Bravado among predominantly young healthy members of this forum is understandable. That doesn't work for those who have a high risk of complications from this virus
I take insult at your broad-brush statement based on unwarranted assumptions.
I am neither young nor healthy. Without disclosing personal details that may compromise my privacy, I will note that I am at significantly higher than average risk of death from coronavirus.
However, as I have said repeatedly,
life is risk. It would be awfully hypocritical of me to preach about courage, then turn around and demand that healthy young people destroy the world and embrace unlimited tyranny because I got panicked about a personal risk to myself.
My first public message about the coronavirus:Dear readers of the forum:
Some of you will die from the coronavirus. (Some few of you: The virus has low lethality except to the aged or otherwise frail.) The virus may kill me, too; maybe, maybe not. That is acceptable: Life is risk, and death is a part of life. My only sadness is that sometimes, the worst befalls the best of people.
unless you want to go full Darwin on them and just let them die.
I myself want to go much more than full Darwin on anybody who panics.
I'm kinda attached to a couple high-risk family members
So am I. I have been quietly advising people (online and IRL) to spend some quality time with anyone elderly or frail whom they care about. It may be your last chance.
Lockdowns dont help with thatand probably wont help the old folks in the end.