemic hiself and the selfish followers of "normality" ?? sorry but your Vulnerabilty isn`t worth a toss ! Their selfish attitude to various groups in this Country would quite happily solve their problem by using "compulsary Euthenasia" on all vulnerable persons who are vulnerable . Guess which part of "normal Society" he works for ? which must be reflected by that group or he wouldn`t still be in work !.

 

[hell2bwith76]

Ohh yes ,btw . My g.son has been off work for over a week with Covid and he works in "normality"( catering" . Now his sister ,my g.daughter is ill with Covid .She works with children ,yet again "normality". Of course children rarely suffer any effects from Covid . It would be interesting to see if a Pandemic arrived which made children the most vulnerable in our Society .! I think Mr B. might be supporting a different cause then .

 

[funandflirty]

'The needs of the many'..... may have come across as flippant, if so I apologise, I think it comes from Star Trek. I can empathise with you as I do know what you must be going through. I wish there was a 'hug' emoji I could have used to react to your comment as none of the available seemed totally appropriate.

Not flippant at all, and I appreciate the virtual hug x

It’s such a difficult situation and I am ‘luckier’ than so many.

I acknowledge we can’t please all of the people all of the time, but there must be thought and inclusion of the few, using cancer as an example 1 in 2 get it so it’s not that few.

 

[hell2bwith76]

Not flippant at all, and I appreciate the virtual hug x

It’s such a difficult situation and I am ‘luckier’ than so many.

I acknowledge we can’t please all of the people all of the time, but there must be thought and inclusion of the few, using cancer as an example 1 in 2 get it so it’s not that few.

I think you might appreciate a "real" regard for people such as yourself rather than a "virtual" hug ffs. One day their turn may come ,they`ll soon be squealing then.

 

[hell2bwith76]

Watch what the replies are to any of my posts which BI can`t/darent answer ...a "rofl" face in the corner ...the sign of a Wolf in sheeps clothing .

 

[TwoWhalesInAPool]

It is such a shame that the uncaring expect the vulnerable to suffer because they don't want to help those who really deserve to be cared for.

Proof indeed of how despicable our society has become.

The 'me me me brigade' stomping their entitlement over everything else.

They physically spit in the faces of the caring.

These days spitting is their weapon of choice.

 

[Saphire]

Sadly a lot of damage has been done, and can’t be undone. Some people will forever wear masks as though they are scared of a cold, something they would never have done before. Some will self-isolate when they so much as sneeze. This is the fear they have been taught to embrace, and it’s worked.

The virus is almost no threat to anyone, and what are the government doing? Starting to jab the least affected. Now no matter what anyone thinks of the vaccines, we know they don’t contagion or transmission, they can hardly reduce the symptoms of something that generally has no symptoms. Injecting kids is wrong. I’ll shush now before I get angry. Lol

I agree that a lot of damage has been done, and some people...hopefully a minority, will never get back to a normal life again.
If some people want to wear a mask, I don't see a problem with that, it's not a big deal. Some cultures have worn masks in public for decades....it has become a way of life for them, and probably prevents the more usual viruses from spreading around.

If the fear of being close to people remains with some, that is a problem. No one should be permanently afraid of mixing....we all need human contact.

In an ideal world, everyone should respect the virus, because it is a dangerous one for some. Obviously if one is young, fit and healthy, the vast majority of people will shake it off, and from next week will probably just go about their business as usual....unfortunately, not everyone is young, fit and healthy, and I do feel for the vulnerable in society.

 

[Saphire]

the difficulty is that compassion and understanding seems to get lost in translation.

Having cancer is scary - I know as I’m going through it. Being disabled/elderly/vulnerable is scary…. Now take a second and imagine what that’s like during a pandemic.

The needs of many outweigh the few - That’s fine but the issue vulnerable people will now face is the expectation that they just go back to ‘normal’, and have no protection from dismissal/discrimination/Ill treatment if they don’t follow suit.

I agree we need to find a new normal, the world has to keep turning, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of the most vulnerable in society.

If only everyone had empathy for others, this virus might have been controlled a lot quicker than it has, unfortunately, some people see no problems if they are not personally affected.
I have a feeling that for the next few months, the old, unwell and vulnerable will feel even more vulnerable now everyone is told that all restrictions are ending.
I know people who are having ongoing treatment for cancer...they have spent almost 2 years shielding, and will probably remain very cautious.
Good luck with your own treatment funandflirty. xx

 

[hell2bwith76]

and I do feel for the vulnerable in society.

The 1st sign of humanitarianism ! Thank you .

 

[hell2bwith76]

If only everyone had empathy for others, this virus might have been controlled a lot quicker than it has, unfortunately, some people see no problems if they are not personally affected.
I have a feeling that for the next few months, the old, unwell and vulnerable will feel even more vulnerable now everyone is told that all restrictions are ending.
I know people who are having ongoing treatment for cancer...they have spent almost 2 years shielding, and will probably remain very cautious.
Good luck with your own treatment funandflirty. xx

"Empathy" a word i love . In my opinion the essence is that for the younger /healthier members of our society they may have had Covid and recovered ( for now !!) and so do NOT realise that this Virus is very different to any that they have encountered in their lifetime .It isn`t just the "nasty cold " which many ( thick !) members of our society suggest that it is . It`s a killer Virus for many many thousands of people here. If that message doesn`t get through then ,as a society with empathy ,we are doomed .
I`d be prepared to place a bet that all of the " get back to normality" brigade don`t have any living elderly parents or very vulnerable relations ?
C`mon Sad ,prove me wrong.

 

[Saphire]

The 1st sign of humanitarianism ! Thank you .

Don't be so patronising. I may well have more empathy in my little finger than you have in your whole body.
You are very quick to listen to other people and make judgments.
Thank you.