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  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,434
    static111 said:
    static111 said:
    Pearl Jam will play a full capacity concert in 2021


    Until the quadruple mutant variant shuts everything back down.
    Somebody knows how the game is played...  Just hit the Triple Mutant Ninja Turtle variant the other day...  Once the fear of the pandemic starts waning again, the quad will hit...

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/10/who-classifies-triple-mutant-covid-variant-from-india-as-global-health-risk-.html
    My point is we don’t have this under control yet and it is premature to get too excited about a return of PJ live.
     Disagree. A band we all love on this forum is saying they feel it will be safe enough to play this fall. Sounds to me like there is a lot to get excited about. 
  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    Poncier said:
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    He'll never answer your query.
    mickeyrat said:
    Poncier said:
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    He'll never answer your query.

    its not the troll way.
    Say what you want about me, but I have tried to answer everything I could in this thread and reply to any question on any post I have had.
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 13,757
    Why is a vaccine passport bad . We have to have vaccines  to enter some countries already and nobody moans at all. In fact they pay to have them 
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,479
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  • benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
    as has been explained ad nauseum, messaging matters. the current message is "wear a mask indoors, if outdoors, your choice, if indoors and vaxxed and everyone vaxxed, your choice". 

    but when images get sent around the internet with no context, people will just look at this and ignore the message and just think "cool, no mask needed", because they aren't all holding a sign that says "it's ok, we're all vaccinated". 
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  • KatKat Posts: 4,864
    There would be no way to tell if someone was vaxxed or not so I'll be wearing my mask. :) I have some nice ones. 
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  • benjsbenjs Posts: 9,130
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
    So, what if it wasn't just a photo op? What if Biden and his administration, those vaccinated, went without masks regularly? Would you get the vaccine then?

    In terms of vaccine passports becoming a thing - I have zero opposition to vaccine passports until all who want vaccines can access vaccines (globally). I don't care about protecting one's perception of freedom over someone else's health or life. What scares you about a vaccine passport?
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,627
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
    Yeah we've all seen Tennessee's abysmal numbers.  If only the rest of the country were as wise.
  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    Kat said:
    There would be no way to tell if someone was vaxxed or not so I'll be wearing my mask. :) I have some nice ones. 
    A nicer way of saying, "I don't want anyone to think I am a Republican, so I'll be wearing my mask!".

    Serious question, at what point will you (or anyone for that matter) stop wearing the mask?  When CDC says too?  When our elected leaders stop?  Never?
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,746
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
    I for one am not "scared" of a vaccine passport.
    I need a drivers license to drive and for identification. 
    I need a passport and sometimes an entry visa to travel.
    I've gotten vaccinated for various diseases so that I could travel to foreign countries and had to prove as much.
    I'm vaccinated 
    I'm not afraid of a vaccine Passport 
    I'm not afraid of the government 


  • KatKat Posts: 4,864
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,872
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Politicizing mask wearing was one of the worst aspects of this past 15 months. If everyone just prioritized public health (theirs and that of everyone else) rather than making masks a red/blue issue, we'd have fared much better overall. And it started at the top with the guy who was too vain to wear a mask for fear that it would smudge his spray tan, had he simply led by example (the way Biden is currently), many more folks would have likely been spared illness/hospitalization/death.
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,627
    Poncier said:
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Politicizing mask wearing was one of the worst aspects of this past 15 months. If everyone just prioritized public health (theirs and that of everyone else) rather than making masks a red/blue issue, we'd have fared much better overall. And it started at the top with the guy who was too vain to wear a mask for fear that it would smudge his spray tan, had he simply led by example (the way Biden is currently), many more folks would have likely been spared illness/hospitalization/death.
    Exactly right on every level.  It didn't have to be this way,  but Trump seeks to divide us on everything.
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 38,956
    benjs said:
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
    So, what if it wasn't just a photo op? What if Biden and his administration, those vaccinated, went without masks regularly? Would you get the vaccine then?

    In terms of vaccine passports becoming a thing - I have zero opposition to vaccine passports until all who want vaccines can access vaccines (globally). I don't care about protecting one's perception of freedom over someone else's health or life. What scares you about a vaccine passport?
    A passport to the FEMA camps? No thank you.
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  • KatKat Posts: 4,864
    I'm seeing articles now about how traumatized many people are feeling by what we've gone through the last 15 months. It's been HUGE and it's going to be a while before things feel normal. We're all still working through it and everyone isn't the same. Many people still have underlying health issues and they have to be extra careful. It's ok. If we take care of each other and pull together, I think that some day, it really will be over...until the next virus, sadly. We know more now though. Be safe all.

