FTFY:
Why not both?
P.S.,
That hearkens back to my own first public statement on Covid. Guess what, 100.0% of humans die—and as you yourself noted, people are going to get Covid anyway.
Obsessive fear of Death destroys life, especially if it parlays a not-very-scary Plague into very-scary Famine. And/or War.
But between people who call it a hoax, and people who overact to it a little with insane panic? The first set are the idiots.
Why not both?
The real problem is simpletons with absolutely binary thinking: Either Covid must be treated as the new Black Death, or Covid does not exist. How about some nuance and rationality?
P.S.,
The trick with Covid is it is so contagious that just about all of us are going to get it. And that means that <1% who it kills? There are a lot of them.
That hearkens back to my own first public statement on Covid. Guess what, 100.0% of humans die—and as you yourself noted, people are going to get Covid anyway.
Obsessive fear of Death destroys life, especially if it parlays a not-very-scary Plague into very-scary Famine. And/or War.
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.
What is unacceptable is panic, bureaucratic “do something!” tyranny, and worst of all, hybris.
I hereby use an archaic spelling for the subject of a principle long forgot.
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.
What is unacceptable is panic, bureaucratic “do something!” tyranny, and worst of all, hybris.
I hereby use an archaic spelling for the subject of a principle long forgot.
The only difference between using a six shooter then playing Russian roulette with it and going to parties and bars is the math.
1 in 6 vs 1 in 100000 if you are young and truly healthy.
Most won't play the 1 in 6 game and right now too many play the 1 in 100,000 game.
In a years time there will be treatments for it that are not vaccines. Regeneron comes to mind. So why not play it safe for a while.
Now this is a 63 year old typing not a 28 year old.
This! Exactly my thoughts! Why risk it? According to some reports Covid ruins your balls. I'm 39 now and I wouldn't want to miss out the hookers part of hookers/lambos/blow when we'll hit 100k next year....
