Dennis Prager debates whether COVID lockdowns compare to seat-belt mandates. One side says both save lives; the other argues lockdowns caused job loss and opioid deaths, and notes that Florida revoked commercial driver licenses for seat-belt violations, ending livelihoods.
And you asked earlier, why are the lockdowns? And I've always learned that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, just like seat belts. Nobody wanted to wear seat belts, but then it was mandated to save people.
Hmm. So you're comparing the lockdown to seat belts. How many people lose their jobs, income, and start taking opioids because of seat belts?
Well, if you didn't wear a seat belt and got a ticket and you were a CDL driver, You would lose your license. You would lose your life.
I missed that. You lose your license in Florida if you don't wear a seatbelt?
Yeah, you get a ticket, and if you have a commercial driver's license, a CDL— Oh, if you have a commercial driver's license.
I didn't understand the acronym.
You couldn't use your job. Right, okay. And you would lose your life.
I see. But you didn't quite follow my question. There is no price paid in society for people wearing seatbelts. The price paid for the lockdown is the end of people's livelihoods in the tens of millions. So I don't think that there's a comparison. Anyway, what— and I'm— I obviously go to calls that disagree with me first. Folks, nobody's forcing you to go out of your house. If you feel the lockdown is right, stay locked down. You know, pickle your fear, and God bless you. And I'm not— I don't, I don't mean that sarcastically. God bless you. You want to stay home, stay home. But why should everybody have to stay home, especially the people who are incredibly unlikely to get sick, let alone die from it, like anybody under 50? What was that? What was the statistic? You have a What's it, 10,000 greater chance of dying of COVID you know, over a certain age than under a certain age? 10,000 times more likely, and you're not even likely. Yes, indeed. Herb in Wisconsin, many doctors' visits were canceled due to COVID. That's right. We don't know why the excess deaths in every— certainly in a lot of the cases Greg in Victorville, California says similarly, many of the excess deaths are probably from the lockdown. That's right. Jacob in LA, why aren't you fighting for in-person high holiday services? What the hell? Yes, I would do it in a nanosecond. But I don't own my own building. Where am I going to do it? But you can see my services. Click on the banner, Dennis Prager High Holy Day Services, recorded with 7 cameras in 4K. It'll move you deeply.
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