Whenever statists (not saying you’re one) claim to care about conservative lives, I get real suspicious.
Suspicious is good. For the record, I am not in favor of mandates, mask policies, or shutdowns. I lean Libertarian but consider myself a Trump-style Republican (although I’ll support any candidate who isn’t a Democrat.)
But I’m pretty clear of my motives. I don’t want conservatives to die needlessly on ventilators. I especially don’t want Leftists to have an easy target for mockery— which they do when you see conservatives claiming they are “vaccinated by Jesus” or posting “my body my choice” (or dozens of other memes) and end up dying a horrible death that is most easily prevented by using a vaccine.
I want conservatives to be the party of logic, statistics, and making good healthy decisions. I want conservatives to win elections by not looking like a bunch of tinfoil hat wearing troglodytes.
I’m not remotely suggesting the vaccines are perfect. They are not. But for the old and/or fat, they’re the best thing going. Everyone can choose.