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There is a national emergency, and all the people are instructed to wear a mask. People could get sick and some could die from the emergency, so governments have swung into action to enforce behavior to save lives. This certainly seems like a good thing, but it raises a question. As a running count of deaths is tabulated to demonstrate the dire effects of the current medical quandary, where has our government been while 480,000 deaths occur annually from tobacco and another 88,000 fatalities take place as a result of alcohol use?
That is more than 600,000 dead year in and year out. Why is this medical carnage not a national emergency? How many deaths are the result of the combined effects of these two toxins? Why are people talking about Green New Deals and climate change when over a half a million citizens are buried and cremated on an assembly line of poison intake that is dispensed legally at supermarkets?
It seems odd that no government officials ever passed laws requiring citizens to wear masks to protect themselves from the second-hand smoke of others, especially children, when millions are still exposed to it in spite of laws banning smoking in some public settings. Could it be that taxation plays a roll in decision making when it comes to protecting lives?
What about alcohol? Unlike tobacco it is still advertised everywhere, including sports on television. Any medical professional knows that ten percent of regular alcohol users are consuming ninety percent of the booze and they account for early deaths that make the plagues of the Middle Ages look like child’s play. All this destruction of hearts, livers and lungs goes on unabated while tobacco is sold, and liquor stores are deemed essential businesses in a health crisis while churches are locked down.
This is a glaring contradiction of common sense that causes people to question if medical science is really based on doing no harm. Tobacco and alcohol lobbies are fixtures in Washington, and they are dedicated to keeping their products available and affordable. But there is no way to tax a virus and use it as an investment so making people wear masks to prevent its spread makes it appear that people holding power are looking out for the public welfare.
You can put on a mask but nothing is going to change.
That is more than 600,000 dead year in and year out. Why is this medical carnage not a national emergency? How many deaths are the result of the combined effects of these two toxins? Why are people talking about Green New Deals and climate change when over a half a million citizens are buried and cremated on an assembly line of poison intake that is dispensed legally at supermarkets?
It seems odd that no government officials ever passed laws requiring citizens to wear masks to protect themselves from the second-hand smoke of others, especially children, when millions are still exposed to it in spite of laws banning smoking in some public settings. Could it be that taxation plays a roll in decision making when it comes to protecting lives?
What about alcohol? Unlike tobacco it is still advertised everywhere, including sports on television. Any medical professional knows that ten percent of regular alcohol users are consuming ninety percent of the booze and they account for early deaths that make the plagues of the Middle Ages look like child’s play. All this destruction of hearts, livers and lungs goes on unabated while tobacco is sold, and liquor stores are deemed essential businesses in a health crisis while churches are locked down.
This is a glaring contradiction of common sense that causes people to question if medical science is really based on doing no harm. Tobacco and alcohol lobbies are fixtures in Washington, and they are dedicated to keeping their products available and affordable. But there is no way to tax a virus and use it as an investment so making people wear masks to prevent its spread makes it appear that people holding power are looking out for the public welfare.
You can put on a mask but nothing is going to change.