Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

They could probably get away with telling overweight men to pay more.

 

The horse left the barn 40-plus years ago with regards to American Christianity getting in bed with political power brokers. And of course the people who took it there are going to do their best to slink away when someone proposes using a Christian rubric for something that threatens Republican hegemony.

 

Didn't ACA ban risk factors like pre-existing conditions or familial history of problems not necessarily self-imposed risk factors like I don't want to get a shot? Serious question because it seems like that is where the line could be drawn, but I am the first to admit I could be wrong with my understanding here.

 

If public policy doesn't reflect our values, what does it reflect?

 

If I’m in a car accident and not wearing my seat belt, as far as I understand, what I can collect is greatly reduced.

Somehow I can see this being related. If I am in the hospital unvaccinated with COVID, what they cover could significantly drop.

 

So now we know why Delta invented the variant -- just to pull more money out of their employees' wallets!!!!
/qmoron

 

Who's the "our" in this equation?

As to whose values policy actually reflects, it depends, to some degree, on the policy, doesn't it? Having a giant nuclear arsenal probably doesn't reflect "Christian vales" in any particular way, but the arsenal we have nonetheless.

 

I agree with this. Nothing has damaged the Christian witness in America more than this. That's why, I read about a religion powering public policy, and my immediate thought is politics will shape the religion a lot more than vice versa. I don't think a Christian should write off public service, but a Christian should go in knowing darn well, especially in a democracy, that it's far more complex than submitting a Jesus-would-do-this slate of ideas. Attempts to put a deity* in a sociopolitical box are unwise.

(And yes I understand not everyone sees Jesus as a deity, but merely a smart, good teacher with some good lessons about life. Problem is, Jesus saw himself as a deity and, if he wasn't, I'm not sure what value his teachings would be.)

 

teh media

 

Next they will ban all vaccines for muh freeeeeedumb!

 

Oregon has instituted an outdoor mask mandate for public events. We could be on the verge of another lockdown. As bad as COVID is, the pushback from local officials inc. school boards, county officials and city leaders to state officials is a big reason why the state is experiencing a surge, and you see them blaming the state leaders, not COVID, for cancellations, mandates etc. It's really a bad look. This was the biggest test of our generation in the US - bigger than 9/11 - and we whiffed.