Hi
@Ezekiel 25:17
I'm not sure I agree with the analogy for a few reasons:
Heart Disease is a combination of genetic factors and lifestyle choices. COVID is transmissable and can be caught almost regardless of lifestyle choices. People who eat junk food and don't exercise are largely blamed for their own decisions (it certaintly isn't contagious - you don't get it sitting next to a fat person) while people who die of COVID are, comparatively at least, innocent.
Heart Disease has a
mountain of time, money and effort thrown at it every year. It is stupendous the amount of effort that goes into promoting healthy lifestyles and choices, from truth in advertising legislation, tax laws that punish unhealthy food and encourage healthy eating, to school education and physical education to develop healthy habits from the earliest onset. Obviously there are no benefits to locking down society for Heart Disease - in fact, restricting exercise and leading a sedentary life is a risk factor for it - but there are for COVID. The risks should be assessed sensibly, objectively and humanely: short term lockdowns to prevent/reduce/limit COVID deaths while not endangering long term health is a good thing, while long term lockdowns are not a good thing for physical nor mental health. The exact degree of lockdown should come down to scientific evidence and it may differ from location to location depending on geographic or social, economic and cultural grounds.
I do feel there's a more nuanced conversation that can be had but I am concerned about this line in your post:
Psycologically raping and distorting peoples point of views and beliefs.
It isn't suggesting to me that this is conducive to discussion but I've done my best above.
Edit: made a few changes for clarity here and there