LIFE V LIFE

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I'm a High-Risk Person, and I Object to the Coronavirus Panic

By John Leonard

One of the most unforgettable moments in the movie Braveheart takes place after William Wallace has been betrayed, captured by his enemy Edward Longshanks, and condemned to death by torture.  His lover Princess Isabelle visits him in prison and begs Wallace to confess and pledge his allegiance to King Edward, saying, "You will die.  It will be awful."  Wallace responds, "Every man dies.  Not every man truly lives."

This should not be news to you — we're all going to die.  The only question is whether we will die soon or sometime later.  From the moment of your birth, the mortal clock began to tick, and so began the number of your days.  If we live in constant fear of death, we will die in miserable loneliness.
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 In 2004, Michael Crichton had his novel State of Fear published.  The suspense-thriller portrayed "climate change" alarmists as criminals trying to induce panic among the general public in order to manipulate and control the behavior of billions of people for profit.
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It is helpful to remember that according to some reports, every person who dies after being diagnosed with coronavirus is counted as a death by coronavirus, which inflates the statistics on virus deaths.  And please recall in 2018, a whopping 28,544 abortions were performed in Georgia.  Indeed, every man will die, but not everyone will be given the opportunity to live.

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The bottom line is simply this: the damage to our economy isn't worth the additional risk to my own life.  Statistically speaking, I'm equally if not more likely to die in a traffic accident or of a heart attack than coronavirus.  We're all going to die sooner or later.  It's never been a question of "if," but "where," "when," and "how."

In the movie The Wrath of Khan, Mr. Spock chooses to sacrifice himself to save the crew of the USS Enterprise, telling Captain Kirk, "Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

Not being as smart or eloquent as Mr. Spock, I probably would have just said, "I'm willing to take one for the team." Quite frankly, I loathe the idea of being held hostage by a computer program that hasn't even been in the ballpark on its predictions so far.  And if I'm wrong, I'll be the one paying the price, right?

America needs to get back to work.  My personal needs are not more important than the rest of society.  Reopening the economy for the benefit of all is worth the risk I'm willing to take.