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Originally Posted by JoelJohnson
When seat belts first came out people wouldn't wear them, they thought they would prevent them from getting out of the car in the case of an accident. My father thought that were a good idea and went out and bought them to install in our car. Since people weren't wearing seat belts the government required air bags to be installed in cars. Now people put on their seat belts without a second thought. After many years of sear belt use it's been proven that seat belts save lives.
Think of a mask as an early seat belt and save lives.
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In addition to the initial seat belt furor, and probably more applicable to the current mask vs. no-mask issue, were those screaming about losing their "rights" and "liberties" when smoking in public places was being curtailed.
Then we have polls showing that a similar push-back is coming from those who have stated (about 1/2?) that even if a vaccine for Covid-19 was found, they aren't sure or would refuse to take it. Which is kind of nuts, given that most people don't know that we might still be under British rule and there would not currently be a United States of America, had George Washington not mandated a crude inoculation against smallpox for his troops.
How Crude Smallpox Inoculations Helped George Washington Win the War - HISTORY
Because Washington knew the ravages of the disease firsthand, he understood that the smallpox virus, then an invisible enemy, could cripple his army and end the war before it began.
That’s why Washington eventually made the bold decision to inoculate all American troops who had never been sickened with smallpox at a time when inoculation was a crude and often deadly process. His gamble paid off. The measure staved off smallpox long enough to win a years-long fight with the British. In the process, Washington pulled off the first massive, state-funded immunization campaign in American history.