Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[vivster]

EricHiggin said:

Hiku said:

I was asking why you were making a point of there being a power outage at the hospital, as if you don't understand that a power plant is considered essential, and would always be in operation.

And no, the term 'essential workers' is not about the individual first. Or at all. It's work deemed necessary to meet basic needs of human survival and well-being — food, health, safety and sanitation.

Here's a quick guide:

Fire department = Yes
Hair salon = No

Pharmacy = Yes
Disney Land = No

If you're going to argue the semantics of the term 'essential' to try to obscure the term to mean something else, then in similar fashion we'll deem you not essential to this thread.

Sorry. My bad. I didn't realize agreement was also essential..

What was I thinking?

You're missing the point as to why that was brought up though. I'm saying the power plant and the entire system isn't fully automated. Without those workers, some people will die. So what they may do is essential, but those people aren't robots. They aren't slaves to that job. The reasons they do that job matters greatly, and suggesting that a person in that position has no morals, or a lack of them, in comparison to someone else who is or isn't deemed an essential worker of another sort is nonsense. Someone else having the "moral high ground" because they automatically deem their job more virtuous, is, well, to be expected in today's world unfortunately. Not that there couldn't be any merit in that thought process, but it's not like my job is selling t-shirts. I can see why some may be confused though since they 'know how much I love my t's..'

What even is it that you're arguing against right now? Is it still against lockdowns that were executed well in so many other countries without them dissolving into chaos? Or have you given up on that hopeless position and are just trying to side track with meaningless philosophy?

Please enlighten me because I genuinely cannot see any coherent point in your last few posts.