link to original reddit post by /u/mrpenguin_86
I'm pretty creeped out by some of the leftists that i know when it comes to covid. It's pretty clear to me that there is a good portion of this country that isn't satisfied with minimal deaths from COVID. In fact, they aren't satisfied with 0 deaths. This cult seems to think that we must lockdown until there are no cases. They literally seem to think that the threat of a bad cold or flu is sufficient to shut the country down. They are following the New Zealand model.
I worry because most of that unhinged people are making this their identify. They've resigned to this new normal. They will be unable to go back to a world where we all hug, kiss, and in general exist as humans. We'll have a non-trivial segment of society that is now the outcasts, the weirdos whose blood pressure shoots up every time someone coughs. I worry that these people will demand the world stop for them indefinitely, and as we see in New Zealand, the crazies can absolutely be put in charge.
We have scary times ahead.