It sure seems like these “officials” are actively making decisions to get people killed by easily-preventable diseases.

Trollies trollies everywhere

Headline ought to be, Shockingly Few Older Americans Care About Climate Change

This one sounds kinda good:

• One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.
• The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
• One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
• The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the another is to forgo your own.
• Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
• People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.
• Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion , wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

One wonders if some states are more affected than others

You must be a fan of Russian literature

You got straight to the point. I’m flush with excitement.

https://youtu.be/l1PrUU2S_iw?si=ueID1BDedP2OOZvK

The Veil of Ignorance informs my political philosophy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position