Why we can’t have nice things
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A substantial faction of the country, mostly overlapping with the Republican Party, are some of the whiniest pissbabies in the world:
Aside from the benefits to society, businesses have good economic reasons to want their employees to be vaccinated: unvaxed employees are far more likely to get sick and to spread the virus, and they'll have to keep socially distancing and masking after vaxed ppl won't.— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) May 12, 2021
"Here's an extra $2000 a year if you just get this shot that will protect you, and those around you, from a potentially deadly virus."
"You bastards! I hate you!"— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) May 12, 2021
Being compensated for acting in the interests of the company and the public would set a “dangerous precedent” OK.
To way too many Americans, freedom’s just another word for “I should be able to do whatever I want irrespective of how it affects others and not face consequences in any way.”