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  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Good for you!  And I agree!  As I have stated several times, at this stage in the game, we ALL know the risks associated with the virus.  If I do not want to get the vaccine, that should be as fine me choosing to get the vaccine.  Same with the masks.  Time to return to normal and let people decide what is best for them!
  • mrussel1 said:
    Poncier said:
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Politicizing mask wearing was one of the worst aspects of this past 15 months. If everyone just prioritized public health (theirs and that of everyone else) rather than making masks a red/blue issue, we'd have fared much better overall. And it started at the top with the guy who was too vain to wear a mask for fear that it would smudge his spray tan, had he simply led by example (the way Biden is currently), many more folks would have likely been spared illness/hospitalization/death.
    Exactly right on every level.  It didn't have to be this way,  but Trump seeks to divide us on everything.
    it's the only road to victory for him and much of the R party. if they aren't scared of the big bad boogie man D/immigrant, they won't vote. 
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  • Weston1283Weston1283 Posts: 4,848
    The mask bothers me so little I wear it whenever others around me want to just to be respectful

    For example, I was in a room at the gym last week without a mask.  Another guy walked in, I said “hey I can put it back on or we can take them off, up to you” and he was cool without it, so we left them off.

    Or if I’m getting on a plane and it’s required.... easy enough to wear one.
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  • OnWis97OnWis97 Posts: 5,093
    It is strange to me to see people feel almost threatened by others wearing a mask. I don’t care if somebody chooses to wear one while they’re sitting at home by themselves watching TV. And out in public, erring on the safe side makes sense to me.

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  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    benjs said:
    benjs said:
    @gvn2fly1421 - I'd still like to know from you, If Biden simply appeared tomorrow without wearing a mask and said "Be like Joe - get jabbed and take off that damn mask!" - would you get the vaccine?
    No.  The thing is, I have been maskless for a long time now.  The last time I wore one consistently was traveling over Christmas to Universal Orlando (airplane, in the park, hotel, etc.).  Only wore one then because I had too.  And it is not just me, it is pretty much everywhere I go around here.

    Instead of getting the "Get vaxxed, lose the mask" message, we get these images coming from the current administration...  

    image

    All vaxxed...  Pelosi sporting the double mask after being vaccinated yet she doesn't even wear a mask to get her hair done in the heart of the pandemic...  Please tell me all of this is not political theater?!

    And the tweet that struck me from Youyang's thread was "Over the past year, there is mounting evidence which shows that restrictions and interventions in the US may not be as effective as many previously believed (including myself). As scientists, it is important that we update our beliefs when new data and evidence become available."  

    Ultimately, none of it matters to me currently, cause life is being lived where I am at.  What I do not want to happen is vaccine passports becoming a thing.  That scares me, and should scare all of you.
    So, what if it wasn't just a photo op? What if Biden and his administration, those vaccinated, went without masks regularly? Would you get the vaccine then?

    In terms of vaccine passports becoming a thing - I have zero opposition to vaccine passports until all who want vaccines can access vaccines (globally). I don't care about protecting one's perception of freedom over someone else's health or life. What scares you about a vaccine passport?
    Biden could walk around without a mask all the time and i would not take the vaccine.

    From a very broad sense, why would I need a sheet of paper to let me do things that I have been doing... well, the WHOLE pandemic without it?  If a business chooses to enforce a vaccine passport type of deal upon entry, perfectly fine!  I just know that is a business I will not go to.  But the government trying to require these things....  That's a whole different ballgame there.
  • yeah, seriously, I don't give a fuck about it either way. it's going to be a while, I think, until Canada gives a firm "toss the masks", if ever. 

    I'll just do what the local public health mandates. who cares. 

    "oooh, you're a sheep! this is 1984!". 

    yep, putting a piece of cloth over my face means I'm subservient to the government. you got me. 
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  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    yeah, seriously, I don't give a fuck about it either way. it's going to be a while, I think, until Canada gives a firm "toss the masks", if ever. 

    I'll just do what the local public health mandates. who cares. 

    "oooh, you're a sheep! this is 1984!". 

    yep, putting a piece of cloth over my face means I'm subservient to the government. you got me. 
    Man, what is so funny about the last half of your post is that I have NEVER called anyone a sheep or used any of the language that you used, YET I make a post and get called all types of stuff.  Which is fine, sticks and stones and what not.

    But please do not act like I am this big bad republican bully that comes to these threads to degrade others.  Not the case nor is that me at all.
  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    Kat said:
    There would be no way to tell if someone was vaxxed or not so I'll be wearing my mask. :) I have some nice ones. 
    A nicer way of saying, "I don't want anyone to think I am a Republican, so I'll be wearing my mask!".

    Serious question, at what point will you (or anyone for that matter) stop wearing the mask?  When CDC says too?  When our elected leaders stop?  Never?

    When the EXPERTS say it is ok to stop wearing masks.  That's when.  

    And everyday that ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS like yourself go without wearing a mask pushes that date backwards.

