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> My personal (apparently risky, I don't recommend it to others) strategy This seems to be the fundamental disagreement between the ‘anti’ side (anti-mask, anti-vaxx etc) and the ‘pro’ side. The reality is that different people can have vastly different risk tolerances. Some people are ok knowing they could die from a circulating respiratory illness and some simply are not. Some people believe vaccines are risky, oth…
A lot of people are ok with risks, until they’re bitten by them. There are many articles (I’ve seen two just in passing) where nurses talk about COVID patients going on a ventilator, and begging for the vaccine, only to be told it’s too late. I feel that most people that are taking risks with COVID (e.g. healthy people not getting vaccinated) either don’t have enough foresight to realize they actually don’t want to b…
Re: The Coronavirus Is Here Forever
#1001It's also a function of being practical. Spending a lot of time thinking and worrying about what might go wrong in various scenarios would take enjoyment out of life. This is where people differ. Some are happy-go-lucky's, some are neurotic, most are somewhere in between. Worry about Covid shines a spotlight on these differences.