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Four: Communist San Francisco
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San Francisco
Freedom and Liberty that is free from boundaries or personal responsibility is chaos and destruction.
Our cars are designed to operate within certain specifications. They operate best and have maximum longevity and safety when those specifications are followed.
We may feel that since the car is ours we have the freedom to operate it however we choose. Of course the consequence of indulging in maximum freedom and liberty will lead us to many undesirable problems. We may not like to take the time or expense to change the oil, but failure to do so can be disastrous. We may not want to operate our vehicle at certain speed limits, wear the safety belt, or drive within the lines. Failure to do these things however will lead to destruction of our car, injury or death to ourselves, or worse injury or death to others.
“Real freedom is not about having no limitations; rather it is about finding liberation within – and also through – limitation. Real freedom does not mind limitations and in fact is not limited by them.” - Dr. Robert Augustus Masters
Freedom to do whatever you feel like is not really freedom. In fact, it can be disastrous. When our children are young they need many boundaries.
“Don’t touch that hot stove.” This restriction on liberty prevents the child from serious injury and harm.
“Don’t throw sharp objects around your friends.” While this advice ruined the lawn dart game it ultimately saved many children from injury and death.
One could argue that as we grow older we can leave such restrictive limitations behind as we are adults and have learned how to operate responsibly in society.
However, boundaries will always be necessary to prevent our “freedoms” from harming ourselves or others. Whether it comes to national relationships or relationships within the family, freedom will succeed only with the proper application of boundaries.
Why am I even on this particular rant today? Reflection on the past two years and the prioritization of “freedom” over responsibility by so many.
Wearing a mask is uncomfortable. But it also could save hundreds of thousands of lives. So where do freedom and responsibility divide? I’d say when hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance.
What has been more disturbing is the trend that developed where people found “sources” to confirm a belief they had which would justify their irresponsible behavior. If you can justify it then you aren’t a bad person. You aren’t abusing your liberty. You have justification.
Of course this has been complete hogwash. The vast majority of qualified individuals all agreed on selective mask usage. As months went by we gathered more and more data that confirmed that masks were in fact saving people from serious health battles and death.
This brings me to San Francisco and Covid-19.
From the beginning the elected official and residents of San Francisco decided to follow the science and recommendations as closely as possible. The accepted certain limitations to their freedoms. While their lives didn’t completely stop they were hindered. Greatly in some cases. But not unbearably so.
It’s difficult to track every single mandate as it happened over the past 2 years ( it could be done but I am not spending the many hours necessary for such detail) but we know the outline they laid out.
It included:
A. Vaccination & Testing
B. Strict Businesses Protocols
C. Company Personnel protocols
D. Enforcement
E. High-Risk Settings
F. Masking
G. Considerations in the Workplace
H. Public activities indoors
As a result of their willingness to not only accept the science on Covid-19 but also a willingness to follow it, the deaths in their city are some of the lowest anywhere in the world per capita, much less in America.
San Francisco has a population of about 875,000. Their death toll from COVID is 756 at the time I’m writing this.
That’s .08% of their citizens dead from COVID.
How does this stack up to comparable cities? After doing some quick google work I found that Boston and San Francisco are considered similar in social ways, industry, demographics, and size. So I chose to use Boston as the comparison city.
Boston used a lax variation of COVID protocols similar to pretty much everyone else in America. They did not fair nearly as well as San Francisco. In fact their COVID death rate is much worse. Even worse than the national comparison which I will also share later.
Boston has a population of 685,000. Their death toll from COVID is 23,100 citizens.
That’s over 3% of their citizens dead from COVID. That’s a whopping 42 times as many deaths per capita.
Finally let’s compare it to the Unites States numbers overall.
The US has a population of about 332 million. There have been 933k confirmed COVID deaths.
That’s .28% of US citizens dead from COVID. That’s over 3 times as many deaths per capita as San Francisco. Put another way, San Francisco has had about 1/3rd the deaths as the US as a whole per capita.
How many lives does this translate to nationally? What if the entire US had believed the science, worked in concert with their elected officials, made the uncomfortable sacrifices, how many less people would have died in the past 2 years? How many of our friends, family and loved ones would have been spared a horribly painful, lonely, agonizing death gasping for air, wishing they could breathe? How many.
We would have about 1/3 less deaths. That’s about 615k people who are no longer with us, who would be here now.
615,000
If you think that your mask making you uncomfortable was worth the lives of 615,000 people then you are a horrible person.
If you think stores requiring masking, testing, occupancy restriction, distancing minimums, etc was too much hassle to keep 615k people alive then you are a horrible person.
One of those people we lost was my aunt. One of the most amazing humans to ever share space with others on this planet. She was twice as good as most anyone I know and 100 times as good as many. I would have done anything to keep her here.
And the 615k other aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters that could still be here today.
Freedom. It can only exist when people accept its limitations. When people accept their role in self restriction for the better good.
People often use the phrase “freedom isn’t free.” They rightfully use it in reference to the many men and women who have sacrificed life and limb fighting for this country.
It’s time those of us not serving in the armed forces accept that it’s also not free for us. There is a cost to be paid sometimes for the better good. For our neighbors, friends, and family.
I would submit that an uncomfortable mask, a free vaccine, and some limitation of movement was in fact a very small price to pay in comparison to the great loss we suffered.
