Little Notes & Short Posts

A kinder perspective

John Scalzi offers a kinder perspective than I’m capable of at the moment.

🔗 How Bad Should We Feel When the Willfully Unvaccinated Die?

Indeed, here in the second half of 2021, how bad should we feel about the COVID-related death of anyone who still chooses not to get vaccinated — with the full knowledge of the consequences of contracting COVID, and the spread of the rather-more-infectious Delta variant of the disease, and the ease of acquiring a shot (which here in the US is free to get, incidentally)? Is there a certain point where one throws up one’s hands, says, “well, you knew better, didn’t you?” and washes one’s hands of them?

As with so many things in this world, I think it depends.