The COVID-19 pandemic

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Not sure if I agree or not, as same can applied to: smokers, illicit drug users, heavy drinkers/alcoholics, dangerous/drunk/speeding drivers, those who have shitty diets, etc. All of those end up having people in ICU. All take up way too many beds. And all 100% preventable.

I hear this comparison a lot, but I think it ignores the really different circumstances the two occur in. We don't normally de-prioritize anti-vaxxers for medical care, but in the middle of a pandemic, when ICUs are being overwhelmed due to them, it's a different situation. We're not in a drunk driving pandemic.