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Freedom and Liberty that is free from boundaries or personal responsibility is chaos and destruction.
Our cars are designed to operate within certain specifications. They operate best and have maximum longevity and safety when those specifications are followed.
We may feel that since the car is ours we have the freedom to operate it however we choose. Of course the consequence of indulging in maximum freedom and liberty will lead us to many undesirable problems. We may not like to take the time or expense to change the oil, but failure to do so can be disastrous. We may not want to operate our vehicle at certain speed limits, wear the safety belt, or drive within the lines. Failure to do these things however will lead to destruction of our car, injury or death to ourselves, or worse injury or death to others.
“Real freedom is not about having no limitations; rather it is about finding liberation within – and also through – limitation. Real freedom does not mind limitations and in fact is not limited by them.” - Dr. Robert Augustus Masters
Freedom to do whatever you feel like is not really freedom. In fact, it can be disastrous. When our children are young they need many boundaries.
“Don’t touch that hot stove.” This restriction on liberty prevents the child from serious injury and harm.
“Don’t throw sharp objects around your friends.” While this advice ruined the lawn dart game it ultimately saved many children from injury and death.
One could argue that as we grow older we can leave such restrictive limitations behind as we are adults and have learned how to operate responsibly in society.
However, boundaries will always be necessary to prevent our “freedoms” from harming ourselves or others. Whether it comes to national relationships or relationships within the family, freedom will succeed only with the proper application of boundaries.
Why am I even on this particular rant today? Reflection on the past two years and the prioritization of “freedom” over responsibility by so many.
Wearing a mask is uncomfortable. But it also could save hundreds of thousands of lives. So where do freedom and responsibility divide? I’d say when hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance.
What has been more disturbing is the trend that developed where people found “sources” to confirm a belief they had which would justify their irresponsible behavior. If you can justify it then you aren’t a bad person. You aren’t abusing your liberty. You have justification.
Of course this has been complete hogwash. The vast majority of qualified individuals all agreed on selective mask usage. As months went by we gathered more and more data that confirmed that masks were in fact saving people from serious health battles and death.
This brings me to San Francisco and Covid-19.
From the beginning the elected official and residents of San Francisco decided to follow the science and recommendations as closely as possible. The accepted certain limitations to their freedoms. While their lives didn’t completely stop they were hindered. Greatly in some cases. But not unbearably so.
It’s difficult to track every single mandate as it happened over the past 2 years ( it could be done but I am not spending the many hours necessary for such detail) but we know the outline they laid out.
It included:
A. Vaccination & Testing
B. Strict Businesses Protocols
C. Company Personnel protocols
D. Enforcement
E. High-Risk Settings
F. Masking
G. Considerations in the Workplace
H. Public activities indoors
As a result of their willingness to not only accept the science on Covid-19 but also a willingness to follow it, the deaths in their city are some of the lowest anywhere in the world per capita, much less in America.
San Francisco has a population of about 875,000. Their death toll from COVID is 756 at the time I’m writing this.
That’s .08% of their citizens dead from COVID.
How does this stack up to comparable cities? After doing some quick google work I found that Boston and San Francisco are considered similar in social ways, industry, demographics, and size. So I chose to use Boston as the comparison city.
Boston used a lax variation of COVID protocols similar to pretty much everyone else in America. They did not fair nearly as well as San Francisco. In fact their COVID death rate is much worse. Even worse than the national comparison which I will also share later.
Boston has a population of 685,000. Their death toll from COVID is 23,100 citizens.
That’s over 3% of their citizens dead from COVID. That’s a whopping 42 times as many deaths per capita.
Finally let’s compare it to the Unites States numbers overall.
The US has a population of about 332 million. There have been 933k confirmed COVID deaths.
That’s .28% of US citizens dead from COVID. That’s over 3 times as many deaths per capita as San Francisco. Put another way, San Francisco has had about 1/3rd the deaths as the US as a whole per capita.
How many lives does this translate to nationally? What if the entire US had believed the science, worked in concert with their elected officials, made the uncomfortable sacrifices, how many less people would have died in the past 2 years? How many of our friends, family and loved ones would have been spared a horribly painful, lonely, agonizing death gasping for air, wishing they could breathe? How many.
We would have about 1/3 less deaths. That’s about 615k people who are no longer with us, who would be here now.
615,000
If you think that your mask making you uncomfortable was worth the lives of 615,000 people then you are a horrible person.
If you think stores requiring masking, testing, occupancy restriction, distancing minimums, etc was too much hassle to keep 615k people alive then you are a horrible person.
One of those people we lost was my aunt. One of the most amazing humans to ever share space with others on this planet. She was twice as good as most anyone I know and 100 times as good as many. I would have done anything to keep her here.
And the 615k other aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters that could still be here today.
Freedom. It can only exist when people accept its limitations. When people accept their role in self restriction for the better good.
People often use the phrase “freedom isn’t free.” They rightfully use it in reference to the many men and women who have sacrificed life and limb fighting for this country.
It’s time those of us not serving in the armed forces accept that it’s also not free for us. There is a cost to be paid sometimes for the better good. For our neighbors, friends, and family.
I would submit that an uncomfortable mask, a free vaccine, and some limitation of movement was in fact a very small price to pay in comparison to the great loss we suffered.
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