    So stop fucking things up for the rest of us already. 
  • yeah, seriously, I don't give a fuck about it either way. it's going to be a while, I think, until Canada gives a firm "toss the masks", if ever. 

    I'll just do what the local public health mandates. who cares. 

    "oooh, you're a sheep! this is 1984!". 

    yep, putting a piece of cloth over my face means I'm subservient to the government. you got me. 
    Man, what is so funny about the last half of your post is that I have NEVER called anyone a sheep or used any of the language that you used, YET I make a post and get called all types of stuff.  Which is fine, sticks and stones and what not.

    But please do not act like I am this big bad republican bully that comes to these threads to degrade others.  Not the case nor is that me at all.
    did I say you said it? nope. but everywhere you go, you see people talking and posting those exact words/phrases. 

    you post a ridiculous amount of misinformation and expect not to be called out on it, you do, and then you don't respond when you get owned. 

    you know the term for that? I think you might. 
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    I keep a face covering with me, but I don't put it on unless I'm in a place where it's mandatory or in close proximity to another human.

    I will say that going forward, I will likely always wear a face covering in crowded situations. It's just been too nice not having even had a cold, and the face coverings I have don't really cause any greater discomfort than the glasses I must wear to see (took a while to find comfortable ones at the beginning, though!).

    So I guess I'll continue to mask up for purely selfish reasons. I really just don't like being sick.

    Though I'm interested to research whether that's bad for my immune system overall (kind of how there's the argument that antibacterial soap is bad for your immune system).
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  • Jason7192Jason7192 Posts: 312
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Good for you!  And I agree!  As I have stated several times, at this stage in the game, we ALL know the risks associated with the virus.  If I do not want to get the vaccine, that should be as fine me choosing to get the vaccine.  Same with the masks.  Time to return to normal and let people decide what is best for them!
    Not getting the vaccine may be fine for you as an individual, but it completely ignores the potential to impact others (e.g. those people who cannot get the vaccine due to other health complications). It also ignores the possibility of the virus mutating among the non-vaxxed population into something that the current vaccines cannot protect. If that happens, we could all be back at square one. 
  • Jason7192 said:
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Good for you!  And I agree!  As I have stated several times, at this stage in the game, we ALL know the risks associated with the virus.  If I do not want to get the vaccine, that should be as fine me choosing to get the vaccine.  Same with the masks.  Time to return to normal and let people decide what is best for them!
    Not getting the vaccine may be fine for you as an individual, but it completely ignores the potential to impact others (e.g. those people who cannot get the vaccine due to other health complications). It also ignores the possibility of the virus mutating among the non-vaxxed population into something that the current vaccines cannot protect. If that happens, we could all be back at square one. 
    some people just don't get it. 

    we're supposed to be a collective. a fucking team. but nope. "I don't need it, so fuck you" is the mandate from some on the right. 
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    Jason7192 said:
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Good for you!  And I agree!  As I have stated several times, at this stage in the game, we ALL know the risks associated with the virus.  If I do not want to get the vaccine, that should be as fine me choosing to get the vaccine.  Same with the masks.  Time to return to normal and let people decide what is best for them!
    Not getting the vaccine may be fine for you as an individual, but it completely ignores the potential to impact others (e.g. those people who cannot get the vaccine due to other health complications). It also ignores the possibility of the virus mutating among the non-vaxxed population into something that the current vaccines cannot protect. If that happens, we could all be back at square one. 
    some people just don't get it. 

    we're supposed to be a collective. a fucking team. but nope. "I don't need it, so fuck you" is the mandate from some on the right. 
    selfishness is a core characteristic of being on the right.

    atlas shrugged, anyone?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    Jason7192 said:
    Kat said:
    My mask wearing has ZERO to do with politics. :) I'll decide about wearing it when it's time. It's not time yet and I don't feel a need to rush. 
    Good for you!  And I agree!  As I have stated several times, at this stage in the game, we ALL know the risks associated with the virus.  If I do not want to get the vaccine, that should be as fine me choosing to get the vaccine.  Same with the masks.  Time to return to normal and let people decide what is best for them!
    Not getting the vaccine may be fine for you as an individual, but it completely ignores the potential to impact others (e.g. those people who cannot get the vaccine due to other health complications). It also ignores the possibility of the virus mutating among the non-vaxxed population into something that the current vaccines cannot protect. If that happens, we could all be back at square one. 
    some people just don't get it. 

    we're supposed to be a collective. a fucking team. but nope. "I don't need it, so fuck you" is the mandate from some on the right. 
    selfishness is a core characteristic of being on the right.

    atlas shrugged, anyone?
    idk
    something tells me John Galt would've worn a mask and gotten vaccinated

    not as an act of selflessness
    but rather as an act of self-preservation, and because he actually believed and understood science.  

    John Galt was selfish, but he wasn't a moron
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