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You're incredibly selfishly increasing the risk to everyone else around you, but I get it. I was in the same camp just a few days ago.
by Sebguer 7y ago
You're incredibly selfishly increasing the risk to everyone else around you, but I get it. I was in the same camp just a few days ago.
- seibelj 7y agoNope - I wash my hands. You want me to self-quarantine already? I'm not going to be afraid of 0.00001% of my state being infected.
- Sebguer 7y agoAh, yes, washing your hands. The completely infallible way to prevent the spread of a disease. I don't want you to be afraid - I want you to minimize the risk that you get coronavirus and become another infection vector, endangering the at-risk populations around you. I want you to do that because it is the socially responsible thing to do, and it will decrease the chance of someone who is far more at risk of serious complications from the disease catching it.
- seibelj 7y agoI took the subway today, and it was about 1/4 full for the time. But everyone there wasn't pulling their hair out in abject terror. Last night my wife and I ate dinner at a Thai restaurant, and it was pretty full. I'm just going with the huge portion of society that doesn't choose to be afraid.
- droidist2 7y agoThat's good that you're patronizing Asian businesses, a lot of them have been hit hard by people avoiding them due to virus fears.
- vikramkr 7y agoEvery disease has its super spreaders, this poster is just a good example of why we should cancel everything and be careful, since there is at least one person out there with no understanding of risk and disease epidemiology. There are likely to be more, and the less chances we give them to put us and vulnerable populations in harm's way, the better. If we knew everyone would react appropriately we wouldn't need drastic action, but this is a perfect example of why we need to act fast.
- licyeus 7y agoYou do realize that every confirmed case (and fatality) is a lagging indicator, right? Further delayed by the fact that testing is still basically nonexistent.
- ip26 7y agoOne can imagine certain futures where it's actually a good thing for low-risk populations quickly develop an immunity, styming the spread later on.
- vikramkr 7y agoThe low risk populations are actively spreading it and are passing it on to high risk populations bin that case. We'd rather have the disease spread slowly and move some of those infections from now to later so our health system doesn't get overwhelmed, and we'd rather delay as long as possible to get a vaccine developed
- seibelj 7y agoWell, lock yourself inside for the next 12 months then.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoHygiene, social distancing, targeted quarantine, etc. There is a spectrum. It's not binary: normies vs hermit prepped. Having had a compromised immune system I don't wish it on anyone. But hey maybe if more people were casual about these things then they too can learn the hard way.
- vikramkr 7y agoWe might have to if Italy and China are any indication.